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I Touch Rolando

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 am by Jami

The Hawkster twitted up this fun trailer for Rolando, an upcoming game from Handcircus for the iPhone and iTouch. How fun! I love the character designs. The game looks deceptively simple, but I’m willing to bet it becomes an instant classic.

Looks like Handcircus is a one-man studio run by Simon Oliver. Awesome! Seems like the iTouch and iPhone are well suited for smaller gaming studios.

So here’s a question. Is the user base for iPhone and iTouch big enough that Oliver can make a living off of making exclusive platform games? Also, can it do realtime 3D like the DS? Finally, are there any programmers out there that can make my dream of a Kamen Rider bowling game a reality?

Okay, that last one was rather random, but I have a fun idea for a little game full of SD Riders and bowling!

[Via Rolando]

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6 Responses to “I Touch Rolando”

  1. AvatarZaniac
    Posted: Jul 2nd, 2008 at 10:17 am
    1

    It’s like iLocoRoco!

  2. AvatarVonKraut
    Posted: Jul 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 am
    2

    Looks like a combination of Lemmings and Little Big Planet, cool.

  3. AvatarBrian
    Posted: Jul 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm
    3

    It’s very, VERY Loco Roco. So Loco Roco that I honestly thought it had something to do with it.

  4. AvatarCortharis
    Posted: Jul 3rd, 2008 at 9:53 am
    4

    I unfortunately have to call that a near direct copy of LocoRoco and LocoRoco Cocoreccho. That kind of makes me sad, as LocoRoco Cocoreccho could easily be ported to the iPhone since the game uses the PS3’s sixaxis motion controls to make some actions.

    LocoRoco in on itself just used the PSP’s shoulder buttons to tilt the world and make the locos jump.

    As good of an idea that this game is, it’s been done. Twice. And two years ago.

  5. AvatarJami
    Posted: Jul 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 am
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    Poop. I don’t have a PSP or PS3 so no LocoRoco for me. Come to think of it, I don’t have an iPhone or iTouch so no Rolando for me either!

  6. AvatarEmily Snow
    Posted: Jul 8th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
    6

    I enjoy your writing - can’t wait for the next instalment![IMG]http://www.emoticon-village.com/img2.jpg[/IMG]

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