| Jack Move | |
| Developer: | So Romantic |
| Publisher: | HypeTrain Digital |
| Engine: | Unity |
| Genre: | Role-playing |
| Modes: | Single-player |
| Programmer: | Edd Parris |
| Artist: | Joe Williamson |
| Composer: | Charlie Fieber |
| Fetchwikidata: | Q106960102 |
Jack Move is a role-playing video game developed by So Romantic and published by HypeTrain Digital in 2022 for macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Jack Move is a single player turn based role playing game. The combat system of the game is based around strategic use of three different elements.[1]
Development of the game started in 2012, with the creation of a battle system.[2] According to a 2021 interview in Wireframe Magazine, game was developed in the Unity game engine, making use of 3D environments in conjunction with a forced perspective, video post-processing and other artistic techniques to create the illusion of a 2D overworld.[2] The game was influenced by Golden Sun and the Final Fantasy series, as well as by elements of the film Hackers.[2]
A public demo was released on Steam during the 2021 Steam Summer Festival.[3] In August 2022 an animated trailer was released.[4]
The Windows and macOS versions launched on September 8, 2022, with console versions for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One following on September 20, 2022.[5] [6] [7]
Jack Move received "generally favorable" reviews based on five critics on the review aggregator website Metacritic.[8] [9]
A number of praised the game's impactful nature in spite of its short length.[10]