Reporting on the games made in Canada and the creators behind them
Halifax-based Alpha Dog Games has released their first game since as a member of Xbox Game Studios for Google and Apple devices Mighty DOOM, a top-down, single-touch action mobile shooter.
Read MoreToronto-based Capybara Games (@CAPYGAMES) has released an update to their 2019 sword-slashing puzzle battle game Grindstone adding new levels, bosses, items and more.
Read MoreWhere Cards Fall wasn’t the only Snowman-developed game to launch on Apple Arcade yesterday - their 2D Skateboarding game titled Skate City also launched alongside the subscription service.
Read MoreCellar Door Games popular rogue-like RPG Rogue Legacy had a stealth release onto iOS today - titled Rogue Legacy: Wanderer Edition packs the same Rogue Legacy game, but with extra iOS exclusives.
Read MoreBenjamin Rivers, the indie developer behind Home and Alone With You announced Worse Than Death earlier this year, and now, in a celebration of Canada Day you can play the game on iOS right now.
😱🇨🇦 HAPPY #CANADADAY! 🇨🇦😱#WorseThanDeath is now available worldwide in the @AppStore! It's an action-adventure #horror mystery that you can play at the cottage — or anywhere!https://t.co/At08N4qVmy
— Benjamin Rivers (@BenjaminRivers) July 1, 2019
Try not to jump — we dare you! pic.twitter.com/55fHZKoxBZ
WORSE THAN DEATH is a scary, emotional thriller about a high school reunion that goes horribly wrong. As Holly runs for her life, desperate to rescue her best friend Flynn from a terrible force that's hunting them both, she must survive unexpected truths about her home town, her friends, and even herself.
The game is still expected to come to PlayStation 4, Switch, and Steam and considering the game is obviously finished, hopefully we don’t have to long to wait. You can download Worse Than Death on iOS right here for $5.49 CAD.
Rocketship Park out of St. Catharines Ontario announced yesterday their next game, this time a word puzzle game. Word Forward has you using all the letters in a 5x5 grid to make words disappear and clear the board:
Word Forward isn’t about spelling the longest words or the most clever - it’s about carefully using every tile to declare victory in 500 puzzles. It requires cunning and strategy -- Word Forward is a brain teaser that will really make you think!
Word Forward comes hot off the heels of re-releasing Block Droppin on iOS. Word Forward will hit iPhone, Apple TV, and Android phones May 22nd. If you’re an Android user you can pre-register for the game right here.
We’re excited to announce that Word Forward will be the next game from Rocketship Park! An App Store classic from @egvroom, we’ve rebuilt this puzzler from the ground up using #madewithunity. Coming May 22 to the @AppStore, @GooglePlay *and* @AppleTV. pic.twitter.com/Y9m4lgcIHZ
— Rocketship Park (@Rocketship_Park) May 1, 2019
Saskatchewan based Noodlecake Studios will be launching its latest Stickman game Golf Blitz worldwide on iOS and Android phones on May 2nd. Luckily if you’re in one of Canada, Ireland, Germany, South Korea or the Philippines you can play it today.
For the rest of the world, you’ll have to wait a few more days. In the meantime check out the trailer below.
🚨🚨 Golf Blitz has an official world wide tee time! On May 2nd iOS and Android players will finally get to experience the evolution in the Super Stickman Golf series. We have been working really hard on this one and hope you enjoy it! #playgolfblitz 🔥⛳️🏌 pic.twitter.com/7DT2C4qJiC
— Noodlecake 🍜🍰🕹️ (@NoodlecakeGames) April 18, 2019
Toronto developer MegaPhemeral announced their upcoming Japanese inspired RPG Emergent Fates will be coming to iOS on July 7th. Offered as a “free-to-start”, and then a 5.99 USD price tag to unlock the game is currently up for preorder on the App Store.
Toronto-based Capybara Games (@CAPYGAMES) has released an update to their 2019 sword-slashing puzzle battle game Grindstone adding new levels, bosses, items and more.
Cellar Door Games popular rogue-like RPG Rogue Legacy had a stealth release onto iOS today - titled Rogue Legacy: Wanderer Edition packs the same Rogue Legacy game, but with extra iOS exclusives.
Developer Maple Mana (aka Dan Currie) have released a new monster slaying puzzle game on iOS and Android - ‘4096 Slayer’ takes a unique spin on 2048 this time adding monsters, where everytime you kill the strongest one, a new one appears twice as strong. Check out the trailer below and download the game on iOS and Android devices.
Available now on iOS and Android! https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/4096-slayer/id1452080358?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maplemana.a4096slayer&pcampaignid=MKT-Other-global-all-co-prtnr-py-PartBadge-Mar2515-1 Can you slay the dragon? You'll first have to slay spiders, orcs, trolls, dark wizards and more! 4096 Slayer is a monster slaying puzzle game. Every monster you slay increases your level and you can only slay monsters with a lower level than you.
Little Red Lie, and Actual Sunlight developer Will O’Neill has released his latest, this time a free-to-play narrative puzzle game on iOS and Android devices. Will promises that “Guildmaster Story will delight everyone who ever worked an unpaid internship, got steamrolled by the sharing economy, or suspects that the people responsible for it all are precisely who they seem to be.” There will also be new episodic content in 2019, so make sure to download today.
Excited to announce the release of GUILDMASTER STORY, a free-to-play puzzle-match comedy game about fame, misfortune, and working for nothing.
— Will O'Neill (@willoneill) February 18, 2019
iOS App Store: https://t.co/uETfpUpUaK
Google Play Store: https://t.co/MxmjrpQtLT
Please RT! pic.twitter.com/49kqwXeCQw
Solo indie dev expert and longtime friend-of-the-site Devon Wiersma joins us to talk their latest release Centauri Dark, working across AAA, mid-sized and solo indie dev and how to fix this goshdarn industry.
David B joins us from the west coast best coast to talk about the upcoming Quiver Games Incubator!
Bizdev extraordinaire Eric Beer joins us to give his Hades II impressions and chat v-bucks subsidized game preservation.
We break down Baldur Gate 3's unprecedented success & the knock-on effects it'll have on the industry and how we make games moving forward. We also speak to Ontario-based indie game devs Twinolli about their upcoming action-puzzler Highlighters which just got a (Dad Deck-verified) Steam demo!
We speak to Québécois game dev Dragon Slumber, creator of Tech Support, Aethernaut and many more!
We reveal the winners of our ‘23 Community Awards poll and discuss Drinkbox’s latest teaser for their next project- and more!
This week thousands more game developers join Stephan in the "terminated by evil, stupid people" camp as layoffs hit tons of studios all over Canada and the world. We discuss Sonic as well. Sonic supports Unionizing your Workplace!
Stephan got terminated but that’s okay he just has more time to cover Canadian games now.
Tiny Titan Studios, the London based studio behind Tiny Rails, have released their next game - Arena Stars: Rival Heroes which is out now on iOS and Google Play. The action card game let’s you customize your deck, and challenge other players around the world.
For Honor! Choose your Hero, each with their own set of powerful abilities! ✔️ Build your Ultimate Deck from a huge selection of Troops, Spells and more! ✔️ Experience an intense 90 seconds of battle in real-time, player vs player action! ✔️ Defeat the enemy Hero to win Trophies, Chests and more!
Choose your Hero. Build your Deck. Experience an intense 90 seconds of battle in real-time, player vs player action! Defeat the enemy Hero to win Trophies, Chests and more! Collect Trophies to unlock new Arenas! In between battles, collect cards to upgrade your Hero and Troops and become the champion of the Arena!
Take on others in the Arena Stars Universe in this action-packed epic new multiplayer strategy game from Tiny Titan Studios!
Make sure to download Arena Stars: Rival Heroes on Google Play, or Apple for free.
Halifax-based Alpha Dog Games has released their first game since as a member of Xbox Game Studios for Google and Apple devices Mighty DOOM, a top-down, single-touch action mobile shooter.
Toronto developer MegaPhemeral announced their upcoming Japanese inspired RPG Emergent Fates will be coming to iOS on July 7th. Offered as a “free-to-start”, and then a 5.99 USD price tag to unlock the game is currently up for preorder on the App Store.
Toronto-based Capybara Games (@CAPYGAMES) has released an update to their 2019 sword-slashing puzzle battle game Grindstone adding new levels, bosses, items and more.
Where Cards Fall wasn’t the only Snowman-developed game to launch on Apple Arcade yesterday - their 2D Skateboarding game titled Skate City also launched alongside the subscription service.
Cellar Door Games popular rogue-like RPG Rogue Legacy had a stealth release onto iOS today - titled Rogue Legacy: Wanderer Edition packs the same Rogue Legacy game, but with extra iOS exclusives.
Laundry Bear Games’ indie hit A Mortician’s Tale, which released on PC last year, will be released on iOS, and you can preorder the game now to save 33%.
We're super excited to announce that A Mortician's Tale is coming to @AppStore for iPhone and iPad on November 22nd!
— Laundry Bear Games (@laundry_bear) November 7, 2018
Preorder now and save 33%: https://t.co/cL1upZ0UHM #indiegames #deathpositive pic.twitter.com/WFKJppL6Rj
Originally released on Steam in 2018, Speed Dating For Ghosts, the part horror, part comedy game from Copy Chaser Games has been released on Nintendo Switch, and iOS.
"Mortuary Simulator is a death positive video game where you play as a mortician tasked with running a funeral home."
Snowman's infinite runner Alto's Odyssey is currently on sale on the iOS store right now. The game is enjoying a 60% discount which is normally $4.99 USD but is $1.99 USD for the next little bit.
Download now on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/altos-odyssey/id1182456409?mt=8 Just beyond the horizon sits a majestic desert, vast and unexplored. Join Alto and his friends and set off on an endless sandboarding journey to discover its secrets. Alto's Odyssey is available now on iPhone, iPad & Apple TV!
Local studio Boat Rocker Games have released a free-to-play puzzle game on Android and on iOS. You can check out some screenshots and description on Fusioneer down below:
"Welcome to the lab Amateur Fusioneers!!
Grab a lab coat and start firing atoms from the fusion cannon to get your fusion core as high as you can in this bubble shooting puzzle game! More fusions produce higher value atoms to experiment with and will allow you to output higher amounts of energy!
This fusion of puzzle and arcade gameplay is easy to pick up and play but rewards careful planning and precise shots. Get hooked in from your first fusion as you start your quest to create the largest fusion core possible!"
We just launched a new game about fusion and cats and science! Check out #Fusioneer on the #iOS and #Android app stores!
— Boat Rocker Games (@BoatRockerGames) April 28, 2018
iOS: https://t.co/oJ3d0wrFUb
Android: https://t.co/onEJgOPtSE pic.twitter.com/4xPv72k2f0
Halifax-based Alpha Dog Games has released their first game since as a member of Xbox Game Studios for Google and Apple devices Mighty DOOM, a top-down, single-touch action mobile shooter.