Preview: Superbrothers - Sword & Sworcery EP (Capybara)
The forty-second trailer released late last year showed little of Capybara's upcoming iPhone release Sword & Sworcery, but now we have two new clips that demonstrate gameplay elements from the IGF Mobile Achievement in Art award winner. The gorgeous pixel art is supplied by Craig "Superbrothers" Adam, while the music is composed by singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie.
A video showcasing the Punch Out-style combat in the game can be found in the extended. (source: GameSetWatch)
Comments
My god that is insanely pretty
want PC version :(
Posted by: Anonymous | March 12, 2010 3:14 PM
wowowowowow!
Posted by: Ivan | March 12, 2010 3:23 PM
When can I buy it?
Posted by: Alex May | March 12, 2010 3:46 PM
Oh Capy -- you always continue to impress me. Go Toronto talent! :D
Posted by: Greg | March 12, 2010 4:00 PM
OMG - this is my personal dream, a new version of Moonstone! HELL YEAH!
Posted by: robot | March 12, 2010 4:13 PM
Can't wait. Looks amazingly beautiful and unique.
Posted by: Josiah Munsey | March 12, 2010 4:16 PM
:E
so tasty. the dear and rabbits fading into the brush is such an incredible bit of ambiance
Posted by: michael | March 12, 2010 5:13 PM
Loved both videos. I'm looking forward this game, but I need the iphone first.
P.S. Am I the only person who heard a talk/gmail message sound at 03:24? haha
Posted by: Diego | March 12, 2010 5:16 PM
A strange graphic style, but cool anyway, I like it. Nice game.
Carry on!
Posted by: PsY | March 12, 2010 5:48 PM
Looks awesome. The positional sound was kind of weird how it switched so suddenly from right speaker to left speaker. Also, with that bear dude, is his wang hanging down, or is that something else? o_O
Posted by: CROS | March 12, 2010 7:08 PM
I don't see why you have a problem with that, the nudity isn't sexual in anyway, it's just natural... you expect a bear to be clothed with that thick fur?
anyways, beautiful, I will buy an iPhone just for this game if you don't port it to PC.
Posted by: robolee | March 12, 2010 7:20 PM
Looks gorgeous. I hope a PC version comes out.
But even if it does, I won't get it because the protagonist has neither spiky orange hair nor a flowing red cape.
Posted by: Jim | March 12, 2010 7:23 PM
@robolee Don't think I ever said I had a problem with it. Just wondering if anyone else noticed it.
Posted by: CROS | March 12, 2010 7:33 PM
Argggh I wish I had an iphone. So amazing.
Posted by: Pita | March 12, 2010 9:42 PM
sound effects from n64 zelda? sounds good to me.
Posted by: whoopong | March 12, 2010 11:56 PM
I'd pay good money for the chance to play this, but enough for for an iPhone. Hopefully a PC version is in the works.
Posted by: BoboDaHobo | March 13, 2010 12:08 AM
Graphics are super great, but it looks kinda boring play-wise.
Posted by: Marcus | March 13, 2010 12:28 AM
I was so much inspired by their videos - http://vimeo.com/user721935 and now they are making a game!!!, I will need an iphone now :) I would like to knwo what do you use to do pixel art games on iphone...
Posted by: ori | March 13, 2010 3:24 AM
Agreed with Marcus, though I figure the gameplay picks up.
And I was going to correct "Punch Out-style" to "Quest for Glory-style" but then I realized Quest for Glory-style IS Punch Out-style? Whoa. Never thought of it like that before.
Posted by: gamecreator | March 13, 2010 4:55 AM
And I thought Spider deserved their win. It should have went to this game.
Posted by: Yakatori | March 13, 2010 6:17 AM
whoa... I remember that trailer from a while back, and this just makes me want this even harder. I will even buy the 3.0 upgrade to get this game if I have to.
Posted by: Nero | March 13, 2010 7:34 AM
So charming. Though I wonder what the game is about after the bear fight.
Posted by: Igor Hardy | March 14, 2010 2:18 PM
What did the bear even do to him?
Posted by: Ilya Chentsov | March 14, 2010 10:42 PM
Wow, that's gorgeous. Loved all the small details in the forest, and despite the low res style, the sprites are very expressive. The character style is interesting too and looks different to most other games I've seen using purposefully pixellated art; less retro/nostaligic perhaps and more intentional, if that makes sense?
Posted by: Andy | March 15, 2010 4:46 AM
Any chances of this being released in some other form, too? Because I want this so bad it hurts, but even if I had that kind of money, I'm not going to buy an iPhone just to be able to play a game...
Seriously, the art in this nearly made me *cry* with desire to explore the game's world...
Posted by: Hmpf | March 17, 2010 3:19 AM