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Marker Man Adventures draws near
It's been a long time since we heard anything about Glyphic Entertainment's DS platformer Marker Man Adventures, which combines character action with Crayon Physics (or more appropriately, Pocket Physics)-like environmental interaction, in the form of drawing shapes on the screen that turn into platforms.Since we last saw it, the Majesco-published Marker Man has undergone a bit of a makeover, with a colorful upper-screen display (featuring a nonchalant sun watching a line-art dog peeing, for some reason). It's still (intentionally) sparse on the bottom, of course. Marker Man has also been granted a new release date: June 2009. We're kind of suckers for DS platformers about drawing, so we're interested in seeing more of this one.%Gallery-47420%
Majesco draws up PAL release for Marker Man
We don't just love MarkerMan for its imaginative physics-based puzzles, or because of the similarities it shares with the tremendous Pocket Physics. We also adore it because finally, for the first time since Pac-Man hit the scene, we have a character who is simple enough for us to draw effectively. Brilliantly, even. No longer will we have to endure the cruel snickering of DeviantARTists when we submit our crudely drawn tributes to Marth. The picture to the right isn't a piece of official MarkerMan art, but we'd totally forgive you for thinking it was!And now, European artists will be able to try and better our efforts, because Majesco has signed up the rights to publish MarkerMan in the region. For the Euro release, the camel case will be dropped from the title, with the game instead known as Marker Man Adventures. It launches there in early 2009.In the meantime, if you want to use this image in your European campaign, Majesco, just drop us a line on 000-1337-1337, and we can discuss fees.[Via press release]
MarkerMan, MarkerMan, doing the things a marker can
We haven't heard much about Glyphic Entertainment or the studio's Warlords DS port since publisher Strategy First dropped all of its DS titles, so we assumed the worst for the Ohio-based developer. Apparently, however, they picked up another publisher for Warlords DS (Fog Entertainment) and are hard at work on an original game for the Wii and DS -- Markerman!MarkerMan!'s mobility and physics-based puzzles are like a cross between Kirby: Canvas Curse and Crayon Physics (or its DS homebrew equvalent, Pocket Physics). We would accuse it of looking too much like Crayon Physics, actually, especially with the identical soundtrack, but there's still plenty of time for Glyphic to establish MarkerMan's character before the game's scheduled "Q3 2008" release.Though it doesn't look like a high-budget production at all, that's part of the charm! We're in love with the graph-paper background, crayon scenery, and the stick-figure dog. We wish we had a stick-figure dog, now.[Via GoNintendo]
