G-Star 2014 was quite the experience. But amidst the glitz and glamor of the B2C hall and the endless rows of booths in the B2B halls, we managed to uncover quite a few indie gems. Here are some of the best we saw.
Hexxy Snake
Developed by South Korean indie studios TouchTouch and MAF, Hexxy Snake is a modern reinvention of the classic Snake game found on old Nokia phones. Your snake, made up of hexagons (hence the name) must only pick up yellow hexagons in each level. The twist is that the hexagons don’t just appear one after the other – they are ready to be collected, albeit amidst fun and sometimes complicated shapes.
Hexxy Snake will be published by indie game label Surprise Attack Games sometime next month – though we’ll have to update on which countries the game will be available in. While not the flashiest game out there, Hexxy Snake is a modern twist on a beloved classic.
Monster Munch
Monster Munch is another game from TouchTouch, published by Skyzone Entertainment, a US-based publisher established by South Korea’s SK Group. In Monster Munch, players must put tiles together in order to feed hungry monster guests. Munch Munch is similar to the puzzle game 2048, in that new monster tiles appear when you combine others by sliding them around the board. Monster Munch is great for people who can’t deal with numbers but still want to enjoy the addictive rush of Threes and 2048.
Monster Munch can be downloaded here in English.
Rainy Day Season 2
Rainy Day Season 2 is little more than a running game. In it, players take control of a salaryman trying to get home, except that he has to beat the falling rain to do so. Since the salaryman is in the middle of a city, there are lots of areas he can take shelter under temporarily. Rainy Day Season 2 is developed by the South Korean studio Ideabox Games.
You can download Rainy Day Season 2 for iOS here.
Page Flipper
Page Flipper is a minimalist, mobile game version of the wacky Japanese game show, Nokabe (the American version is Hole in the Wall). As the player, you’ve got to make sure that you’re under a hole each time the page flips, or it’s going to tear and you will lose. The game seems simple – just make sure you’re in the right spot when the pages flip over – but visualizing how the moving page will look like when it lands is tougher than it seems. Page Flipper is developed by South Korea’s 3F Factory.
You can download Page Flipper here or try the kooky Halloween edition here.
Pit in Racing for Kakao
Don’t be fooled by the “for Kakao” in this game’s name. It simply means that the game supports the Kakao platform, not that it’s exclusive to it. Pit in Racing is developed by South Korea’s GaBangMan Studio, and at first glance seems to be your typical 3D mobile F1 game. Play on just a little, though, and you’ll see that it involves active gear-switching in order to keep up with the competition. Pit in Racing also has a cute mini-game at the pit stop, where you need to change your own tires by stopping the bolts at just the right moment.
Like all the other games in this article, Pit in Racing for Kakao can be played with minimal to no understanding of Korean. You can download Pit in Racing on Android here.
Pong Pong Flower
Pong Pong Flower is very similar to the India-developed game Roto, where the player character spins around on rotating circles until you tap to make her jump to the next. The goal of this game is to collect flowers, and get to the end of the level safely. The cutesy yet challenging Pong Pong Flower was released in Korea this July, and will soon be published in China, Indonesia, and Thailand. Pong Pong Flower is developed by South Korean studio Noritong.
Dragonstorm
This action RPG has great nostalgia-evoking visuals, but it’s also interesting as it makes use of a vertical rather than horizontal screen. Dragonstorm is developed by Rainfallsoft Co. from South Korea, and a traditional sword-and-sorcery storyline about saving the world plays out as you progress through the game. We weren’t able to try any demos at G-Star, but it looks great. Players can also choose in-game companions called Guardian Wings. The global version of Dragonstorm is expected to support Korean, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese, as well as English.
Dog Knight Puzzle
The only game on this list not from South Korea, Dogknight Puzzle is a work in progress from a brand new team of developers in Bangkok. It looks like a match-3 game but is a little more than that. Matching bubbles allows your team of dogs to make use of skills to attack enemy cats. The pooches in this game have distinct identities and different stages give the game flavor. So far, we’ve been able to see a space stage, an Egyptian stage, and a robot stage. Dog Knight Puzzle is due out for both Android and iOS in mid-2015.
Legion of Princess
Tower defense games might be old, but they’re gold. Legion of Princess from South Korea’s Gameduk studio is named after princesses, but its humble towers do all the hard work. Princesses appear to function as hero characters in the game, while towers are built along monster paths for both defense and offense. The game didn’t have a playable demo ready, but it does look promising – and deep.
Did you see any other cool indie games at G-Star 2014? Tell us in the comments!
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