In execution, you run around, pee on things, and worship McDonalds parodies with wavering skeleton men in a deliberately low-res bizarro realm filled with talking televisions, pilgrims, and an infernal realm of nerds. In theory, you're playing a hero chosen to recover magical artifacts needed by a goddess to stop the resurrection of an old god. And once you get hooked, you'll be pleased to see it's quite the challenging puzzler!Įvery once in a while after playing a game I need to lay my head down on my desk and stare at the wall while I try to sort out just what it was I just experienced, and that's basically Cicada Marionette's bizarre fever-dream indie adventure game Crypt Worlds in a nutshell. Creative level design and a slightly different action slant to the gameplay makes it worth checking out. It's experimental, but it's interesting, we'll give it that!īeyond its technological tricks, Droidscape:Basilica presents an absolutely solid puzzle game. Claymation games are rare enough, but seeing one that isn't all colorful and sugar-coated happy is even more unusual! Droidscape:Basilica also has a HeadTwister feature that lets you use your device's front-facing camera to control the game by moving your head around.
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That's because everything in Droidscape was modeled by hand out of clay, then animated using stop-motion technology. For starters, you'll notice the graphics look a bit different than most games. Levels require a lot of planning, and even then you won't always get it right the first, second, or seventh try.Ībout those tricks Droidscape:Basilica has tucked under its sleeves. Using the slider at the bottom of the screen you can make the robot move forward or backwards, timing its steps to avoid enemies and other dangers. Once you've got it, hit the play button and Bishop starts moving. It runs out of walking energy pretty quickly, so be economical with your moves, even when you go after that extra gem in the corner.
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At the beginning of each level the action is paused while you create a path for Bishop 7 to follow. By drawing paths and then controlling the 'bot's progression, you can gather key cards to open doors and work your way to becoming a hero!ĭroidscape:Basilica divides gameplay into two sections: drawing and piloting.
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It casts you in the role of Bishop 7, a small robot who happens to be humanity's only hope to survive a new Dark Age. Droidscape:Basilica is a sci-fi puzzle game from Kyttaro Games that's got a few tricks up its sleeve.