Sam Bandah: "They say that whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. We're not very fond of the cold, so it was a thought we clung to as we walked the bright but very chilly streets of Helsinki, Finland, on our way to visit developer Frozenbyte – best known for the shoot-'em-up Shadowgrounds series. We were there to play its latest game, the very charming and atmospheric platform puzzler Trine, and hearing its candid account of trials undergone bringing it to PC, we felt rather ashamed equating our girly inability to deal with a little cold with real character building."
Poor reception hasn't killed this series. A document released this week by the EU Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), confirming projects it plans to help fund in 2018, has revealed that a number of indie studios are working on new games.
VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "Pulkkinen is a relatively new face in the video game industry. Thus far he has worked exclusively on games developed by Finnish game studios, but I wouldn't be surprised if at some point in the near future his music begins to attract attention from elsewhere as well. Given that he is only 34 years old he likely has many more years ahead of him in the video game industry."
"One of the oldest and most integral genres in video gaming is platforming. In the simplest idea, these games involve progressing an avatar through a series of obstacles by jumping from one platform to another. Originating back in the 1980s, platformers are not a pure genre; there is a tendency for other game types to mix in with platforming. For example, Contra gave rise to “run and gun” games; these are a cross of platforming and shooters."-- PlayStation Enthusiast
