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- Pinstripe 1 0 3 – An Emotionally Charged Adventure Gameplay
Pinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure about Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years. Play as Teddy, an estranged ex-minister forced to venture through the frozen afterlife in search of Bo, his three year old daughter, and her perverse kidnapper. Discover the dark secrets of Teddy's past, and confront his sleazy, demonic nemesis, Mr. Pinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure through Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years. Play as Teddy, an estranged ex-minister forced to venture through the frozen afterlife in search of his three-year-old daughter Bo, and her perverse kidnapper.
| Pinstripe | |
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| Developer(s) | Atmos Games |
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| Producer(s) |
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| Designer(s) | Thomas Brush |
| Programmer(s) | Thomas Brush |
| Artist(s) | Thomas Brush |
| Writer(s) | Thomas Brush |
| Composer(s) | Thomas Brush |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | April 25, 2017[2] |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle, adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Pinstripe is a puzzle, adventurevideo game for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4[3], macOS, Linux, and Nintendo Switch. The game was developed by Thomas Brush, who created and designed it over a five-year period. It was published by Armor Games.
Plot[edit]
Pinstripe follows Teddy, a disgraced ex-minister, who is on a train with his three-year-old daughter, Bo. Ted encounters Pinstripe, a shadowy figure who is also on the train. After Bo is kidnapped by Pinstripe, and the train crashes into a town, Ted goes off to find Bo.
Exploring the town, Ted finds his dog, George, who gives him advice throughout the game, and Bo's slingshot, which acts as a weapon. Throughout the town, the residents are drunk off of Sack Juice, which Pinstripe produces.
Near the end of the game, clues collected by Ted imply that after his wife died, Ted began to drink, and soon after crashed his car, killing him and Bo, and also finds that Pinstripe is the name of the whisky he drank. Owning up to his mistakes, he faces off against Pinstripe, who wants to adopt Bo to take her away from Ted. After defeating Pinstripe, Ted enters a dark room, and George sacrifices himself to let Ted pass. The ending sees that Ted is reunited with Bo in a sunny field. Dialogue options earlier in the game decide if George is reunited with Ted and Bo. They come across a woman on a bench, presumed to be Bo's mother. The game then ends.
Development[edit]
Brush had been working on the game for four years,[4] and it was originally slated for release on Steam and iOS in 2016.[5] On February 16, 2016, a Kickstarter was launched to help finish with the game's development and so Brush could quit his job as a freelancer, with a goal of $28,000.[6] The project had reached its funding goal within two days raising $42,494.[7] The project ended on March 17, 2016, having raised $106,729,[8] funding stretch goals that include a bonus level, voice acting and an extra mode.[2] Thomas Brush created every aspect of the game himself, including the original score, artwork, programming, and writing, though several people did lend their voices to the game for various characters. The game finally released on April 25, 2017, and was localized into seven different languages.
In his development postmortem for the game at Gamasutra, Brush credits Unity as being easy to learn and supported by plugins which were invaluable to his development. He warned others against using UnityScript, due to its excessive compilation time, and instead to use C#.[9]
Reception[edit]
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In 2016, Pinstripe was a finalist at the third SXSW Gaming Awards under the category 'Gamer's Voice Award (single player)'.[13] Upon its release, the reviews were mixed. Jeremy Winslow, writing at GameSpot awarded the game 5/10, criticising the narrative as pedestrian, and 'failing to inspire emotional attachment in [its] characters'. For Winslow, this, and flaws in its puzzle design, combat and platforming overpowered the game's rich atmosphere.[14] At Time, Matt Peckham was much more positive, awarding the game 5/5. Peckham described the game's depiction of hell as 'a melange of beauty and horror' and compared it to the works of Bosch, Bruegel and Dante. He concluded the review, by reflecting on the themes raised by the game, 'What does loss resemble? How does it sound? What if the museums to mistakes that we spend lifetimes assembling in our minds were a physical space?'[15]
References[edit]
Pinstripe 1 0 3 – An Emotionally Charged Adventure Gamecube
- ^'Pinstripe for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details'. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
- ^ abChalk, Andy (2017-03-19). 'Pinstripe, the tale of an ex-minister pursuing his daughter through the bowels of Hell, arrives in April'. PC Gamer. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^'Surreal adventure game Pinstripe launches for Xbox One on February 7, PS4 on February 13'. Gematsu. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^Dimopoulos, Konstantinos (2015-12-14). 'The unique and solitary story of Pinstripe'. Gamasutra. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^Valentin, Christian (2015-12-21). 'Haunting adventure game Pinstripe will be coming to iOS next year'. Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^Griffiths, Josh (2016-02-16). 'Pinstripe Takes On Hell (and Kickstarter)'. Cliqist. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^Matulef, Jeffrey (2016-02-18). 'Stylish platformer Pinstripe exceeded its Kickstarter goal in a day'. Eurogamer. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^'Pinstripe-Kickstarter'. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
- ^Thomas Brush (2017-05-03). 'Postmortem: Thomas Brush's Pinstripe'. Gamasutra. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
- ^'Pinstripe for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^'Pinstripe for Xbox One Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^'Pinstripe for Switch Reviews'. Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^Whatley, Tucker (2016-01-26). 'SXSW Gaming Awards Finalists Announced'. The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^Jeremy Winslow (2017-05-05). 'Pinstripe Review'. GameSpot. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
- ^Matt Peckham (2017-04-27). 'Pinstripe Review'. Time. Retrieved 2017-05-06.
External links[edit]
Factsheet
Publisher:
Armor Games Studios
Based in Irvine, California
Developer:
Atmos Games
Release date:
April 25th, 2017
Platforms:
Steam
GOG
Humble Store
Twitch
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Pinstripe 1 0 3 – An Emotionally Charged Adventure Gameplay
Website:
pinstripegame.com/
| USD: | 15.00 |
| EUR: | 13.67 |
| CAD: | 19.69 |
| GBP: | 12.23 |
Description
Pinstripe is an emotionally charged adventure about Hell created entirely by a one-man team over the course of five years. Play as Teddy, an estranged ex-minister forced to venture through the frozen afterlife in search of Bo, his three year old daughter, and her perverse kidnapper. Discover the dark secrets of Teddy's past, and confront his sleazy, demonic nemesis, Mr. Pinstripe.
History
Thomas Brush, creator of award winning games Coma and Skinny, reveals a gorgeous art style, breath-taking score, and chilling story with influences from The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, and Alice in Wonderland. Pinstripe was successfully Kickstarted in 2016 by nearly 4000 backers, and released for PC, Mac, and Linux on Steam on April 27th, 2017. Pinstripe will release on PlayStation 4 on February 13th 2018, and on Xbox One on February 7th 2018. The game has been localized into seven languages; English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese-Brazil, and Simplified Chinese.
Features
- Explore 6 hauntingly beautiful levels of Hell.
- Listen to an immersive and unique soundtrack written by the game's creator.
- Use your blunderbuss to fight your way through bizarre beasts and interesting puzzles.
- Hang out with your family pet George and sniff out clues.
- Discover the mystery behind Teddy and Bo's death.
- Features a hilarious cast of professional voice actors and celebrity cameo performances!
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Selected Articles
- 'Poignant, clever, and creepy as all hell!'
- Jim Sterling, thejimquisition.com - 'Pinstripe begs to be finished.'
- Brett Makedonski, destructoid.com - '... a melange of beauty and horror, a bricolage of dreamscapes and Tin Pan Alley tunes where the devil is literally in every detail.'
- Matt Peckham, time.com - '... the brooding atmosphere and the lanky priest remind me of everything from the mysterious sins of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Reverend Mr. Hooper in 'The Minister's Black Veil' to Washington Irving's superstitious Ichabod Crane.'
- Harold Goldberg, washingtonpost.com - '... with its mysteriously strange setting and platforming puzzle gameplay would being justified in garnering comparisons to the similarly atmospheric Limbo.'
- Quinn Levandoski, hookedgamers.com - '... a truly atmospheric game with a flawless and poignant story.'
- Bobby Perrier, keengamer.com - 'Pinstripe was a Herculean effort by one man, and it provided one of the more interesting worlds and better stories I've played in quite some time.'
- Ray Carsillo, egmnow.com - 'What else can I say about you, Pinstripe? You totally rocked my socks.'
- Taylor Thompson, entertainmentbuddha.com - 'With heartfelt storytelling, stunning art design, and atmospheric music, Pinstripe is sure to start hitting those Best Indie Games lists soon.'
- Ashley Schonberg, bagogames.com - '... feels as full and cohesive as a project with a much bigger staff and budget, with all the weirdness and sharp edges as a piece from the heart.'
- Danielle Riendeau, waypoint.vice.com - 'Pinstripe is a captivating adventure full of charm and heartbreak that instantly pulls you in and refuses to let go.'
- Morgan Shaver, indieobscura.com - 'It's beautiful to look at, and the soundtrack is hauntingly addictive. I only ever wanted more.'
- Austin Cannon, gametyrant.com
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