Songbringer
2017 video game
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Songbringer is a 2017 action role-playing game developed by Wizard Fu Games.
Double Eleven
| Songbringer | |
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| Developer | Wizard Fu Games |
| Publishers | Wizard Fu Games Double Eleven |
| Designer | Nathanael Weiss |
| Programmer | Nathanael Weiss |
| Artist | Nathanael Weiss |
| Composer | Nathanael Weiss |
| Platforms | Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS |
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| Genre | Action role-playing |
| Mode | Single-player |
Gameplay
Songbringer is an action role-playing game played from a top-down perspective.[1][2]
Development and release
Songbringer was developed by Nathanael Weiss under the moniker of his one-man video game studio Wizard Fu Games.[3] Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series was a large influence for Weiss who aimed to create a procedurally generated Zelda game with Songbringer.[4]
The game was crowdfunded through Kickstarter in 2015.[2] The game was released for Linux, MacOS, Windows, and Xbox One on 1 September 2017,[5][6] and PlayStation 4 on 5 September.[1]
Reception
| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | PC: 68/100[7] XONE: 65/100[8] PS4: 71/100[9] NS: 75/100[10] |
Songbringer received "mixed or average" reviews from professional critics according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[7][8][9] It was nominated for "Role Playing Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards.[11]