Hi everyone. I’m here to talk to you about our latest PlayStation minis game, Hungry Giraffe, which will be released tomorrow, exclusively and FREE for PlayStation Plus users. Hungry Giraffe will then go on general release on the 15th of February for just £2.49/€3.49.
Hungry Giraffe is our first foray into the endless climbing genre and is based on the experiences* of one particular giraffe who – bored of the foliage of the acacia tree – decided to stretch out his neck to reach the burgers floating in the sky. Using the calories from the burgers to make his neck even longer, he moved from burger to french fries, taco to sandwich, on a desperate quest to stuff his face.
Of course our giraffe friend had to be wary of several hazards floating in the sky. After all, an anvil to the head seldom does anyone any good and as for poison, well, would you want clean up when a 1200 kg giraffe loses its lunch? Unprescribed drugs are also best avoided, as human medicine tends to have strange hallucinogenic properties when taken by giraffes.
Of course this is a game and not a documentary, so we’ve added a few special touches to this real life story**. Hungry Giraffe features some touches of our own, such as stat tracking and achievements. Even more amazingly, the technical wizards (hello Paul!) here at Laughing Jackal have come up with a clever system allowing the PS3 version of the game to run at a higher resolution than the PSP allows, so those of you who like to play your games on a nice big shiny screen are in for a visual treat!
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*These experiences may not have occurred.
** This really, really didn’t happen.
26 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:02 pm by sjw17
free for plus?? thank you very much
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:10 pm by capitales7
GOD DAMMIT! I always wanna join plus but back out at the last minute. I’m on a tight budget and always think “that’s one less game I can buy this year if I join plus”. This game looks fun tho…
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:10 pm by JonnyPauz
yay, it looks cool
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:12 pm by LukeInReverse
Nice. Giraffes are fun..
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:13 pm by niksuti-niko
Sounds nice
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:13 pm by bmate_1990
Looks like a good game to waste some time with. But how will those buy it that don’t have access to the Store? (Those countries without a Store can’t even reset their passwords now) We could import a PSN card from the UK and use a fake account, but that would be against the TOS and I’d rather tie my purchases to my real account, especially since the whole GT5 DLC locked down to one account fiasco.
I hope SCEE will think about expanding coverage to more EU countries this year. (i.e. all) Thank you.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:15 pm by iESCUDO
Awesome, thanks you. =)
Can we get Vita news please? It’s less than a month away and barely see any news.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:18 pm by strangeplaice
Yay, this looks like fun, but in a really weird way
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:22 pm by randellaUK
So this a mini would be great for trophies simple game looks great.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:29 pm by Ross Brierley
Thanks for the positive comments everyone
Giraffe’s are indeed awesome.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 12:59 pm by pnov81
Is this the first mini that enables high res art when played on ps3?
Giraffes are awesome.
Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:23 pm by Ross Brierley
I believe so. It’s a little trick our programmer worked out after stumbling across something when making the Fighting Fantasy minis.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:04 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Higher res graphics when run on PS3? That’s a damn interesting feature and one I’d quite like to see other Minis developers incorporate (ok so I love low resolutions but it depends on the art style and certainly I find 3D games look better in higher resolutions). Also the giraffe just looks so damn amusing chomping away. Thanks muchly for the freebie. PlayStation Plus really does pay for itself and then some.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:05 pm by MaikelSteneker
I’m curious about the high resolution art on PS3. Does the game actually run on a higher resolution on PS3?
Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:27 pm by Ross Brierley
It does indeed. I’m hopefull planning a blogpost on how it works over on http://www.laughingjackal.co.uk at some point in the future if I get time.
Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:28 pm by James Gallagher
Let me know if and when you do, Ross, and I’ll let everyone know on here.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:33 pm by OurTone
Superb, free to Playstation Plus memebers is always appreciated.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:39 pm by ABTR
Very nice, its looks fun. I have another game from Laughing Jackal the OMG-Z and its my favorite
Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:14 pm by Ross Brierley
Glad you liked OMG-Z. It’s one of my favourites too and I hope you like Hungry Giraffe just as much.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:41 pm by Shadow-King
Looks Ace!
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:48 pm by dazzy_t123
we love freebies guys good job,
question; when will the store for plus update, different dates going around
and could you give a hint if the xmb will update to vita layout or not
Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 1:55 pm by James Gallagher
The latest PS Plus content will hit PS Store on Wednesday (Feb 1st) and the full list will be here on the blog this afternoon at 4pm. It’s an impressive offering this month.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:10 pm by KillerXp82
Great job guys! & Free for us plus’s even sweeter, if that is possibly ^_^
One of my biggest problem with minis is how fussy they look when played on Ps3 so this is really great news that you had a breakthrough & figured out a way to make it better.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:12 pm by dazzy_t123
thanks buddy, skipped my 2nd question lol I guessing that xmb news is top secret
look forward to list at 4pm
anyone no if ff5 has trophies
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:15 pm by hanmik
This game looks real fun. I loved Orbit.. the only minis game I have ever enjoyed.
One thing bothers me though.. when I look at the video above.. I get kind of sea-sick/motion sickness. The way the backgorund moves and the giraffe moves makes me really sick. I realy hope the game will not have that kind of motion sickness for me..
Posted on 1 February, 2012 at 10:23 am by Ross Brierley
Glad you liked it so much. I tend to have issues with Motion Sickness with some games but Hungry Giraffe hasn’t caused me any problems. Of course everyone has different tolerances but I hope the game itself is fine for you.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:21 pm by hayzink
so the info last week about the plus update being the 8th were wrong, good to here
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:24 pm by hayzink
no topic just watched vid looks like it would work well on vitas touch screen or with motion controls
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:31 pm by Guri_Tricolor
After playing hours of omg-z, orbit and cubixx, I expect a lot from this! gameplay and visuals! from the video I can say you did it again, it looks great
keep them coming!
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 2:35 pm by TAKE-AWAY
@21 Probaly just final fantasy five being put on the plus content on Feb 8th.
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Posted on 31 January, 2012 at 4:32 pm by Bilouze
The Giraffe is also having a *good* time with RE6.
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Posted on 1 February, 2012 at 10:13 am by Suzzopher
I love the minis you guys create. Any chance of some Vita PSN games?
Posted on 1 February, 2012 at 10:28 am by Ross Brierley
The Vita is an awesome handheld (it’s actually the first console I’ve ever pre-ordered) and we’re definitely plotting some games for it. We’ve got a lot on our plate at the moment with an unannounced PS3 game we’re currently working on in addition to some iPhone conversions for some of our Minis but it’s something we’re planning on in the future.
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