Posts from ‘Platformers’ Category
Maldita Castilla Demo
By: Derek Yu
On: September 1st, 2011
Spanish developer Locomalito has released a short demo for its upcoming platformer Maldita Castilla, a tribute to old arcade games like Capcom’s Ghosts ‘n Goblins.
TIGdb: Entry for Locomalito
Owlboy Demo Released
By: Derek Yu
On: August 20th, 2011
D-Pad Studio has just released an 80 MB demo for Owlboy. You can grab it here from their website.
TIGForums: Devlog for Owlboy
Escape From Puppy Death Factory
By: Derek Yu
On: August 16th, 2011
Escape From Puppy Death Factory is my favorite Adult Swim game to date – even sweaty, nude car people can’t beat this mix of adorabubble puppies and smart design around an innovative block-swapping mechanic. Glen “Radix” Forrester developed the mechanic for Ssshifty and collaborated with Arthur Lee on early versions of Puppy Death Factory before the two split amicably and Arthur took control of the project. This game definitely includes all of the hallmarks of Arthur’s designs: funny dialogue, catchy tunes, and a cute nod to a classic game (Metroid, in this case).
The canine hero of Puppy Death Factory can fire a shot that swaps her position with whatever block it hits. There are some neat, timing-intensive applications of this, like flying through a line of blocks by swapping quickly with one after the other. Other obstacles – like moving platforms, laser beams, bombs, and mirrors – add depth to the puzzles, some of which are quite clever. Overall, it’s not a tremendously difficult game, but going for 100% completion offers a moderate challenge and it’s fun swapping your way through the game’s desolate locales to hear what each lovable pooch has to say when you rescue it.
Arvoesine Now Free
By: Derek Yu
On: August 9th, 2011
Alastair John Jack has released his platformer Arvoesine as freeware. The game originally cost $5.
TIGdb: Entry for Arvoesine
Playthrough: Ortoslon (version 1.2)
Owlboy Demo Launch Trailer
By: Derek Yu
On: August 6th, 2011
D-Pad Studio has announced that a demo for its 2d side-scrolling platformer Owlboy will be released on August 20th.
TIGForums: DevLog for Owlboy
Limbo out on Steam and PS3
By: Derek Yu
On: August 3rd, 2011
The IGF award-winning platformer Limbo has just been released on Steam for $9.99. It was also released on PSN a few weeks ago.
TIGdb: Entry for Limbo
Station 37
By: Lorne Whiting
On: July 26th, 2011
Starting at the Toronto Game Jam, Station 37 was recently released after two months of further development. The game, developed by FrankieSmileShow and The Monster King, with music by Chef Boyardee, plays like a love-letter to Super Nintendo games complete with panning cutscenes and stage intros. You play a firefighter, and must go around burning buildings rescuing civilians and axing obstacles. While the later levels throw some interesting mechanics in to the mix, the introductory level sadly drags on a little too long without introducing anything new.
I would say it’s worth playing for the less formulaic late-game, and Frankie’s art is pretty striking, but it certainly requires a bit of patience.
Fotonica
By: Derek Yu
On: July 19th, 2011
Fotonica is a first-person, on-rails, one-button platform game (that’s a mouthful) by Santa Ragione. It was released recently as “pay-what-you-want” (minimum of $1.75). The game features 5 levels, two-player splitscreen, and cross-platform online leaderboards. You can try the demo here, on Kongregate.
TIGdb: Entry for Fotonica
Momodora II
By: Derek Yu
On: July 14th, 2011
Momodora II is a Cave Story-inspired Metroidvania by rdein. You play Momo, a shrine maiden that’s been sent to defeat the Underworld Queen using a leaf and playing cards. It’s a short but charming game.
The soundtrack, by Elektrobear, is available here. The original game can be downloaded here.
TIGdb: Entry for Momodora II
TIGForums: Thread for Momodora II
Recent Good Knytt Stories #3
By: Derek Yu
On: July 7th, 2011
[This is a guest post by ortoslon.]
Yep, five more short pretty platformers. You’ll need the latest version of Knytt Stories to play these levels.
1. Dark Sea by SecretGlitch offers a mix of brutally hard but fair obstacles and amusing surprise deaths.
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