What Friends Are For is a platform developed by shin, released 20 May 2023 on Game Boy.
What What Friends Are For is
What Friends Are For is a platform game developed by shin and released in 2023. It is available on Game Boy only. It runs on GB Studio.
The premise, in the publisher's words
What Friends Are For is a puzzle platformer for the original Game Boy. It was developed in GB Studio for Game Boy Showdown 2023. Switch between friendly and unfriendly modes to use your enemies to solve puzzles and platforming challenges... or are they your friends? The game features 5 unique levels lovingly made in a week by Shin, with an awesome dynamic soundtrack from Beatscribe.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
What Friends Are For launched on 20 May 2023, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, System Shock and Street Fighter 6.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, System Shock, Street Fighter 6.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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