{"id":371,"date":"2013-12-15T15:17:34","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T23:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clutchplaygames.com\/cp\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2018-05-24T16:42:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T23:42:21","slug":"skullduggery-press-kit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clutchplaygames.com\/cp\/press-kit\/skullduggery-press-kit\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Kit – Skullduggery!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Skullduggery!\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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Factsheet<\/h1>\n

Developer:<\/strong>
\nClutchPlay Games
\nBased in Portland, OR<\/p>\n

Release date:<\/strong>
\niOS – October 9, 2014
\nAndroid – April 9, 2015<\/p>\n

Pricing:<\/strong>
\niOS – $2.99
\nAndroid – Free ad-supported (optional $2.99 IAP to remove ads)<\/em><\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>
\nAction-based Platformer<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> departmentofskullduggery.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Press \/ Business Contact:<\/strong>
\npress@clutchplaygames.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Platforms:<\/strong>
\nApple App Store<\/strong><\/a>
\nGoogle Play Store<\/strong><\/a>
\nAmazon Appstore for Android<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Description<\/h1>\n

\u201cSkullduggery!\u201d is an atmospheric, fling-based physics platformer, in which you\u2019ll play a Semi-Organic Autonomous Skull employed by the Infernal Revenue Service. Your job is to collect unpaid taxes from the \u2018deadbeats\u2019 of the afterlife by any means necessary. Using the elasticity of your own brain, slingshot yourself around the fortresses of the afterlife\u2019s biggest tax dodgers. Slow time to avoid deadly obstacles and pull off crazy trick shots to collect riches. Discover hidden caches and slip past surly guards. Play \u2018head to head\u2019 against your friends to become the afterlife\u2019s most successful agent.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkullduggery!” features a finely-tuned and deeply-satisfying one-touch control scheme specifically tailored to mobile. Its endearingly grotesque art style was inspired by the Max Fleischer animations of the 1930\u2019s. It also includes a quirky doom-jazzy, bureau-noir soundtrack from Portland industrial musician, Michael Arthur Holloway.<\/p>\n

Features<\/h1>\n
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  • BRAIN POWER:<\/strong> Pull back ANYWHERE on the screen to stretch out your brain! Let go to snap your skull forward like a brainy rubber band.<\/li>\n
  • BULLET TIME:<\/strong> Touch and hold in mid-air to slow down time and change directions.<\/li>\n
  • GRAVITATIONAL TRUANCY:<\/strong>\u00a0Defy gravity\u00a0by launching your skull into the air and then\u00a0aiming again while your skull is in mid-flight.<\/li>\n
  • HEADSHOTS:<\/strong>\u00a0Take out enemies with a single well-placed fling to the cranium.<\/li>\n
  • SINGLE PLAYER:<\/strong>\u00a0Single Player mode with 24 surreal and pleasantly spooky levels.<\/li>\n
  • MULTIPLAYER:<\/strong> Play \u2018HEAD to HEAD\u2019 against your friends in local multiplayer mode featuring\u00a06 brain-pounding arenas.<\/li>\n
  • POWER-UPS:<\/strong> \u00a0Hit a lantern and magical things happen. \u00a0Power-up Lanterns turn you into a coin magnet, a fireball, a giant invincible skull, or a\u00a0speed demon.<\/li>\n
  • MULTIPLE WORLDS:<\/strong>\u00a0Three distinctly unique and atmospheric worlds, each culminating in a brain bashing boss battle.<\/li>\n
  • DISCOVERY:<\/strong>\u00a0Hidden rooms and secret chests containing containing treasure and other delights.<\/li>\n
  • REPLAYABILITY:<\/strong>\u00a0Dozens of collectables and secondary objectives to maximize play time.<\/li>\n
  • UNIQUE SKULLS:<\/strong> Over 20 unique skulls to unlock including several guest celebrity skulls from other indie games. \u00a0(Guest skulls include BEAN from Kumobius\u2019\u00a0‘Bean\u2019s Quest,’ MARV from Pagoda West\u2019s ‘Major Magnet’ and of course, ClutchPlay\u2019s own CHOMP, from ‘Little Chomp.\u2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    History<\/h1>\n

    After releasing the Android version of Little Chomp in early 2013, the ClutchPlay Team was hired by KIXEYE Inc, to bring their highly successful Facebook game \u2018Backyard Monsters\u2019 to mobile. Upon completion of that project in October 2013, ClutchPlay began prototyping new concepts for their next mobile game. Originally given the working title of \u201cSkull Game,\u201d the concept went through several iterations before it gelled in its current form. The first prototype began as a traditional platformer, in which a skeleton navigates through the underworld by taking off its head and flinging or rolling it through the a series of puzzle-based scenarios but after a few different iterations, it became clear to the team that the act of flinging a busted skull was the most fun part of the game. And thus, “Skullduggery!” was born.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Videos<\/h1>\n