Hugo in Space

***Hugo in Space*** (international title) is a PC-only video game in the "Play and Learn" series, developed and published by ITE Media in 2003. It was released as ***Hugo På Rumfart*** / ***Hugo: Leg Og Lær 8*** in Denmark, ***Hugo Avaruudessa*** in Finland, ***Hugo im Weltraum*** in Germany, ***Hugo w kosmosie*** in Poland, and ***Кузя в космосе*** in Russia.

The game features some elements of the previously cancelled animated film *Hugo and the Diamond Moon*. It was also re-released in 2007 in the *Best of Hugo* series along with *Quest for the Sunstones*.

## Plot

The troll Hugo goes, or rather flies, into his adventures in completely new ways. This time he finds himself in the infinite universe and the his family is involved.

The evil witch Scylla's spies find out about the discovery of a new large asteroid in outer space, consisting entirely of the black diamonds. Scylla immediately breaks into Professor Rumbohr's house to steal his technology, improves it with her dark magic, and together with Don Croco and his soldiers hastily sets off into outer space. She wants to collect all the energy of the black diamonds to make a ray of pure evil that will enchant the Troll Forest's peaceful animals and turn them into her monster minions. It is up to Rumbohr, Hugo, Rat and Rut and the Professor to thwart Scylla's diabolical plan.

Hugo needs to land on the different planets of Solar System in order to get the super fuel and a weapon for the job. With it the can reach Scylla, who is already on the asteroid, and battle her there to destroy her mining base, and then chase after the fleeing witch herself to defeat her before she can get away with the diamonds.

## Gameplay

The game consists of the following astronomy-based minigame scenarios:

* **Planets**: Hugo needs to arrange the planets in the correct order,
* **Asteroids**: Hugo flies his rocket to a planet, avoiding asteroids.
* **Landing**: Hugo is to guide his space lander into a planet or the Moon as to not be hit by other things and make sure not to hit the surface too fast.
* **Mission**: Hugo is to collect diamonds with the help of his space buggy, watching out for dangerous things and his enemies.
* **Sulfur Clouds**: Hugo needs a liquid from the sulfur clouds for fuel. The lander must be directed to pass through that clouds.
* **Space Battle** (endgame): A side-scrolling shooter against Scylla and her army. The first boss fight is against Scylla's base, and the second is against her rocket after a hot pursuit through an asteroid field.

## Credits

* Executive producer: Søren Sørensen
* Creative management: Jan Hyldebrandt-Larsen
* Producer and director: Lars Krogh Mortensen
* Project manager: Thomas Albech
* Story and concept: Nikolaj Holm, Bill Bach, Martin Skovgaard, Lars Krogh Mortensen, Rolf Hede, Thomas "Hawk" Clausen
* Bill Bach, Rolf Hede, Nikolaj Holm, Thomas "Hawk" Clausen, Lars Krogh Mortensen
* Additional animation: Thomas "Hawk" Clausen, Klaus Gjørup, Jannik B. Pedersen
* Programming: Martin Skovgaard, Morten Andersen, Erik Schack Andersen, Mike Ditlevsen
* Music and soundeffects: Christian Steep Jensen, Asbjørn Andersen, Thomas Bendt, Frederik Sunne
* Production coordinator: Paul Marshall
* Cover illustration: Jørgen Ørberg

## Polish version

*Hugo w kosmosie* was originally released by Cenega S.A. in 2003, and re-released by CD Projekt in 2007. The localized version included Adam Szyszkowski as the voice of Profesor Kosmosek (Professor Rumbohr).

## External links

* *Hugo im Weltraum* at Hugo-Troll.de (German)
* *Hugo in Space* at Square Faction (Russian)
* *Hugo: No Espaço* at Wiki Dobragens Fandom (Portugal)