Reporting on the games made in Canada and the creators behind them
It's a mobile heavy day today here at TorontoGameDevs as Blot Interactive released Oh No! Ninjas! on iTunes, and Android. The game is a typing action game feature ninja' while you tackle 80+ missions unlocking upgrades along the way.
Are you faster than a ninja? Our new free mobile game Oh No! Ninjas! is now available on Google Play and iTunes! Play it!
— Blot Interactive (@BlotInteractive) November 15, 2017
itunes: https://t.co/Gs31HyRfgJ
google play: https://t.co/XAQgwFBTPS#ohnoninjas #indiegame #MobileGame #ninja #arcade #wordtyping #wordgame #indie #f2p pic.twitter.com/PgCnUDEu09
Remember a few weeks back on the podcast we talked with the gang making Tram-Panic? Well the fruits of their labour is finished as Tram-Panic, the transit mobile game, is out now on Android devices.
Along with games like Actual Sunlight, Tram-Panic actually takes place in Toronto, where you'll be driving a TTC street-car:
"Toronto, City of Dreams... and of people with places to be! You're a streetcar operator and it's rush time. Everyone needs to get home and it's your job to help them! Pick up passengers and drop them off at Stations for points before time runs out. Some folks will give you special abilities while others will make the job harder. With randomized maps, every level will look like a different part of Toronto!"
ALL ABOOOOOOARD!!! Welcome to Tram-Panic! Play as a streetcar operator in the city of Toronto, picking up people throughout the day and bringing them to their stations. Use buffs from your fellow operators to protect the passengers and try to get the highest score or reach your objective before time runs out!
What came to PC last month is now available on consoles. Warframes latest patch, titled Plains of Eidolon, which includes an open-space landscape (called the Plains of Eidolon), new resources to collect and a day-night cycle.
"Welcome to the Plains of Eidolon. Sentients once fought on this battleground in an attempt to destroy a massive Orokin Tower that the Ostrons now call home. The Sentients' defeat is forever immortalized in the ancient graveyard that litters the Landscape.
Time in the Plains cycles the same for all Tenno. For every 100 minutes of beautiful sunshine, there are 50 minutes of haunted night"
You can download the free-to-play game on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
Available Now! For the first time in Warframe -- explore, fight, and fly through the open Landscape of Planet Earth. Visit the bustling town of Cetus to craft weapons, shop for fishing equipment, take on quests and learn the ways of the Ostrons.
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.
Enjoy another New's Bytes from our boy Jake.
Blossom Tales Announced for Switch: https://t.co/9ypIKHxaTK Cally's Cave 4 Out Now for iOS: https://t.co/tLNwyKhUjN Cuphead "Guaranteed" to return: http://www.torontogamedevs.com/blog/studio-mdhr-says-cuphead-guaranteed-to-return Follow Jake at: https://www.youtube.com/c/jakebutineau https://twitter.com/jakebutineau
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Talking to IGN, the gang from Studio MDHR confirmed that it's "guaranteed" that we'll see Cuphead again at some point. Before you get to excited though, it might be a ways off:
"But as far as what are our plans, what are we distinctly doing next, there's been zero time to really breathe or think," Jared added before Chad chimed in to note they "would have had two 30-minute chats about the future."
Given that the game quickly sold a million copies, this isn't a surprise. Maybe the next one will come to PlayStation 4.
Cuphead is celebrating its initial launch on PC and Xbox One 5 years ago today, September 29, with the announcement of a physical copy of the game coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch.
Fall Guys have announced the game will be getting Cuphead specific skins.
Tis the season of delays, and Studio MDHR is up next - announcing today that the DLC follow up to Cuphead is delayed.
Oakville and Regina-based game developers Studio MDHR (@StudioMDHR) have released the originally Xbox console exclusive Cuphead for PlayStation 4 today, the last major gaming platform it was absent from (besides Ouya).
Indie darling Cuphead has shipped 5 million copies across PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and is on sale to celebrate!
London developer Tiny Titan Studios tweeted out today asking for beta testers for their new game, which at this time is unannounced. Those interested our asked to email support@tinytitanstudos.com.
Titan Titan Studios is the developer behind Tiny Rails, and recently released the mobile game on Steam. We'll have to wait and see what they're cooking up next.
We're accepting REMOTE BETA TESTERS for a NEW GAME! 👾
— Tiny Titan Studios (@TinyTitanGames) November 13, 2017
If you're interested, please email support@tinytitanstudios.com! More details to follow soon! pic.twitter.com/uP0rksLxML
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.
News Time Daily is back! This time however it's named News Byte! And friend of the site Jake Butineau is the genius behind it (so you can expect a higher quality product then what I was doing before). We're planning on doing these every Tuesday, and Fridays.
Guacamelee! 2 Announced: https://t.co/swjEN0sH29 Prodigy: https://t.co/c2Vvy7kDzo Prodigy Jobs: http://www.prodigygame.com/jobs/?utm_source=Crane%20S&utm_campaign=influencer_blog Wytchwood Announced: https://t.co/ct281WRDDl
Cuphead came out last September, and IGN had the gang from Studio MDHR face each other off. Turns out even the developers have a difficult time with the game. Check it out below - Cuphead is out now on PC and Xbox One.
IGN's Ryan McCaffrey and Studio MDHR's Chad Moldenhauer face off in a timed Cuphead challenge against IGN's Lily Zaldivar and Studio MDHR's Jared Moldenhauer. Can Cuphead's Creators Defeat Their Own Game's Bosses?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5danTXIPdEY Cuphead Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBoPbdOaw7M Subscribe to IGN for more! http://www.youtube.com/user/IGNentertainment?sub_confirmation=1 ---------------------------------- Follow IGN for more!
Cuphead is celebrating its initial launch on PC and Xbox One 5 years ago today, September 29, with the announcement of a physical copy of the game coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch.
Fall Guys have announced the game will be getting Cuphead specific skins.
Tis the season of delays, and Studio MDHR is up next - announcing today that the DLC follow up to Cuphead is delayed.
Oakville and Regina-based game developers Studio MDHR (@StudioMDHR) have released the originally Xbox console exclusive Cuphead for PlayStation 4 today, the last major gaming platform it was absent from (besides Ouya).
Indie darling Cuphead has shipped 5 million copies across PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch and is on sale to celebrate!
Similar to last year, Ubisoft Toronto, and National Bank announced the Indie Series which gives independent developers a chance at some cash, mentorship, and helping with marketing. You can check out the full details on Ubisoft's website, as well as the eligible criteria.
Back for a second edition, the Ubisoft Indie Series presented by National Bank is an annual competition for independent game development studios, offering cash prizes, mentorship, and creative, marketing and financial tools to help local studios and their games reach new heights.
Best of luck to everyone who enters, and make sure to check out the website for full details!
Ubisoft Toronto (@UbisoftToronto) has announced that Vivid Foundry (@VividFoundry) has earned the Grand Prize and Kitten Cup Studio (@KittenCupStudio) has won the Special Prize in the 4th Indie Series, with Massive Damage (@massdmginc) getting an honourable distinction.
In Rage Quest you'll play as Zye, a man who has awoken in the internet with no idea how he got there. The only way out is by creating a portal using the only type of energy available on the internet...hate.
"Zye will journey through the worlds of social media, online gaming, and corporate influence on his quest to amass hate. On his journey he'll encounter enemies such as The Hive Mind, Gamergate, The Twitch Chat, trolls, flamers, hackers, bloatware, malware, spambots, user data, censorship, fake news and many more."
Zye has awoken in the internet, and the only way to get out is to fight past its worst elements and harness its strongest force... hate. Website: http://www.ragequestgame.com Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/709290/Rage_Quest/ Itch.io: https://nicholasfisher.itch.io/rage-quest keymailer: https://www.keymailer.co/g/games/50580
Rage Quest is a real-time, tile-based RPG where you have to time and chain your attacks.
"Every action has a charge time (the time until the action executes) and a cooldown time (the time until the action can be used again). The player must think both quickly and strategically to be effective in combat. It's not just about using the right actions together, but timing the execution of them as well."
Rage Quest is out now on Steam, itch.io, and Google Play with an iOS version coming soon. Make sure to follow the developer Nicolas Fisher on Twitter when you get a chance!
Local London Developer Jordan Pearson has released Cally's Cave 4 on iOS for free today - a run and gun action game which features over 300 levels, and 88 weapons to play with.
"It’s time for Cally’s biggest adventure ever! On a mission to cure her friend Rupert’s curse, Cally must embark on a journey across the globe. Along the way, Cally will make new friends, discover a new arch-nemesis, and fight her way through hordes of enemies on the way to becoming the greatest hero in the world! Do you have what it takes to fight a secret society that holds the only thing that can save Rupert? Take on the challenge in the action platformer, Cally's Caves 4!"
You can pick up the game for free on iOS right here - and while you're at it, check out the soundtrack!
Canadian indie game studio Red Meat Games have released their episodic, narrative-driven audio game Project Dark on Steam and Nintendo Switch.
Kitfox will be publishing the sequel to 2018’s well-received strategy sim Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind.
Montréal-based indie studio KO_OP (@KOOPMode) has released Winding Worlds today on Apple Arcade, a “finger-wiggling puzzle-adventure about a girl, a worm, and goodbyes.”
M5 Games’ 16-bit mash-em-up platformer is coming to a mobile device near you next month.
Our friends over at Snowman released an update for their indie hit Alto's Adventure that takes advantage of the iPhone X's shiny new screen.
"We’ve updated Alto’s Adventureto take advantage of the new screen on day one. With more of the mountain in view than ever, we really feel like this is the premiere way to experience the game"
You can download the game on iOS right here, while we wait for Alto's Odyseey, Where Cards Fall, and Skate City.
Castle Pixel released their Zelda inspired game, Blossom Tales to Steam earlier this year, and now they are getting help from FDG Entertainment to port it to the Nintendo Switch.
"Explore a vast open game world in classic action-adventure fashion as Lily, Knight of the Rose! Slash your way through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom from eternal darkness. Collect unique weapons, spells, and more during your journey to take down powerful bosses and solve clever puzzles.Be part of a vivid, dynamic story passed down from grandfather to grandchildren by influencing the course of events yourself!"
The game will be console exclusive to the Switch and we can expect the game to hit this Winter, until then check out the trailer below!
Blossom Tales is coming This Winter as a console exclusive to the Nintendo Switch. Enjoy an awesome 10+ hours retro inspired Action RPG starring Lily, Knight of the Rose on her quest to save the king!
Happy Halloween (yesterday)! In celebration Alientrap, the developer behind Cryptark, and Apotheon, have announced Wytchwood - a crafting adventure game set in the land of fables and fairytales.
"As the mysterious old witch of the woods, you will explore a strange countryside, collect magical ingredients, brew sorcerous enchantments, and pass your twisted judgement upon a capricious cast of characters and creatures."
Right now, you can check out the Steam page where it says the game will out in 2018. Until then make sure to check out the little teaser, and screenshots below.
Happy Halloween from Alientrap Games! Here's an early look at #Wytchwood, our new game about magic, and fairy tales!https://t.co/kJhBGZoci1 pic.twitter.com/b7aRyCPUZ3
— Jesse McGibney (@JesseMcGibs) October 31, 2017
With Paris Games Week happening, we already found out about Gucamelee! 2 - and now we get a new trailer for a game we already knew about: Far Cry 5. In the trailer, Ubisoft announces you'll be able to play the whole game co-op with a friend. Far Cry 5 will be out for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC February 27th, 2018.
Play the entire campaign in co-op with a Friend For Hire and restore freedom to Hope County! Learn more at farcry.com. Available February 27, 2018. #FarCry5 #FarCry Please SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/UbisoftYouTubeChannel Visit our official channels for the latest information on all things Far Cry: https://far-cry.ubisoft.com/ https://www.facebook.com/farcry.usa https://www.instagram.com/farcrygame_us/ https://twitter.com/FarCrygame http://www.youtube.com/Ubisoft_US ABOUT FAR CRY 5: Far Cry comes to America in the latest installment of the award-winning franchise.
Ubisoft Toronto (@UbisoftToronto) has announced that Vivid Foundry (@VividFoundry) has earned the Grand Prize and Kitten Cup Studio (@KittenCupStudio) has won the Special Prize in the 4th Indie Series, with Massive Damage (@massdmginc) getting an honourable distinction.
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.