Strawdog Studios, the UK based team behind the successful Geon and Space Ark Xbox LIVE Arcade titles, has revealed that they have become approved Nintendo 3DS developers. Nintendo limits the amount of studios it works with on publishing and other arrangements by way of an approval system, which Strawdog Studios has now completed.
From the review:
"If you read our Strawdog Studios interview a few months back, you should already be at least somewhat familiar with Space Ark. If not, you will be now. There have been a lot of great games so far this year and a lot more are expected, but as odd as it may sound, one of my most highly-anticipated games was a little indie casual title known as Space Ark. Don’t get me wrong, I love many of the hardcore blockbusters as much as the next guy—whomever he may be—but I am a sucker for a good, addictive casual game that I can come back to time and time again. These are the games that keep me busy for hours and can easily be enjoyed with others or by myself. I am glad to say that another game can now be added to these ranks."
I'm so disappointed with how the multiplayer turned out with this one. This could have been my first 10/10 if it weren't for that.
oh for the love of god I hope its not as addicting as peggle.
On the other hand it does look pretty fun. it'll have to go in my file of 'games that I'll play when I have time'. It'll go in right after Alone in the Dark
I've sometimes been suspicious of the idea of just focussing on one aspect of a game in order to do it well and not even bothering with other modes... but it seems like this might have benefited from the developers not bothering with multiplayer at all.
To celebrate the successful launch of Space Ark on the Xbox LIVE Arcade last week, Strawdog Studios have revealed the Space Ark Times, the intergalactic newspaper for animals on a mission. This Historic Souvenir Edition commemorates not only the launch of Space Ark itself, but also Commander “Top Gun” Turtle’s heroic fruit collecting efforts on a recently terraformed jungle planet.
Space Ark is a high score focused XBLA game that takes it’s inspiration from classic arcade games like Rainbow Islands, Arkanoid and Breakout. In Space Ark the player must bounce a selection of animal ‘Arkonauts’ to collect crystals and form combos and fruit bonuses. To help the player on their quest there’s a selection of power ups, switches, launchers, clouds and rollers to help them on their way.
