The auto-running platforming genre on mobile devices is blooming, no thanks to the fact that you don’t need to control the character’s movement and can instead focus on other aspects of the game. One new game that utilizes this same base principle is Polara, which mashes together the runner and platformer genre to come up with an ingenious game.
Tag: platform game
A new side-scrolling action game has arrived on Android from the creator of Capcom’s hit platformer series Mega Man called J.J. Rockets. This game, which looks like it takes a lot of influence from Mega Man which isn’t surprising, has you playing as the President of the United States who puts on a costume and becomes a superhero when the need arises.
Our friends at OrangePixel have released an update to their very popular game, Meganoid. The game is essentially a platformer where you have to avoid things that will kill you while collecting diamonds and eventually saving the world. There are diamonds hidden all over the place and the game is very challenging but fun.
OrangePixel is one of the great indie game developers for Android and is usually overlooked and highly underrated. There are lots of other great indie developers out there but most get lots of press when they release something such as EVAC by Hexage. Super Drill Panic is a new game coming soon to the Android Market.
In the midst of the new wave of games coming with OpenFeint support today and the rest of the week, one such game called Cows Don’t Fly comes from Hyperbees, developered by Kiork. This is an original game with some great graphics, smooth animations, unique gameplay and good music to keep you playing it for quite some time.