Crossy Road

Crossy Road

Icon of Crossy Road
Developer(s) Hipster Whale
Publisher(s)
Engine Unity
Platform(s) iOS, tvOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
Release
    • WW: November 20, 2014
    iOS
    • WW: December 23, 2014
    Android
    • WW: May 1, 2015
    Windows Phone
    • WW: October 30, 2015
    tvOS
Genre(s)
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer (tvOS)

Crossy Road (subtitled Endless Arcade Hopper on the App Store) is an arcade video game released on November 20, 2014. It was developed and published by Hipster Whale, with the name and concept of the game playing on the joke "Why did the chicken cross the road?"[1] The game has been described as "endless Frogger."[2][3][4]

Gameplay

Gameplay

The objective of Crossy Road is to get as far as possible without being killed. The player plays as a chosen character and must tap to go forward or swipe the screen in the appropriate direction to move the character horizontally. The game consists of an endless series of obstacles in a set path, such as rivers, cars and trains. The player must time movements correctly in order to pass these obstacles without dying. For example, in the instance of a river, the player must cross the river using floating logs, without landing in the water. If the player takes too much time crossing an obstacle, or goes idle, an eagle will snatch the character, resulting in the game's end. Every forward movement will earn one point, with every fifty points sounded out by an effect. Furthermore, there are coins scattered across the environment that can be used to make new characters playable.

The iOS version of Crossy Road contains 217 characters, including the default, Chicken. Of those, 182 characters are unlockable through coins and 32 are "secret characters". In addition, the Android version includes Android Robot, based on the operating system's logo. Other characters include, Doge, Archie, Dark Lord, and #thedress, a female character wearing the dress of the same name. Various popular culture references and games are also included, such as Forget-Me-Not and "Emo Goose" voiced by Phil Lester.

The player is able to collect coins; an in-game currency, characterised by its squarish shape and red C in its middle. These are obtained in-game by collection during gameplay, watching advertisements, completing tasks, collecting a free gift given every few real-time hours, and using legal currency to buy them in various amounts. Coins are counted the top right corner of the screen. One hundred coins can be used for a chance at a new character from a lottery machine.[5] If the player owns the Piggy Bank mascot, red coins worth five coins each are added to the game, and coins received from free gifts or watching ads are doubled.

Hipster Whale founders and game developers Matt Hall and Andy Sum at Game Developers Conference.

Development

Initially the developers planned to spend only six weeks developing the game, but afterwards realized the game's potential and dedicated another six weeks to completing it.[6] The game's free-to-play model was based on the one for Dota 2.[7] According to developer Matt Hall, Crossy Road drew inspiration from Frogger, Temple Run, Subway Surfers, Disco Zoo, Flappy Bird, Skylanders, Tiny Wings and Fez.[8] The game's art style was created by Ben Weatherall.[9]

Reception

The game was a finalist for the Game of the Year Award 2014 for the Australian Game Developer Awards.[10] It received generally positive reviews with Metacritic giving the game a score of 88,[11] TouchArcade giving the game 5/5 stars,[5] BigBoomBoom.com giving the game 5/5 stars,[12] Gamezebo Gaming giving the game 4.5/5 stars,[13] and Apple N' Apps giving the game a 4/5 overall score.[14] Polygon dubbed the game "brilliant" and compared it as an updated take on Frogger,[2] while TIME called the game a mix of Frogger and Flappy Bird.[15] At the 2015 Apple WWDC developer's conference Crossy Road was one of the winners of the 2015 Apple Design Awards.[16]

Three months after its initial release, the game earned over $10 million and had over 50 million downloads.[17]

Spin-offs

Disney Crossy Road

Disney Crossy Road
Developer(s) Hipster Whale
Publisher(s) Disney Mobile
Engine Unity
Platform(s) iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8.1,[lower-alpha 1] Windows 10[lower-alpha 1]
Release
  • WW: March 28, 2016
Genre(s)
Mode(s) Single-player

In 2016, Hipster Whale and Disney Interactive Studios launched on iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Windows 8.1,[lower-alpha 1] and Windows 10[lower-alpha 1] devices a spin-off named Disney Crossy Road. It features Disney characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, as well as some characters from numerous Disney franchises such as The Lion King, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph and Pixar's Toy Story and Inside Out. In the game, there are over 440 characters, with secret characters like Mortimer from the Mickey & Friends franchise and Lenny from the first Toy Story movie.[19]

Star Wars

After the success of Disney Crossy Road, a sequel was launched to focus on Star Wars as it was too large to be part of Disney Crossy Road.[20]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Windows version was discontinued after version 2.8.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Barker, Garry (March 11, 2015). "More than fun and games with local developers Rylandia". Digital Life. Fairfax Media. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Kuchera, Ben (November 21, 2014). "Crossy Road has invented the 'endless Frogger,' and it's brilliant". Polygon.
  3. ↑ Hayward, Andrew (December 26, 2014). "You Should Play: Crossy Road is basically endless Frogger, and that's a very good thing". Macworld.
  4. ↑ Rosenberg, Adam (September 9, 2015). "'Crossy Road' brings a new take on its 'endless Frogger' to Apple TV". Mashable.
  5. 1 2 Dotson, Carter (November 21, 2014). "Crossy Road" Review - Watch Out for That Train!". TouchArcade.
  6. ↑ Kidman, Angus (18 December 2014). "Why Crossy Road's Developers Launched On Android Through Amazon". Lifehacker Australia. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Te, Zorine (24 December 2014). "Crossy Road's Surprising Success, Future Secrets, Dota 2 Connection". Gamespot. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Matt Hall (@KlickTock) on Twitter". Twitter. 28 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ben Weatherall (@sunraheadgear) on Twitter". Twitter. 8 Aug 2014.
  10. ↑ "Australian Game Developer Awards Finalists Announced". GCAP. 15 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Crossy Road - Endless Arcade Hopper iOS". Metacritic.
  12. ↑ "Crossy Road iPhone and Android Game Review". Big Boom Boom. January 20, 2015.
  13. ↑ Cymet, Eli (November 20, 2014). "Crossy Road Review: Traffic’s a Zoo". Gamezebo Gaming.
  14. ↑ Sheridan, Trevor (November 20, 2014). "Crossy Road – Enjoying Crossing To The Other Side". Apple N' Apps.
  15. ↑ Fitzpatrick, Alex (November 24, 2014). "Crossy Road Is Your New iPhone Game Addiction". TIME.
  16. ↑ Starr, Michelle (9 June 2015). "Crossy Road, Vainglory take Apple Design Awards". CNET.
  17. ↑ Tach, Dave (March 3, 2015). "They wanted to make a video game phenomenon. They made $10 million. The story of Crossy Road.". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Disney Crossy Road version 2.8 will be the final Windows update.". Disney.com. Disney Interactive Studios. May 29, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  19. ↑ Farokhmanesh, Megan. "Disney Crossy Road launches today for mobile devices". Polygon. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  20. ↑ http://damobilemob.com/star-wars-crossy-road
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