Tinykin

Tinykin is an 3D platformer in which features two dimensional characters in a three dimensional world.[7] Players control Milodane, an archeologist and researcher from a distant planet who must collect Tinykin, a colorful creatures can be collected from eggs.[8][4] Each Tinykins had a unique abilities to help Milodane reach places and complete objectives.[9] These include pink varieties that can carry objects, red varieties that explode on impact when tossed, and green varieties that stack vertically to form a living ladder.[10]

While Milodane's abilities consist of soap bubbles that hover/grind around and using the Tinykins to progress.[9][11] The game also has no enemies, health bars and the only ways to die is from falling too far or going in water, making Tinykin a non-violent game.[12]

Milodane sets out a mission to explore a mysterious planet and uncover the secrets of humanity's origins. During his journey, he encounters a group of fascinating creatures called the Tinykins. Despite their reclusive nature, the Tinykins like Milodane and assist him in his quest by helping him find significant components. Ridmi introduces himself and shows them to a workshop with the components which he had been searching for ever since he was a child. Milodane and the Tinykins gain a deeper understanding of the components they have collected and how they fit together.

Throughout their adventure, Milodane and his companions encounter a range of interesting creatures, including ants and other insects who have built elaborate cities in each room of the enormous house they inhabit.[13]

Tinykin was the second game by Splashteam, a French indie game development studio founded in 2020.[14] Romain Claude had received an Advanced Degree for Game Design and Production Management between 2006 and 2008.[15] After Claude graduating, he became a designer at Ubisoft until 2012.[15] After lefting Ubisoft, Claude began work on his first game Splasher alongside Richard Vatinel, a 2D artist and animator whom Claude met him at school in 2006.[15]

After developing his first game Splasher, Vatinel moved away from game development to focus on drawing and teaching. In 2018, he created Bubble Town as part of the Global Game Jam 2019.[15] The small team working on Bubble Town became interested in the feeling of exploration with a tiny group of followers and decided "we should try to make a real game out of it".[15] Tinykin was announced as a trailer in June 2021 at PC Gaming Show.[13] On September 2021, the game was confirmed to be released in Summer 2022.[16] In June 2022, the game was revealed to be release in August 30, 2022.[2] The game later received a challenge mode, a mode that players complete with new events and communicate with other players for new ways to play and via an free update on December 20, 2022.[17]

The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[18] Tinykins also became one of 2022's Must-Play Indie Games and the best game of 2022 according to the Game Crater.[25][26]

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