Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Ski Safari Defiant Development #1 Paid App in Australia Game of the Week in US, Canada, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand [5/5] "Great! - Love everyt… TouchArcade Rating: $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details#1 Paid App in Australia Game of the Week in US, Canada, Australia, Mexico and New Zealand [5/5] "Great! - Love everything about this game. The graphics are excellent, the controls easy to use, and best of all, it's endlessly fun!" [5/5] "How can you go wrong ! - This game is smooth as a sheet of ice !! Love it" Welcome to Ski Safari! Ski Safari is where Animals, Avalanches and Action come together to create a new casual gameplay experience. Our deep sleeping hero has to stay ahead of a relentless avalanche that threatens the local mountainsides. Sven, as we like to call him, can use animals to aid his escape from an icey end. Each of the hillside animals have different attributes to make a speedier escape. Penguins glide further, Yetis are tougher, Eagles soar to great heights, each of these can provide useful advantage for Sven. Sometimes on the slopes Sven can find fast Snowmobiles which can ferry multiple animals a maintain a very high top speed. Staying ahead of the avalanche has its advantages and perks. Completing objectives can 'level up' Sven and increase his score multiplier. Riding animals, performing backflips add to the score and with an increased score multiplier Sven will rocketing up the highscore table with ease. Information Seller:Defiant Development Genre:Arcade, Family Release:Apr 26, 2012 Updated:Sep 25, 2017 Version:1.5.5 Size:154.1 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (26) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal
Looks like a lot of fun. Makes me think of a combination of Tiny Wings (but tilted at an angle) and Super Quick Hook's Avalanche mode.
The second video is from an earlier build, it was an entry into a contest for Unity. You can have a play if you like here: http://unity3d.com/contest/flash-in-a-flash/. Here's a direct link: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2854524/ski_safari/ski_safari_flash_preview.html. The game has come along since then but it will give you an idea of how addicting it can be. Enjoy! Brendan
Game Impressions While this looked good from the video, upon playing I felt bored after a couple of minutes on my very first run. Things didn't improve much on consequent attempts.
Thanks for the vid Sanuku, it looks like you got the hang of it pretty quickly. The first gameplay video posted (after the trailer) was from an older build for the Unity Flash in a Flash contest. There's a playable version on the site if you want to check it out, just look for Ski Safari on the page here: http://unity3d.com/contest/flash-in-a-flash/. The iOS version has more stuff and polish than that build but it'll give you an idea. Cheers, Brendan
It is Universal, so no problems on that front. Hope you enjoy it - we're very happy with how it came out!
Game Impressions Okay so now onto Ski Safari... Game features the same upgrade system as Tiny Wings, with plenty of missions. Art, sounds, all very good, is also a game that gets faster (or slower) depending on how good you are, the tricks you do, animals you ride, etc... That free falling feeling is good. Polished There is no retry button when you die, you have to go back to the menu. No achievements. Not as thrilling as I thought, but not boring at all No IAP at all or anything similar I would suggest swipe control methods to do different tricks and some roller-coaster stuff. Also, where are those omnipresent things in Ski world: Flags?, maybe adding them like making some sections involving them, jumping over them is some puzzle way?