PLUG & PLAY
Press Kit

Description

PLUG & PLAY is an award winning Short Film and Game for your digital device.
Explore the feelings of anthropoid creatures that go beyond sexuality and reproduction: love. PLUG & PLAY is a surreal play with plugs.

History

Michael Frei teamed up with Mario von Rickenbach and Etter Studio to develop the interactive version of his animated short film PLUG & PLAY. The project is launched online two years after the films festival debut in Clermont-Ferrand 2013.

Film

• World Premiere: 2.2.2013 (Clermont-Ferrand)
• Online Debut: 2.2.2015 (Vimeo)
• Duration Film: 6 minutes
• Festival Screenings: 100+

Game

• Release Date: 2.2.2015 (iOS)
• Publisher: Etter Studio
• Duration Game: 10–15 minutes
• Price: $3

Platforms

iOS, Android, Steam (PC/Mac)

Contact

• Inquiries: press@playables.net
• Website: www.plugplay.ch
• Twitter: twitter.com/etterstudio
• Facebook: facebook.com/plugplay.ch

Quotes

"Utterly original, and inevitably extremely polarising."
Rock, Paper, Shotgun

"Wonderfully weird, grotesque, cute and wildly funny, and provokes some thought to boot."
Kaiju Pop

"Beneath all the weirdness, it's a surprisingly emotional game."
The Verge

"A delightful oddity."
Gamasutra

"Funny, evocative and difficult to look away from."
Digg.com

"A tortuous joy."
Short Of The Week

"The complexity of all our emotional and sensual desires appear as desperate as a sexually-charged reflex powered by an on/off switch."
Kill Screen

"My favourite game so far of 2015."
Patrick Smith @Vectorpark

"Profoundly good."
Samuel Boucher @MonsieurEureka

Articles

• Wot I Think: Plug & Play
  rockpapershotgun.com


• Plug & Play (iOS/PC) Review
  kaijupop.com


• Plug & Play exposes the hopelessness of digital communication
  killscreendaily.com


• Plug & Play Is a Surreal Game About Love and Technology
  thecreatorsproject.vice.com


• You should play this weird iPhone game about love and electricity
  theverge.com


• Two anthropoid creatures explore the joys brought on by sexual discovery and the desire for love.
  shortoftheweek.com


• Plug & Play – “Nothing less than love”
  creativeapplications.net


• Making Plug & Play, a game that’s pretty much about dicks
  animalnewyork.com


• Road to the IGF: Mario von Rickenbach's Plug and Play (Interview)
  gamasutra.com


• TheyAreAnimators #16: Michael Frei
  directorsnotes.com

Michael Frei

Michael Frei studied animation at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and at the Estonian Academy of Art in Tallinn. His Films Not About Us and Plug & Play received numerous awards all over the world. He was invited "Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo" in 2014.

www.michaelfrei.io

Mario von Rickenbach

Mario von Rickenbach is a swiss game designer and developer. He studied game design at the Zurich University of the Arts, where he received a bachelors degree in 2010. His award-winning works include the games Mirage, Krautscape, Drei and Rakete.

www.mariov.ch

Film

Gameplay