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The Maw

The pinnacle of alien evolution, Maw is a cowardly fat blob concerned mostly with snacking and lounging. He can, however, absorb the traits of anything he eats, is virtually indestructible, and can grow to unlimited size. If he wasn't a danger to all life in the universe, he'd make the perfect pet.

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Very Positive (263) - 83% of the 263 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Mar 9, 2009

Developer:

Twisted Pixel Games

Publisher:

Twisted Pixel Games

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Reviews

The Maw is a wonderful display of good level design and great character development with fresh new characters.

— 92/100, http://www.megamers.com/xbox360/review.php?game_category=9&article_id=3647

The Maw will have you giggling till you pee your pants...

— 87/100, Editor's Choice Award, Game Focus

The Maw delivers that kind of wholesome, fuzzy charm that leaves you smiling and completely satisfied.

— 80/100, Giant Bomb

About This Game

The pinnacle of alien evolution, Maw is a cowardly fat blob concerned mostly with snacking and lounging. He can, however, absorb the traits of anything he eats, is virtually indestructible, and can grow to unlimited size. If he wasn't a danger to all life in the universe, he'd make the perfect pet. In this action/adventure game, he's the best friend of our hero Frank, and only by working together can Maw eat their way to freedom. The Maw was honored with the Audience Choice Award in the 2008 PAX-10 showcase of independent games, and is a finalist at this year's Independent Games Festival for Technical Excellence.

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Full featured 3D action/adventure
Winner of the 2008 PAX 10 Audience Choice Award
Finalist in the 2009 Independent Games Festival
Unstoppable and insatiably hungry Maw that grows to limitless proportions
Cinemas with lots of personality and humor throughout the entire buddy-comedy storyline
Versatile leash for manipulating creatures and objects
Eight levels with varying puzzles and traps to overcome
Five unique creatures that instill Maw with five unique powers
Interactive soundtrack by award-winning composer Winifred Phillips
Additional levels available as downloadable content

System Requirements

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista
Processor: AMD® Athlon® 64 2.2 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 1024 MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 300 MB Available HDD Space
Video Card: Nvidia® Geforce® 7600 256 MB or equivalent, (ATI® 2400 worked just as well)
Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible
DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c
Controller Support: Xbox 360 controller and other DirectInput supported controller

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista
Processor: Intel® Pentium® Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or equivalent
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 300 MB Available HDD Space
Video Card: Nvidia® Geforce® 8800 GT 512 MB or equivalent, (ATI® 3870 on the ATI side)
Sound Card: DirectX® Compatible
DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c
Controller Support: Xbox 360 controller and other DirectInput supported controller

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Copyright © 2008 Twisted Pixel Games, LLC. All rights reserved.

Uses Granny Animation. Copyright © 1999-2008 by RAD Game Tools, Inc.

Uses Fork Particle Tool & SDK. Copyright © 2008 Fork Particle, Inc.

Uses Bullet Continuous Collision Detection and Physics Library.
Copyright © 2003-2008 Erwin Coumans.

The Maw uses Lua and includes the following rights to use Lua:
Copyright © 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

The Maw uses Luabind and includes the following rights to use Luabind:
Copyright © 2008 Daniel Wallin and Arvid Norberg.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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