A Game Called Paako

March 22, 2024 USC Games
Platform Adventure Indie
PC Mac
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A Game Called Paako is a pixel-art 2D platformer metagame that tells the story of a game major grad student named Chaoran making his thesis game project A Game Called Paako.
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Release Date March 22, 2024
Publisher USC Games
Game Modes Single player
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A Game Called Paako

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