"Terra Noctis" stands head and shoulders with "Shantae: Risky's Revenge" as a title that captures the very best of what sprite-filled 2D action adventures have to offer. While a few design quirks may have even genre fans scratching their heads, this is one you'll easily lose yourself in as long as you don't have a complete aversion to the word "platforming."
Our mammoth conversation with Sean Neville: composer, software engineer, game designer, and one half of the team behind Wicked Games! Find out more about the development of "SpyCorp," and see what else the studio has on the horizon, inside!
“Tongue Tied” is the most innovative take on the side-scrolling runner we’ve seen yet! Even if you’re not a genre fan or have just grown plain tired of level based runners, this one deserves your attention for its out-of-this-world acrobatics, perfectly polished gesture controls, and healthy challenge.
If you're seeking lots of special moves or evolving gameplay mechanics you won't find them in "Katana Jack," but it perfectly captures the feel of ye olde single-screen arcade platformers. This is definitely a title you should snatch up if you're looking for a simple action game you can play in short spurts from time to time.
If you always wanted to know what would happen if you tossed “Spaceballs” and “Streets of Rage” into a blender, wonder no more! Avalinx’s “Sarge” may only be an hour long, but it’s one of the finest and funniest hours you’ll spend as an iOS gamer if you’re a beat ‘em up fan. Psst — it’s free too!
A word of advice: don't carve the Thanksgiving turkey with a plasma sword! Check out this interview with Patrick Jacob of XperimentalZ Games instead, and keep an eye out for "Don't Run With a Plasma Sword" when it hits the App Store on November 30!
A great stealth platformer weighed down by a number of minor issues, "SpyCorp" could stand lots of further polishing -- but even so, it's still a content-filled feast for platforming fans in search of titles with real depth.