Posts Tagged ‘Platform’
Trailer for Upcoming ‘Roboto’ – Fast Paced Platforming with Stunning Visuals
As a huge fan of both action-platforming games and endless runners, I’m pretty darn excited for the upcoming game Roboto from developer Fenix Fire. Roboto looks to blend aspects from both of these genres. The levels in the game are heavily designed for running and jumping through quickly like an endless running game, except you [...]
Cavorite Review
Cavorite Review By Rob Rich on July 8th, 2011 Our Rating: :: UNEXPECTEDiPhone App – Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad While it may look like an action-platformer at first glance, Cavorite has more to do with block-pushing (and floating) puzzles than shooting. Thankfully it’s a lot of fun so that’s okay. [...]
Cutesy Flying With The Night Flier
Ever want to fly around as a bat dodging cats and planes? It’s not something that immediately occured to me as a fantastic creature to become but The Night Flier ensures that such an experience is great and cutesy fun. Flying is the name of the game here with 10 unique levels ensuring plenty of [...]
Platformer Demolition Dash gets bug fixes in new update
The iPhone platformer Demolition Dash just got a free update by developer dreamfab. The developers fixed some bugs, made loading times shorter, improved background music and made the first level of the game a big easier for the noobs who try the game for the first time. There aren’t any big new things in this [...]
’1-bit Ninja’ Review – This Platformer is All About Perspective
Ever since we posted the first trailer for 1-bit Ninja [$1.99] from developer Kode 80 I’ve been anxious to get my hands on the title, and after a small delay past its intended release date it’s now available in the App Store. 1-bit Ninja is a platforming game that's an homage to the classic handheld [...]
‘Continuity 2: The Continuation’ Review – My Game Got Flipped, Turned Upside Down
Continuity is a pretty awesome Flash game. It won the Best Student Game award at 2010 Independent Games Festival and the Gameplay Innovation Award at IndieCade 2010, so it clearly has some indie cred. Sadly, it also has a huge flaw that most Flash games share—it isn't on iOS. I'm willing to forgive that, though, [...]
Retro Platformer ‘Lars’ is the First Game to Get Native ‘Joypad Game Controller’ Support
I’ve been a pretty big fan of the Joypad Game Controller [Free] ever since we reviewed it back in February. In a nutshell, Joypad allows you to display a selection of different virtual controller types on your iPhone or iPod touch. You then pair the Joypad app with a desktop client via Bluetooth or WiFi [...]
‘P1XL Party’ – A Multi-Game Pack for the Retro Lovers Out There
P1XL Games, who brought us RPG Quest: Minimae [App Store], has just released an original collection of simple, C64-styled retro games entitled P1XL Party [App Store] — and it's a collection that retro gamers won't want to miss. The initial release brings three titles — Splatform, Wandererz, and Marz — but there's more on the [...]
‘Meganoid’ Review – Is It ‘Megaman’ or ‘Metroid’? No, It’s ‘Meganoid’!
The App Store contains some excellent platform games, and for a new platform game to do well amongst such popular platform titles it needs to bring something interesting to the table. Meganoid [99¢] by OrangePixel is a new pixel-art platform game with a catchy chip-tune soundtrack. It was initially released on Android (230,000+ downloads), but has [...]
’1-bit Ninja’ Coming This Thursday – We’ve Got a Launch Trailer and Screenshots
Jared did a marvelous preview of 1-bit Ninja early last month, and the game originally was scheduled to be released a few weeks later. Since then, we've gotten comments, emails, and forum threads wondering where in the heck it was. Well, good news, it's coming this Thursday. Check out the new trailer: And here's some [...]
‘Rocket Bunnies’ Review – Bunnies in Spaaaaaaace!
Defiant and Chillingo's Rocket Bunnies [$0.99 / HD] tells us of a future where bunnies have spread throughout the universe, and one rabbit, armed with only a rocket, must fight the forces of oppression to bring food to the hungry masses on each planet and asteroid. Or something like that, anyhow. Story isn't really a [...]
‘Bumpy Road’ Gets 100 New Level Segments In Fresh Update
Bumpy Road [$2.99] is a great game for a lot of reasons. Its art, sound, and controls fit snuggly together, establishing it as one of the most complete, whole, and well-refined games that we've taken a look at recently. And while there’s a bunch to do in the game, there’s even more as of now. [...]
‘Cargo Bridge’ Review: Sending Anonymous Workers to Their Doom
Cargo Bridge [$.99 / Lite] is a physics-based puzzle game developed by Limex Games, an outfit that specializes in web distributed titles. This is one of dozens of its original flash creations, none of which possess quite the same pull of Cargo Builder. Its engine is fickle and it suffers from a lack of refinement [...]
’1000 Heroz’ Review – Every Day a New Hero
1000 Heroz [$0.99 / HD] is a simple game wrapped in a fantastic gimmick. Every day you can open it up to find a new hero and a new level to conquer. You'll need to hurtle your hero to the finish line as fast as you can to top the leaderboards for the daily competition. [...]
‘Robo Surf’ Review – The Quickest Route to the Waves
Some of my most beloved iOS games are the ones that perfectly fill those little gaps of time while I'm standing in line or waiting for a bus. Bitsize Games' Robo Surf [$0.99] is ideal for that role, with simple one-touch controls and gameplay that fills a few seconds or a few minutes depending on [...]
‘Demolition Dash’ Review – Zilla Has a Taste for Destruction
Ever felt like stomping your way all over Paris or San Francisco? Zilla has you covered in Demolition Dash [$0.99 / HD]. Smash and run action will take you all around the world, to eight major cities where you'll rip down trees, kick pigeons, blow up billboards and destroy the military forces that try to [...]
‘To-Fu: The Trials of Chi’ Review – ‘Super Meat Boy’ Goes Vegan
At first glance, HotGen's To-Fu: The Trials of Chi [99¢ / HD] looks like a riff on the Xbox Live Arcade game Super Meat Boy, but where SMB was a gruelingly difficult platformer, To-Fu takes a more slow-paced approach. That's not say To-Fu isn't difficult, it certainly is in the later levels, but you can generally take your time with [...]
‘Storm in a Teacup’ Review – Fly into Danger in Your Magic Teacup
Confession time: some games are so adorable I just can't resist them. Storm in a Teacup [99¢] is one of those games – I saw the screenshots and I knew it had to be mine. Based on the reaction in our forums, I'm not alone. Luckily the game largely lives up to its first impressions. [...]
‘Mos Speedrun’ Updated with New Level and Leaderboards, Lite Version Now Available
One of my favorite recent releases has been Mos Speedrun [$1.99/Lite] from developer Physmo. This retro-styled platforming game puts the emphasis on completing each of its levels in as quick a time as possible. Each of your failed attempts lives on as a ghost of your previous run, and many failed attempts in a row [...]
New Video for Perspective Changing Platformer ’1-bit Ninja’
Last week we posted the video for the upcoming platformer 1-bit Ninja from developer Kode80. Taking huge inspiration from Super Mario Land on the Game Boy, at first glance 1-bit Ninja looks like a simple platformer with monochrome colors and blocky pixel graphics. It is all those things, incidentally, but it also contains an interesting twist. [...]
Freebie Alert: ‘Spirits’ Available For Zero Bucks
This week’s Freebie Alert is brought to you by wind. Not the kind that shakes acorn from limb or screws up your hair. Fake Wind, like the kind seen in Spaces of Play’s Spirits [Free / HD], which makes the award-winning puzzle game possible. If you’re not catching my drift, both versions of Spirits are [...]
Upcoming ‘Paper Monsters’ Receiving a Crescent Moon Makeover
This past week we took a look at the upcoming Paper Monsters from developer Robots vs. Wizards. The game employs a 2.5D perspective with a charming cardboard-cutout art style, and in a follow-up post we learned from the developer that Paper Monsters is aiming to be more of a traditional platforming game along the lines [...]
Upcoming ’1-Bit Ninja’ is a Retro Platformer with a Secret
There have been plenty of excellent retro platformers released for iOS over the years, and the upcoming 1-Bit Ninja is one that has really caught my attention. Developer Ben Hopkins and his studio Kode80 wanted to create a platforming game that was an homage to the Game & Watch and Game Boy platformers of his [...]
‘Piclings’ Review – A Novel Use of Augmented Reality in a Platforming Game
Piclings [99¢] from Pan Vision Games is one of the most interesting uses of augmented reality in gaming that I’ve seen. It’s a simple platforming game that can take any picture and turn it into a playable level filled with coins, items, and enemies. The tech works surprisingly well, and it’s undeniably fun to think [...]
Lite Versions of ‘Elemental Rage’ Now Available
A couple of weeks ago, we reviewed Elemental Rage from Oniric Games. Taking cues from classic game series such as Metroid, Castlevania, and The Legend of Zelda, Elemental Rage offered up a really enjoyable brand of action platforming. It had solid virtual controls, great looking graphics, and an interesting storyline to follow along with. It [...]
Following Up On ‘Paper Monsters’: It’s An Action Platformer
Robot vs. Wizards’ Paper Monsters looks a lot like Little Big Planet. So much so, you have to question the vision and scope of the project. Is Paper Monsters a cash-in bereft of its own unique cadence, style, and tone? Or is it its own game? I followed up with the studio after our original [...]
Upcoming ‘Paper Monsters’ Looks Like ‘Little Big Planet’ For iOS
One of the big draws of Media Molecule’s Little Big Planet is its whimsical art direction, which marries burlap characters to a vibrant, textured world. This happens to be almost the same look that Robots vs. Wizards is shooting for with Paper Monsters, a similar kind of 2.5D platformer set for release on the iPod [...]
‘The Impossible Game’ Review – Nothing’s Impossible… Or is it?
If you've never heard of The Impossible Game [99¢ / Free]] go ahead and take a minute to clear your schedule because your going to need some free time. Released just over a year ago on the App Store, The Impossible Game is a port of the highly popular Xbox Live Indie game under the [...]
Freebie Alert: Puzzle Platformer ‘Robot Wants Kitty’ Free for Today Only
Back in March, developer Raptisoft released their newest iOS title called Robot Wants Kitty [Free]. It was a greatly improved remake of the original Flash game by Hamumu where you played as a robot who must negotiate a complex level to ultimately end up with the grand prize of a kitty cat. The game employed [...]
‘League of Evil’ Updated with 30 New Levels and Online Leaderboards
At the beginning of February, Ravenous Games released League of Evil [99¢/Lite], a fast-paced platforming game with a retro look and feel. We liked League of Evil quite a bit in our review, noting its well-designed levels, fantastic pixel art, and solid controls. League of Evil originally came with 54 levels to play through, with [...]