The Adventures of Square Press Kit

Welcome to The Adventures of Square's Press Kit page! Here you can find all that you wanted to know about the game, and maybe some stuff that you didn't! Who knows! If you need information that is not available here, let us know.

The Quick Facts

Developer
Based in
Australia, United Kingdom, United States
Release Status
Episode 1 Out (Nov. 7, 2014), Episode 2 Out (Apr. 6th, 2018), Full Game (TBD)
Made With
The GZDoom Engine, an enhanced Doom Engine
Price
FREE
Size
Currently ~53.2 MB, Full Game TBD
Social

Description

The Adventures of Square is a standalone first-person shooter using the ZDoom Engine, featuring real, retro first-person-shooter gameplay, in the vein of older shooters like Doom.

The brilliant Doctor Octagon has been kidnapped! Square must find him, and rescue him from the clutches of the Circle of Evil, a mysterious cult hellbent on the domination of Shape Land. He will square off against terrible monsters and impossible traps in order to prove that he's no square when it comes to justice. Guide him to the center of the Circles' domain, unravel their malicious plot, and win the day fair and square!

Save anywhere and at anytime! Food is health! No ragdoll physics! It has it all!

Videos and Trailers

The Adventures of Square Episode 1 Trailer - YouTube

The Adventures of Square Episode 2 Trailer - YouTube

Screenshots

Download all as ZIP: square-screenshots.zip (3.95 MB)

Logos and Pictures

Download as ZIP: bigbrik-logos.zip (89 KB)
Download pictures on this page as ZIP: square-sprites.zip (26 KB)

Features

The "Secant Edition" version of The Adventures of Square features the first two episodes of the game, Cornered By Circles: Radial Dawn and Galactic Lunacy: A Small Step for Square, which includes:

  • Nineteen fully playable levels (and three secret ones - shh!).
  • Four maps exclusively for Square-Off play (multiplayer VS)!
  • Arcade-style Time Attack! mode for Square-Off levels.
  • A full, awesome soundtrack in The Adventures of Square OST, courtesy of the musical minds of James Paddock, Xaser Acheron, Augustus Knezevich, Jazz Mickle, and Paul Corfiatis.
  • Amazing voice acting by Marian Paddock, Matt Tropiano, and Matt Cibulas!
  • Beautifully crafted ambient soundscapes!
  • Superb pixel-driven artwork and colorful texturing.
  • Support for Xbox controllers.
  • State save - save anytime and anywhere!
  • Really, really awful puns. Really.

Once complete, the FULL VERSION of the game will include:

  • Three full episodes of amazing adventure and paintgun-slinging action!
  • Even more maps exclusively for Square-Off and Time Attack!
  • Even more unique tracks by the composers!
  • Additional unique weapons to complete Square's armory!
  • An expanded bestiary of colorful and dangerous enemies!
  • More graphics and amazing sound effects and ambience!
  • A Map Development Kit, so that you can make your own maps and expand the Square universe!
  • Even worse puns and one-liners!

Awards and Recognition

Selected for the Open Arcade
GameCity 9
(Nov. 2014, Nottingham, UK)
Selected for the Leftfield Collection
EGX Rezzed 2015
(Mar. 2015, London, UK)

Testimonials

Square Ep. 1 is AWESOME. An unmitigated joy.
David Szymanski, Creator of DUSK
 
Square is an incredibly polished standalone production and completely free when it could easily be charging $20 or more.
— Dominic Tarason, Rock Paper Shotgun

Team

James "Jimmy" Paddock
Creative Director, Project Lead, Mapping, Spriting, Texturing, Music
Matt "MTrop" Tropiano
Project Coordinator, Mapping, Spriting, Sound, Voice Acting, Coding, Writing
Xaser Acheron
Mapping, Music, Spriting, Coding
Matt "Rottking" Cibulas
Voice Acting
Richard "Tarnsman" Frei
Mapping
Captain J
Spriting, Coding
Augustus "Alfonzo" Knezevich
Mapping, Music, Writing
Conor "ClonedPickle" Maddin
Mapping, Spriting
Jazz "jmickle" Mickle
Promotion, Marketing, Music
Marian Paddock
Voice Acting, Cutscene Art
Slax
Concept Art, Graphics
Walker "Pavera" Wright
Mapping

Contacts

BigBrik Games
Main Group
Twitter, YouTube
James "Jimmy" Paddock
Project Lead
E-Mail, Twitter, YouTube
Matt "MTrop" Tropiano
Project Coordination
E-Mail, Twitter
Jazz "jmickle" Mickle
Promotion and Marketing
E-Mail, Twitter

Other

We allow the monetization of videos using footage from gameplay, like Let's Play videos and other such works. If you do this, we ask that you please link back to the main website so that viewers can download the game. Thanks!