| Stephen's Sausage Roll | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Increpare Games |
| Publisher(s) | Increpare Games |
| Designer(s) | Stephen Lavelle |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X |
| Release | April 18, 2016 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Stephen's Sausage Roll is a 2016 puzzle video game developed and published by Increpare Games, the studio of designer Stephen Lavelle. The player controls a character who pushes sausage links to grilling locations on a grid.
Gameplay[edit]
Stephen's Sausage Roll is the most challenging puzzle game I ever felt motivated to play to completion. Each level is a piece of art. At various points in the game, new mechanics are introduced that feel natural in regards to the premise of the game (in particular, you will never need more controls than those introduced in the very beginning).
The title refers to the game's objective of physically moving sausages. In a series of Sokoban-style puzzles,[1][2] the player controls a character who pushes sausage links to grilling locations on a grid. The objective is to grill each sausage in four places (two spots on each 'side' of the sausage), but if the sausage is grilled twice in the same spot, or if the sausage falls over the edge of the level, the player fails and must rewind their progress. The player-character is a low-detail figure who holds a fork, which occupies a second space on the grid. The character can move in cardinal directions and many puzzles involve rotating the fork about the player.[3]
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- Stephen’s Sausage Roll is out now for Windows, Mac, and Linux, £22.99/27,99€/$29.99 on Steam or £21.99 with a DRM-free version as well as a Steam key from the Humble Store. Yes, this trailer does very carefully avoid giving away anything about how Stephen’s Sausage Roll works.
To reach the puzzles, the player navigates an overworld on an island and aligns the character and fork with a ghost image of the character, and the surrounding land drops into the ocean to reveal the puzzle.[3]
Reception[edit]
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Stephen's Sausage Roll holds an aggregated Metacritic score of 90/100, based on 9 critic reviews.[7] Reviewers noted the game's difficulty,[3][9][10] where Jordan Erica Webber from The Guardian said the game was more difficult than The Witness, which was already recognized for its difficulty.[3]The Guardian described the game's designer, Stephen Lavelle, as prolific.[3]
Prior to release fellow indie developers Bennett Foddy and Jonathan Blow both praised the game for its difficulty and originality, with Foddy comparing the game to Dark Souls.[11] Jordan Erica Webber from The Guardian noted that the difficulty may frustrate some players.[3]
Accolades[edit]
| Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Edge Awards 2016 | PC Game of the Year | Won | [12] |
References[edit]
- ^Estrada, Marcus (April 18, 2016). 'Stephen's Sausage Roll is a Challenging New Puzzler'. Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^O'Connor, Alice (April 18, 2016). 'English Country Tune Dev Serves Stephen's Sausage Roll'. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ abcdefgWebber, Jordan Erica (April 18, 2016). 'Stephen's Sausage Roll review – sizzling pork has never been this challenging'. The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^Hancock, Patrick (April 18, 2016). 'Review: Stephen's Sausage Roll'. Destructoid. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^'Stephen's Sausage Roll'. Edge (294): 120. July 2016.
- ^Reeves, Ben (May 2, 2016). 'Stephen's Sausage Roll: Meaty Puzzles, No Filler'. Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ ab'Stephen's Sausage Roll Critic Reviews for PC'. Metacritic. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^LeClair, Kyle (April 20, 2016). 'Review: Stephen's Sausage Roll'. Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- ^Couture, Joel (April 18, 2016). 'Stephen's Sausage Roll - Cook Up Them Dogs By Solving Brutal Puzzles'. IndieGames.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^Michet, Laura (April 18, 2016). 'Stephen's Sausage Roll review'. ZAM.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^Frank, Allegra (April 18, 2016). 'Why the creators of QWOP and The Witness are calling Stephen's Sausage Roll one of the best of all time'. Polygon. Retrieved April 20, 2016.
- ^'The Edge Awards'. Edge (302): 76–87. February 2017.
External links[edit]
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Media related to Stephen's Sausage Roll at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
Stephen’s Sausage Roll has just launched on Steam. If you’ve never heard anything about it before, then the page description isn’t likely to help much. The only thing it says is “a simple 3D puzzle game.” Yes, that’s true, but it fails to describe how utterly cruel of a challenge it presents.
The goal is simple – roll that sausage roll throughout a stage in order to cook it. Don’t cook it too much though or the sausage will get burnt! Stephen’s Sausage Roll has Sokobon-style gameplay which is easy to understand but quite challenging to master.
Stephen’s Sausage Roll is asking for $29.99 on Steam and runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux.