Released by indie dev Chasing Carrots, Cosmonautica isn’t your typical space simulator. The game has a bit of a mash-up of trading, “life simulation”, and combat. Players assume the role of the captain of a dilapidated spaceship, and through caring for both it and your crew, try to become the most successful space merchant in the galaxy.
Author: Ryan Ballard
As most of our readers are already aware, yesterday was the first day for Google’s annual developer conference. While many cool and exciting features were previewed for the upcoming “M” release, there were very few announcements that would impact gaming, save for the new version of Cardboard and for the new Shield set top box. According to NVidia, the new Shield unit will work for cord-cutters, viewing the web on a TV set, or gaming.
In Schools of Magic, players will assume the role of a powerful mage who sets out to not only found a school of magic, but take down the four other established schools that tyrannically rule over the entire world. Players will face off against other mages, druids, priests, and necromancers by both defending their own school and attacking the others.
Cannon Shooter is a franchise of games, released by Onteca, that focuses on allowing players to operate a cannon in a historic war, that is being fought by toy soldiers. Previous games have been set in Gettysburg, as well as the American Civil War. The latest entry into the Cannon Shooter series is 1815 Cannon Shooter Waterloo, and set within the eponymous battle of Waterloo.
Yesterday is a point and click adventure (with a little hidden object thrown in) that was released originally in 2012. The story centered around the murder of homeless people, and the protagonist John Yesterday (whose role is one of a couple that players assume) is hired to investigate them. Publisher Miroids and developer Pendulo Studio are announcing a sequel called Yesterday Origins.
Released by Joycity, Dungeon Tracker is a Dungeon Crawler crossed with a Battle RPG. Players will assume the role of a summoner who catches and controls the summoned creatures, in order to overcome enemies through building up a deck from those cards; regarding the creature cards, there are over 300 within the game which are all controlled through a tap and swipe system in battle.
For players that enjoy racing games, there’s a new entry into the Android catalog called Rush Star – Bike Adventure. Players will have access to several kinds of bikes that range from the classic motorbike to hoverbike of the future, with each bike being accompanied by a commensurate outfit.
Play KLM’s new game Jets if you like paper airplanes. Fly on KLM in real life, earn in-game rewards.
Released by KLM , the Royal Dutch Airline, Jets is a game that is about navigating a brightly colored paper airplane, in an endless runner style. The various levels of this endless flyer are set in Amsterdam, with players guiding their paper airplane over the various canals and through the older sections of the city, while avoiding various large forms of transportation, such as cars, boats, and trams.
In Nihilumbra, players assume the role of Born, a creature of darkness that is native to the realm that contains the Void and wishing to escape it. The game is a puzzle-platformer, with multiple levels on each of five different worlds, with Born using running and jumping to navigate the various stages.
Oddworld is a successful video game franchise that has been released by a handful of developers, and has been around nearly twenty years on various platforms, with this game debuting for the original Xbox in 2005. This was a franchise that I’d heard of and was vaguely familiar with, yet hadn’t experienced any (coming in “clean”, in essence). I was looking forward to reviewing this one when I saw that it went on sale, so let’s see what I walked away with.








