G-Star 2014 was quite the experience. But amidst the glitz and glamor of the B2C hall and the endless rows of booths in the B2B halls, we managed to uncover quite a few indie gems. Here are some of the best we saw.
Hexxy Snake
Developed by South Korean indie studios TouchTouch and MAF, Hexxy Snake is a modern reinvention of the classic Snake game found on old Nokia phones. Your snake, made up of hexagons (hence the name) must only pick up yellow hexagons in each level. The twist is that the hexagons don’t just appear one after the other – they are ready to be collected, albeit amidst fun and sometimes complicated shapes.
Hexxy Snake will be published by indie game label Surprise Attack Games sometime next month – though we’ll have to update on which countries the game will be available in. While not the flashiest game out there, Hexxy Snake is a modern twist on a beloved classic.
Monster Munch
Monster Munch is another game from TouchTouch, published by Skyzone Entertainment, a US-based publisher established by South Korea’s SK Group. In Monster Munch, players must put tiles together in order to feed hungry monster guests. Munch Munch is similar to the puzzle game 2048, in that new monster tiles appear when you combine others by sliding them around the board. Monster Munch is great for people who can’t deal with numbers but still want to enjoy the addictive rush of Threes and 2048.
Monster Munch can be downloaded here in English.
Rainy Day Season 2
Rainy Day Season 2 is little more than a running game. In it, players take control of a salaryman trying to get home, except that he has to beat the falling rain to do so. Since the salaryman is in the middle of a city, there are lots of areas he can take shelter under temporarily. Rainy Day Season 2 is developed by the South Korean studio Ideabox Games.
You can download Rainy Day Season 2 for iOS here.
Page Flipper
Page Flipper is a minimalist, mobile game version of the wacky Japanese game show, Nokabe (the American version is Hole in the Wall). As the player, you’ve got to make sure that you’re under a hole each time the page flips, or it’s going to tear and you will lose. The game seems simple – just make sure you’re in the right spot when the pages flip over – but visualizing how the moving page will look like when it lands is tougher than it seems. Page Flipper is developed by South Korea’s 3F Factory.
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