CarneyVale: Showtime explained

CarneyVale: Showtime
Developer:Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab
Engine:Microsoft XNA[1]
Released:Xbox 360
Windows Phone 7
Microsoft Windows
Android and iOS
Genre:Platform game
Modes:Single-player

CarneyVale: Showtime is a vertical platformer developed by Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was initially released on Xbox Live Indie Games (then Xbox Live Community Games) on Xbox 360.[2] Players play as Slinky, "a circus acrobat trying to rise up the ranks by performing acrobatic tricks and death-defying stunts through increasingly complex arenas".[3]

The game won the 2008 Dream-Build-Play Challenge,[4] was declared a finalist in the 2008 Independent Games Festival, and was featured as one of the PAX 10 top games at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo.[5]

Ports and re-releases

Microsoft Game Studios published ports of the game for Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft Windows,[6] which were released on October 18, 2010 and November 1, 2010; respectively.[7] The Windows port was released exclusively via the Games for Windows Marketplace with Games for Windows – Live support.[8]

The rights to the game were bought by Appxplore, who ported it to Android and iOS on May 5, 2016.[9]

Footnotes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tan . Philip . CarneyVale: Showtime is coming to Windows Phone 7! . Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab . 10 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100922034504/http://gambit.mit.edu/updates/2010/08/carneyvale_showtime_is_coming.php . 22 September 2010 . 17 August 2010 . We're super excited to be working with Microsoft to bring our XNA game to Windows phones [...]. . live.
  2. Web site: Winners in Indie Dev Contest, with Video . Kotaku . 2008-11-02 . 2010-04-28.
  3. Web site: CarneyVale: Showtime available on Xbox Live Community Games! . Gambit . 2008-12-22 . Philip . Tan . 2010-04-28.
  4. http://www.dreambuildplay.com/main/default.aspx/ Dream Build Play
  5. Web site: CarneyVale: Showtime (2008) . Gambit . 2010-04-28.
  6. Web site: First Windows Phone 7 Games Announced, Xbox Titles Included . Microsoft News Center . . 10 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100817141909/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2010/aug10/08-16winphonegames.mspx . 17 August 2010 . 16 August 2010 . dead.
  7. Web site: Tan . Philip . CarneyVale: Showtime now available on Games for Windows and Windows Phone 7 . Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab . 10 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101223113424/http://gambit.mit.edu/updates/2010/11/carneyvale_showtime_now_availa.php . 23 December 2010 . 18 November 2010 . live.
  8. Web site: Sterling . Jim . Jim Sterling . CarneyVale: Showtime headed to PC . . 10 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100308173806/http://www.destructoid.com/carneyvale-showtime-headed-to-pc-165920.phtml . 8 March 2010 . 5 March 2010 . live.
  9. Web site: Carneyvale Showtime Releases 5th May . . . 10 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160429155448/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/271446/Carneyvale_Showtime_Releases_5th_May.php . 29 April 2016 . 27 April 2016 . live.

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