Pinoy developer releases iOS game

A local startup firm, Groundbreaking Games, has released its first iOS game Puckerz!, an arcade action game for iPhone and iPod touch devices in which players take control of a “puck" and launch it around a destructible environment to collect as many “orbs" (balls of light) as possible before time runs out. In the game, players can choose from seven different pucks and are given at least two minutes to bounce around a level to collect orbs. Players need to collect at least 75 percent of the orbs in any given level to advance to the next. In addition to that, by planning their shots well, players can get time bonuses from five up to 25 seconds. The mobile game is not as easy as it sounds since every level has been barricaded by layers of destroyable bricks that players need to plow through in order for them to complete the goal. To ramp up the challenge even further, Puckerz! adds into the mix a couple of impenetrable blocks and a slew of carefully laid traps that once it catches a puck, players will incur a 10-second time penalty. The game offers 30 levels in its first release, accompanied by four powerups that will keep the experience fresh. With a sleek interface style, rich level design, fast physics-based gameplay, and engaging soundtrack, Puckerz! hopes to be a unique mobile game experience for casual and hardcore gamers alike, its creators said. “Puckerz!’s intuitive controls makes it very approachable. Anyone can pick it up, play and enjoy. Yet it offers a depth that makes it replayable and very much suitable for leaderboards. Players who like getting stars will end up playing a level over and over again," said Anthony Garcia, designer of Puckerz! Groundbreaking Games said Puckerz! is available on the App Store for $0.99. — Newsbytes.ph