Sunday 9 February 2014
Some of the most noteworthy topics we recently discovered.
Nihilumbra will be at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
We are happy to announce that Nihilumbra will be exhibited at the MWC 2014 held in Barcelona from 24th to 27th of February. We are one of the companies part of the Entrepreneurs and Professional Apps Developers Association from Catalonia (ACA / Catalunya Apps), so every visitor will be able to play it at ACA's stand. Feel welcome to pass by and check out our game!
Via @AniolAlcaraz
Mushroom 11 is more than a post-apocalyptic physics-based puzzle game.
Mushroom 11 is a very particular puzzle game that started its development at Global Game Jam 2012. That edition had Ouroboros as a theme, so Itay Keren came up with a heavy-physics based puzzle game. Mushroom 11 features a blob that can grow, but it keps its amount of mass constant when it has reactions with other materials and substances. The player has the hability to shape and split/joint parts of the blob and cut it into different parts to get over the challenges each level presents.
Fortunately, the game has been funded by Indie-Fund, here you can check out Jonathan Blow showcasing the title, that also is nominated to this year's IGF in the "Excellence in Design" category:
I recommend you to check out this interesting feature on Mushroom 11 and its developer we found at Gamasutra.
Via @JesusFabre
Paradise Lost: First Contact.
"In a remote desert, an unidentified object falls from the skies. A research organization known as G.E.R. has tracked and found the mysterious meteor: a capsule of organic material that brings an unknown life-form to our planet from the depths of space. Here begins the story of this impossible being, as it attempts to escape and survive on this strange, hostile world that we call home."
A brilliant presentation with superb pixel art works, a unique story that stepped us into the shoes of an alien plant being hunted by humans and a hollywood-style soundtrack. Paradise Lost took everybody by surprise, and in our case that surprise was even bigger when we discovered they were Spanish. Recently Suey and Aniol attended to a great talk by Enol Martínez, Asthree's pixel artist and animator, where he gave some really useful advices to other developers about how to manage a Kickstarter campaign. From BeautiFun Games we want to recommend you to follow Asthree's work, we are sure Paradise Lost: First Contact is going to be a great game, not only because the videos showed a good amount of innovative and fun ideas about its gameplay, also because Asthree team behind it are taking the project as a real labour of love.
Via @BeautiFunGames
Action Henk, fresh old school platforming from The Netherlands.
Action Henk by the Dutch indie studio Ragesquid is another recent discovery, I came to know about it when after reading a recommendation from Vlambeer's Rami Ismail on Twitter. The trailer you see below caught my eye, so decided to try out the build available online. The game made me remember some great moments from the nineties, it could have been a SEGA arcade game at the time. About the gameplay, it is a blend of games like Sonic, Motocross Maniacs, and Unirally, I think a competitive split-screen mode will add lots of fun, totally recommendable.
"Action Henk is a speed-running momentum platformer, played in a nostalgic toy world. Action Henk’s core gameplay is platforming as fast as you can. Run, Jump & Slide in this 2.5D platformer and reach the finish as fast as possible. The challenge is all about managing your momentum, acceleration and friction while racing through the levels. The goal for the player is provided in the form racing against pre-recorded replays that determine the time needed to reach medals for every level."
Via @JesusFabre
When you play piano and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 at the same time.
We have seen very curious ways to pay homage to videogames, being cosplay one of the most famous ones. Video-clips with images taken from videogames or even hardware hacks that transform console into portable machines, but recently we discovered something different, a guy who plays piano and at the same time fights his opponents in Tekken Tag Tournament 2:
Vía @truguers
Here you can check out our previous issue of BeautiFun Weekly: News and Discoveries.
