Factsheet

Developer:
Samuel Manier
Based in Paris, France

Founding date:
August 16, 2005

Website:
ragdollrunners.com

Press / Business contact:
ragdoll.runner@gmail.com

Social:
twitter.com/RagdollRunners
facebook.com/RagdollRunners

Releases:
Ragdoll Runners

Phone:

Description

Samuel Manier is an independant game developer: he created Ragdoll Runners beside his day job of game AI programmer in a french studio. He also sometimes publish satiric videos on youtube.

History

Early history

One day Samuel wanted to try something: make a ragdoll run with two keys, one for each leg. It was 11 years later before the release of Ragdoll Runners.

Projects

Videos

Trailer YouTube, .mov

Hilarious video of 4 players competing in Ragdoll Runners YouTube

Youtuber struggling at Ragdoll Runners YouTube

Popular Russian youtuber playing Ragdoll Runners YouTube

Good review of Ragdoll Runners YouTube

Images

download all screenshots & photos as .zip (18MB)
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Awards & Recognition

    Selected Articles

    • "it is seriously the funniest game I have ever seen"
      - Roffle Saucer, Twitter
    • "The physics and ragdoll effects are awesome. [...] It is extremely addictive and good for all ages"
      - Jeremy, Future Released
    • "Dude...this game is amazing. So challenging yet so rewarding. I said it in my review below along with other points, but if you screw up your race 9/10 times, the 1 time you get it right...it just feels so great."
      - peter_notSo_dinklage, Ragdoll Runners >> Reviews
    • "One of the best Example of "Easy to learn hard to master" game. This is pretty polished game much more competitive and less frustrating than QWOP is."
      - SgB, Ragdoll Runners >> Reviews
    • "Greatest game ever. It might have a similarity to other games but Ragdoll Runners is simply utilising and simulating a natural human mechanic. Brilliant."
      - TedBall, Ragdoll Runners >> Forum
    • "The Dark Souls of running."
      - SmashiusClay, Ragdoll Runners >> Reviews
    • "Great game by the way. Depression makes it hard to commit to anything but I've been playing this game every day since I bought it, it has been really helpful with replacing my negative thoughts."
      - germpot, Ragdoll Runners >> Forum

    Star Wars: The (Totally) Phantom Menace
    A quite funny video I made youtube.com.

    Team & Repeating Collaborator

    Samuel Manier

    Contact

    Inquiries
    samuel.manier@ragdollrunners.com

    Twitter
    twitter.com/RagdollRunners

    Facebook
    facebook.com/RagdollRunners

    Web
    RagdollRunners.com

    presskit() by Rami Ismail (Vlambeer) - also thanks to these fine folks