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Adventures of Pip is modern cute plus classic challenge
I'm calling it now: the Kickstarted Adventures of Pip from developer TicToc Games is going to win cutest game of 2015. I don't care that we're not even to the end of January; Pip is so cute that I want him in a kids' TV show. He's so heart-meltingly precious that I want plush figures and a breakfast cereal themed after him. Pip is so gawl-darned lovable and sweet that it makes me deeply, deeply angry. The game's charming aesthetic masks a sinister beast. For despite the playful bounce of our square-shaped hero and the bright colors that surround him, this is a world looking to commit straight-up pixelated murder.
Adventures of Pip secures funding for 2015 trip, hip-hip
It ain't easy being a single-pixel hero in a 32-bit world, but that hasn't stopped red block Pip or his creators at TicToc Games from pushing forward to secure the funding needed to bring his adventures to life. Thankfully, their efforts have not been in vain: the Adventures of Pip Kickstarter campaign concluded this weekend, bringing in almost $66,000 from more than 2,500 backers. The amount of money raised for Adventures of Pip means that the game, which is about a single-pixel hero who can transform into more complex versions of himself by collecting enemies' pixels, will be released on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PS4 in addition to the originally-planned PC, Mac and Wii U. There's no firm release window for the game, but the Kickstarter page estimates backer rewards, including copies of the game, for January 2015. This is actually the second time Pip has appeared on Kickstarter; we first saw him and his shapeshifting abilities back in May, when TicToc was asking for $90,000. That campaign failed, with just more than $35,000 raised. [Image: TicToc Games]
Adventures of Pip takes you from single pixel to dashing hero
It seems like gorgeous, pixel art, side-scrolling actions games are just raining from the heavens these days. Adventures of Pip is the latest to join the party, adding a fun twist to the typical pixel art formula: An evil queen has stolen all of the kingdom's pixels, reducing all of its citizens to single pixels, "the lowest rung of the social ladder," according to developer TicToc Games. Players take on the role of Pip, who goes on a quest to defeat the queen and retrieve the pixels. Starting out as a single, massive pixel, Pip wanders the land, defeating enemies and absorbing their pixels along the way. As Pip gains more experience, he evolves into more advanced forms, from an Atari-esque block figure to a hero that might have been pulled from a Super Nintendo RPG, each with new abilities like dashing and double jumping. And all of it is adorable. Adventures of Pip is planned for PC, Mac, Xbox One and Wii U, with Linux and PSN versions possible if the project exceeds its funding goal on Kickstarter.
