Publisher X just sent us a note informing us that they’ve released a new trailer for their latest puzzler HydroTilt! HydroTilt reminds me of the old puzzle game Archer Maclean’s Mercury, but with the ability to change to your state from liquid to solid or gas. Looks hot! The developer describes the game mechanics as:
In HydroTilt, players guide a bead of water on suspended platforms by tilting the iPhone left, right, up, and down to carefully navigate safely through abstract and brightly colored environments to reach the finish line. Like real water, players can alter the form of the droplet from a liquid state into a solid state (ice) and even a gaseous state (water vapor)…but foresight is a must! Players will need to use these different forms to solve various puzzles, such as freezing their droplet to roll over a switch in order to trigger a bridge, or use the liquid state to connect electrical wires to activate a freezing machine.
What do you think? The game both sounds cool and looks gorgeous, it might be one to check out on the App Store! The store is quickly filling up with derivative games and match three puzzlers, it’s nice to see something so fresh and new on the iPhone.
HydroTilt – App Store link
January 10th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Looks like Super Monkey Ball minus the monkey mixed in with marbles and that one PSP puzzle game that used liquid as the player. Could be good if controls are well done. But I generally don’t like tilt in my games due to the poor implementations.