Gish

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Description

Gish is a platformer with a twist. You play a blob of tar named Gish (yes, I said a blob of tar) who is on a journey to find his girlfriend, Brea - who is not another blob of tar, but rather a human.

Using the complex, realistic physics engine, Gish must stick to walls, slide through cracks, topple boxes, and solve many other strange physics puzzles while battling enemies. Even jumping is very physics-heavy; Gish has to bounce up and down to gain momentum for a jump. The game includes three modes: Story, which is standard linear platforming, Collection, a sort of time attack mode, and Vs., where two Gishes fight to the death.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
• Middleware: SDL
• Protagonist: Blob

User Reviews

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Windows

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Critic Reviews

Game Tunnel	Windows	Jun 05, 2004	10 out of 10	100
Game Chronicles	Windows	Jul 27, 2004	9.5 out of 10	95
Macworld	Macintosh	Oct 18, 2004		90
GameZebo	Windows	Aug 04, 2010		90
GameZone	Windows	Jun 10, 2004	8.8 out of 10	88
Inside Mac Games (IMG)	Macintosh	Oct 15, 2004	8.75 out of 10	88
GameSpot	Windows	Oct 07, 2004	8.2 out of 10	82
IC-Games	Windows	Jun 13, 2004	78 out of 100	78
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Aug, 2005	64 out of 100	64
GameCola.net	Windows	Nov 30, 2010	4 out of 10	40

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Inspiration

Gish was envisioned as a play on the classic side-scrolling Mario games, both in level progression and story.

Related Web Sites

• GISH [gishgame.com] (Official Website)
• Gish Post-Mortem (Gamasutra's feature about the game's production written by Alex Austin.)
• Gish | The Mobile Game (official game website for the mobile version)
• Gish (video game) - Wikipedia (article about the game in the open encyclopedia)