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Journey Bound Games brings their beautiful puzzler Path of Giants to Steam
Husband and wife game dev duo bring their mobile hit Path of Giants to Steam on Valentines Day
Journey Bound Games announced that their puzzle game Path of Giants, will launch on Steam on February 14th. Set in a snowy mountain, Path of Giants puts the player in control of three explorers on their quest for a lost treasure. Each level requires teamwork between the explorers to help solve the puzzles, which are created not just out of the environment and landscape but having to swap between the characters as well.
A tradition of staying up late, eating pizza, and playing games together on Valentines Day will be a little different for Andrew and Hana Farrell this year as they set out to launch their indie puzzler Path of Giants on Steam. Although the late night and pizza will still be there, they will spend the day eagerly waiting to see if the reactions are as positive on Steam as they were on their iOS and Android release.
Although exporting to platforms can sometimes be a simple process in Unity, this was definitely not the case for Path of Giants. The game was created for the best mobile experience resulting in intuitive touch mechanics and portrait designed puzzles for one handed operation. Journey Bound Games knew that if they were going to bring this game to PC it needed to be an equally perfect experience that couldn’t look or feel like a mobile game. Nearly every puzzle was re-designed to fit into a landscape aspect ratio and the graphics were improved to take advantage of more performant hardware.
Path of Giants previously relied on shaders to simulate lighting and fog, which was great for mobile solutions. By using realtime lighting and post-processing effects, the visual style was upgraded to its new Steam look!
Path of Giants is the couple’s first step into game creation and since their initial mobile release have decided to focus full time on game development and taking Path of Giants into Steam. Though they are new to the game world, they have both been in the art industry for many years. Andrew has worked on countless projects across film and television, his latest being a Lead Animator on Spider-Man: Far from Home. He is Journey Bound Games programmer and animator, while Hana has spent years as a motion graphic artist and is now artist and level designer.
Always spending their free time playing games together, they decided to try creating one, and as puzzle games are one of their favorite genres, it was the path they took. “We have taken the game to a couple showcases and it’s always fun watching people wrap their head around having to switch between the characters.” said Andrew of Journey Bound Games. “You can always see the click, that ah ha moment when they figure it out and that’s really our favorite part of puzzle games.” added Hana.
Features:
Bright, chilling and beautiful visuals
Intricate handcrafted puzzles that are fun, challenging and varying in difficulty
Calming overall experience from start to finish
Family friendly and was designed so anyone can easily pick it up and enjoy
Colorblind feature - alternate character colors for better visibility
Play as three characters - swap between them
Keyboard, controller and touch supported
Collect Achievements
So put on your thinking cap and join the trio. Purchase Path of Giants on Steam for 15% off for the first week!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1181400/Path_of_Giants/
