Owlboy

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Item Description

Otus cannot speak, and in the village of Vellie that makes him a disappointment. Owls are meant to be guardians, and his stern mentor Asio never lets him forget how far short he falls. Then sky pirates descend on the floating islands, and the quiet owlboy nobody believed in ends up carrying the fate of his world, quite often literally, on his back.

That carrying is the heart of the game. Otus can fly freely through every area, which gives D-Pad Studio's adventure a sense of space few 2D platformers can match, but he cannot do much fighting on his own. Instead he lifts his friends into the air and borrows their abilities: his best friend Geddy fires his trusty gun, the gruff pirate Alphonse blasts away with a heavy blunderbuss, and Twig latches on with spider silk. Swapping companions mid-flight to aim shots, solve puzzles and topple bosses becomes a satisfying aerial dance, and the dungeons, ancient owl ruins full of mechanisms and secrets, are built around it.

Owlboy is also one of the most beautiful pixel-art games ever made, and it took the small Norwegian team close to a decade to finish. That care shows everywhere: lush, layered backgrounds, expressive animation in every scene, and a sweeping orchestral score by Jonathan Geer that gives the story real emotional lift. It feels like what a 16-bit adventure might have become if someone had kept refining it for nine years, which is more or less exactly what happened.

Under the charm is a story that is not afraid to get heavy, about friendship, expectation and what it means to be enough, with moments that stay with players long after the credits. The flight controls sit naturally on a Switch controller and the adventure fits handheld play beautifully, making the Switch a fine home for a modern indie landmark that rewards being played at its own unhurried pace.

Fast factsgame data via IGDB
Released
2016
Publisher
SOEDESCO Publishing
Developer
D-Pad Studio
Players
Single player
About the game

Owlboy is a platform/action-adventure video game created by Norwegian developer D-Pad Studio. Explore a vibrantly crafted pixel world in this flying adventure platformer. Being a mute, Otus struggles living up to the expectations of owl-hood. Things spiral from bad to worse with the sudden appearance of sky pirates. What follows is a journey through monster infested ruins, with unexpected encounters, and burdens no one should have to bear.

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