Hand-drawn 3D Platformer Ruffy and the Riverside Confirms New Localizations and Additional Platform. Also Shows Brand-New Trailer!
As Ruffy you can magically SWAP textures to change the game world. Have a look at how you can use his unique powers in the new trailer!
5 DECEMBER 2024 - German indie studio Zockrates Laboratories and US publisher Phiphen Games are happy to share that development of Ruffy and the Riverside is coming along nicely for a Q1 2025 release on PC & Consoles!
Next to an already confirmed Steam release, PC players will now have Epic Games as an additional option to take control of Ruffy and his unique skills! Console gamers can look forward to a release on Xbox One & Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and...Nintendo Switch(es)!
The team wants to bring Ruffy and the Riverside to as many players as possible, which is why the lovingly hand-drawn platformer will be localised in these languages:
- English
- French
- German
- Latin American Spanish
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Japanese
- Chinese (new)
- Simplified Chinese (new)
- Korean (new)
Once you *SWAP*, you can't stop!
Ruffy rolled along in the OTK Winter Games Expo with a new trailer, showing you how his magical SWAP powers let him copy a vine texture onto a waterfall so he can climb it, or how his mischievous side takes over when he turns water into lava to defeat an unsuspecting enemy.
Check out Ruffy and the Riverside's OTK Winter Games Expo Trailer:
Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/1002260/Ruffy_and_the_Riverside
Press Kit: notion.so/piratepr/Ruffy-and-the-Riverside
Contact Emails: Press@piratepr.com & Zocklabs@gmail.com (Interviews welcome!)
About the game
In Ruffy and the Riverside, you wield the magic power of SWAP, using it to Copy & Paste textures within the game world. Turn ice into lava or waterfalls into vines as you ride hay bales, explore, fight, and solve puzzles throughout Riverside. Unleash your imagination in this quirky open-world action game that literally lets you change the world!
Join Ruffy on an exciting quest to stop the mischievous villain Groll from destroying the World Core and throwing Riverside into chaos. Along the way, you'll travel to fantastic places with helpful friends like Pip the sassy bee, Sir Eddler the adventurous mole, and Silja the wise turtle. Meet a lively cast of characters, each with their own unique stories and dialogues, as the exciting adventure unfolds with unexpected surprises for Ruffy around every corner.
As Ruffy, the Chosen One, you'll harness the magical power of SWAP, and use it to transform the game world. With SWAP you'll change the sun into the moon or ice into lava while overcoming countless puzzles and effortlessly manipulating objects to your will. You can turn a stone into wood to create a boat or swap a wall into rubble to clear your path, and much more as you fight, jump, and ride hay bales throughout the adventure. The unique SWAP ability opens up endless possibilities, making every moment feel magical and full of surprises.
Ruffy just won't stop! When the 3D world ends, he leaps into new 2D levels to collect even more treasures, but watch out - many obstacles must be swapped before you can safely pass through walls. Use your cleverness and the magical SWAP mechanic to transform objects and unlock new paths in your delightful adventure!
Explore the marvelous open world of Riverside, where Ruffy embarks on playful side quests, masters challenges, and collects magic treasures across seven distant regions. Ride hay bales, perform tricks on secret rails, and discover unknown areas as you meet the mysterious Etoi and team up with the Fish Gang to defeat bully sharks. Unleash your creativity by designing your own textures with Pix, transforming the game world into your personal adventure filled with surprises around every corner.
Key Features
- Use and master the power of SWAP to transform elements in the game world.
- Overcome various puzzles through creative manipulation of objects.
- Engage in exciting adventure elements like fighting, jumping, and skating.
- Solve puzzles and find treasures in challenging 2D levels
- Unlock seven outer regions, each with unique challenges and settings.
- More than a dozen characters offering new exciting quests.
- Use dreamstones to create and apply custom textures to main game elements like stone, waterfalls and more...
- Enjoy a magical atmosphere with a focus on exploration and discovery.
- Gather various collectibles, such as butterflies, dreamstones, Etoi creatures, and coins, each contributing to gameplay and customization.
For more updates on Ruffy and the Riverside, follow the game on:
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About Zockrates Laboratories (developer)
We are a team of artists, programmers and musicians from Nuremberg, Germany, and we love video games. We used to make video game art, but since Ruffy 2017 smiled at us for the first time from a piece of paper and started swapping things right before our eyes in a prototype, we had to move on and founded Zockrates Laboratories. However, our aim has remained the same. We want to bring extraordinary gameplay, aesthetic enjoyment in visuals and music and most importantly a lot of fun.
zocklabs.de | Zocklabs@gmail.com
About Phiphen Games (publisher)
Phiphen Games was founded with the purpose of publishing cutting-edge and unmistakably unique games. They help innovative developers across all genres & budget levels bring their projects to major platforms and reach a global audience.
phiphengames.com | alexj@vimglobal.com
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