Tuesday, April 8

Indie Corner: Fez and Ookibloks Games

Indie Corner will be all about Independent Movies, Music or Video Games. So to start it off, here are two indie titles I can't wait to get on my PC. Let's start off with -

FEZ
A simple platformer where you got a little dude wearing a fez jumping from ledge to ledge. He navigates through various environments collecting stuff. A 2D platformer at heart yes but very modern in the sense that everything in the world is actually 3D. Being able to switch from 2D to 3D to rearrange the world so that impossible jump all of a sudden is made super easy is quite an interesting game play element. Sort of reminds me of the Super Paper Mario game play where you can switch from a 2D to 3D perspective to get to unattainable places. Although not entirely done the same way, Fez seems like the more engaging game.




Ookibloks
A monkey hitting blocks while making music, what else could you ask for? Using a similar algorithm than what was used for Audiosurf, these guys are making a crazy monkey jump from block to block creating the melody of a track being played in the background. The more blocks you hit the higher your combo score is. Turn all the block from blue to red and you beat the level, while avoiding the enemies. Not too much info is available on this one but the video was enough to make me want this game bad.

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