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Wolfire Games Announces Overgrowth

Matthew — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:12:16 +0000

Wolfire Games, the developers behind the excellent Lugaru, have announced that the long-awaited Lugaru 2 has been renamed to Overgrowth. Wolfire recently transformed from the part-time efforts of David Rosen into a full-time team of five. You can follow their progress and read introductions for the team members over at their development blog. A [...]

World of Goo Goes Gold

Matthew — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:30:13 +0000

2D Boy has announced that World of the Goo, the IGF award-winning physics construction game, has announced that the PC version of the game has gone gold. The Wii version, with delightful co-operative multiplayer, is expected to be submitted to Nintendo for LotCheck later this month. Congrats, Kyle and Ron! World of Goo Trailer [...]

Trials 2SE Visual Upgrade, Same Great Physics

Matthew — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:18:06 +0000

The original RedLynx Trials game was one of the games that spurred me to create Fun-Motion. Here was a game completely based on physics, with its own learning curve and style of play. It was relatively obscure, though, as were many other physics games back then, so I decided to start a site [...]

Walaber Experiments with Ragdolls and Aerial Skiing

Matthew — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:50:44 +0000

Walaber (Jello Car, Gymast), recently posted videos revealing he’s experimenting with a powered ragdoll. The first video shows a ragdoll with constraint angles controlled via gamepad: The second video reveals he’s developing the technology for a freestyle/aerial skiing game:

2D Boy Confirms World of Goo Wii Multiplayer

Matthew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:16:24 +0000

2D Boy has updated their blog with some World of Goo details, including this juicy tidbit: There were some rumors, so just to confirm: Yes, the Wii version will have multiplayer co-op play in every single level. Additional players can join in or leave at any time. We have not tried (yet) on any child specimens, [...]

Beautiful, Frustrating Puzzle Physics

Matthew — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:01:21 +0000

Obulis is the first PC release from IonFx, a longtime Pocket PC developer. It’s actually the third installment in the series, with the first two titles out on Windows Mobile. Obulis is a puzzle game in the truest, hardcore sense of the word. I hope you like thinking! Simple Rules The goal in Obulis [...]

iPhone Physics Games Launch in July

Matthew — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:19:04 +0000

Apple announced details for its new 3G iPhone at their WWDC event, as well as pricing and details for some initial game slated to launch on the new iTunes App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch owners. Given that both devices feature a tilt sensor, and the hardware specs are pretty beefy, it’s likely [...]

Undercooked but Great as an Appetizer

Matthew — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:26:58 +0000

Soup du Jour is a small physics game from Digital Eel, an independent developer best known for their Infinite Space games. It’s worth mentioning that, although it’s not a physics game, Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a fantastic experience. I highly recommend it. So how does their foray into physics-based [...]

Tantalizing Gish 2 Tech Video

Matthew — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:21:54 +0000

Alex Austin has posted some details of the news physics for Gish 2 over at the Cryptic Sea development blog: The new model is made up of 128 particles which move independently and have an attraction to each other. The trick has been wrangling the particles to move as one blob, it’s getting closer but still [...]

Walaber Releases Trailer for Gymnast

Matthew — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:37:05 +0000

Update: The game is out! Grab it over at Walaber’s Gymnast page. Walaber, game developer extraordinarre, has released a trailer for his next game, Gymnast. It’s looking hot! Make sure to check out his other games, Jello Car and Walaber’s Trampoline, as well as the other games on his site. He has a [...]