SumiKen : Ink Blade Samurai Sia Ding Shen SumiKen : Ink Blade Samurai is an endless runner hack and slash samurai game drawn in unique Japanese ink painting style… $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsSumiKen : Ink Blade Samurai is an endless runner hack and slash samurai game drawn in unique Japanese ink painting style. This game features fast paced samurai slashing action set in the beautiful landscape of Japan, with characters ranging from samurai to ninja. Activate character's Ink mode, a special skill that makes you stronger in battle by striking down enemies and cutting bamboos. Journeying through 150 missions, players will begin perfecting their swordsmanship, survive through various hazards and meet new characters. The game mechanic is an easy to learn, but difficult to master swipe system which require precise timing and swipe direction in order to land the perfect strike. Play as one of the seven characters, including the samurai, ninja and more, each with their own unique Ink mode abilities, in order to defeat the endless enemies in battle. Features ---------------------------------------------------------------- -Endless fast paced samurai slashing action -Easy to learn, hard to master swipe system -Land perfect strikes with precise timing and slash direction -7 playable characters with unique abilities -Minimalist Japanese ink brush painting style -150 challenging missions Information Seller:Sia Ding Shen Genre:Action, Arcade Release:May 16, 2017 Updated:Jun 12, 2017 Version:1.41 Size:68.0 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (5) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #2 LordShad0wz, May 11, 2017 It's downloading now. I'll report back with impressions in a bit! I've been looking forward to this one!! Billy LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #3 LordShad0wz, May 11, 2017 Ok, Initial impressions are I freaken LOVE IT!! I love the game play. I love there are upgrades for the character. You collect coins from each kill and use the coins to upgrade all sorts of skills. You unlock characters at certain levels. I'm already level 3. The tutorial shows you everything you need to know. The artwork is outstanding. The sounds are outstanding. It's a fully premium game which is outstanding!! I'm so happy with this one. It reminds me of Samurai Blitz in a way, a good way. It's definitely different. It's just very very satisfying when you land a blow. There are 3 missions to succeed in order to level up. At level 11 I get the next character. So I'm going back right now to go achieve that. There is leaderboards with Game center as well. Billy Jayg2015 Well-Known Member Jan 5, 2015 3,734 41 48 Male Player 1 Liberty city #4 Jayg2015, May 11, 2017 Endless, upgrades, collecting, gameplay are all there. Recommend trying this one if you like value for your money ramzarules Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2014 2,112 128 63 Greece #5 ramzarules, May 11, 2017 like Billy sais, if you liked Samurai Blitz you will love this. Or Kenshin great art, animation, unlockable characters and the flash effect when you get a perfect kill makes this too much fun to pass up. I've managed to unlock the second one, dont know what the others are. solarnya Well-Known Member Jul 22, 2015 906 285 63 Male Close to Tokyo, Japan #6 solarnya, May 11, 2017 I'm a Japanese guy lol I can see how the dev likes our country I'm glad about that!! opneon Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 31, 2017 159 1 16 #7 opneon, May 11, 2017 Thank you so much for the support! Here a poster I drew to go with the game release. Hope you guys enjoy the game shfrost Well-Known Member Apr 9, 2010 432 10 18 Artist Wooded area #8 shfrost, May 12, 2017 Love the game but it's locking up from time to time and I have to shut down and restart. Playing on iPhone 6+ Anyone else having this issue? Duke12 Well-Known Member Oct 25, 2013 1,018 41 48 #9 Duke12, May 12, 2017 Yes on Ipad Air, also change the pause button from bottom to top. I keep pausing the game on Ipad. opneon Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 31, 2017 159 1 16 #10 opneon, May 12, 2017 Hi guys, thanks for reporting the bug, I heard this issue from my friends as well. Working on various fixes currently. Will be updating the game for you guys within next week if possible. Thanks! saansilt ð® Spam Police ð Mar 23, 2013 3,291 0 36 #11 saansilt, May 14, 2017 Congrats on release mate! I hope you get the best of success, the graphics look fantastic and the style looks sweet! Amesiu Member Feb 3, 2016 24 0 0 #12 Amesiu, May 14, 2017 Last edited: May 14, 2017 Hello, I love this game!!! I can't stop playing also I dislike auto runner haha at the first I got it because of artstyle and so curious. I'm not game developer but animator and I love this animation looks like studio ghibli "princess kaguya" + "kenshin" . My impression of game, music is great! feel like character from "samurai x" while playing. Feels like scene kenshin is going up snowy mountain to save/kill? Tomoe haha Control was very difficult first time but I get used to it now. I like speed upgrade because can be adjust if I have difficulty for level up. Ah I also have iPhone 6 and it is freezing in menu screen when character dies. I really love this game but not developer so I don't know difficulty of the implementation but can I give some idea for the future update or new game? 1. How about roll action when swipe left or unique attack for the different character? 2. How about can switch character when running or when hit.. animation can be character will run from the back and then controlling character will slowdown and disappear (can you understand my English?) or character can be running behind like animal in samurai blitz 3. Simple story mode like hmmm Save the princess or kill king First scene: running in woods (same as game now) 2nd scene:running and background is armies fighting with banners and flying arrows, foreground there is many dead soldiers. 3rd scene: inside castle! (And scene transition to burning area!) background some panel and soldiers fighting and foreground also soldiers fighting or dead soldiers. Maybe on last scene has different style running like going up? Similar to "high risers" on last scene for the game variety. 4.maybe game items like armor or helmet or throwing the spear! Good luck on your game! It's really great hope there can be more games like this! retr0spective Well-Known Member May 24, 2011 915 17 18 Riverside, CA #13 retr0spective, May 14, 2017 Does this mean we are moving toward a resurgence of the runner. They seemed to have phased out for a while. This one is excellent! opneon Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 31, 2017 159 1 16 #14 opneon, May 14, 2017 Wow thanks for all the kind words! I'll work harder! opneon Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 31, 2017 159 1 16 #15 opneon, May 14, 2017 Awesome! Thanks for supporting and taking your time to write out all these amazing ideas Amesiu! I will see if I can add in the story later, the scene you wrote seems pretty cool! Currently, I have this idea of implementing boss battle first, hopefully it'll work out well. I was an animator too a few years ago! 3D animator actually. in a local studio. But now I've moved on to become a technical artist, still in the same studio. SumiKen is a project I worked on part time after work, really enjoyed it jpgold Well-Known Member Sep 21, 2012 1,818 56 48 Online Ad Sales - Pandora New York, NY #16 jpgold, May 15, 2017 Last edited: May 15, 2017 Finally had some time to dig in and really loving it. At first I couldn't get the timing down on slashing the bamboo but once I had it, everything clicked. I can't seem to get past the "kill 10 enemies while in mid air" challenge. Any suggestions? Great job on this game dev. Edit: of course as soon as I post, I get past it on the next run. ramzarules Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2014 2,112 128 63 Greece #17 ramzarules, May 15, 2017 wow, you are working on adding boss battles? some other additions i could think of - pets (we all love em) and different color palettes (i wouldnt mind seeing red blood ink from slashing). Then i would say different clothes/ weapons but that would be too much work. Also i think the coins could be a little less stingy. jpgold Well-Known Member Sep 21, 2012 1,818 56 48 Online Ad Sales - Pandora New York, NY #18 jpgold, May 15, 2017 I saved up my coins to get the "extra life" upgrade and enjoying the game a lot more. Makes a big difference. opneon Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 31, 2017 159 1 16 #19 opneon, May 16, 2017 Cool! Thanks for the suggestions opneon Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Jan 31, 2017 159 1 16 #20 opneon, May 16, 2017 Great to hear you are enjoying it! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
It's downloading now. I'll report back with impressions in a bit! I've been looking forward to this one!! Billy
Ok, Initial impressions are I freaken LOVE IT!! I love the game play. I love there are upgrades for the character. You collect coins from each kill and use the coins to upgrade all sorts of skills. You unlock characters at certain levels. I'm already level 3. The tutorial shows you everything you need to know. The artwork is outstanding. The sounds are outstanding. It's a fully premium game which is outstanding!! I'm so happy with this one. It reminds me of Samurai Blitz in a way, a good way. It's definitely different. It's just very very satisfying when you land a blow. There are 3 missions to succeed in order to level up. At level 11 I get the next character. So I'm going back right now to go achieve that. There is leaderboards with Game center as well. Billy
Endless, upgrades, collecting, gameplay are all there. Recommend trying this one if you like value for your money
like Billy sais, if you liked Samurai Blitz you will love this. Or Kenshin great art, animation, unlockable characters and the flash effect when you get a perfect kill makes this too much fun to pass up. I've managed to unlock the second one, dont know what the others are.
Thank you so much for the support! Here a poster I drew to go with the game release. Hope you guys enjoy the game
Love the game but it's locking up from time to time and I have to shut down and restart. Playing on iPhone 6+ Anyone else having this issue?
Hi guys, thanks for reporting the bug, I heard this issue from my friends as well. Working on various fixes currently. Will be updating the game for you guys within next week if possible. Thanks!
Congrats on release mate! I hope you get the best of success, the graphics look fantastic and the style looks sweet!
Hello, I love this game!!! I can't stop playing also I dislike auto runner haha at the first I got it because of artstyle and so curious. I'm not game developer but animator and I love this animation looks like studio ghibli "princess kaguya" + "kenshin" . My impression of game, music is great! feel like character from "samurai x" while playing. Feels like scene kenshin is going up snowy mountain to save/kill? Tomoe haha Control was very difficult first time but I get used to it now. I like speed upgrade because can be adjust if I have difficulty for level up. Ah I also have iPhone 6 and it is freezing in menu screen when character dies. I really love this game but not developer so I don't know difficulty of the implementation but can I give some idea for the future update or new game? 1. How about roll action when swipe left or unique attack for the different character? 2. How about can switch character when running or when hit.. animation can be character will run from the back and then controlling character will slowdown and disappear (can you understand my English?) or character can be running behind like animal in samurai blitz 3. Simple story mode like hmmm Save the princess or kill king First scene: running in woods (same as game now) 2nd scene:running and background is armies fighting with banners and flying arrows, foreground there is many dead soldiers. 3rd scene: inside castle! (And scene transition to burning area!) background some panel and soldiers fighting and foreground also soldiers fighting or dead soldiers. Maybe on last scene has different style running like going up? Similar to "high risers" on last scene for the game variety. 4.maybe game items like armor or helmet or throwing the spear! Good luck on your game! It's really great hope there can be more games like this!
Does this mean we are moving toward a resurgence of the runner. They seemed to have phased out for a while. This one is excellent!
Awesome! Thanks for supporting and taking your time to write out all these amazing ideas Amesiu! I will see if I can add in the story later, the scene you wrote seems pretty cool! Currently, I have this idea of implementing boss battle first, hopefully it'll work out well. I was an animator too a few years ago! 3D animator actually. in a local studio. But now I've moved on to become a technical artist, still in the same studio. SumiKen is a project I worked on part time after work, really enjoyed it
Finally had some time to dig in and really loving it. At first I couldn't get the timing down on slashing the bamboo but once I had it, everything clicked. I can't seem to get past the "kill 10 enemies while in mid air" challenge. Any suggestions? Great job on this game dev. Edit: of course as soon as I post, I get past it on the next run.
wow, you are working on adding boss battles? some other additions i could think of - pets (we all love em) and different color palettes (i wouldnt mind seeing red blood ink from slashing). Then i would say different clothes/ weapons but that would be too much work. Also i think the coins could be a little less stingy.
I saved up my coins to get the "extra life" upgrade and enjoying the game a lot more. Makes a big difference.
