V2 - Teddy Gainz and Horror of Insect Island
Praise for Teddy Gainz
"Loved the story and the characters!"
"Beautiful artwork and charming storyline."
Teaser
Our protagonist is TEDDY GAINZ-- a brown feather chicken with swole human arms, who's terrified of bugs! They had to swim to the island of insects after finding out their mom had been kidnapped for what the bugs call their “Reaper Festival”, but it truly is a festival of absolute horrors for our bug-terrified Teddy. Only YOU can help Teddy overcome their fears, save their mom, save the world, and maybe even make a friend!
In this updated version you'll discover smoother controls, new mechanics and more character development in a new level and boss fight. We hope you aren't afraid of clowns or spiders!
Contact
Teddygainzproductionteam@gmail.com
Twitter @GainzTeddy
About
The 11 person Teddy Gainz production team met online in 2021 through the IGDA Foundation’s Velocity program. Inspired by the majesty of chickens with swole arms, they banded together over 80 days and across 6 time zones to create Teddy Gainz and the Horror of Insect Island, the first game from the Teddy Gainz Productions Team. Our team had a blast learning how to make a game together and participating in our first game jam here on Itch.io. We hope you enjoy playing our game as much, if not more than we enjoyed getting to know each other and building it! Thank you!
<3 The TG Team
Letter From the Update Team
Over the last seven months, we have had the pleasure of getting to know Teddy, Thicc, the inhabitants of The Sunnyside Ilses, and each other even better. We endeavored to bring to life the whole original story our team conceived for the game jam with playability that would make it fun and accessible for more players to enjoy. We corrected so many typos, made so many new assets, fixed so many bugs (big and small) and laughed so much while making this game. We hope even more people can share in that joy and this story of friendship.
Our team had so much fun we have already selected another jam to participate in please follow us on Itch.io, Twitter, and Youtube to see what we make next!
<3 The TG Team
Update Credits
Amber Nicole Williams - Game Artist - @Ambrowskii - ambrowskii.itch.io -LinkedIn - https://ambrowskii.com
Ricardo Aviles - Game Designer / Developer / Sound Designer - @ricky_games20 - ricardoaviles.itch.io - LinkedIn
Kenna Lindsay - Executive Producer - @kenna_lindsay - LinkedIn - kennamlindsay.com
Original Credits
Amber Nicole Williams - Game Artist - @Ambrowskii - ambrowskii.itch.io -LinkedIn - https://ambrowskii.com
Anfer Molina - Game Designer / Developer - @anferm
Cindy Fan - Art Director / Game Artist - @CindFan - itch.io/profile/cindf - www.cind.ca
Cynthia Sulit - Producer / Artist - Twitter @mcjsulit - Arch + Form (portfolio.site)
Dawn Hammond-Quaye - Game Designer / Developer - @TheArtemis_Moon - LinkedIn - dawnhq.co.uk
Jon Perez - Production Consultant - @darthgreebo
Kenna Lindsay - Executive Producer - @kenna_lindsay - LinkedIn - kennamlindsay.com
Leyla Mamedova - QA - @leylses - LinkedIn - leylamamedova.com
Morgan Anderson - Game Artist / Character Artist - artstation.com/breaded - morganderson.com
Ricardo Aviles - Game Designer / Developer / Sound Designer - @ricky_games20 - ricardoaviles.itch.io - LinkedIn
Rika Watanabe - Narrative Designer / Game Writer - @riki_0ntherocks - itch.io/profile/riki-0ntherocks - LinkedIn
Special Thanks
(People who supported, listened to, encouraged, and loved us while we did this. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! <3 <3 <3)
Ahmed Hamad
Amy Isaac
Amy Moore
Annie VanderMeer
Callum Moscovitch
Carol Lee
Christopher Lockfort
Colin Johnson
Corinne Scrivens
Dallas Lillie
Danica Pok
George and Sara Lindsay
Haight Ashbury Merchants Association
Holly
Jess Dees
Katie Whitcraft
Mika
Mhmd
Mohamed Chamas
Ojo Stephen
Renee Blair
Russell Harmon
Sara Toby Moore
Sean Spaulding
Sela Davis
Sofia Romualdo
Stephanie Power
Susan Lakin
The Clown Conservatory at Circus Center
Carlo Pereyra
Nik Pantis
Oscar Barajas
Prisca Edwards
.... and many unnamed friends and play testers!!!
In Game Controls
W - Move Up, Special
A - Move Left
S - Move Down
D - Move Right
Enter - Select, Special
Content warning
E for everyone
Story contains the following elements:
cartoon abduction, references to parasites, realistic illustrations of insects, cartoon violence.
Note: If playing in browser, use the itch.io's built-in fullscreen toggle (bottom right corner) to enter fullscreen. The in-game setting will not work.
Download
Install instructions
For the Zip File:
1 - Download the file.
2 - Extract the zip.
3 - Play the game/ Run the exe.
4 - Get up and dance!
Currently available for PC, coming soon for MacOS! (5/22/2022)
Want to see our game but don't have a way to play?
Development log
- Teddy Gainz Comes to Browser!Dec 19, 2022
- Announcing Teddy Gainz and the Island of Insect Horrors Version 2May 31, 2022
Comments
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I liked how this game perfectly encapsulates the experience of being followed by a bunch of scary insects.
I also found the concept of playing as a swole, buff chicken to be very amusing. I was kind of surprised that even though at first glance, Teddy Gainz being a chicken with muscles felt a bit too silly to take seriously, his dialogue ended up feeling pretty poignant. Seeing Teddy talk about his fear and insecurity felt really relatable to me, since I've definitely experienced similar feelings in the past as a person.
In any case, I dunno if this development team still makes new games, but if they did I'd definitely play more of them. :)
A bit challenging to land on some platforms, but overall very smooth gameplay!