Jara Plachy and Amantia Design released this game trailer for Botanicula, a point’n'click exploration game about a bunch of five tree creature friends who must journey to save the last seed from their home tree which is infested by evil parasites. The original soundtrack and sound effects are created by Czech alternative band DVA created the original soundtrack and sound effects. Release of Botanicula for PC, Mac and probably also for iOS and Android is planned for early 2012.
HarryBalls Wants Your Game Characters in Bathing Suits
Are you a game developer with a sense of humor?
Would you like to participate in a free fun promotion designed to build awareness of your game and to help you acquire users?
Seek no more. We have the answer. HarryBalls.com plans to publish a special new section called to The Harry Balls Bathing Suit Edition which will gently make fun of traditional media’s swimsuit editions while promoting upcoming video games and entertaining the gaming consumer.
Imagine seeing a tank in a thong or an zombie in a bikini. How about an Orc in a one piece bathing suit?
What makes an image funny?
a. Putting a swimsuit on a video game character who wouldn’t normally wear a swimsuit. i.e. A space alien, Orc, Zombie, a tank
b. Putting a swimsuit like a bikini or thong on a game character that wouldn’t be expected to wear a bikini if the character were to wear a swimsuit.
c. Putting a swimsuit designed in the 20’s on a modern or futuristic video game character.
d. Putting the character in the swimsuit in a pose only a swimsuit model use.
e. Posing a character in a poorly fitted swimsuit.
Cliff Harris, owner of the UK based indie game company Positech Games said “This sounds truly awesome.”
Patrick Hudson, CEO of Robot Entertainment said “I like the idea.”
The Harry Balls Bathing Suit Edition will reside on the HarryBalls.com site. It will only appear on the HarryBalls.com site and not in any print magazines. Participation on the Harry Balls Bathing Suit edition is free for game developers. The character can come from a game on any platform – mobile, IPad, IPhone, PC, Mac, XBLA, XBox 360, DS, etc in an game genre.
HarryBalls.com will include information about each game including features and links to purchase/download the games. Game developers should send the 600 x 400 image of their character (s) in their bathing suit to hb AT harryballsdotcom by October 15th, 2011.
Lifeless Planet Game Trailer
Lifeless Planet Trailer 1 from David Board on Vimeo.
Alaska based Stage 2 Studios released this trailer for Lifeless Planet, a downloadable sci-fi action adventure game coming for the PC and Mac. Consumers can pre-order Lifeless Planet in the form of a donation via the kick starter fund.
Here’s a brief description of Lifeless Planet from Stage 2 Studios – “While seeking life on a distant planet, a skeptical astronaut discovers an abandoned Russian laboratory. He suspects his mission is a hoax until a mysterious young woman saves him from a strange and deadly phenomenon…”
Ben There Dan That Special Edition
Size Five Games, formerly known as Zombie Cow Studios, released a special edition of their indie point and click adventure game Ben There Dan That. Consumers can pay what they want for the special edition of Ben There Dan That. (more…)
Blackwell Deception Game Download Pre-Order
Blackwell Deception Demo Download
Blackwell Deception Pre-Oder Link
Consumers can pre-order Blackwell Deception, the fourth installment of the Blackwell adventure series from Wadjeteye Games. (more…)
Baconing Game Trailer
Hothead Games released a trailer for their upcoming sequel to Deathspank called Baconing, described as a comical adventure. Users will be able to download the game to their PC and Mac computers later this summer. In Baconing the game player will meet Deathspank’s own anti-self, the Anti-spank.
Gamers can get more information at the Baconing Web site. www.thebaconing.com
Last Half of Darkness Game Download
Last Half of Darkness Game Demo Download
Buy Last Half of Darkness Game $19.99
WRF Studios released a downloadable point and click adventure game called Last Half of Darkness: Society of the Serpent Moon for $19.99 plus $4 for shipping. You play the game as Mr. Black, who received a note from someone who claims to have captured his fiance who was working on investigating a story involving vampire like murders in a small European town. Mr. Black must follow clues left behind by his fiance and solve the mystery of the murders in the Last Half of Darkness Society of the Serpent. (more…)
Cargo Game Demo Download
Cargo Game Demo Download -800 Mbs
Bit Composer published the demo version of downloadable action adventure game Cargo: Quest for Gravity, the game where the gods have reduced the landmass on earth to a few islands and they removed gravity from earth. The Cargo download demo isn’t exactly dainty at 800 mbs. (more…)
Terraria Game Download
Buy Terraria Game Download $9.99
Re-Logic Released their downloadable platform adventure game Terraria for $9.99 on Steam. The Terraria game player can make weapons, fight off many types of bad guys, explore beneath the earth and even create elements of your own world. Terraria looks very interesting challenging and fun. We will publish a full review of Terraria in a few weeks.
Terraria System Requirements
OS: Windows Xp, Vista, 7
Processor: 1.6 Ghz
Memory: 512MB
Hard Disk Space: 200MB
Video Card: 128mb Video Memory, capable of Shader Model 1.1
DirectX®: 9.0c or Greater
Gemini Rue Game Review
Gemini Rue Game Review by Josh Komon
Gemini Rue Game Rating = 3/5
Remember those great adventure games of the late 80s and early 90s? There was Space Quest, King’s Quest, and all of their sequels. Players had to explore a world, solving mysteries, finding objects, interact with other objects, and every now and then, talk to someone. Those games slowly faded out, but have recently made a resurgence, most notably, with the console hit, “Hard Rain.” Not to be left out of the mix, Wadjet Eye Games has released, “Gemini Rue,” for both PC and Mac. How does it stack up against current rivals as well as those decades old ones? (more…)
