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From the premise of Swarm -- guide a group of identical, stupid creatures through trap-filled words -- and from screenshots and video, it's easy to assume it's a Pikmin-style action-strategy game, with one player character wielding a small army of critters to fulfill goals. At least, it was easy for me to assume that. But there's a lot more action and a lot less strategy than you're thinking. In fact, Swarm is pretty much a platformer, albeit a platformer in which you control 50 avatars simultaneously.
Now you might be thinking that it would be pretty much impossible to control 50 avatars simultaneously -- and you would be right. In fact, your little Swarmites are constantly dying off due to traps, environmental hazards, and good old-fashioned failed jumps. Not only is this okay, it's necessary; each death increases your score multiplier, and interesting deaths result in in-game awards.Gallery: Swarm (GDC 2011)
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| Swarm preview: strength in numbers | 
Hothead revealed Swarm for the first time back at E3. Then, we didn't know much about the game -- it's actually still in pre-Alpha, despite a launch window of "early 2011." We were given a demo of the game at PAX and finally c [..] Read complete article | | Published 05-Sep-2010 by David Hinkle in hothead-gamesignitionmicrosoftpax-2010pax-prime-2010playstationps3psnswarmxblaxbox
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| Swarm trailer proves that one can be more intimidating than 50 | |
With Swarm available today, Ignition and Hothead have released one last trailer demonstrating exactly who the target audience is for the downloadable multi-character platformer: sadistic children. Sadistic children aged 12 or older, of course -- thanks, P [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Mar-2011 by JC Fletcher in hothead-gamesignition-entertainmentmicrosoftplaystationps3psnswarmxblaxbox
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They say ignorance is bliss. Based on this tutorial video for Hothead's Swarm, however, ignorance is apparently tantamount to suicide. Watch the video for an extended look at Swarm's gameplay, and to learn just how delight [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Sep-2010 by Richard Mitchell in Hotheadmicrosoftpcplaystationps3swarmxbox
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