Basic Facts
Developer:
Die Gute Fabrik
Location:
Copenhagen, Denmark
Publisher:
Akupara Games
Release date:
September 19, 2019
Platforms:
Apple Arcade / PS4 / PS5 /
Switch / Xbox /
Windows / macOS / Linux
Storefronts:
Apple Arcade /
PSN /
Xbox /
Switch /
Steam /
Itch /
Game Jolt
Website:
mutazionegame.com
Regular Price:
USD 19.99
EUR 17.99
GBP 15.99
Languages:
English, Danish, Arabic
French, Italian, German,
Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish,
Japanese, Korean, Russian,
Simplified Chinese,
Traditional Chinese, Turkish
Description
A mutant soap opera where small-town gossip meets the supernatural...
MUTAZIONE is an adventure game where the juicy personal drama is just as important as the high-stakes adventure part of the story.
Explore the community as 15-year-old Kai as she travels to the strange and secretive community of Mutazione to care for her ailing grandfather, Nonno.
Make new friends; plant musical gardens; attend BBQs, band nights and boat trips; and embark on a final spiritual journey to save everyone from the strange darkness at the heart of it all.
Over 100 years ago, the meteor "Moon Dragon" struck a tropical holiday resort. Most of the inhabitants perished, while those who survived began to show strange mutations... The rescue missions quickly retreated, and those who remained in the mutating environment founded the small and isolated community of Mutazione.
Fast-forward to modern day, where you play as 15-year-old Kai as she travels to Mutazione to help nurse her dying grandfather back to health. But things aren’t as simple as they seem... Nonno has other plans for Kai; secrets and betrayals simmer under the friendly community’s surface; and there’s a creepy bird-like figure who keeps on appearing in Kai's dreams.
They can survive an apocalyptic meteor strike, but can they survive their small-town drama?
Highlights
- A lush, hand-illustrated world to explore
- Ensemble cast of loveable mutant characters
- A story with unpredictable dramatic twists and turns
- Gardens to customise for unique relaxing generative musical soundscapes
Garden Mode
Garden Mode allows the player to access a stand-alone magical musical garden (on top of the gardens grown in story mode) adding features such as:
- Seed sharing - send and receive rare and unusual seeds with your friends
- New seeds not available in story mode
- Time control - leave the gardens on in the background to slowly evolve and change
- The exclusive ‘Cloud Garden’ - only glimpsed during Story Mode, now fully playable
- Hundreds of new musical clips - a deeper, more complex musical landscape to explore
October 2020 Update
Return to Mutazione for a free content update - 7 additional unlockable gardens, with new seeds and sounds:
- 7 unlockable Story Mode gardens, now in Garden Mode! Explore a brand new variety of soils and environments in Garden Mode.
- New seeds and sounds to collect, grow, and listen to.
- Build beautiful ambient compositions, in the company of some of your favourite characters, as they visit and relax in the background.
Penpal Mode / October 2021 Update
Keep in Touch with Old Friends in Mutazione’s new free Penpal DLC! Draft letters, catch up on the gossip, and see photographs from old friends. A durational experience that expands to the space of a week (each letter will take 24 hours to unlock), this free DLC offers a gentle epilogue expanding on the award-winning story’s conclusion.
- Available on updating and finishing the main game
- Hear from the island community and catch up with what has happened in the past two years.
- Receive new seeds and sounds from old friends.
- Beautiful photographs show snippets of action, two years on.
Videos
Release Trailer | Vimeo, YouTube | Dansk Version
Cloud Garden Trailer | Vimeo, YouTube
Penpal Trailer (October 2021) | Vimeo, YouTube
Major Update Trailer (October 2020) | Vimeo, YouTube
Gardens Teaser | Vimeo, YouTube
B-roll (Chapter 3 excerpts) | Vimeo
Soundtrack
Alessandro Coronas presents an extensive 4+ hour deep dive into the audio landscape of the mutant soap opera videogame Mutazione, focusing on the original music composed to accompany the story of Die Gute Fabrik’s wonderful world of mutated plants and wildlife.
Released by Materia Collective, available on Bandcamp, Steam, Spotify. Published on vinyl by iam8bit.
OST Sample | Vimeo, YouTube, SoundCloud
Credits
Nils Deneken
Direction, Art, Story
Alessandro Coronas
Music and Audio Design
Morten Mygind
System Architecture and Story Engine
Hannah Nicklin
Writing and Narrative Design
Óscar Losada
Gameplay and UI
Katrin-Anna Zibuschka
Programming
Esben Modvig
Character Animation
Anne Louise Laugesen
Wildlife Animation
Mia Wewer
Story
Douglas Wilson
Design and Audio Engine
Christoffer Holmgård
Production and Narrative Systems
Mutazione was a collaborative effort and includes work by many others beyond the core team. For full credits, please see in-game menu.
Funding
Mutazione has been made with financial support from Sony, the Danish Film Institute, Creative Europe, and Nordic Game
Contact
Support Enquiries
support@akuparagames.com
Press+Streamer Enquiries
pr@popagenda.co
Twitter
twitter.com/gutefabrik
twitter.com/akuparagames
Facebook
facebook.com/akuparagames
Discord
discord.gg/akuparagames
Web
gutefabrik.com
akuparagames.com
Email Gute Fabrik
info@gutefabrik.com
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