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Summer Sale
Developer(s)Ductape studio
Publisher(s)Ductape studio
EngineUnreal engine 4
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)Simulation
Mode(s)Single-player

Summer Sale[edit]

Summer Sale is a indie video game on Steam developed by Artūrs Petrovskis and released in June 2, 2016. It is a parody game based on Steam's annual summer sale. Game features a lot of parodies of other popular high rated titles in the gaming industry, such as:

and other disclosed titles. The game also features achievements and steam trading cards.


Development[edit]

Unreal engine 4 was the main engine user for this project. For programming language  the C++ was used with the most efficient algorithms and those could be flexed to make other functions. All textures are 2D and made in Adobe photoshop. Development process took 3 months which is considerably small amount of time for one developer.

Reviews[edit]

Reviews about the game on Steam market are mixed. Summer sale did not receive any critical reviews aggregated on Metacritic, and, according to Kotaku, " It’s super dumb. It’s a clear grab for attention".


Updates[edit]

On 16th of December 2016 update "Winter sale" was released which included some bug fixes and some new features which included the overall design change.


References[edit]

https://kotaku.com/someone-is-making-a-game-based-on-the-steam-summer-sale-1777372957

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/jon-martindale/steam-summer-sale-simulator-lets-you-buy-games-forever/

https://www.htxt.co.za/2016/06/03/steam-summer-sale-now-available/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/485890/Summer_Sale/