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Fluffy platformer Leo's Fortune rolls to Android
Leo's Fortune, the tablet-based platformer from 1337 & Senri, is now available on Android. The game first launched on iOS in May, and stars a mustachioed blue ball named Leopold, who is on the hunt for his missing gold. Players must leap and glide through levels with switches and spiky traps, collecting Leo's gold coins and toppling record times to perfect each area along the way. Our review of the game praised its touch-based controls as well as its creative, contraption-like level design, though Leo's Fortune is a little on the short side with only a few dozen levels to complete. The game costs $4.99 on Google Play and supports controllers and gamepads made for Android devices as well as leaderboards, achievements and cloud save support. [Image: 1337 & Senri]
Leo's Fortune looking for gold on Android next month
Furball platformer Leo's Fortune is continuing its search for missing gold, as it will launch next month on Android. It is slated to reach the Google Play store on July 10, nearly two months after it arrived on iOS in May. Leo's Fortune stars a fuzzy blue ball with a mustache named Leo, who is on the hunt for his gold coins. Players collect Leo's gold while avoiding spiky traps and other obstacles in locales ranging from ruins to snowy mountains to factories, inflating the furball when necessary to leap and float through the air. Our review of the iPad version of the attractive platform game reflected positively on its touch-based controls, though the game was a tad on the short side. [Image: 1337 & Senri]
Threes, Device 6 take home Apple Design Awards
Apple doled out its Design Awards earlier today, giving its stylish, pearl white nod to several games. Alongside lifestyle apps like Cinemagraph Pro and Sky Guide, Apple recognized Threes, Device 6, Blek, Monument Valley and Leo's Fortune for combining design and technology in "creative, compelling, and powerful ways." Apple praised each of the games, calling Threes "intuitive, charming, broadly appealing, and bewitchingly addictive." Device 6 was labeled "mesmerizing and immersive," Blek was said to engage both left and right hemispheres of the brain, and Monument Valley was compared to experiencing a museum. Finally, Leo's Fortune was hailed as "intricate and nuanced." Works for us. We just love having good games to play. [Image:Simogo]
Leo's Fortune review: Gold 'stache
Leo's Fortune stars a blue ball of fur with a mustache. Actually, make that a rich blue ball of fur named Leopold, who sets out on a journey to demand the return of his missing gold from other fuzzy blobs he's related to in one way or another. At its heart, Leo's Fortune is a beautiful side-scrolling platformer, challenging players to slide and leap past spiky obstacles and solve simple, puzzling contraptions while collecting gold coins along the way. The game's brief, unadorned story only serves as connective tissue throughout the 20 primary/story campaign levels. It's a charming tale, one narrated by Leopold in an attractive sounds-like-Russian-if-you're-American accent. Leo hypothesizes the fate of his gold while considering those close to him, each having lost something of material value in their lives, as suspects. The story wouldn't normally be noteworthy in an iOS platformer like Leo's Fortune, but it left an impression on me in its final chapter.
Leo's Fortune is the most beautiful platformer on iOS, and it's a ton of fun, too
Everyone knows how to play a platform-style game; you move in one direction and avoid the things that can kill you. In that respect, Leo's Fortune is a lot like most platformers on the App Store, but what most other games can't hold a candle to is the game's wealth of personality and jaw-dropping visuals. In Leo's Fortune you control Leo, a small fluff ball with an eastern European accent and a grudge. His gold has been stolen and the prime suspects are his own relatives. As Leo, you embark on a journey to find your treasure. Cut scenes and gameplay are punctuated by fantastic voice acting and story sequences that are so well done you'll forget you're playing an app. The controls are simple: Your left thumb controls the direction Leo moves and your right thumb prompts him to either puff up, which provides a boost upwards, or slam your body downwards. The corridors and open areas you move through are filled with hazards like spikes and huge pits, as well as physics puzzles you must solve in order to proceed. These mechanics are very easy to grasp and the game ends up feeling like a cross between Sonic The Hedgehog and LocoRoco, but the real star of the show is the stunning graphics. Everything in the world is rendered with almost absurd detail. As you breeze through the world you'll often be tempted to stop and stare, or perhaps even take a screenshot for posterity. Small touches like Leo's occasional mumbles and the faux-3D effect created as blurry objects pass close by the camera add to the atmosphere and create a world that you'll enjoy spending time in, even if you die a dozen times on the way to the exit. The game features 19 main story levels spread across a handful of chapters, along with additional bonus levels which can be unlocked based on your performance. There are no in-app purchases, bonuses, or other nonsense to worry about, so the US$4.99 price tag is well justified. The only downside of finishing the game is that you'll undoubtedly be hungry for more almost immediately.
