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Stupendously Gorgeous… But Not Very Fun
Nelson Schneider - wrote on 11/06/2020
“Owlboy” is the second game by Norwegian Indie developer, D-Pad Studio, whose first game, “Savant – Ascent” was a PC exclusive Bullet Hell SHMUP released in 2013. However, D-Pad Studio has something of a reputation for long development cycles, as “Owlboy” was first announced way back in 2007, before the studio had anything resembling a reputation or pedigree. Concerned about negative feedback and struggling with the lead designer’s recurring depression, D-Pad Studio would ultimately spend just shy of a decade developing “Owlboy,” with numerous from-scratch restarts, before the game was released as a PC exclusive in 2016, which received 8th Gen console ports two years later.
I was excited about “Owlboy” from its first reveal, since, at the time, 2D sprite-based …
