So close, and yet so far! "Lechuza" gives players an all-too-brief glimpse at a good Horror/casual adventure/Hidden Object mashup, and the game is ill served by the iPhone's small touchscreen. It does a great job of delivering an increasingly unsettling mood, though, so genre fans who like a little more fright in their games might still want to pick this one up despite its flaws.
Are you one of the millions who have trouble initiating lucid dreams? speedbump studios has an app for that. An immersive virtual novella and above all a work of gorgeous interactive art, "Dream:scape" is a little lighter than average in terms of gameplay but still well worth a stay on many an iDevice. And if you happen to like a little nightmare mixed in with your dreams, get ready for what is sure to be one sweet ride!
What do Mayans, medieval monks, UFOs, and scientific experiments have to do with one another? Hopefully someone with the astounding insight needed to solve this game's ultimate riddle will let us know! Only those puzzle solvers with the keenest observational skills and greatest patience will survive to see the end of this one.
This time iFanzine chats with G. Norman Lippert, creator of "Dream:scape!" The speedbump studios developer discusses how "Dream:scape" came to be and gives some very sound advice to fellow indie devs on how to make the most of their App Store release phase.
This one's sure to make a splash when it hits the App Store next Thursday. Here's some quick pre-release impressions now that we've played it fully. Oh, yeah, and did we mention we'll be giving away three copies? No, you aren't dreaming, silly -- look inside to find out how you can win one of them!
Fans of traditionally psychology-heavy Japanese horror might plunge into this one expecting "The Ring" in game form, but it shares a little more in common with American slasher films for better or worse. The intriguing mix of survival horror and maze puzzles, now, that's worth sticking around for!