Ruan Shiels, Author at iFanzine.com

Spooky Adventure Witcheye now available on iOS

Ruan Shiels — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 16:30:47 +0000

Platform adventure Witcheye is out now on iOS, and looks to offer some rather nifty – if spooky – pixel-art action. Keeping an eye on you From developer Moon Kid it’s a retro style title with an interesting control scheme that asks you to swipe to move and tap to stop. There’s over 50 levels across 6 worlds so there’s plenty of content to work through too. You can check out the game on the App Store now, with it […]

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Dev Talk: Is There Still a Place for Premium Games on Mobile? (Part 2)

Ruan Shiels — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 20:05:24 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Dev Talk, the weekly iFanzine feature in which I ask a panel of indie game developers their opinion on a topic or current hot-button issue related to the games industry. This week I posed the following question(s): “Where do you fall on the whole free-to-play vs premium debate? Is F2P the way to go these days if you want to make money, or is there still a market out there for high quality paid games?” Here’s […]

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‘SphereKnight’ Review: This Game Is a Ball!

Ruan Shiels — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 18:59:21 +0000

At the outset of Hiroaki Saito’s SphereKnight (out now, free) the odds seem unfairly stacked against the game’s titular hero. He’s been dispatched to the fallen kingdom of Lebralia on a mission to single-handedly wipe out an army of demonic monsters and stop their leader’s nefarious, cosmos-threatening plot. It’s a big undertaking for one dude to face alone, but the knight does have a secret weapon up his sleeve: the rather odd superpower of being able to contort his body into a ball and use it […]

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‘Catan Universe’ Review: A Must Try for All ‘Catan’ Fans

Ruan Shiels — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 19:55:30 +0000

Since being first published in 1995, Klaus Teuber’s The Settlers of Catan has sold millions of copies around the world and established itself a reputation as a modern board game classic. The game’s always struck me as the kind of thing I’d enjoy and I’ve been meaning to check it out forever, but have never gotten around to it. So I was pretty chuffed when USM recently sent me a review copy of Catan Universe (out now, free), a title they’re billing as the “ultimate” digital […]

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Pastille Games Launch Contest to Troll ‘Curling Buddies’ Pirates

Ruan Shiels — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 14:25:34 +0000

So here’s some disappointing news: an unscrupulous d*****g has hacked and pirated Pastille Games’ Curling Buddies (our review). The cracked version of the game, which has been uploaded to a bunch of sketchy pirate sites, provides users with a ridiculous amount of in-game currency and allows them to access premium features, such as the zombie mode, for free. Rather than whine and despair about Curling Buddies being bootlegged, the folks at Pastille have decided to spin the situation into a positive and have some […]

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Deals Roundup: ‘Warhammer Quest 2’, ‘I Am The Hero’, More

Ruan Shiels — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:35:32 +0000

It’s Thursday, so that means it’s time for another roundup of all the biggest and best iOS gaming discounts and free sales! Like always, we’ve found tons of must-have titles on sale for as little as $0.00, including wondrous tactical RPG Warhammer Quest 2, glorious bullet hell shooter Glitchskier, and incredible retro beat ’em up I Am The Hero. You’ll find those deals and many, many more below… Table Tennis Touch Serve, spin and smash your way to glory in the […]

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‘Chuckie Egg 2017’ Grows Wings With Its Latest Mountain Madness Update

Ruan Shiels — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:00:24 +0000

Launched last year, Chuckie Egg 2017 brought the beloved platform game franchise bang up-to-date with gorgeous cartoon visuals, challenging gameplay, and slick touchscreen controls. And now it’s back again with a brand-new update. But first a quick recap: in the game, you take on the role of Harry, a cute little chick, who bounds around from level to level climbing ladders, collecting eggs and seeds, jumping from platform to platform, and all while evading deadly ostriches and birds that are […]

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‘Super Chuckie Egg’ Review: A Cracking Puzzle Platformer

Ruan Shiels — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:00:27 +0000

Chuckie Egg has been around pretty much forever. Originating in 1983, it’s the gaming equivalent of a stegosaurus, which means Super Chuckie Egg is like a cyborg stegosaurus with a laser jetpack. Needless to say, that’s a good thing. The game stars Harry, an intrepid chick with a penchant for golden eggs. Like the best remakes, it shares some DNA with its distant ancestor in the form of some accessible yet tricky gameplay, but it’s slick enough to appeal to […]

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Deals Roundup: ‘Splitter Critters’, ‘Neo Angle’, ‘Dark Echo’, More

Ruan Shiels — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:33:21 +0000

It’s Thursday and you know what that means…. it’s time for another roundup of all the biggest and best iOS gaming discounts and free sales! Like always, we’ve found tons of must-have titles on sale for as little as $0.00, including sumptuous puzzler Splitter Critters, innovative music making game Incredibox, and daring audio-based thriller Dark Echo. You’ll find those deals and many, many more below… Splitter Critters Split the world and rearrange it to guide critters back to their spaceship. Was $2.99 […]

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Dev Talk: How Do Game Devs Stay Fit and Healthy? (Part 2)

Ruan Shiels — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 20:15:35 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Dev Talk, the weekly iFanzine feature in which I ask a panel of indie game developers their opinion on a topic or current hot-button issue related to the games industry. This week I posed the following question: “Game development strikes me as having the potential to be a pretty unhealthy job due to long, irregular hours spent cooped up indoors, hunched over a keyboard, staring at a computer screen. What steps do you take to ensure […]

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