Striker Arena is an interesting little iPad game that has been soft launched in New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland by Wizcorp. It’s basically a violent soccer game: players are in charge of a team of 5 gladiators or vikings, trying to score as many goals as possible in 3 minutes, with the other team standing in the way. The player with the ball has 3 seconds to move before they are stuck in place and must pass or shoot, which is done by swiping. It is possible to slide and tackle opponents, though there is no direct control of defenders, just the action button that appears on screen, so timing and/or button-mashing is key to intercept passes. There are no fouls for knockouts, so go wild. There are also a number of powerups to collect for arcing passes, powerful shots, and defensive items to help get the ball back, such as shockwaves.
This is an interesting soft launch because it’s got fewer features than the full version would, it’s more of an early access type thing, just boasting the two teams, three AI difficulties, and two modes: quick play and story. The developers aren’t trying to make any money off of the game yet, there aren’t any in-app purchases quite yet. There are additional features planned for the game, and those likely will involve monetized elements, but the core of the game is here to play and enjoy for now. Check out the forum thread for the game.
Carter, I love the kind of articles you've been posting lately highlighting our great indie devs in the forum. Keep up the good work! :)
Big fan of Quantum Sheep here. Really looking forward to Docking Station. From the bits I can see in screen shots and your description, this one seems like a bit of a departure from the Air Supply series. Looking forward to next Thursday *crosses fingers and toes* Thanks for covering this Carter!
*Docking Sequence. Wow, that was a fail :-/
*sheepyhugs* :D
The premise seems really boring. Air supply at least had a LOT going on. But this could surprise us I suppose.
I hope it surprises you! :D
It's a very simple premise, but I personally find it addictive - if you're going by my previous games, I'd say it was closer in feel to Air Supply - Infinite. The one where you run endlessly around a planet :)
If you liked that, you might like this. Again, it takes a simple idea but hopefully adds variety and fun to it so you keep playing!
Anyway, maybe wait for a review, or some impressions from others before giving it a go :)
Cheers,
QS =D
Thank you so much for the article! Was a lovely lovely surprise :D
I love the gfx style already!!!!
The graphics style says 'Thank you very much!'
Oh, now it's blushing!
Bless!
:D
So basically intersteller? Nice!