The player reviews the inventory of items that Manny has collected by watching him pull each item in and out of his coat jacket. Unlike the earlier 2D LucasArts games, the player is informed of objects or persons of interest not by text floating on the screen when the player passes a cursor over them, but instead by the fact that Manny will turn his head towards that object or person as he walks by. Manny must collect objects that can be used with either other collectible objects, parts of the scenery, or with other people in the Land of the Dead in order to solve puzzles and progress in the game. The player controls Manny's movements and actions with a keyboard, a joystick, or a gamepad. Additionally, cutscenes in the game have also been pre-rendered in 3D. The game uses the GrimE engine, pre-rendering static backgrounds from 3D models, while the main objects and characters are animated in 3D. Grim Fandango is an adventure game, in which the player controls Manuel "Manny" Calavera (calavera being Spanish for 'skull') as he follows Mercedes "Meche" Colomar in the Underworld. A Nintendo Switch port of the remastered version was also released on November 1, 2018.
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Mobile versions for Android and iOS devices were released on May 5, 2015. It was initially released for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, OS X, and Linux platforms. On January 27, 2015, Double Fine released a remastered version of the game, featuring improved character graphics, controls (including point and click), an orchestrated score, and directors' commentary.
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In 2014, with help from Sony, Schafer's studio Double Fine Productions acquired the Grim Fandango license following Disney's acquisition and closure of LucasArts the previous year. However, it was a commercial failure and contributed towards LucasArts' decision to end adventure game development and the decline of the adventure game genre. It was selected for several awards and is often listed as one of the greatest video games of all time.
Grim Fandango received praise for its art design and direction. The game combines elements of the Aztec belief of afterlife with film noir style, with influences including The Maltese Falcon, On the Waterfront and Casablanca. The story follows travel agent Manuel "Manny" Calavera as he attempts to save new arrival Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a virtuous soul, on her journey. Grim Fandango is set in the Land of the Dead, through which recently departed souls, represented as calaca-like figures, travel before they reach their final destination. As with other LucasArts adventure games, the player must converse with characters and examine, collect, and use objects to solve puzzles.
It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered static backgrounds. Grim Fandango is an adventure game, directed by Tim Schafer, developed and published by LucasArts in 1998 for Windows.