''Incredipede'' is a physics-based

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by Canadian studio Northway Games. The game was released on 25 October 2012.

Gameplay

The gameplay of ''Incredipede'' focuses on the character Quozzle, an Incredipede with the ability to morph to complete short challenges. As the game progresses, new elements such as

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, water or wind appear.

Development

''Incredipede'' was developed by Colin Northway while visiting numerous countries with his wife, Sarah. While reading the

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article for

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s, Colin found Thomas Shahan, who later became the game artist for ''Incredipede''. ''Incredipede'' has been submitted to

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, but Northway feels that if Greenlight did not exist, the game would have been launched on

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earlier. It was greenlit on 10 January 2013 after being announced as a 2013 IGF finalist. ''Incredipede'' was included in the

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PC and Android 7 bundle, presented on 15 October 2013.

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