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Developer(s) | No Brakes Games[a] |
Publisher(s) | Curve Digital[b] |
Director(s) | Tomas Sakalauskas |
Producer(s) | Tomas Sakalauskas[1] |
Engine | Unity |
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Genre(s) | Platform-puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Human: Fall Flat is a platform-puzzle video game developed by Lithuanian studio No Brakes Games and published by Curve Digital. It was released for Microsoft Windows, Linux and MacOS in July 2016, with PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions in May 2017 and a Nintendo Switch version in December 2017.[2] A mobile port developed by Codeglue and published by 505 Games was released on 26 June 2019 for iOS and Android.[3] A Stadia version was released on 1 October 2020.[4]
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Human: Fall Flat was made by a single developer, Tomas Sakalauskas, and has received mixed reviews. Reviewers praised the replayability of the puzzles and comedic animations. The game has sold more than 5 million copies.
Human: Fall Flat is a physics puzzle game where players play a customizable human, referred to in-game as Bob. Bob is stated to have no superhuman abilities; he is purely human.[5] Players can make him grab objects and climb up ledges using both his arms and looking with his head.[6][7]
Although Bob's standard appearance is a featureless, minimalist all-white human with a baseball cap, players are able to customize him to their liking, painting his body in a different array of colors and dressing him in a variety of costumes.[5]
The game is open-ended. Each level is themed differently, each containing multiple solutions to their unique puzzles.[5] Various remotes hidden in the game give players clues to learn the gameplay and ultimately solve the puzzles.[8]
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Human: Fall Flat was developed by a single developer, Tomas Sakalauskas. In 2012, Sakalauskas abandoned his work in IT to try video game development. Human came about after several unsuccessful projects.[1]
In October 2017, an online multiplayer feature was added to Human: Fall Flat, allowing up to eight people to play online or by LAN.[9]
A port to mobile platforms supporting iOS and Android was released on 26 June 2019.[10]
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Human: Fall Flat received 'mixed or average' reviews, according to review aggregatorMetacritic.[11][12][13][14] Dan Stapleton of IGN recommended the game for watching rather than actually playing, praising the slapstick controls, humorous animations, and character customization.[7] Zack Furniss of Destructoid enjoyed the replayability of the puzzles and praised the multiple solutions each puzzle provided.[6]
By February 2018, more than 2 million copies of the game had been sold across all platforms.[1] According to Curve, the sales of the game were boosted with the addition of online multiplayer in late 2017; by early January 2018, the game had broken over 1 million units sold on the Windows version, but within a month, had seen an additional 700,000 sales.[17][18][19] By June 2018, the game achieved over 4 million sales across all platforms.[20]
Human: Fall Flat was the first video game released by Super Rare Games, which is a limited-print company that physically publishes Nintendo Switch games. 5,000 copies were made available to order in March 2018.[21] In Japan, the Nintendo Switch version of Human Fall Flat released by Teyon Japan, a subsidiary of Teyon, was the fourteenth bestselling game during its first week of release, with 5,241 copies sold.[22]
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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2017 | Develop Awards | New Games IP | Nominated | [23][24] |
The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards | Casual/Social Game | Nominated | [25] | |
2018 | The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards | Best Audio Design | Nominated | [26][27] |
Best Casual Game | Won |
We all love a good quirky game. Something where the appeal is the uniqueness of its characters or the bizarre nature of the game play, like QWOP, that game where you had to control the athlete’s limbs using letters on your keyboard. Remember that? Nightmarish. Human Fall Flat offers a similar kind of experience, only less infuriating. With a flimsy humanoid protagonist aptly named Bob and a host of intriguing puzzles and levels, Human Fall Flat is likely to appeal to those who like a bit of playfulness injected into their video game experience. The question is, does it fall flat on its face?
The short answer is no. There are enough puzzles and different environments throughout the game to keep your interest levels peaked, that is if you enjoy puzzle-based video games, of course. Some may be put off by the game’s controls. They’re deliberately tricky to work with, as not only is it part of the game’s programming to make the puzzles so difficult to complete, but it also adds to the game’s comedy factor. It’s charming slapstick nature is what makes it so endearing to begin with and is one of its best features. It’s extra fun when playing with a friend or family member and watching them mess up a jump or a pull-up, a function that would otherwise be easy if not for the clumsiness of the controls.
What I really like about Human Fall Flat is that it is aware that Bob’s knack for falling off cliffs and accidental suicide can be a bit frustrating, given how often it happens. Usually the respawn time in some games can really put me off (hello, falling off Rainbow Road in literally any Mariokart game), but the developers found a way to beat this. As every level in the game takes place in a floating island, once you fall off you immediately fall back onto the island from above. Its an instant respawn, which makes the game all the more addictive and much more convenient to play.
I’ll be honest, I’m very hit or miss when it comes to games based around puzzles. Hotline miami 2: wrong number crack key. I love the Legend of Zelda games, but when it comes to some of the trickier dungeons, I groan, sigh and inevitably do a Google search for the walkthrough. Human Fall Flat doesn’t quite reach this level of puzzle tedium; a lot of puzzles are pretty basic, easy enough for the average video game player or those of us who have grown up with them. Move a block to progress, or even fling yourself across the map using a catapult (which is also a lot of fun to play around with).
The odd couple did make me consider switching off the game and heading outside, but I realised I wasn’t kidding anyone and powered through. As the game has a linear level design, all the puzzles have to be solved in sequence, so if you want to progress you have to grit your teeth and get through some of the tougher stuff. A recent addition to the game is the availability of an online multiplayer option, where you and seven other brave souls can navigate the world of Bob and laugh at each other when you fall off the world by simply trying to walk.
All in all, there’s a lot to like about this game. Yes, there’s the odd element that makes it a little bit off-putting, such as the dodgy controls and the repetitive nature, but they’re part of the package. Human Fall Flat doesn’t promise anything it can’t deliver and it doesn’t try and hide what it is. It’s simple, it’s fun, and it’s always worth a laugh when you’ve got friends round. It’s a world worth taking a trip to.
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