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Band of Brawlers

Band of Brawlers is a 3 vs 3 combat game, requiring teamwork and tactics in a king-of-the-hill scenario. On a colorful planet somwhere in space brawlers have started to gang up and are battling each other for control of an abandoned Tivoli. Gang up with your friends and see which team has the greatest cooperation and tactics while you try to take over and hold as many of the zones as possible. While fighting you’ll also get to experience an innovative combat interface that lets you perform attacks with the mouse.

Team:
Project Management: Natalia Mekras
Graphics: Ted Edin, Kalle Henningsson, Monica Kreitz, Tobias Källkvist, Daniel Ohlsson
Programming: Olof Ahlberg, Gunnar Carnbro, Peter Sjödin
Sound: Nicolas Leventorp
Website: http://sim4devblog.blogspot.com/

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Colorless (2010)

Colorless is a short game revolving around eight specific levels with a focus on co-operation and the concept of closeness.

While players move around freely in the world, the camera pans out when the players are further away from eachother. The two main characters have different skill sets and they need to be combined in order to overcome obstacles and take care of enemies. Basic skills are running, jumping, kicking, sliding, opening doors and climbing. Leveldesign force the players to split up but, the only way to regenerate health is to stay close to eachother, the most effective way of recharging energy is by hugging!

Colorless was awarded “Best Serious Game” at Gotland Game Awards 2010.

Features:
– A romantic, multiplayer, 2D side-scrolling, co-operative, platformer game.
– Played on classic 8-Bit controllers ported to a PC.
– Black and white versus colored backdrops, 50-ies retro inspired.
– Dark humour with increadolous plot twists.

Team:
Albertinna Sparrhult – Producer
Niklas Åhs – Lead art / Lead designer
Pernilla Sparrhult – Art / Lead designer
Björn Bergren – Programmer
Mattias Bertilsson – Programmer / Assistant designer
Pontus Granström – Sound Effects
Mattias Lissmyr – Music Composer
Website: http://zamarkand.com/

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Pawns

Pawns is a 2D side scrolling co-op action game for the Xbox360. You and a friend must work together and combine your powers to defeat the human invasion!

Linda Kiby Zetterman and Johannes Wadin on jury-duty, playing Pawns at the Gotland Game Awards 2010
Linda Kiby Zetterman and Johannes Wadin on jury-duty, playing Pawns at the Gotland Game Awards 2010

Pawns won “The Award for Human Rights” at Gotland Game Awards 2010.
The Pawns-team, receiving "The Award for Human Rights" at the Gotland Game Awards 2010

Team:
Producer: Nina Moritz
Graphics: Esteban Soto, Jonatan Hagström, Alexander Oltner, Ruben Johansson, Simon Öhman
Programmer: Mikael Gullberg, Thommy Siverman
Sound: Mikko Jokela
Website: http://pawns-northerngate.blogspot.com/

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Midnight

Midnight is a real-time strategy game for three players. Each player plays as either the easy-going Rocks, the proud Papers or the wicked Scissors; miniscule creatures that crawl out of the shadows at night and face each other in an eternal battle.

It goes without saying that the papers live in constant fear of the scissors, which in turn are hunted by the rocks. This gives all the players a predatory/prey relationship towards each other, forcing them to use stealth, deception and ambushing to prevail. In short, Midnight is an RTS that focuses on stealth, exploring and mobility rather than numbers and micro-managing.

Midnight was awarded “Best Presentation” at Gotland Game Awards 2010. Tobias Andersen got an individual award for “Best Effort in Art”

Team:
Producer: Alex Karlsson
Design: Per Lingvall
Graphics: Alex Lusth, Niklas Hallin, Tobias Andersen,
Graphics: Ola Persson, Martin Paulsson, Erika A. Porath
Programmer: Johan Sköld
Trailer: Stina Boberg, Victor Öhman Holmberg
Website: www.luciddreams.se