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2016 · Through Games · Action-adventure · Platformer

FRU

Xbox exclusive

FRU is a puzzle platformer that features an innovative use of Kinect, in which your silhouette becomes a "portal" between two worlds.

Released
2016
Platforms
Xbox One
Genres
Action-adventurePlatformerPuzzlePuzzle-platformer
Developers
Through Games
Publishers
Through Games
Perspective
Side view
Country
Netherlands
Age ratings
ESRB E

About

Fru is a puzzle-platform game developed by Through Games. Fru was released for the Xbox One console on 13 July 2016.

Keywords

  • kinect

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Fru is a puzzle platform video game, in which players control a young girl wearing a fox mask through a 2-dimensional environment. The game makes use of the Kinect motion sensing peripheral. The player's silhouette is projected in real-time onto the scenery to manipulate and reveal hidden platforms.

Development

Fru was developed and published by Through Games. A prototype was created as an entry for the 2014 Global Game Jam. In March 2014, Microsoft announced at GDC that Fru would be releasing on the Xbox One video game console via their ID@Xbox program. Through Games founder, Mattia Traverso, expressed disappointment at Microsoft's decision to start selling Xbox One consoles without the Kinect device, questioning whether completing the product would be financially viable.

Fru was released on 13 July 2016. The game was delisted on July 1, 2022.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox One13 July 2016North America · Worldwide 13 July 2016

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