Version 1.9.12024-01-17
Final Polish Round!
We gathered the team and fine-tuned all the minor aspects we were itching to make better. It was a pleasure to dive back into Gibbon with our wonderful team. We hope you enjoy this update as much as we enjoyed putting it together!
- Coolest addition: Humans now react to gibbons passing by!
- Game Center Challenges are now up and running for certain achievements.
- Gibbons and other animals will now chill for a bit at the Family Tree, whenever you've freed the same animal type ten times in Liberation mode.
- We've boosted our performance and memory, making things smoother for you.
- The bounce animation is snappier and more visually appealing.
- You can now pull off a double backflip from the crane, and we've thrown in a few other minor level improvements.
- Cages now align with sloped roofs.
- We've added some cool water effects when Pink runs through shallow water.
- We've squashed various minor bugs and glitches.
- Lastly, we've made further improvements to various minor visual aspects of the game. Although, we're not sure if anyone other than us will ever notice them. ;)
Apple Design Award Winner 2022
A beautiful new adventure by multiple award winning developers of Old Man’s Journey and ELOH, in which a family of gibbons finds themselves lost in a dangerous world beyond their understanding.
- Experience free-flowing dynamic movement based on brachiation, the way real gibbons swing through the trees
- Master acrobatic moves, including launching from another gibbon’s hands in mid air
- A touching adventure of a family of gibbons trying to survive amid an encroaching human threat.
- Play through an hourlong adventure in story mode, or race to freedom through a procedurally generated jungle in liberation mode.
- Compete in the leaderboards and see how far you can swing, backflip and slide in Daily Run mode!
- Stunning 2D hand painted visuals that breathe life into a rapidly vanishing world.
- Explore varied environments, from the wild jungles of Southeast Asia to the hectic human world beyond.
- Collect all encyclopedia entries and find out more about gibbons and their habitat.
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees deals with challenging but acute environmental topics, including deforestation, poaching and climate change.
Accolades:
- BAFTA Games Awards: Game Beyond Entertainment nominee 2023, UK
- D.I.C.E Awards: Mobile Game of the Year nominee, 2023, USA
- Apple Design Award: Social Impact winner 2022, USA
- Bitsummit: International Award winner 2022, Japan
- Sense of Wonder Night: Pocky Award winner 2022, Tokyo Game Show, Japan
- IndieCade: Visual Design nominee 2022, USA
- Japan Prize: Digital Media Division first runner-up, 2022, Japan
- D&AD Awards: Digital Design, Illustration, Shortlist, 2022, UK
- Pedagogic Media Award: Winner 2022, Germany
Content IncludesInfrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
Broken Rules programmer and designer Eddy Boxerman takes us in-depth through the breezy animations of the titular gibbons in this Apple Arcade title.
Game Developer Sat Apr 02 2022
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is a simple, beautiful game with a clear, admirable, and touching message concerning the endangered species.
GamesHub Thu Jun 02 2022
We've been playing the Steam Next Fest demo of Gibbon: Beyond Trees, the next game from Old Man's Journey developers Broken Rules,...
Rock Paper Shotgun Wed Mar 02 2022
Developed by Broken Rules, Gibbon: Beyond The Trees is a hand-drawn adventure game featuring three adorable gibbons as they travel through...
Thumb Culture Sat Jul 02 2022
PC, Nintendo Switch (version tested), iPhone/iPad; Broken Rules A noble environmental message provides the basis for this delightfully...
The Guardian Thu Jun 02 2022
Mobile gamers have a new title to try after Gibbon: Beyond the Trees became available for download via Apple Arcade.
iMore Wed Mar 02 2022
“Gibbon: Beyond the Trees” explores environmental and conservation concerns while allowing players to experience the exhilaration of soaring and gliding...
Los Angeles Times Sat Jul 02 2022
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees is a beautiful game. Sublime even. The Apple Arcade exclusive is more ambitious than most mobile titles while also...
TheGamer Tue Aug 02 2022
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees isn't a long game - it's about an hour long with the option of playing on after - and it isn't…
Eurogamer Thu Jun 02 2022
Apple Arcade's latest indie game Gibbon: Beyond The Trees is a hauntingly beautiful game with a short and important lesson to learn.
Geek Culture Tue Apr 05 2022
I loved Broken Rule's last game Old Man's Journey. A rare atmospheric, poignant little indie project that moved to the edge of the adventure...
Gamereactor UK Tue Apr 05 2022
The latest Getting Physical embraces wildlife conservation in Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, which just came to Nintendo Switch courtesy of Super...
Hey Poor Player Sat Dec 07 2024
In partnership with Broken Rules, Super Rare Games is planning a physical release of Gibbon: Beyond the Trees for Switch.
Nintendo Everything Mon Oct 07 2024
For as frequent as animals are playable in games, rarely are they portrayed in a realistic manner comparable to their real-world...
Nintendo World Report Tue Jun 07 2022
The most important part of Gibbon: Beyond the Trees – indeed, its best part – is the pointed message about deforestation and the destruction...
checkpointgaming.net Tue Jun 07 2022
We've all had at least one game we hoped to play that passed us by. For me, one of those was Gibbon: Beyond the Trees developed by Broken...
Hey Poor Player Mon Oct 07 2024
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