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I Wanna Be the Guy

I Wanna Be the Guy

Shooter, Platform, Puzzle, Adventure, Indie

by Kayin

Score

Ratings

Published

8.3

28

2007

IGDB critic rating

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Information

Consoles

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Developer

Kayin

Publisher

Kayin

Game Modes

Single player

Release Date

Oct 5, 2007

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Information

Consoles

PC (Microsoft Windows)

Developer

Kayin

Publisher

Kayin

Game Modes

Single player

Release Date

Oct 5, 2007

Synopsis:

I Wanna Be the Guy: The Movie: The Game is a 2D platform indie freeware video game created by independent developer Michael "Kayin" O'Reilly for Microsoft Windows using Multimedia Fusion 2. First released in October 2007, the game is not in active development despite being listed as a beta, though the source code for the game was released by Kayin in November 2011. IWBTG is most famous for its difficulty. Most of the landscape is engineered specifically to kill the player character. Alongside a traditional range of recognizable dangers, such as spikes and pits, there are many less obvious threats as well, most of which are all but impossible to avoid without either previous knowledge or trial and error.

Where to play

Official siteitch.io

DLC & Expansions (1)

I Wanna Be the Co-opDLC

I Wanna Be the Co-op

Media

Let's Play Compilation
Trailer

Let's Play Compilation

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