Archive for September, 2006

Atlantis Sky Patrol review

Tuesday, September 26th, 2006

It’s amazing that one team can make smash hit games one after another. Emmanuel knows for sure how to make them. He’s newest title - Atlantis Sky Patrol, sequel to Atlantis - is one of the best ball matching games (ever played Luxor or Zuma?).

What’s so hot about Atlantis Sky Patrol? In three words: gameplay, graphics, music. In that order. Did I tell you that I am the fan of Emmanuel’s particle works? Explosions, lasers, shots looks very good, very spectacular.

Atlantis Sky Patrol

That’s not all. ASP has it’s own twist. Upgrade store - buy new features for your ship - better accuracy, stronger bonus magnet and more. Upgrading your ship has significant impact on gameplay.

Atlatnis introduces control panels that need to be destroyed to stop new waves of balls. It adds an extra element not yet found in other puzzle shooters. Instead of having to make so-many matches to stop the flow of balls, you have to shoot matching balls to stationary ones around the board. This means that if you are interested in getting through levels quickly you can focus on those, if interested in points you can play a level almost indefinitely.

Check it out! You will not regret.

PC Download: Atlantis Sky Patrol

Improving runes shapes

Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

We did initial playtesting for Runique and received very promising feedback. Everyone was excited about the game. That’s what you wanna hear after working on your game for few months. Although people enjoyed the game, they pointed to us some weak points in the game. One of them was runes shapes.

We created new set of runes. Started with the same size. They look much better and are far easier to play. You can compare them on your own on the picture the below. New ones are more vivid and crisp.

Runique - runes shapes

We also decided to create another set of runes. Bigger shapes will be used in cases where the playfield is a little bit smaller - 12×12 maximum (maximum playfield size is 15×15).

Treasure Island and dancing skeletons :)

Friday, September 15th, 2006

Well, this made me laughing on the floor. I’ve played Treasure Island yesterday. It’s a match-3 kind of a game with pirates theme. Music is excelent and graphics is very nice. You start to play right away and when you advance to the next level… dancing skeletons pop in the front of you. That’s really funny and makes the game quite unique. I was impressed how smooth and realistic those moves are. Screenshots doesn’t show it - you have to watch it on your own.

Dancing skeletons Treause Island

PC Download: Treasure Island

Fairies review

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

FairiesThere are just a few puzzle games that I like and Fairies is the one I like the most. Why do I like it so much? There are few reasons. Not only it has amazing special effects, but also graphics and music are awesome. And it’s very challenging, which is quite odd in nowadays games.

When I run the game for the very first time and started to play I lost on a first level. I was like “what the hell?”. That’s not what you expect from a casual game. In other games it is enough to click on the?playfield few times and you make it to the next level. But not in Fairies. You need to do matches fast and smart. And that’s what I love about this game! Game might be difficult, but not frustrating. Take it as a challenge.

Does this game have any odds? If I had to point one, I’d say story-line. It’s not exposed at all in the game, but that’s a minor falldown.

So go and play Fairies. This game is worth it.

Description and screenshots
Download: Fairies pc download