Reporting on the games made in Canada and the creators behind them
London, Ontario-based Digital Extremes (@DigitalExtremes) has made their free-to-play, third-person action shooter Warframe (@PlayWarframe) available now on the Epic Game Store with a bundle that adds items from the Unreal franchise.
Read MoreLocal 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
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.
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.
Indie Dev Adam Stox reached out to me to let me know some of the games he's worked on, including Knot Fun. The free download, which is available on iOS and Android has surpassed over half a million downloads and has players untying knots. You can check out the video below, and make sure to follow Adam on Twitter.
Knot Fun! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StoxBox.KnotFun https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/knot-fun/id1156969087?mt=8
Having just released Block Swop on mobile phones, indie developer Woolly Warlus is at it again with Quick Drop. The new free to play game Quick Drop is an elevator simulator game where you drop off passengers on different floors. You can check out the trailer and screenshots below!
OUT NOW Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woollywalrusgames.quickdrop&hl=en iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/quick-drop/id1101002375?mt=8 Quick Drop, the elevator game you never knew you wanted. You control an elevator tasked to move as many passengers to their designated floors as possible before they grow impatient. Our stated goal was to create "A one tap mobile game with depth," and we believed we've succeeded.
You can download the game for free on Android here, and iOS devices here. Make sure to check out the developer on Twitter as well, and let us know what you think in the comments.
