[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27148256/awesomeland-small.png[/img] Introducing [b]Super AWESOME Land[/b]! This game marks FreakZone's true return to console-style retro gaming. [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27148256/manly.png[/img] This is Manley, the biker. He's woken up at the side of the road with his badass chopper missing. What does Manley do when his bike's been stolen? Why, he kicks some ass, stamping on enemies and smashing bricks with his super-heavy badass biker boots until he finds it! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27148256/IMG_0019.PNG[/img] The game features a unique art style which is both retro and HD. "Photorealistic pixels", you could say! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27148256/IMG_0017%202.PNG[/img] Manley has to make his way through a strange world based on the Nevada Desert, fighting off turd monsters, evil wasps, and even aliens! Who has taken Manley's amazing motorcycle and why?? You'll have to brave through 6 worlds of desert, oasis, mines, and even alien-infested forts to find out and get it back! You could say that this game is a decade in the making, since FreakZone had been attempting to create a full-length, console-style Mario-alike since the beginning (many of you have probably seen the early versions of each attempt), and this is the culmination of everything I as a developer have learned from each attempt. The game is due out for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad in February 2012 for $2.99, and will be ported to other devices later. A PC release is in the cards, we just want to find out the best way to distribute it. [b]Keep an eye on this topic[/b] as trailers will be appearing very soon, and the game is due to be released early February.

Woah, this is trippy. Out on iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad? Woah, cool! I just hope Nintendo doesn't sue for it being too close to Mario or anything. But then again, I mean, just LOOK at it! So you're one of the first Mario fangamers? Awesome! Thanks for sticking around this long!

Wow, this looks very interesting.

[quote="Genogenesis7"]I just hope Nintendo doesn't sue for it being too close to Mario or anything.[/quote] You gotta think of it as being to Mario what 3D Dot Game Heroes was to Zelda. It pays tribute to classic platformers of the past (not just Mario, there's lots of nods to other classics in there) while being something new at the same time. As for law suits, well, if cheap clones like [b]Super World Adventures[/b] and [b]Giana Sisters[/b] are OK I think this tribute to classic gaming is safe. He smashes blocks from above with his boots instead of from underneath, for example. It's very much intended to be a tribute to the past and not a ripoff/clone.

Let me tell you: This looks fun. I'm digging the combination of pixelated graphics and rich textures.

Glad you think so! The game may be released as "Awesome Land", to avoid any legal issues (and because new releases are alphabetical on the iTunes store... XD).

[youtube]zs9J9BRzTeo[/youtube] Trailer

I got all giddy upon seeing the word "FreakZone." Then promptly lamented on not having any of those high-tech devices that are all the rage these days. If you're able to get a PC demo out, I'll be all over this, however-- I'm loving the absolutely freakish and demented art style you've got going on there. Good to see you again!

Great to see you too man! :) Will see what I can do about the PC version, it's just easier to sell stuff on iTunes! You gotta 'know somebody who knows somebody' to sell your game on Steam, not sure if there are any other good PC alternatives...

Desura might be an alternative. http://www.desura.com/

Will this require higher than iOS 3?

FreakZone? Seriously? I think I still have some old FreakZone games lying around.

Requires iOS4.2 or later dude, sorry. [quote="Kritter"]FreakZone? Seriously? I think I still have some old FreakZone games lying around.[/quote] Which you got? Some already have made and some will be making comebacks on the iTunes store :)

looks bloody wicked any chance for an Android release?

Love the look of it - I'd play it if I can buy it for my iPad2.

[quote="DJ Yoshiman"]any chance for an Android release?[/quote] Android release is pretty much imminent, just might be a little later! :) [quote="Speculum"]Love the look of it - I'd play it if I can buy it for my iPad2.[/quote] You can. Not only is it a universal app (built to run on both iPhone and iPad) but it runs silky smooth on iPad and looks even better!! :)

I love the art style of this. Good luck.

Looks lovely. of course, I'd have thought "console style gaming" would tend to mean bringing it to... well... a console. But I guess a Mario-style platformer running on an Xbox is more likely to raise eyebrows at Nintendo HQ than a iPhone port, a system I think Nintendo pretends doesn't exist

[quote="Black Squirrel"]Looks lovely. of course, I'd have thought "console style gaming" would tend to mean bringing it to... well... a console. But I guess a Mario-style platformer running on an Xbox is more likely to raise eyebrows at Nintendo HQ than a iPhone port, a system I think Nintendo pretends doesn't exist[/quote] Well there's nothing ruling out an XNA port in the 'independent games' part of Xbox live, but it's not where the money is ;)

[quote="DistantJ"][quote="DJ Yoshiman"]any chance for an Android release?[/quote] Android release is pretty much imminent, just might be a little later! :)[/quote] awesome - i've got myself a Samsung Galaxy S II X, which is a pretty damn powerful Android phone, so it'll definitely be able to handle it