Button City
Button City
Factsheet
Developer:
Subliminal
Based in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Release date:
August 10th, 2021
Platforms:
- Steam (Windows/Mac)
- Nintendo Switch
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X|S
Languages:
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish (Latin American)
- Japanese
Website:
https://www.buttoncitygame.com
Description
A narrative adventure about cute animals, friendship, and arcades.
Fennel is a shy little fox who just moved into town. After discovering the local arcade, he makes new friends and gets swept up in a whirlwind adventure to save it from being shut down at the paws of greedy fat cat Peppermint Pepperbottom!
Button City is a colorful low poly narrative adventure game about friendship and community. Enter a pastel diorama world inspired by 90’s nostalgia and filled with cute characters to befriend. Complete quirky quests around town, play arcade games, collect fun costumes, solve puzzles and more as you follow a story about growing up and saving the things that are important to you.
Features
• Explore a beautiful and lovingly crafted world in a low poly art style.
• Befriend a cast of charming animal characters.
• Complete fun and silly side quests at your own pace.
• Master arcade games to unlock new game modes and prize items!
• Dress up in fun costumes and decorate your room.
History
Early history
Button City is the second game from Subliminal. The original concept was developed by the studio’s co-founder and art director Shandiin Yazzie Woodward. She is an indigenous (Diné) artist and the creator of Subliminal’s unique and colorful style. Button City was started after Shandiin decided to learn 3D modeling in 2017 and posted her work to twitter where it began getting attention. Shandiin and her husband Ryan Woodward continued to work on Button City in their free time after work, with Ryan programming and writing the game’s narrative. In 2019 they went full time and hired on Benjamin Hanken and Valentina Hawes to join their team at Subliminal.
Videos
Reveal Trailer YouTube
Screenshots
Gifs
Logos
Awards & Recognition
- “Best of 2020 Nominee” The MIX
- “Official Selection” LudoNarraCon Showcase 2021
- “Official Selection” Indie World Order 2021
Selected Articles
- “Button City’s Relentlessly Positive Atmosphere Is Infectious” – Peter Glagowski, TheGamer [Link]
- “Button City is, without a shadow of a doubt, immensely enjoyable. From its colourful art style to its delightfully hilarious dialogue, Button City knows how to grab your attention. Simply put, there was never a dull moment while playing.” – Tom Wilson, Game Crater
- “It’s a story with tons of heart, heavily inspired by game culture and team based antics.” – Josh Speer, Hey Poor Player [Link]
- “The cute as a button look, adorable animal friends and a promising gameplay make Button City an indie title we want to keep our eyes on “
– Max, My Potato Games - “Button City has been on my radar for a while now thanks to its beautiful and unique color palette, cute animal characters, and charming premise”
– Wholesome Games, Wholesome Games Twitter
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About Subliminal
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Subliminal is an Albuquerque, NM based indie game studio that makes wholesome games that are compassionate, cute, and diverse. Subliminal is currently working on Button City, a colorful low poly narrative adventure about friendship and community. Subliminal is indigenous owned and advocates for uplifting marginalized voices and diversity in games.
More information
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Team
Ryan Woodward
Game Design, Programmer, Story, Writer
Shandiin Woodward
Game Design, Art Direction, Art, Story
Benjamin Hanken
Programmer
Valentina Hawes
Artist
Pedro Silva
Music
Devin Gabriel
Sound Effects
Contact
Inquiries
veronica@stridepr.com
Twitter
http://www.twitter.com/SubliminalGaming