404Sight

404Sight

Console: PC
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Retro Yeti Games
Publisher(s): Retro Yeti Games
Release Date: 2015-04-16
Players: 1
Co-op: No
Type: Action, Platform

404Sight is a free game made in support of net neutrality. It’s a 3D playground runner influenced by parkour running with the addition of a special ping ability that reveals areas that can speed the player up or slow them down. Hidden fast and slow lanes become visible, so it takes a bit of planning to plot a course through a world full of hazards – especially when the internet service providers themselves are actively trying to impede the player’s progress.

In 404sight, the player attempts to traverse a level as quickly as possible without getting throttled by the ISPs, who actively throws slow tiles and inhibitors in their way.

This game was made by Retro Yeti Games, a team of graduate students currently enrolled in the Entertainment Arts and Engineering program at the University of Utah. More information can be found at http://eae.utah.edu/