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The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai

A beat 'em up about a dishwasher seeking revenge against cyborgs.

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The player controls an unnamed protagonist who fights through waves of enemies using weapons, combos, and finishing moves.[1] James Silva, an independent developer, created the beat 'em up title The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade.[2]

Making and release

The first design idea was a third-person shooter, which was later scrapped for a side-scrolling shooter.[3] While employed as a dishwasher in 2004, James Silva felt the job was undervalued, which sparked the initial concept for the game.[3] After using XNA Game Studio Express, Silva chose the final 2D visual style for the project.[3] Roughly four months of development took place before the game was entered into the Dream.Build.Play competition.[3]

In 2007, Microsoft's inaugural Dream-Build-Play contest was won by The Dishwasher.[4] As the winner, Silva was awarded $10,000 and a contract to publish the game on Xbox Live Arcade.[4] On April 26, James Silva stated that a Windows version is coming, but no Steam release date has been provided.[2]

What the cited sources add

James Silva wrote in a December 2007 column that The Dishwasher would finally be released that Wednesday.[5] Bryan Trussel, director of content and portals for Microsoft Casual Games, described Silva's project as "a highly stylized game of mayhem and revenge."[6] Both contest winners received publishing contracts with Xbox Live Arcade and $10,000.[6]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: James Silva, "Some Dishwasher History", Ska Studios, April 21, 2008 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "GDC 2008 - The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai", Xbox.com, February 20, 2008; James Silva, "i-should-start-a-blog", April 6, 2026 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: James Silva, "How I Became a Game Designer", Bit-Tech, December 5, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jason Dobson, "Microsoft Announces Dream-Build-Play Contest Winners", Game Developer, August 13, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. James Silva, "How I Became a Game Designer", Bit-Tech, December 5, 2007. facts only, no text reused. bit-tech.net
  6. Jason Dobson, "Microsoft Announces Dream-Build-Play Contest Winners", Game Developer, August 13, 2007. facts only, no text reused. gamedeveloper.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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