Mutazione

Mutazione is a 2019 adventure exploration video game created by Denmark developer Die Gute Fabrik. It launched for Windows, MacOS, PlayStation 4, and on IOS through Apple Arcade on Sep 19, 2019. The game is set on an island where the player tends to the local gardens and learns more about the town's people.[1]

Mutazione
Developer(s)Die Gute Fabrik
Director(s)Nils Deneken
Artist(s)Leonardo D'Almeida
Writer(s)Hannah Nicklin
Composer(s)Alessandro Coronas
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, MacOS, PlayStation 4, IOS
ReleaseSeptember 19, 2019
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Development

The developers say that the ideas that started the game emerged over a decade ago when the creative director was sketching ideas in university. The game entered full production in around 2016. The developers cited the idea of a community and an in-depth world as things that inspired them. They said they wanted to make a game that rewarded meandering and respected the player's time. These ideas helped create Mutazione's "musical gardening." The game was created in Unity, but most of the art and animation was done in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Animate. Die Gute Fabrik also used custom tools for narrative design and music. They decided to focus it around a small town as it would reduce the amount of work needed, and that it would also help convey the ideas of community in a way they felt would not feel like a lecture to the player. The game's structure was inspired by soap operas, in that it focuses on ensemble storytelling.[2]

Reception

Mutazione received mostly positive reviews from critics, ending up with a Metacritic score of 78.[3][4]

References
  1. Moore, D. M. (2019-09-29). "Mutazione is a game about the importance of tending to gardens and people". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  2. Couture, Joel. "Road to the IGF: Die Gute Fabrik's Mutazione". www.gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  3. "Mutazione". Metacritic. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
  4. "Mutazione". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
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