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Attractio cover

2016 · First-person shooter · Indie

Attractio

PlayStation console exclusive

Be the first to change gravity and solve hard deadly puzzles in Attractio! Control the 3 contestants: Dalek, Mia and Keir, who compete to win the controversial reality show. You will need dexterity and cleverness to pass throughout the challenging levels. Are you up for the challenge?

Released
19 January 2016
Platforms
LinuxPlayStation 4PlayStation VitaWindowsmacOS
Genres
First-person shooterIndiePlatformerPuzzle
Developers
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Publishers
Bandai Namco Entertainment
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
First personVirtual Reality
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Country
Mexico
Age ratings
ESRB T
Languages
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)

About

Attractio is a puzzle-platform game by Mexican developers GameCoder Studios, Renderfarm Studios and publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment. Attractio takes place in the Entertainment Space Station (ESS), an artificial satellite orbiting Mars where players will solve deadly physics-based puzzles using gadgets that manipulate gravity. This futuristic puzzle platformer draws its gameplay inspiration from games like Portal, while also being inspired by futuristic stories like those similar to Running Man. The game received mixed reviews. It was the first video game developed in Latin America to be published globally by Bandai Namco Entertainment,

Keywords

  • game show
  • attraction

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Attractio screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Development

The game was first announced for Steam Greenlight in 2013, and successfully "Greenlit" the following year. Shortly after, the developers announced the game was now being published (after improvements) by Bandai Namco Entertainment, an early access of Attractio, supporting Windows and already with plans for the Oculus Rift, was available: "GameCoder Studios has announced that its indie first-person puzzle title, Attractio, will be launching via early access on Thursday, 20th March."

The music was composed by Novelli Jurado. He mixed electronic music with classical and tribal textures gathering a variety range of emotions. With this work he is the first latinamerican composer whose work was distributed worldwide by Japanese renown company Bandai-Namco for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and Steam.

Reception

Attractio has received mixed reviews from critics.

5 out of 5 saying, "There's not a lot about Attractio to pull you in from a distance. It doesn't look, sound or even feel that great. Its story is obvious and uninteresting. Everything about it screams “knockoff” like a “ROLAX” watch, but don't be fooled: if you're a fiend for devious puzzles, Attractio is the real deal."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows20 March 2014North America
Linux20 March 2014North America
macOS20 March 2014North America
PlayStation 419 January 2016North America
PlayStation Vita14 June 2016North America

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