''Happy Game'' is a survival horror point-and-click adventure game video game developed and published by

Amanita Design Amanita Design is a Czech independent video game developing company founded in 2003 by Jakub Dvorský and headquartered in Brno, Czech Republic. The company has created award-winning games including ''Machinarium'', the ''Samorost'' series and ...

. The game was released on October 28, 2021 for

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via

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and the

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console.

Plot

A young boy falls asleep to a horrible nightmare. He must go through three horrible nightmares to become happy once again. Throughout these nightmares, the player sees flashbacks from the boy's past.

Gameplay

''Happy Game'' is a point and click adventure game reminiscent of previous titles by

but much darker. The Player has to get through three worlds while solving various puzzles on their way. The Player also comes across various creatures that can kill them and often has to perform actions quickly to not be killed.

Development

''Happy Game'' was mentioned as an upcoming project of

in an interview by Lukáš Kunce in March 2018. Kunce stated it will be similar to ''

Botanicula ''Botanicula'' is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Amanita Design. The game was released on April 19, 2012, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The game was later ported to iOS and Android. Gameplay Like the previous games ...

'' and ''

Chuchel ''Chuchel'' () is a 2018 video game developed by Amanita Design. Story The game follows the protagonist Chuchel, a Dust-style creature, as he tries to retrieve a cherry stolen by a giant one early morning, with his all-in-one best friend, enemy a ...

'' but darker. Happy Game was in development for 7 years. The game is designed by Jaromír Plachý, creator of Botanicula and Chuchel, while the soundtrack is composed by the band DVA. The game was officially announced on December 15, 2020 during a Nintendo Indie World presentation and it was scheduled to release in Fall 2021. A demo version of the game was released on February 3, 2021 during the Steam Game Festival.

Reception

''Happy Game'' received generally favorable reviews for PC, according to review aggregator

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. Review outlets praised the title's art style, score, sound design, and themes, and criticized the unengaging puzzles and clumsy controls.

References

External links

* 2021 video games Amanita Design games Horror video games Point-and-click adventure games Video games developed in the Czech Republic Nintendo Switch games Windows games Single-player video games Video games about nightmares {{adventure-videogame-stub