Simogo Games

I absolutely love the games from these guys & they're the only iOS games that hold my attention for more than 30 minutes, what's more I think their style would fit so well on Nintendo systems. (E shop)

Here's some of their work

Beat sneak bandit: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PikXHP3F6xo

Bumpy Road: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PGm36tcWK4U

& their most recent release Year walk: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LVz_MhMsAvs

I've been meaning to try Bumpy Road, but for some reason I've never gotten round to it.

I was expecting to be hooked, but somehow I couldn't gel with Beat Sneak Bandit. I will give it another shot one day.

Rhythm games and I don't normally mix but I am enjoying Beat Sneak Bandit. The menus and such make me think it should be called BIT.TRIP Sneak, too, and anything which reminds me of Runner2: FLORA gets a thumbs-up.

Crap.

Oh Simogo tweeted this picture out on February 18th

When someone (probably fronky) retweeted that onto my timeline, I didn't know enough to be excited. Now I do!

Aye it was fronky that brought it to my attention as well.

Simogo are certainly one of my favourite developers, I'm looking forward to what they do next. Hopefully the Wii U gets something gamey and something story-y. It's telling that they were inspired to make games from the DS, they really do "get" that the feel of a game and how it controls is of upmost importance. Even the simple stuff like Kosmo Spin is a joy to play.

There was a good studio profile about the team this week, quite enjoyed reading it: http://www.gamesradar.com/studio-profile-simogo/