Software:CarneyVale: Showtime

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Short description: 2008 video game
CarneyVale: Showtime
CarneyVale ShowTime PC cover.jpg
Front cover of the Microsoft Windows release
Developer(s)Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)
EngineMicrosoft XNA[1]
Platform(s)
ReleaseXbox 360
  • WW: December 22, 2008 (2008-12-22)
Windows Phone 7
  • WW: October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18)
Microsoft Windows
  • WW: November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01)
Android and iOS
  • WW: May 5, 2016 (2016-05-05)
Genre(s)Platform game
Mode(s)Single-player

CarneyVale: Showtime is a vertical platformer developed by Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was initially released on Xbox Live Indie Games (then Xbox Live Community Games) on Xbox 360.[2] Players play as Slinky, "a circus acrobat trying to rise up the ranks by performing acrobatic tricks and death-defying stunts through increasingly complex arenas".[3]

The game won the 2008 Dream-Build-Play Challenge,[4] was declared a finalist in the 2008 Independent Games Festival, and was featured as one of the PAX 10 top games at the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo.[5]

Ports and re-releases

Microsoft Game Studios published ports of the game for Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft Windows,[6] which were released on October 18, 2010 and November 1, 2010; respectively.[7] The Windows port was released exclusively via the Games for Windows Marketplace with Games for Windows – Live support.[8]

The rights to the game were bought by Appxplore, who ported it to Android and iOS on May 5, 2016.[9]

Footnotes

Notes

  1. Ported to Android and iOS by Appxplore
  2. Xbox 360
  3. Microsoft Windows and Windows Phone 7
  4. Android and iOS

References

  1. Tan, Philip (17 August 2010). "CarneyVale: Showtime is coming to Windows Phone 7!". Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100922034504/http://gambit.mit.edu/updates/2010/08/carneyvale_showtime_is_coming.php. Retrieved 10 June 2020. "We're super excited to be working with Microsoft to bring our XNA game to Windows phones [...]." 
  2. "Winners in Indie Dev Contest, with Video". Kotaku. 2008-11-02. http://kotaku.com/5074114/winners-in-indie-dev-contest-with-video. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  3. Tan, Philip (2008-12-22). "CarneyVale: Showtime available on Xbox Live Community Games!". Gambit. http://gambit.mit.edu/updates/2008/12/carneyvale_showtime_available.php. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  4. Dream Build Play
  5. "CarneyVale: Showtime (2008)". Gambit. http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/showtime.php. Retrieved 2010-04-28. 
  6. "First Windows Phone 7 Games Announced, Xbox Titles Included". Microsoft. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100817141909/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2010/aug10/08-16winphonegames.mspx. Retrieved 10 June 2020. 
  7. Tan, Philip (18 November 2010). "CarneyVale: Showtime now available on Games for Windows and Windows Phone 7". Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101223113424/http://gambit.mit.edu/updates/2010/11/carneyvale_showtime_now_availa.php. Retrieved 10 June 2020. 
  8. Sterling, Jim (5 March 2010). "CarneyVale: Showtime headed to PC". Archived from the original on 8 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100308173806/http://www.destructoid.com/carneyvale-showtime-headed-to-pc-165920.phtml. Retrieved 10 June 2020. 
  9. "Carneyvale Showtime Releases 5th May". UBM Technology Group. 27 April 2016. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160429155448/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/271446/Carneyvale_Showtime_Releases_5th_May.php. Retrieved 10 June 2020. 

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