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Arctic Quest is a simple puzzle-solving game, where you finish each board by collecting falling crystals from the sky and placing it on the board. Once you finish a board, you move on to the next level. The boards take the shape of different animals, or according to the developers “…other tropical wonders.”
Azangara is a pretty neat arcade adventure game. You play the role of a sombrero wearing hombre, on the run to gather hidden treasure from castles in the long lost land of Azangara. The dark castles are littered with an assortment of monsters, puzzles and traps that make your life harder. Find keys to doors or force them open with crowbars to reach an exit while collecting as much as booty as you can on the way. The whole point of the game is to explore enough of the castle to gather all of the collectibles to get a high score.
Today’s indie highlight is a small diner game called Stand O’Food! NO! No cake for you! More like lots of burgers, sandwiches and lotsa layered stuff for the others, maybe even a Ribwich. The game starts off with a trendy colorful startup screen that will appeal to many. Jumping right into a tutorial you get a taste of what is about to come - cute isometric graphics adorable enough to be eaten like juicy burgers.
I had promised myself that I would write a review a day on whatever game Giveaway of the Day… well, gives away (be it good or bad). So on with it!
Ok, so what’s on today’s menu? A small 3D Breakout clone by the name of Real Ball 2, developed and published by Arcadebird. Real Ball 2 looked promising as it started out, reminding me a lot of the old, original Breakout games to DX-Ball to Ricochet.
A bit about the developer, before we start
Aliasworlds Entertainment was founded in 2001 by a group of independent developers: programmers, artists and designers. We formed the company to produce FUN, high-quality games. So, Gold Sprinter is our first creation made following this credo. We hope you’ll like it. We work hard to make games that you will enjoy.
Developer : Aliasworlds
Publisher: Alawar Games
Snowy The Bear’s Adventures was the first in line of a franchise of games from developer Aliasworlds.. The game puts you in the shoes, or rather feet of a happy and cheerful polar bear who throws snowballs and fights off monsters and has a ball doing so…
What is Demo Night?
Demo Night is an event organized by the New York chapter of the IGDA, and provides local game developers with an opportunity to present work-in-progress or recently completed projects to an audience of their peers.
Drew Sikora from gdnet has a great article covering all the details of the event with a lot of videos as well, so head over their and check it out
I was back in the city once again to attend the this year’s second Demo Night, the sixth one overall. I reported earlier this year on Demo night V, which was a great event and I wasn’t dissapointed this time around either. Six great games were demoed in the space of 3 hours, and once again Heavy Melody was on hand with the video equipment to cover the event as well. Thanks to them you’ll get to see video clips instead of having to read my boring text. Three cheers! The developers behind the six games are all from the New York City area and nearby cities, making it a great showcase event for the NYC IGDA Chapter. Not only are developers showing off their games in development, but they’re also revealing a lot of information about the games and their development as well. Kind of a pre-postmortem almost.
The games that were demo’d
- Frontlines: Fuel of War
- Blackwell Unbound
- U.B. Funkeys
- Marathon: Durandal
- Casablanca
- Dogfights
Yeah, Mafia 2.. For some, the original Mafia had left a bad taste and an even worse after taste with its bad driving and lack of a free roaming option like GTA; but for the rest of us who loved the missions and the whole story behind the game and who have been waiting to see what comes out of the second installment of the mob underworld action thriller, here it is; the official trailer from Illusion Softworks..
More updates as they are warranted.