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AlleyStrat

For 2019 I ran two prototyping classes – one in Pico-8 for the undergraduates and a graduate version with no platform constraint (which generally means they work in Unity). So this year I hid the same prompt…

31 December 2019

AlleyStrat is a video game developed by Bennett Foddy, released 31 December 2019 on Web browser.

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What AlleyStrat is

AlleyStrat was developed by Bennett Foddy and released in 2019. It is available on Web browser only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

For 2019 I ran two prototyping classes – one in Pico-8 for the undergraduates and a graduate version with no platform constraint (which generally means they work in Unity). So this year I hid the same prompt in two different interpretations of the same idea. I tuned the Pico-8 game for the youthful reflexes of the undergraduate class, but I did not count on the fact that none of them would have ever played a bullet-hell game, and as a result, only one of them was able to reach the end and find out what the assignment was. I instructed that person that they could keep it a secret if they wanted to.
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What it launched against

AlleyStrat launched on 31 December 2019, within three weeks of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot and Metro Exodus: Sam's Story.

Released around the same time: Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Shovel Knight: King of Cards, Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Metro Exodus: Sam's Story.

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When did AlleyStrat come out?
AlleyStrat was released on 31 December 2019 for Web browser.