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    The Adventures of Shuggy

    Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Jun 15, 2011

    An indie game that combines demanding 2D platforming with puzzle solving.

    This game only sold 3,000 copies :(

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    #1  Edited By Juicebox

    The battle for los angeles game sold more. you guys should atleast try the demo 
    http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Trial-Game-Adventures-of-Shuggy/00000000-0000-4000-8000-000058410a5c?cid=SLink
     ------56 mb download.
     

    If you liked Super Meat boy, Raskulls, Braid, Limbo, Or any classic platformers you'll love this.
    It's a puzzle platformer with a BIG influence on platforming,  116 levels that come  in short enjoyable chunks.
     
    This is a sad story about the whoel thing.
    http://www.next-gen.biz/features/humble-indie-fumble-xbla-horror-story
     
           

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    #2  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    Never even heard of it, dude.

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    #3  Edited By Juicebox
    @TheGreatGuero
    try it out

     
    i promise youll like it
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    #4  Edited By illumAeed

    Looked up some gameplay.

    Looks mad fun, shame it isn't on Steam though. 

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    #5  Edited By TheGreatGuero

    Alright man, you convinced me to download the demo.

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    #6  Edited By BeachThunder
    @illumAeed said:

    Looked up some gameplay.

    Looks mad fun, shame it isn't on Steam though. 

    Yep, I'm sure if it were on Steam for a few dollars a heap of people would pick it up.
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    #7  Edited By Juicebox

    oh yeah it's only like 56 mb  everyone.

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    #8  Edited By Vinny_Says

    They should put L.A. in the title of that game it would sell more.

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    #9  Edited By SomeDeliCook

    This whole story is just depressing

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    #10  Edited By CptBedlam

    Two reasons:

    1. It was released alongside very high-profile XBLA arcade games and got overlooked

    2. It's too expensive for what it is

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    #11  Edited By ahgunsillyo
    Who's this Shuggy Knight-looking motherf**ker? 
     
    Sorry, somebody had to say it, and I thought I might as well get it out of the way. 
     
    In all seriousness, I really feel for David Johnston.  He worked hard for four years to create and release a game that, unfortunately, practically nobody knows about and is an utter commercial failure despite apparently getting a pretty good critical response.  A couple of bad decisions and a whole lot of bad luck seemed to kill nearly all, if not all, the potential for success that this game would have otherwise had.  
     
    To think, if this had come out before Braid, And Yet It Moves, The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, and a whole bunch of the other games that utilized similar mechanics, The Adventures of Shuggy would have been rather revolutionary.  Granted, I haven't played Shuggy (nor have I completed any of the other three games I just mentioned... Yes, yes, I know that that's terrible of me to not yet have finished Braid), so I can't really compare the puzzle design of these games, but just the fact that it would have utilized puzzle mechanics that hadn't really been seen before (I know I'm probably missing out on a few key games that were released even before Braid) would have still made it pretty noteworthy. 
     
    Instead, the first time I heard of this game was when Ryan was reading new XBLA releases on the Bombcast the week it came out, and that was also the last I heard about it until today.  It's quite sad, really; reading that article made me feel really bad.  Perhaps I'll pick it up; it's only $10.
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    #12  Edited By buft

    It looked really good but the problem i see is that its very similar to A Bombs Way which he also made available for 80 pts

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    #13  Edited By Little_Socrates

    I'll try the demo, but no promises as to whether I like it or not.

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    #14  Edited By Jimbo

    3000 people thought it said Shaggy.

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    #15  Edited By RIDEBIRD

    Cannot for the life of me figure out why indie devs decide to develop for XBLA/PSN. Indie games sell fucktons on Steam if priced at $5-10, it's cheaper to develop for PC, shit go viral and you get more money from the retailer. Pretty much every indie title in the last few years have sold more on PC. It's not only the listed reasons that make it sell, it's also that most gamers have a computer capable of playing games like this, Braid, Super Meat Boy and such - therefore the audience is much, much bigger.

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    #16  Edited By sjosz

    Not that it will change much, but I went and bought it.

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    #17  Edited By zaglis
    @Juicebox said:
    The battle for los angeles game sold more. you guys should atleast try the demo 

    So 3001?
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    #18  Edited By Juicebox
    @Jimbo
     
    haaaa
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    #19  Edited By kidman

    that's depressing..

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    #20  Edited By TooSweet

    Skimmed over the story and will try the game this week. I got a ton of stuff to play but if its worth it I'll give it a go. Dude should definitely try for PC release first. Don't really know what goes into creating and distributing but indie stuff should work great on Steam, no?

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    #21  Edited By Juicebox
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    never heard of it , is it still up?
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    #22  Edited By fox01313

    Well after getting it up on steam after all this time might have some new life in it, finding it quite fun in a meat boy/p.b. winterbottom mix of a game with a cute as hell Shuggy.

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    #23  Edited By yukon_cornelius

    This game is now only 400pts on Xbox Live Marketplace ... possibly until Monday night, possible a permanent price drop, but I'm guessing it's only a temporary thing, since another title from Valcon Games also mysteriously dropped to 400pts (Xotic). If you have any interested, and were hoping for a price drop ... now you know!

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    #24  Edited By ComradeKhan

    Is this game about Suge Knight?

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    #25  Edited By mabber36

    it's not very good, especially after playing super meat boy

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