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Girp

A spiritual successor of sorts to the developer's earlier QWOP, this one takes the physical feats out of the realm of organized sport and instead puts the player in control of a man desperately clinging to a…

28 March 2011

Girp is an indie developed by Bennett Foddy, released 28 March 2011 on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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What Girp is

Girp is an indie game developed by Bennett Foddy and released in 2011. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Adobe Flash Player.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A spiritual successor of sorts to the developer's earlier QWOP, this one takes the physical feats out of the realm of organized sport and instead puts the player in control of a man desperately clinging to a rocky oceanside cliff at sea level. Numerous handholds are available with which to pull himself up, helpfully labeled with keyboard letters, and if a handhold proves out of reach the player can activate a muscle-tensing big push, really striving to get close enough to the handhold to grab it. The player's body is governed by ragdoll physics, meaning that sometimes some rocking or swinging motions are needed in order to get close enough to make use of a handhold. Additional challenge is…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Girp launched on 28 March 2011, within three weeks of Portal 2, Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2 and Total War: Shogun 2.

Released around the same time: Portal 2, Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Total War: Shogun 2.

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When did Girp come out?
Girp was released on 28 March 2011 for PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser.

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