SMU Guildhall Graduate Catalog Spring 2019 — Cohort 27 | Page 114

FrostRunner Created by: Think Arcade « Race the clock and each other in this viral speedrunner hit Complete icy platform challenges as quickly as possible to earn your place at the top of the leaderboards. FrostRunner is a first-person platformer encourages players to complete levels tasked with rapidly completing platforming others to earn their place at the top of the “speedrunning” game, where the player is challenges before the timer runs out. The game is set in a desolate, frozen leaderboards. environment seemingly abandoned by all FrostRunner was released for download on are mysterious energy crystals emanating a positive reviews. In its first month, it life. Scattered throughout the icy landscape strange power. The player navigates 36 levels of arctic terrain using their platforming skills and a tool that allows them to tether between crystals. The constantly ticking timer 114 as quickly as possible and compete with Steam in January 2019 to overwhelmingly garnered more than 100,000 downloads— more than any other Guildhall game to date—and caught fire online amongst speedrunner and streamer communities. Play it here: bit.ly/FrostRunnerOnSteam