Jump to content

The Tiny Bang Story

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tiny Bang Story
Developer(s)Colibri Games
Publisher(s)Colibri Games
Programmer(s)Dmitriy Sannikov
Artist(s)Eduard Harutyunyan
Platform(s)Windows
macOS
Linux
iPad 2
Android
Windows Phone
Nintendo Switch
Release
22 April 2011
  • Windows, macOS
    22 April 2011
    iOS, Android
    March 2012
    Linux
    June 2015
    AppleTV
    2 February 2016
    Nintendo Switch
    3 March 2019
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The Tiny Bang Story (Russian: Теория крошечного взрыва) is a puzzle point-and-click adventure game developed by Colibri Games. It was released on 22 April 2011 for Microsoft Windows and macOS[1] on Steam. It was ported and published to iOS in Q2`2012 by Colibri Games. It was ported to Android and published on Google Play by HeroCraft in Q3`2012.[2] A port for Linux was made available in June 2015,[3] for AppleTV on 2 February 2016,[4] and a Nintendo Switch version was released on 4 October 2019 in collaboration with Ellada Games.[5] A ports to Windows phone exists as well.[6]

Gameplay

[edit]

The goal of The Tiny Bang Story is to find hidden objects in the form of jigsaw pieces and solve a series of 30 logical puzzles. The puzzles are connected together in a point and click adventure story, consisting of 5 short chapters that each end with a splash screen where the user has to piece the found jigsaw pieces together.

The protagonist of the adventure story is the user, and is never portrayed, although there is some minor interaction with in-game characters. The Tiny Bang Story is notable in that it contains no spoken or written dialogue.

Development

[edit]

The Tiny Bang Story was developed by Colibri Games, an independent game development studio. Eduard Arutyunyan is the artist for the game, and Dmitriy Sannikov is the programmer. Andrey Arutyunyan was later added to the team to handle the business aspects.[7][8] The art of the game was inspired by Dutch classic art, and the video game Machinarium by Amanita Design.

Reception

[edit]

The Tiny Bang Story received mixed reviews on release. The average score on critic aggregate site Metacritic is 63/100, and 58% on GameRankings. Reviewers unanimously applaud the hand-drawn art style, calling it "gorgeous"[12][13] or "absolutely stunning",.[11] However most reviewers criticise the short playtime.[12] Rock Paper Shotgun considers "hidden object games as potentially great puzzles, and The Tiny Bang Story is a superb piece of evidence for that", and subsequently declaring it the #20 "Best Puzzle Games Ever Made".[14] XGN and Adventure Gamers feels the puzzles are "easy" and "repetitive".[15][11] GamePitt notes that the "easiness makes the game suitable for the whole family, including younger children".[16]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ @ColibriGames (2011-04-22). ""14 month of development and.. The Tiny Bang Story now AVAILABLE!!!"" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-12-03 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Gilmour, James (2012-09-03). "Hidden object game The Tiny Bang Story can now be found on iPhone". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  3. ^ Colibri Games (2015-06-02). "Additionally beta version for Linux will be available in next few days". Facebook. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. ^ Colibri Games (2012-02-02). "We have released The Tiny Bang Story TV for new Apple TV". Facebook. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  5. ^ Zipay, Shawn (2019-04-10). "The Tiny Bang Story is Out Now on Nintendo Switch". Total Gaming Network. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  6. ^ Ponder, George (2 December 2014). "The Tiny Bang Story, a steampunk inspired Windows Phone game is this week's myAppFree Deal". Windows Central. Archived from the original on 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  7. ^ Bell, Erin (2011-05-27). "The Tiny Bang Story: An Interview with Colibri Games". GameZebo. Archived from the original on 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  8. ^ "Kaliningrad Developers Have Released The First Russian Game For Apple TV". appleapple.top. 2016-02-29. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  9. ^ "The Tiny Bang Story for PC". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  10. ^ "The Tiny Bang Theory". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on 2019-12-04. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  11. ^ a b c Warrender, Reece (2011-05-16). "The Tiny Bang Story - Review". Adventure Gamers. Archived from the original on 2019-05-11. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  12. ^ a b c Rose, Mike (2011-05-02). "The Tiny Bang Story Review". GameZebo. Archived from the original on 2017-03-26. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  13. ^ a b Bertoni, Roberto (2011-05-24). "The Tiny Bang Story, Un'avventura fragile e poetica". Rock Paper Shotgun (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  14. ^ Walker, John (2015-05-08). "The 25 Best Puzzle Games Ever Made". Rock Paper Shotgun. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  15. ^ Dekker, Erik (2011-11-13). "The Tiny Bang Story Review". XGN (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-12-04.
  16. ^ Pitt, Rob (2011-10-03). "The Tiny Bang Story (Nintendo Switch) Review". GamePitt. Archived from the original on 2019-11-22. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
Retrieved from "https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=The_Tiny_Bang_Story&oldid=1256164457"