Play Slouch Couch Studio’s new web/ios/android game where developer Dave Homan makes a statement about being an indie developer and struggling to make money through his games.
Dave Homan, the lone human behind Slouch Couch Studios, has just released his next game, Flappitalism. In Flappitalism Homan expresses his personal distaste for entrepreneur culture’s effects on himself, the “grind” mentality in game development, and growing up in capitalist western culture. Inspired by the events regarding Flappy Bird, and Flappy Bird’s creator’s decision to pull the app for his own mental health, Flappitalism is Homan’s attempt at reminding himself (and hopefully other indie developers) that life is more than just grinding capitalism until you “make it rich”.
More information can be read from Homan’s blog post where he touches on several topics, including why he made the game: http://slouchcou.ch/?p=372
About Flappitalism
Flappitalism is a simple-but-difficult, reflex-based, goat jumping/climbing sim. Jump from ladder to ladder until ultimately exploding in a shower of flashing blue and white sparks. You can play Flappitalism in any modern desktop browser for free. Flappitalism is also currently available in the Google Play android store for $1.99, and will be released February 27th 2014 on iOS for $1.99.
Features:
· Cool Retro CGA-Like graphics, with more blue and pink than you can shake a stick at.
· Fantastic 80s movie montage music by synthpop/industrial superstars Syrian
· An infinite number of high-speed falling ladders! jump from ladder to ladder until the sun literally burns out!
· Trippy goat-trails.
· Fast-paced, reflex-based gameplay that will make your fingers twitch, your palms sweat, and your mouth spit curses.
· Thinly-veiled allegories!