Publisher Apogee and developer Sand Castles Studio have announced that its upcoming co-op platformer Bread & Fred has climbed for a cure in collaboration with St. Jude PLAY LIVE, the video game charity platform supporting St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. The St. Jude PLAY LIVE Challenge Season takes place from May 2nd to May 31st, and if you are interested in viewing the exclusive content, you can download the updated Bread & Fred demo from Steam which features weekly themed events and challenges during the month of May.
You can check out a cute little short that Apogee shared on their YouTube channel featuring the challenge:
In the updated demo, you will jump, cling, and swing in search of special in-game artwork in hard-to-reach locations created by St. Jude patients and tackle weekly challenges provided every Friday by the publisher and St. Jude PLAY LVE throughout the month of May. You will also get a chance to win real-world prizes while reaching money-raising milestones to support children’s cancer research and track charity progress with PLAY LIVE-branded graphics via the St. Jue PLAY LIVE stream toolkit.
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Bread & Fred is a unique co-op title that brings a little twist to the challenging platforming genre. Victory and defeat are attached at the hip, and one penguin’s false move will mean the death of both. You will use in-game emotes to communicate and stay in sync or also play rock-paper-scissors to see who takes the lead in this cute yet challenging platformer. As you progress further in the game, new heights will bring new challenges for you. You will move up from simple snow to slippery ice, wind, and moving platforms.
You can use placeable checkpoints to relieve the sting of face-planting into the ice and use infinite jumps to return to the previously achieved heights. Bread & Fred is slated for release on May 23, 2023, on PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG for $14.99. You can download and try out the free demo right now and take part in the challenge. If you already downloaded the demo earlier, make sure that you upgrade it to the latest build in order to access the new content.
What are your thoughts on Bread & Fred and will you be taking part in the St. Jude PLAY LIVE Challenge? Let us know in the comments section below.
