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[More_Badass]

http://store.steampowered.com/app/409160/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB4B1fwgjps

A 15 minute heist game by Crows Crows Crows & Directed by William Pugh (The Stanley Parable). Slip into the soft-soled shoes of the mastermind responsible for the greatest heist- oh god I can’t do this any more, i’m joining the strike. good luck writing the steam description.

 

[Intheflorsh]

Sounds like Gravity Bone, I'll have to check this out.

This developer has been busy this year, good on him.

 

[ramoisdead]

Pretty interesting that this free game has Steam cards. Dusk Golem tried to get Steam cards for his game yet had to add a paid DLC option in order for them to drop.

 

[More_Badass]

Considering that Stanley Parable could probably be completed in 15 minutes too, I bet this game is more than it seems

 

[tim.mbp]

That was a pretty funny game. I'll have to go through it again later.

 

[Nzyme32]

Awesome! Hoping this is the prelude to something

 

[Justinh]

Thanks for the heads up, OP. I'll have to check this out over the weekend.

 

[More_Badass]

Awesome! Hoping this is the prelude to something

Actually in the newsletter, the devs say they're working on other stuff

You might be wondering how we can afford to do that. A Good Question. See, the fact of the matter is, this game isn’t the only thing we’ve been working on over the past year.

We have plenty more surprises in store in the New Year, and they’ll all be piped down the various pipes into your inboxes through this very newsletter.

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

Very funny game.

Going by the achievements there is a lot more to it, I'll make sure to explore more of it later.

 

[jesu]

Awesome! Hoping this is the prelude to something

featuring Simon Amstell

I found that humorous

 

[Nudull]

Played it, it's pretty charming. I should probably check out The Stanley Parable.

 

[Avinexus]

Spoiler

If you missed the cassette player during the first playthrough, go back and listen to them, they're pretty funny.

 

[tim.mbp]

Played through it again. Even funnier the second time.

 

[More_Badass]

Played through it again. Even funnier the second time.

So do things change a la Stanley Parable?

 

[foxuzamaki]

Posting in here for when I get off of work

 

[tim.mbp]

So do things change a la Stanley Parable?

Not that I noticed. I missed some optional stuff the first time.

 

[Pakkidis]

Fun little game, really love how creative the studio is.

 

[finley83]

This was really fun!

 

[Vintage]

That was really lovely.

 

[Jackpot]

Should have mentioned in the title that it starred Simon Amstell.

 

[Possumowner]

Loved it.Keep that creativity flowing.Great little studio

 

[MUnited83]

You know, games have much more of an incentive for me to collect tapes if every one of them is voiced by Justin Roiland

 

[kris.]

Should have mentioned in the title that it starred Simon Amstell.

I mean you had me at the developer, premise, price, etc. This is just overkill.

 

[Firehead]

You know, games have much more of an incentive for me to collect tapes if every one of them is voiced by Justin Roiland

Wait, Roiland's in the game as well?

 

[gnexus]

Looks pretty awesome, and I adore The Stanley Parable. I'll give this a play through. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Nzyme32]

featuring Simon Amstell

I found that humorous

Just finished it. Really enjoyed the game for what little of it there is. Definitely want to see it explored further. Indeed this has demonstrated that I miss Simon Amstell. Was half expecting some heavy handed jokes as soon as I heard him. Still, he's no Mark Lamarr

You might be wondering how we can afford to do that. A Good Question. See, the fact of the matter is, this game isn’t the only thing we’ve been working on over the past year.

We have plenty more surprises in store in the New Year, and they’ll all be piped down the various pipes into your inboxes through this very newsletter.

Sweeeeeeeeet

 

[MUnited83]

Wait, Roiland's in the game as well?

Yep!

 

[petethepanda]

Fun little thing.

Signed up for their newsletter. Intrigued to see what they're working on.

 

[epmode]

Is there any way to invert the mouselook?

Also, where are you guys finding that newsletter?

edit: PLAYED WITHOUT INVERT. FUCK THE POLICE

edit edit: The newsletter is at http://crowscrowscrows.com

 

[BraXzy]

Just played it through once, pretty interesting and fun little thing for the 20 minutes I played. I love the art style, it's nothing wildly new but it just looks great imo.

Just listening to cassettes, instantly recognise the voice of Mr Meeseeks... Google it and TIL he also voices Rick, Morty and is co-creator of the show. Also also him and William Pugh are working on a VR game, which is awesome.

EDIT: Just played through it a second time and listened to all of the cassettes, a fun little side part.

Spoiler

Kinda disappointed that, from what I could tell, there's no deviating from the main path on replays ala Stanley Parable. I'd hoped that things like not calling the retrieval team for the tiger or not pressing the elevator lever would make something different happen. There's a bunch of stuff in the trailer like the lazer stuff and being able to get near the car that I just cannot figure out how to do. Was that purely for the trailer?

Don't get me wrong, it's a really cool experience and I totally am not expecting anything more from it considering it cost me nothing. I just hoped that there would be some hidden goodness inside.

I'm excited to see what Crows Crows Crows releases in the future.

 

[BlazinAm]

SO either I'm missing something or the talk of grapple hooks and lasers is just to mess with people?

 

[Spookie]

Wait, Roiland's in the game as well?

I totally heard I'M MR MEESEEKS.

 

[FoneBone]

How do you listen to the cassettes? I swear I tried to interact with them and nothing happened.

 

[MUnited83]

How do you listen to the cassettes? I swear I tried to interact with them and nothing happened.

There's a cassete player in the very first room, you need to grab it to be able to play the cassettes.

 

[snivell]

Really cool.

 

[Youta Mottenai]

Thanks for the heads-up More_Badass. Really interesting.

Spoiler

Don't pass the tapes people

.

 

[Dremark]

Not to take anything away from him, isn't calling William Pugh "The designer if the Stanley Parable" a bit misleading and confusing?

From what I saw he worked on the HD remake and was likely a large part of why it turned out the way it did, but he didn't work on the original version that was done by Davey Wreden (Who more recently did the beginner's guide).

Anyway, not trying to call anyone out or short credit Pugh, I just wanted to clarify as seeing him credited that way legitimately confused me and I had to look stuff up to get it straight.

Also this looks interesting, I want to check it out when I have some free time at home.

 

[Haunted]

That was cute.

Not to take anything away from him, isn't calling William Pugh "The designer if the Stanley Parable" a bit misleading and confusing?

From what I saw he worked on the HD remake and was likely a large part of why it turned out the way it did, but he didn't work on the original version that was done by Davey Wreden (Who more recently did the beginner's guide).

Anyway, not trying to call anyone out or short credit Pugh, I just wanted to clarify as seeing him credited that way legitimately confused me and I had to look stuff up to get it straight.

Also this looks interesting, I want to check it out when I have some free time at home.

I also did a double take when I read that because I associate Davey Wreden with that description first and foremost, but Pugh is officially listed as one of the two designers who worked on The Stanley Parable (the product sold on Steam), so this is correct.

 

[kavanf1]

Thanks OP, loved The Stanley Parable so looking forward to playing this.

 

[truestatic]

Thank you so much for this recommendation. I absolutely loved it. I'm now strong arming as many friends as possible into playing it.

 

[John Kowalski]

i played it just for simon

worth it

 

[Joeku]

So...did nobody explore the CrowsCrowsCrows website? Stuff's there.

Edit: and immediately after I posted I went back to replay it and listen to the tapes, and the game updated. Now, was this the update!?Cuz, uh...there's

Spoiler

pretzels everywhere. What's up with that? Was that not there on second runthroughs before?

Also these tapes are easily better than the second tv episode of R&M.

Double edit: found the tape with the pretzels. I wonder if those showed up whenever you picked up a tape player? Can anyone clarify that?