No Moss Studios

Factsheet

Developer:
No Moss Studios
Based in Sydney, Australia

Release date:
10 October, 2019

Platforms:
Steam
Itch.io
Nintendo Switch

Website:
studios.nomoss.co/duped

Regular Price:

Description

Explore a cold, dark cave. Solve puzzles to get up, and get out. Find yourself. Duped explores themes of loneliness, isolation and identity, through a 2D action/puzzle platformer. Free demo available with completely original content.

History

Duped was conceived as a way to explore themes of isolation and identity, especially in the context of modern technologies. You find yourself alone in an expansive cave network, and must figure out who you are. The game was originally developed in 2017, using Unity. It was released in September of that year on Steam, with moderate success. Since ten, the game has continued to engage players. In 2019, Duped was ported to Nintendo Switch, to be enjoyed by a new group of puzzle lovers. Early development of Duped was motivated by playing games with cloning mechanics, or mechanics that required controlling multiple playable characters. There was a lack in games that had these mechanics that felt fluid to play, and so Duped was born. The idea of controlling multiple clones at once while jumping and bouncing around platforms gave rise to the idea of an action/platformer.

Features

• Over 40 levels.
• Physics based puzzles.
• Minimalist isolated story.

Duped Credits

Reuben Moorhouse
Designer, Programmer, No Moss Studios

Martin Burgess
Programmer (Switch Port), No Moss Studios

Contact

Inquiries
studios+press@nomoss.co

Twitter
twitter.com/NoMossStudios

Web
studios.nomoss.co