{"id":1651,"date":"2023-01-31T18:53:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manofmotion.com\/?p=1651"},"modified":"2023-01-31T19:04:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T19:04:13","slug":"shoulders-of-giants-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manofmotion.com\/shoulders-of-giants-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoulders of Giants Released!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-right:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:20px;--awb-padding-left:20px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Shoulders of Giants, by Moving Pieces Interactive, was <a href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/shoulders-of-giants-61381f\">released yesterday on the Epic Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This colorful, frenetic sci-fi roguelike has you controlling an unlikely duo: A frog mounted on a giant mech-type robot. Supporting up to four-player coop, you and your friends are dropped onto a procedurally generated planet, with the goal to cleanse it of a malignant dark entity that&#8217;s corrupting it. Doing so generates &#8220;heat&#8221;, and gathering enough heat lets you take on a planetary boss fight!<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><iframe title=\"Shoulders of Giants - Official Launch Trailer\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZS9GpXdV_Dg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Rock Paper Shotgun called it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockpapershotgun.com\/shoulders-of-giants-smashes-together-frogs-mechs-and-00s-weirdness\">&#8220;way better than it has any right to be&#8221;<\/a> and &#8220;unapologetically creative&#8221;. It&#8217;s always nice to work on a game that not only is a fun concept, but ends up being a great game in the end too!<\/p>\n<p>Man of Motion rigged and animated the frog and robot duo&#8217;s moveset, as well as a rigged + skinned number of cosmetics. Source files were passed onto the client for further animation work.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:50px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><video playsinline=\"true\" width=\"100%\" style=\"object-fit: cover;\" autoplay=\"true\" muted=\"true\" loop=\"true\" preload=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/manofmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SoG_Run_1.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.<\/video><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:50%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:50px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><video playsinline=\"true\" width=\"100%\" style=\"object-fit: cover;\" autoplay=\"true\" muted=\"true\" loop=\"true\" preload=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/manofmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SoG_Impact_1.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.<\/video><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-video fusion-selfhosted-video\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><video playsinline=\"true\" width=\"100%\" style=\"object-fit: cover;\" autoplay=\"true\" muted=\"true\" loop=\"true\" preload=\"auto\"><source src=\"https:\/\/manofmotion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SoG_Melee.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">Sorry, your browser doesn&#039;t support embedded videos.<\/video><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/store.epicgames.com\/en-US\/p\/shoulders-of-giants-61381f\">Check out Shoulders of Giants on the Epic Store.\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shoulders of Giants Released! 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