ORPHAN

War of the worlds is child’s play

FORMAT PS4 / ETA JAN 2016 / PUB WINDY HILL STUDIO / DEV WINDY HILL STUDIO Alright, let’s get this out of the way. Yes, it looks a lot like a certain purgatory-loving platformer. “I knew immediately it looked like Limbo,” admits Brandon Goins, founder of the one man operation Windy Hill Studio. “But I never set out to emulate Limbo. In fact, the first game I can remember seeing such a style in was Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, which is one of my prime inspirations,” he tells us during our chat. Whether it owes more to a legendary Mudokon or a silhouetted sprog, there’s no denying Orphan is an astoundingly pretty 2D platformer. It’s been quite the couple of months for Goins and the diminutive star of his indie adventure; a small…

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Official PlayStation Magazine - UK Edition (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 1, 2015

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