///////////////////////////////// CLIP 1/5: FIRST LOOK

A brief glimpse of S:S&S EP dating back to December of 2009, the day the project was publicly announced.

 

///////////////////////////////// CLIP 2/5: WALK IN THE WOODS

A long look at S:S&S EP via unedited footage captured from a playable build created for GDC in March 2010.

 

////////////////////////////////// IN THE LOOP?

S:S&S EP is hip deep in the creation process. New clips will appear in due time. The App itself will be available for Apple's touchtronic machinery in a few months.

If this type of thing floats your boat then please, by all means:

  • Subscribe to the Teletex Bulletin, an erratic email broadcast from Superbrothers.
  • Follow @the1console & the team on twitter to receive a plethora of 'Instantaneous Micro-Bulletins'.
  • Bounce around this site, mosey on over to look at S:S&S EP artwork for a desktop wallpaper or whatnot.

The S:S&S EP team really appreciates your interest, curiosity & faith... thx! :)

 

////////////////////////////////// MOAR AWESOME CLIPS?

Should you wish to see prior audiovisual work from Jim Guthrie, Capy & Superbrothers, you may wish to visit the CINEMATHEQUE.

 

 

////////////////////////////////// SUPERBROTHERS: SWORD & SWORCERY EP is...

  • a brave experiment in I/O cinema.
  • a fresh approach to adventure & action designed for Apple's touchtronic machinery.
  • a 21st century update to the pioneering works of Miyamoto, Mechner & Chahi.
  • the recipient of the 'Achievement in Art' award from the 2010 IGF Mobile.
  • a crude videogame haiku about life, love & death.
  • a showcase for a style of painterly pixel artwork familiar to readers of Wired & The New York Times.
  • a videogame EP featuring music by rockstar & critically acclaimed composer Jim Guthrie.
  • made possible by a beloved & much praised independent videogame studio by the name of Capy.
  • created with a broad, literate audience in mind.
  • a choice cut of myth & dreams.

 

////////////////////////////////// WHAT DOES S:S&S EP REFER TO?

  • SUPERBROTHERS refers to a style of pixel artwork dubbed 'rustic 21st century minimalism'.
  • SWORD & SWORCERY refers to a fantasy subgenre characterized by swashbuckling heroes.
  • EP refers to a vinyl record or digital download containing up to 37 minutes of music.

For an article about Frank Frazetta, Robert E. Howard & 'sword and sorcery' please click here.

 

////////////////////////////////// WHO IS MAKING THIS PROJECT?

  • SUPERBROTHERS: an irritatingly cryptic & ambiguosly pluralized art & design organization.
  • JIM GUTHRIE: a bonafide rockstar with a soft spot for videogames.
  • CAPY: a critically acclaimed creator of independent videogames.

 

////////////////////////////////// THE S:S&S EP TEAM

Core:

  • Mr. Craig D. Adams. Superbrothers representative; whatnot.
  • Mr. Jon Maur. Capy employee; starfleet engineer, pixel integration specialist.
  • Mr. Frankie Leung. Capy employee; starfleet engineer, fight expert & heavy lifter.
  • Mr. Jim Guthrie. Rockstar; music composer & sound supervisor.
Miracles:
  • Mr. Kris Piotrowski. Capy founder & creative director; design supervision & swazzling.
  • Mr. Nathan Vella. Capy founder & president; executive producer & swizzling.
Support:
  • Mr. Mack C. Adams. Superbrothers representative; a bit like Hannibal from the A-Team.
  • Ms. Jori Baldwin. Superbrothers representative; artist liason.

 

 

 

 

 

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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION:


ROBERT E. HOWARD

"Let me live deep while I live. Let me know the rich juices of red meat and stinging wine on my palate, the hot embrace of white arms, the mad exultation of battle when the blue blades flame and crimson, and I am content. Let teachers and priests and philosophers brood over questions of reality and illustion. I know this: if life is an illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content."

 

CARL JUNG
 "I feel it is the duty of one who goes his own way to inform society of what he finds on his voyage of discovery. Not the criticism of individual contemporaries will decide the truth or falsity of these discoveries, but future generations. There are things that are not yet true today, perhaps we dare not find them true, but tomorrow, they may be. So every man whose fate it is to go his individual way must proceed with hopefulness and watchfulness, ever conscious of his loneliness and its dangers."

 

JOAN OF ARC

"Hold the cross high so that I may see it through the flames!"

 

 

 

 


 

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TELETEX & PROJECT SCHEDULE:

Subscribe to the SUPERBROTHERS email system to receive teletex bulletins at regular intervals according to the lunar calendar.

  • AUTUMN EQUINOX: sep 23 2009 : NOWHERE
  • BRIGHT MOON: oct 4 2009 @ 2:11 EST : ANYWHERE
  • DARK MOON: oct 18 3009 2:34 EST : GETTING THERE
  • BRIGHT MOON: nov 02 2009 @13:15 : GO TIME
  • DARK MOON: nov 16 2009 @ 14:15 EST: IT IS A TIME OF MIRACLES
  • BRIGHT MOON: dec 2 2009 @ 2:32 EST : SUPERBROTHERS: SWORD & SWORCERY EP
  • DARK MOON: dec 16 2009 @ 7:03 EST: LET ME LIVE DEEP WHILE I LIVE
  • BRIGHT MOON: dec 31 @ 14:14 EST: TO A COZY YULETIDE WHILST DARKNESS REIGNS
  • DARK MOON: jan 15 @ 2:13 EST: GET EPIC
  • BRIGHT MOON: jan 30 @ 1:19 EST: BELLS & WHISTLES
  • DARK MOON: feb 13 @ 21:53 EST: LIVE DEEP?
  • BRIGHT MOON: feb 28 @ 11:39 EST: WE COME IN PEACE / SHOOT TO KILL
  • DARK MOON:  mar 15 @ 17:02 EST: 
  • SPRING EQUINOX: mar 23 2010: EVERYWHERE
  • BRIGHT MOON: mar 29 @ 22:27 EST: GO DARK
  • DARK MOON: apr 14 @ 08:30 EST: PING PONG
  • BRIGHT MOON: apr 28 @ 8:20 EST: HIP DEEP
  • DARK MOON: may 13 @ 21:05 EST: FRAZETTA
  • BRIGHT MOON: may 27 @ 19:09 EST: RALPH BAKSHI ROTOSCOPE JOB
  • X DARK MOON: june 12 @ 7:16 EST: AWOL
  • X BRIGHT MOON: june 26 @ 11:30 EST: MIA 
  • X DARK MOON: jul 11 @ 19:40 EST: SNAFU
  • X BRIGHT MOON: jul 26 @ 1:37 EST: LIONS
  • DARK MOON: aug 10 @ 3:08 EST: TBD
  • BRIGHT MOON: aug 24 @ 17:05 EST: TBD
  • DARK MOON: sep 08 @ 10:30 EST: TBD
  • TBD

 

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EVENTS:

  • SAN FRANCISCO: mar 11 - 14 | S:S&S EP PLAYABLE @ GDC IGF PAVILLION. > > > itinerary
  • BOSTON: mar 27 | STEALTH ATTACK @ PAX EAST
  • PARIS: jun 4 - 10 | RECON 

 

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