With Chroniric, Spitkiss, and Stay, the fast-growing publisher will once again invite players to unprecedented mobile gaming experiences
Cologne – Plug In Digital’s publishing branch Playdius takes advantage of the gamescom 2018 to confirm its strong attachment to mobile games. After critical successes such as Bury Me My Love, A Normal Lost Phone, or Another Lost Phone, Playdius wishes to go even further and to emphasize the importance of mobile devices in the video game industry by offering unprecedented game experiences to players.
Three new games are officially announced today, strengthening an eclectic premium mobile line-up with strong storytelling as their common thread. All of them are being showcased to press and partners this week.
Chroniric XIX
Real-time narrative game about time-traveling and uchronia.
By We Are Chroniric
Available on iOS September 27, 2018 – TBD on Android
$2.99/3,49€
Chroniric XIX is an interactive fiction in real time: you have intercepted a mysterious message coming from the past – a past which is different from ours. In this XIXth uchronic century, Echo XIX^ is a time patroller who works behind the scenes of History. You send and receive messages through time in dynamic conversations with her. From now on, the fate of the world and Echo XIX^’s destiny are in your hands.
Echo XIX^ progresses at her own pace: her adventure takes place in real time over several days. You receive notifications that keep you updated on her progress.
- 3 ways to play: Protector, Dodger, Daredevil
- 3 different endings
- Time loops with direct consequences on the plot
- Mini-puzzles
- 15 ways to save Echo XIX^ from mortal dangers
- 7 laws of time to unlock
- 30 objects and clues to find
- 40 achievements to unlock
Spitkiss
Unconventionnal love story told through precision platforming
by Triple Topping Games
Release on iOS & PC Steam on October 11, 2018 – TBD on Android
$1.99/2,29€
Spitkiss is a colorful and true one finger platformer that let you enter in the lovely world of the Spitkissers, tiny creatures that communicate through body fluids and emojis. With an innovative swipe to jump mechanic optimized for modern touchscreens and touchpads, Spitkiss throws out virtual buttons and other tropes of classic platformers.
You will have to lovespit your way through organs by jumping, trickling, bouncing and bullet timing. Surgical precision and reflexes will be required to see the outcome of Ymer’s feelings !
The game’s scenario includes themes of polyamory and genderfluid/non-binary identities on two layers. One story takes place in the metanarrative of the Spitkissers, the other in the hand-drawn tale of Ymer, whose body is represented as the playground of this game.
- 80 levels with replayability challenges
- A trippy love story told through comics and emojis
- Organic progression and pee challenges
- Intuitive and simple swipe-to-jump controls
Stay: Are you there?
Nail-bitting tale where every second counts
by Appnormals Team
Available on iOS November 8, 2018 – TBD on Android
$4.99/5,49€
The PC and PS4 multi-award winning thriller comes to mobile!
What would you do if a stranger’s fate rested in your fingertips? And how would you cope if every second counted? Award-winning graphic adventure Stay asks those very questions: when Quinn wakes up alone in a locked room with nothing of note save for a computer hooked up to a chat room, you become his single ray of hope. Your choices – and your timeliness – will single-handedly shape his escape efforts… or lead him down the path to an untimely end.
Stay plays out in real-time, meaning that every minute spent away from the game is a minute Quinn is left alone. Drop out of conversations or leave Quinn to fend for himself for too long and there may be consequences.
Quinn is on the edge, and so every response matters. Prove yourself a compassionate ally and he’ll learn to trust you by sharing his findings and deepest thoughts. Fail, and his emotions may work against you.
- Real-time play – the clock never stops
- 24 chapters,7 different endings, dozens of life-altering choices
- Solve mind-bending puzzles
- Designed to be replayed multiple times
- Explore a myriad of rooms and unearth hidden secrets in subsequent playthroughs
“Mobile is a wonderful playground when you stick to a motto that invites players to “Play Outside the Box”, says Guillaume Jamet, head of publishing at Playdius. “Chroniric, Spitkiss and Stay are very different from one to another but they do have a strong common point: they are telling a very strong story. After Bury Me, My Love and A Normal Lost Phone, it was very important for us to look for the same story telling quality in our new mobile games.”
Chroniric, Spitkiss, and Stay are being exclusively showcased right now at gamescom 2018! If you are visiting gamescom, come by Business Area Hall 4.1 Booth D-029 to say hi and take a sneak peek at the games!
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Related: Playdius Unveils Exciting Lineup for gamescom 2018
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