Hidden Folks
2017 hidden object video game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2017 hidden object video game From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hidden Folks is a hidden object game developed by Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg. In the game, players are presented with a series of animated, interactive scenes and must find hidden characters, objects, and animals. The game was released for iOS, Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows in February 2017.
| Hidden Folks | |
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| Producer(s) | Adriaan de Jongh Mirthe Venbrux |
| Designer(s) | Adriaan de Jongh Céline Veltman |
| Programmer(s) | Adriaan de Jongh Aran Koning |
| Artist(s) | Sylvain Tegroeg |
| Writer(s) | Bram van Dijk |
| Composer(s) | Martin Kvale |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Linux, macOS, tvOS, Windows, Android, Nintendo Switch |
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| Genre(s) | Hidden object game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hidden Folks is a wimmelbilderbuch video game in which players are tasked with locating hidden characters, objects, and animals in a series of environments, similar to the British book series Where's Wally?.[1][2] Each scene is animated and composed of monochrome art.[1][3] The majority of objects in the environment can be interacted with by tapping or clicking on them.[3]
Hidden Folks was developed by Dutch indie video game designer Adriaan de Jongh and Dutch artist Sylvain Tegroeg.[4][5] A prototype of the game was created by de Jongh after he saw detailed illustrations during at Tegroeg's graduate art show.[3][6] The two began collaborating in 2014, when Tegroeg noticed and was impressed by how de Jongh had used his art.[3][7] The idea of creating a hidden object game came naturally from Tegroeg's detailed art.[2] All of the game's art was hand-drawn on paper, scanned in to create digital images on a computer, and then layered manually to form the scenes.[3][4] The game was built using the Unity game engine, but de Jongh also built custom tools to specifically handle the process of digitising the hand-drawn art and maintaining detail on mobile devices.[4] Hidden Folks was designed to be a casual and relaxing gaming experience.[2] The game's audio is composed of noises made from the developers' mouths.[3]
The game was announced in February 2016[8] and was released for iOS, Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows one year later on February 15.[1][3]
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| Metacritic | iOS: 83/100[9] PC: 78/100[10] |
| Publication | Score |
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| TouchArcade | iOS:  [11] |
Polygon ranked the game 41st on their list of the 50 best games of 2017,[12] while The Verge named it one of their 15 Best Games of 2017.[13] It was also nominated for "Best Mobile Game" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards.[14]
| Year | Awards | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2017 | Golden Joystick Awards | Handheld/Mobile Game of the Year | Nominated | [15] |
| The Game Awards 2017 | Best Mobile Game | Nominated | [16] | |
| 2018 | National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards | Use of Sound, New IP | Nominated | [17][18] |
| Game Developers Choice Awards | Best Mobile Game | Nominated | [19][20] |
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