Preview: Aera (iChromo)
Spotted this via the Twitter of Ian Marsh (Nimblebit) - an arcade-style plane shooter called Aera coming soon for your iThing.
A few things make this look incredibly awesome: (1) You can record your flights and replay them; (2) There's a 'Second Chance' feature which is basically the PoP/Braid-like 'reverse time when you die' mechanic; (3) It appears to have some nice multiplayer features going on.
No release date or price is set yet, but this is definitely shaping up to be a solid title for the App Store.
Comments
I'm not sure how well the controls work, but this looks really cool!
Posted by: Kaps | July 4, 2009 10:28 PM
Looks pretty sleek.
Posted by: Keebler | July 5, 2009 12:43 AM
Hm... Biplanes with rockets? And by the way - the music was played originally by band Kino (The Film). Song - Zvezda po imeni Solnce (A star named Sun).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs7aQkNlxhA
Posted by: drugon | July 5, 2009 11:00 AM
does this mean from now on till the end of time (pardon the pun), every single game that uses the time-travelling concept (also rewind, reload animation) will be accredited to Braid? forever and ever?
Posted by: indiedevgirl | July 5, 2009 12:04 PM
@ndiedevgirl: Actually I always think of Prince of Persia. Indeed, that's why I mentioned it - however, since this is an indie site, I thought I'd mention Braid too just because :)
Posted by: Michael Rose | July 5, 2009 12:09 PM
Nice video.
Posted by: shikawa | July 7, 2009 8:56 PM
Just a quick FYI, the game has been released to iTunes, and is out now. http://appshopper.com/games/aera
Posted by: JacobT | September 20, 2009 11:37 PM