Koonsolo has announced Mystic Mine, a game featuring levels with an impossible structure. Thanks to an optic illusion, you are able to infinitely go down and yet arrive at the same starting point. Mystic Mine will be available for PC, Mac and Linux
"Linux has always been the other, other OS. By that I mean it's never really gained any prominence amongst the mainstream consumer. Sure, Ubuntu has paved the way to a better, more user friendly OS, but, by and large, the average consumer would still prefer Windows or OSX. Of course, many Linux users probably prefer it this way; after all, if Linux were to ever become as popular as Windows/OSX then it'd need to become more like them… more "dumbed-down" so to say.
Of course, being such an elite OS comes with drawbacks of it's own, namely gaming. Gaming on Linux is a difficult process and even if a game does work, it still requires a few tricks here and there to get it fully up and running. This may be one reason why indie gaming has the potential to do so well on a Linux system as long as the game was made for it."
-Geoff Gibson
DIYgamer.com
Koonsolo has announced the release of Mystic Mine, a new family friendly action title. In the game players guide a gold car through a mine to complete a variety of objectives, switching rails with a single button. Although the car only travels down, an optic illusion in the levels allows players to reach every point. Mystic Mine features over 200 levels, a variety of missions, single button gameplay, and up to six players playing on one keyboard.
Play over 200 levels with different missions and powerups. The missions include picking up coins, bring diamonds to tunnels, racing to flags, etc. By colliding into another car, you can steel diamonds and other valuables, or pass the dynamite before it explodes. Various pickups modify your behaviour: a balloon makes you go up but not down, a ghost allows you to move through everything, ... . But whatever you do, avoid the dynamite!!!
Echochrome rip-off?