Pathos has cracked its way onto mobile and tablet

29 June 2017

Today All 4 Games and Fixed Update announce the launch of their new puzzle game Pathos, which is available to download now in the Apple and Google Play stores.

Pathos is a puzzle game that follows the story of a young girl, Pan, who is on a journey of discovery through an unknown world. With 36 unique environments across six chapters, players travel with Pan to help her overcome her obstacles. With paths to build and friends to gain along the way, players will be mesmerized in this extraordinary world.

Watch the official game trailer here.

The game offers a captivating experience with 3D scenes and a uniquely composed soundtrack to enhance the player’s journey through the strange lands. Pathos is also based on a true story of a child navigating through the foster care system.

Fixed Update is made up of a collection of final year students at the University of Bolton who have created and developed the game around their busy university schedules. The team has numerous awards under their belt including Channel 4 and Design in Action awards attained at Dare to be Digital 2015, as well as a Duke of York award for Young Entrepreneurship.

The team at Fixed Update commented “Creating Pathos has really kicked open the doors for our future careers, so we want to give a huge thank you to Colin Macdonald and his team at All 4 Games for giving us this opportunity.”

Colin Macdonald, Head of All 4 Games, added “It was great to discover the Fixed Update team at Dare to be Digital. I’ve travelled with the game from pitch to prototype until today’s launch and they’ve developed it into a fully immersive, awesome game. Massive congratulations to the team on their first game!”

For more information and the latest Pathos assets, head over to the All 4 Games press vault.

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Notes to editors:

About All 4 Games

All 4 Games is Channel 4’s Glasgow-based games publishing arm, formed in September 2015 to provide premium support to small, talented indie developers within the mobile games sector. Led by industry veteran Colin Macdonald, Channel 4’s Games Commissioning Editor and Head of All 4 Games, the core games team boast over sixty years of collective experience and a genuine passion for gaming. The All 4 Games label builds on Channel 4’s reputation as an ally for independent creatives by elevating developers and helping them launch successful mobile games globally. Channel 4 currently commissions up to six funded games per year in association with its flagship programme brands, already achieving mass global audiences and critical acclaim with The Snowman, Made in Chelsea, Hollyoaks and Reverse The Odds receiving multiple nominations and wins at BAFTA, Digital Emmy, Broadcast Digital and BIMA awards. For more information please visit: www.all4games.co.uk

 

About Fixed Update Ltd

Fixed Update was formed in November 2015, after winning two awards at the Dare to be Digital competition – Channel 4 Award and Design in Action Award for their pitch and prototype of Pathos. The team is formed of three University of Bolton students – Rob Green, Mike Hindley and Luke Norman – and they also outsourced an artist and musician. In July 2016 the team were also received a Duke of York award for Young Entrepreneurship. The key focus on the company’s agenda has been to complete the development of Pathos around their final year of university.

 

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