LOS ANGELES, CA - October 1, 2020 - Akupara Games announces today that they will be launching Spinch on the Japanese Nintendo eShop on October 8, 2021. The debut title from award winning Canadian cartoonist Jesse Jacobs will be available to Japanese Switch owners for a launch discount lasting for a week, and is currently available now for PC on Steam, GoG, and Humble.
WATCH THE TRAILER FOR SPINCH NOW: https://youtu.be/Ny3OBOVZd-Y
Enter into a world thick with bubbling psychedelia. Descend deep into a new ecology teeming with multiple pathways, luminous levels, and complex obstacles. Transcend the material realm and assume your true form as Spinch, a hyper-agile organism consumed by the quest to rescue its litter of missing offspring from an endless invasion of misshapen and malformed offbeats and oddities. Dash, dodge, jump, and even launch your own children as projectiles to take down six eccentric bosses in six vibrant worlds. With only a ticking clock and quick restarts - no lives or game overs - the game is welcoming to players of all experiences, but a formidable challenge to even the most capable of speedrunners.
Features:
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Retro-styled visual wonderland with a dazzling color explosion by award-winning Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs
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A fine-tuned platformer with tight controls to dash, dodge, and jump off surfaces to survive against neon spiders, massive rainbow worms, and bomb-dropping moondogs
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Plunge into the unique worlds ranging from neon plains, to experiment tanks, to frozen icelands, all the way to outer space!
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Face off against enigmatic bosses and shoot them down with your children as ammunition
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Inviting and replayable for everyone; a speedrunning challenge for the insane
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Soundtrack by famed Canadian artist, James Kirkpatrick, featuring compositions written on modified Gameboys and circuit-bent, hand-made instruments.
Links:
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Press Contact: Yoonsang Yu at: yoonsang@akuparagames.com
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Press Kit for Spinch: https://bit.ly/34euzsZ
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Wishlist Spinch on the Nintendo eShop: https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000034430
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Play Spinch on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/794240/Spinch/
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Play Spinch on GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/spinch
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Play Spinch on Humble: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/spinch
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Listen to the Original Soundtrack: materia.to/spinch
About Jesse Jacobs
Winner of the Doug Wright Award for Best book for his work on Crawl Space, the world of Spinch has been crafted and brought to life by talented Canadian cartoonist, Jesse Jacobs, whose credits also include working on Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time series. Known for his precise and detailed line work in combination with bold and simple color palettes, his works contain an affiliation with psychedelia, spirituality, alternate realities, and a blending of nature with technology. For more information on Jesse Jacobs, visit: JesseJacobsArt.com
About James Kirkpatrick
Well known for his participation in the early Canadian graffiti movement and as avant-garde hip hop artist Thesis Sahib, Kirkpatrick works in a variety of media including, drawing, painting, sound sculptures, murals, zines, comics, and mask-making. His paintings and sculptures incorporate kinetic and auditory elements, as he combines his 2D aesthetic with altered electronic toys. Likewise, compositions written on modified Gameboys and circuit-bent sounds have become part of his music and on-stage performances as Thesis Sahib and the European/Canadian band AWARDS. For more information on James Kirkpatrick, visit: JamesKirkpatrick.org
About Queen Bee Games
Led by husband-and-wife duo, Kathleen and Steven Cassidy, Queen Bee Games is a Canadian creative-led video game studio with a focus on fresh visual styles, immersive gameplay, and top-shelf artistry. For more information, visit: QueenBeeGames.com
About Akupara Games
Akupara Games is an indie game studio based in Los Angeles, California, composed of veterans of the game industry. Akupara Games focuses their energy and resources as an “indie for indies” studio by providing premier support to other indie studios through development, publishing, porting, and advising.
For more information, visit: AkuparaGames.com
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