Vlambeer are best known for their video games like Luftrausers, Nuclear Throne and Ridiculous Fishing. I've been enjoying something else they have done recently, though, and it's something a bit more tangible: this big book all about the team and their history.
It's been a bit of an indie darling since launching on Steam back in 2013. The roguelike top-down 8-bit shooter finally left Early Access this week, and it does so with one of the most impressive Steam records to boot.
Briefly: If you're familiar with the brutal Gauntlet-style game, you're cheering right now. Online multiplayer will be added to the Steam Early Access version of the game soon. It's going to be glorious.
You know what they say... more money more problems. Or, more accurately, the more money you have the more likely you are to think about how you earned it, how you should use it and how it changes your relationships.
Luftrausers makes you feel like you're constantly in the danger zone.
The world of games can difficult and unforgiving -- most creative endeavours are. But that doesn't mean that there aren't some ways to make the process a whole lot easier.
Someone made a game about that: now you too can rip off Vlambeer games (like Ridiculous Fishing) and get away with it. Heh.
Purchase the Humble Mobile Bundle 3, with its Rymdkapsel and Epoch goodness, beat the average price for the pay-what-you-want pack, and all the Ridiculous Fishing you could ever want is yours.
Guido Henkel has been in the gaming industry for over 30 years, where he worked on classic titles such as Planescape Torment and Fallout 2. Now, he wants to make a comeback with a new old-school RPG, titled Deathfire: Ruins of Nevermore.
Welcome to the second Kotaku Quick Q&A, this time with a small twist. Our interviewee answers four of my questions and then has one question for me and you.
The person who is playing the upcoming video game Luftrausers in the GIF here understands a basic rule of the game: don't shoot, and your plane will heal. Games are made of simple rules like these. Occasionally, those rules can feel profound.
Two days ago, dev studio RubiqLab found themselves the subject of much scorn, thanks to the unseemly resemblance between their game SkyFar and Vlambeer’s long-ago-announced Luftrausers. They responded to their critics by saying that they’ve been working on SkyFar for a year and cited US copyright law. Now, RubiqLab is accusing Vlambeer of copying.
First, look at the two videos below. See any similarities?
Vlambeer’s great mobile game about highly aggressive angling is one of the best iPhone games to come out this year. Maybe it’s because it realises that real-world fishing can be hella boring.
"Luftrausers" is a made-up word. Sounds German, but it's not. "Luft" means "air", but "rausers"? It's nonsense. Oh, but Luftrausers does mean one thing: "simple, stylish game about being an ace fighter pilot" coming to PS Vita, PS3, PC, Mac and Linux by mid 2013.
The game isn't called Ordinary Fishing, after all. It isn't called By-The-Books Fishing either. No, it's called Ridiculous Fishing. So it stands to reason that if you download this game, you will be expecting to do some fishing, and for it to be ridiculous. Good news: That's exactly what you'll get.
From Vlambeer, creators of Super Crate Box -- well heck, that opening bit alone is convincing enough, but look at the video anyway. Ridiculous Fishing hits iOS on March 14.
Here's a new trailer for the upcoming Luftrausers, a port of the very addictive flash game of the same name. The game is developed in conjunction indie game duo Vlambeer (creators of Super Crate Box and Radical Fishing) and Devolver Digital.
Vlambeer's Super Crate Box -- which you can play now, for free -- is coming to Apple's iPhone, iPod touch and iPad next month, thanks to the porting prowess of Halfbot (developer of The Blocks Cometh, FYI). Watch and see why it might be worth your dollar(s).
