By Thomas Whitehead
BLOK DROP U is approaching release on the Wii U eShop, and is an early representation of a range of games we may see on the platform courtesy of the Nintendo Web Framework. It's a setup that Nintendo began to promote with greater visibility throughout 2013, as it enables game makers utilising code such as HTML5 (as well as Javascript and CSS3) to bring their games to the console, potentially opening the doors further to small developers and 'Indie' projects.
Welcome to Indie Corner, the place where Nintendo Indie games shine! Every Wednesday I take a look at a featured Indie game and update you on all things Nintendo Indie related plus give one lucky winner a free indie game. This week I take a look at 2 games developed by RCMADIAX; Blok Drop U and Poker Dice Solitaire Future. I also have 2 new kickstarters worth checking out and a few new game updates to share.
I enjoyed the humor in the vid, well done. I love me some indies. Glad you are focusing on WiiU, it is helpful to figure out which ones I want to try.
A simple-yet challenging physics-based puzzle game. The goal is to guide the red block down to land safely on the ground while eliminating the gray blocks
I picked this up yesterday, it's not bad... The price is ridiculously low, I think it was about £1.30 or something. I didn't even mind the somewhat "basic" graphics, they're functional to the point that you know what's what, albeit without any bells or whistles. The only real drawback is the length of the game, with only 30 levels I'd completed it in less than an hour - even for the price, when a game is that short it's difficult to recommend it.
Nintendo Enthusiast's Shawn Long hosts an open chat with the developers of The Fall, Assault Android Cactus, and Blok Drop U/Super Robo Mouse. Learn some interesting things about each game, including exclusive art of Super Robo Mouse.
Assault Android Cactus reminds me a lot of the old arcade top-down shooters of yester-year, stuff like Smash TV, so I'm really looking forward to owning that.
Glad to see Nintendo attracting so many indies, since the AAA third parties don't want to take risks with good exclusives built for the system and instead rely on ports that people are trained to buy on the other two systems...
Normally I'm 100% behind the "gameplay before graphics" argument but I've seen prettier looking Excel spreadsheets! I'm half attempted to offer my services to the developer as an MS Paint artist... I can barely draw a stick-man but I think that still makes me over-qualified O_o