Software:Seum: Speedrunners from Hell

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Short description: 2016 video game
SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell
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Developer(s)Pine Studio
Publisher(s)Headup Games
Director(s)Tomislav Podhraški
Producer(s)Marcel Aldrup
Designer(s)
  • Tomislav Podhraški
  • Vjekoslav Krajačič
  • Boris Barbir
  • Vladmir Kroščica
  • Goran Pavlovski
  • Dmytro Fomenko
Programmer(s)
  • Tomislav Podhraški
  • Vjekoslav Krajačič
  • Jurica Adamek
  • Alen Ivančič
Artist(s)
  • Susanna Wesslund
  • David Thor Fjalarsson
Composer(s)
  • Ivan Spelljack Jitz
  • Vjekoslav Krajačič
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
macOS
Linux
Xbox One
PlayStation 4
Release
  • Steam
  • July 28, 2016
  • Xbox One
  • September 2017
  • Playstation 4
  • October 2017
  • Gog.com
  • October 2018
Genre(s)Platformer

Seum: Speedrunners from Hell is an independent video game developed by Pine Studio and published by Headup Games. It was released on Steam on July 28, 2016, on Xbox One in September 2017,[1] on PlayStation 4 in October 2017 and onto GOG.com on October 12, 2018.[2] It is a first person platformer where you race against time using a variety of power-ups, inspired by speedrunning sessions in games like Quake[3] or Super Meat Boy.[4][5] The name "SEUM" was derived from ColloSEUM, the working title of the game.[6]

On October 20, 2017, it got its first DLC titled "The Drunk Side of the Moon".[7]

Gameplay

Seum is a first person platform game where the player controls Marty, a man who goes into hell to retrieve beer that was stolen by a demon, the player can cast fireballs that can light up a lantern and activate objects. A beer is hidden in every level, if a player finds one they get the option to restart or exit. If the player dies, they have to restart the level. Players attempt to reach the end of a level in a certain time, while avoiding fireballs, saws, bombs, swinging blades and others, if players are fast enough they get an Uber Skull. Some levels have power-ups with special abilities:

  • Gravity
  • Teleport
  • Rewind
  • Spawn platform
  • Roar (DLC)
  • Rocket (DLC)
  • Shadow world (DLC)

Players can navigate each level by elevator, There are 9 floors in the game. Levels in each floor can be played in any order, but a certain amount of levels need to be completed to play the boss level, which can unlock the next floor. Finding all the beers in each floor can unlock a bonus level which replaces beer with bacon. There are a total of 11 level in each floor.

Story

Reception

The game received mixed to positive reviews. It currently holds an aggregated score of 77/100 on Metacritic for Xbox One.[8]

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