Rolando: A different iPhone game

July 02nd, 2008 | Category: Gaming

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, iPhone, App Store

Here we go. You guys sounded really jaded on the comments for the kart racing game, so here’s an iPhone game that might actually break some new ground. It’s called Rolando — Simon Oliver is the developer, and he sent us a tip and the trailer above, and whether you’re looking for some fun and innovation in iPhone gaming, here you go. It looks kind of like a cocktail of LocoRoco, Lemmings, Kirby’s Canvas and Katamari Damacy all mixed together with some iPhone originality for good measure. With a mix like that, you can’t go wrong.

Simon tells us it’s a “physics-based platform/puzzler.”. He says that there will be four different worlds in the game,

with ten levels each, including boss levels and bonus stages, and while it’s not seen in the video, there might be a little accelerometer action as well. There are a few different versions of the little circular guys, called Rolandos (the King Rolando, with the crown in the video, has to be moved around by the others, for instance), as well as various implements all through the levels that can be controlled directly. Simon’s aiming to get it in the App Store by August, and while pricing hasn’t been finalized, he’s thinking $9.99 sounds good.

Don’t like kart racing on the iPhone? As distant as we can get a few good original games looking as good as that one does, you may not have to nag.

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