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Guildlings
DeveloperSirvo Studios
PublisherSirvo Studios
DirectorJamie Antonisse
ProducerRyan Sullivan
Designers
  • Danyel Copeland
  • Adam Hann-Byrd
Programmers
  • Jon Culp
  • Ryan Sullivan
  • Asher Vollmer
Artists
  • Ellen Alsop
  • Suzanne Geary
  • Mackenzie Schubert
  • Kyle Youngblom
Writers
  • Danyel Copeland
  • Adam Hann-Byrd
ComposerPedro Silva
PlatformsiOS, macOS, tvOS
ReleaseNovember 8, 2019 (2019-11-08)
GenresAdventure, role-playing
ModeSingle-player

Guildlings is a 2019 role-playing adventure game developed and published by Sirvo Studios. It was released for Apple Arcade on November 8, 2019. Upon release, Guildlings received generally favorable reviews, with praise directed towards the game's sincere tone, and the presentation of its narrative, characters and dialogue based on themes of friendship.

Development

Guildlings was developed by indie studio Sirvo Studios, a team of eleven people. Asher Vollmer, who had previously developed Puzzlejuice and Threes, co-founded Sirvo with Jamie Antonisse and Ryan Sullivan[1] Development began after the studio was financed by the Indie Fund.[2] Vollmer said in 2022 that he felt the game was "misaligned from his personal design sensibilities", though he praised the development team.[3]

The game's story, according to Sirvo, was inspired by EarthBound, Inkle's 80 Days, and fictional works incorporating themes of wonder.[4]

The game was intended to be released in an episodic format, with the currently released content intended to be Chapter 1, but Antonisse clarified on X in 2023 that future content had been cancelled due to the game being a financial disappointment to Sirvo. Despite the fact that the developers attempted to continue the story in related concepts between 2021 and 2022, the original development team had disbanded.[5]

As of November 1st, 2024, Guildlings was removed from the App Store and is now unavailable to play or for download.[6]


Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic77/100[7]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Destructoid8.5/10[8]
Mutliplayer.it7.8[9]

According to the review aggregator website Metacritic, Guildlings received "generally favorable" reviews.[7] Patricia Hernandez of Polygon praised Guildlings for reinventing the game's role-playing game mechanics to fit the "optimistic" and "happy-go-lucky" tone of the game, highlighting its "terrific" characters and writing and the use of the mood system.[10] Giorgio Melani of Multiplayer.it commended the "aesthetic cleanliness" of the game's visual presentation, the "clever parody and sincere homage to fantasy role-playing games" and "fresh and pressing" narrative, although finding the gameplay was largely confined to the story.[9] Kevin Mersereau of Destructoid highlighted the "beautiful" story about friendship supported by sincere character interactions and "gorgeous" soundtrack, whilst expressing frustration with the game's technical issues and the plot's ending on a cliffhanger.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Brightman, James (February 17, 2016). "FunPlus announces $50m fund to "invest in the future of indie gaming"". Gamesindustry.biz. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ Nutt, Christian (February 16, 2016). "FunPlus launches $50 million fund for indie, mobile games". Game Developer. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Beast Breaker is just the beginning for Asher Vollmer's new studio". www.gamedeveloper.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Guildlings: FAQ". Guildlings. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  5. ↑ Antonisse, Jamie [@jamieantonisse] (November 24, 2023). "Unfortunately, in its current form Guildlings hasn't generated enough revenue to continue development on new chapters with a full team. We spent 2021 and 2022 working behind the scenes on other ways to push the story forward" (Tweet). Retrieved January 6, 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  6. ↑ "Sadly, we're leaving Apple Arcade at the end of October 🖤 We'll be looking for another way to make it available after that... but if you want to adventure with the Guildlings one more time, ✨this is the moment✨". twitter.com. Retrieved November 3, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. 1 2 "Guildlings Critic Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
  8. 1 2 Mersereau, Kevin (November 17, 2019). "Review: Guildlings". Destructoid. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Melani, Giorgio (November 14, 2019). "Guildlings: The Review". Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  10. ↑ Hernandez, Patricia (January 28, 2020). "If Steven Universe and Undertale had a baby, it'd be this RPG". Polygon. Retrieved February 24, 2024.

External links

  • Official website
  • Guildlings at MobyGames
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