Mass Effect: Infiltrator (iOS)
From the creators of Dead Space for iOS comes Mass Effect: Infiltrator, a third person action shooter loosely set in the familiar Mass Effect universe. You play as a Cerberus…
From the creators of Dead Space for iOS comes Mass Effect: Infiltrator, a third person action shooter loosely set in the familiar Mass Effect universe. You play as a Cerberus…
I've been playing Hero Academy for over a week now. Let's analyze that statement. I'm playing an iOS game for a week! I normally play around with a game on…
As the final hours of 2011 slowly fade away, it's time for me to post my predictions for 2012! I didn't do well in my predictions for this year. A…
It's horrifying and inspiring at the same time to read that Angry Birds is topping charts even on the Playstation Network. It's horrifying because, of all the games out there…
I should have commented on this way sooner -- busy, remember? Mark Jacobs, the guy very much responsible for a great deal of Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer Online…
It’s been a while since we’ve updated you guys on where we’re at with our game in development, codenamed “The Project”, and I realized we also haven’t spoken much at all about our mobile game philosophy. Personally, there are very few mobile games that I enjoy. I see most of them in the same vein as flash games on Facebook and you’d be hard pressed to make a case against the statement that the App stores are mostly full of garbage.
What makes a good mobile game, or specifically a game that you would play on your iPhone/Droid/Windows phone? I think the most important thing to consider is the ‘why’ question. Why is the game on the device and is it there for a purpose or does being on the mobile platform benefit the game design in any way? For example, releasing Bad Company 2 on the iPhone is ridiculous. It is inferior to the PC/Console versions. Nothing the iPhone does elevates Bad Company 2.
“The Project” is a classic adventure game like Monkey Island and King’s Quest. You discover the world as you explore screen to screen. You find items, solve puzzles, meet characters and have conversations, and experience the story you unfold as you progress. Gameplay is simple touch-interaction and in a sense feels more natural on a mobile device than it does on the PC.
What else makes a good mobile game? Read on. (more…)