Browser-based Evoland is, hands down, one of the more clever video game concepts to come across our desk. The game itself is a history of video games–as you play the game the game evolves from a limited 8-bit monochrome adventure into a modern game. You start off unable to do anything but move right and collect a treasure chest. That treasure chest unlocks the left key (keys are configured in a WASD style keypad) which in turn allows you to move around a simple monochromatic forest clearing to unlock the rest of the movement keys. From there you begin unlocking more game features, effectively evolving the game from monochrome to 16 and then 64 bit color and unlocking various game play features. The game itself is short and can be played in about the same time you could watch a video covering the basics of various game changes over the last 30 years but actually playing the game and watching the evolution in progress is far more rewarding. Hit up the link below to take it for a spin. You can try the current version of the game on the dev site for free http://evoland.shirogames.com/classic The devellopers decide to improve the game and get it on IOS platform here is a trailer Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
I want to test this badly. This is what oringality gets to on iOS a mix of all types of RPGs from action to regular RPG to jrpg
Holy cow, this looks amazing! Too bad the developers said that the game won't be very long, because this looks like something I could sink A LOT of time in. I hope that there's a story, but it will be an instabuy anyway!
This, sadly. The game looks magnificent and the idea is fresh and original, I'd love to play a full-fledged RPG like this, it's a shame to hear that it's going to be a short game I'll still get it, price willing, but the horrible speaking thorn of regret will be sticking in my brain the whole time... the one that says "this could have been so much bigger and better!"
Evoland will be available on Steam on April 4th. After that, they'll work on the iOS version. They posted a tweet: "We'll work on the iOS version as soon as we're done with the PC one. iPad for sure, we'll have to see about iPhone"
Omg I just bought this on steam and loved it! So gonna buy it for ios! Just cause I loved it and I wanna help the developers
Wow that looks pretty cool. I really like the concept of the changing graphics from retro to more modern over the course of the game. Also, it just looks nice.