Freedom Planet is a two-dimensional platform video game developed and published by independent developer GalaxyTrail, a studio set up for the project by designer Stephen DiDuro. The player controls one of three anthropomorphic animal protagonists: the dragon Lilac, the wildcat Carol, or the basset hound Milla. Aided by the duck-like Torque (concept art shown), the player attempts to defeat Lord Brevon, who plans to conquer the galaxy. While the game focuses on fast-paced platforming, its levels are interspersed with slower action scenes. Freedom Planet began development as a Sonic the Hedgehog fangame, but DiDuro lost interest in creating a derivative work and reconceived the project as his own intellectual property. Developed in Denmark and the United States, the game and its art have East Asian influences: its background visuals were inspired by medieval Chinese art, and its title is written in katakana. Critics praised its gameplay, aesthetics, and balance of Sonic elements with original content, but were mixed on its pacing and length.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1452:
Reconquista: The combined forces of Castile and Murcia defeated the Emirate of Granada at the Battle of Los Alporchones around the city of Lorca. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Alporchones
1891:
The transatlantic steamship Utopia accidentally collided with the battleship HMS Anson in the Bay of Gibraltar, sinking in less than twenty minutes and killing 562 (wreckage pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Utopia
1955:
Ice hockey fans in Montreal rioted to protest the suspension of Montreal Canadiens star Maurice Richard for hitting an official. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riot
1968:
Six thousand sheep were killed on ranches near Dugway Proving Ground in Utah as a result of the U.S. Army spraying a nerve agent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugway_sheep_incident
2000:
Over 700 followers of the Ugandan sect Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God were killed or died in a fire in a mass murder committed by its leaders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Restoration_of_the_Ten_Commandments_of_God
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
poteen: 1. (Ireland, countable, uncountable) Illegally produced Irish whiskey; moonshine. 2. (Ireland, countable, by extension) An unlicensed drinking establishment selling illegally produced Irish whiskey. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poteen
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
When the law can stop the blades of grass From growing as they grow, And when the leaves in summer time Their verdure dare not show, Then I will change the colour I wear in my caubeen, But till that day I'll stick for aye To wearing of the green. --Dion Boucicault https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dion_Boucicault
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