Screenshot Weekly – Buzz Whizz: Bees, Intergalactic Bubbles, Tulpa
Welcome back to Screenshot Weekly! Every Tuesday, IGM brings you exclusive early looks at upcoming games in various stages of development. The featured image introducing each game will always be original, and made especially for IGM, so you’ll see them for the first time right here! Without further ado, let’s take a look at this week’s screenshots:
Buzz Whizz: Bees
The developers at Mantis Digital Arts are interested in educating children about the fascinating world of bees. With that in mind, Buzz Whizz: Bees offers players the opportunity to experience life as up to ten distinct types of bees. The project is still in the early stages of production, so as of right now the first and only playable bee type is the American Bumblebee. As a bee, players must gather various resources from different flowers – such as nectar, water, and of course, pollen – while avoiding enemies including spiders and flies. To keep up with progress of the game, be sure to follow @MantisDA on twitter and visit the official website for details.
Intergalactic Bubbles
According to developer Kep Amun at Hellscape Games, “Intergalactic Bubbles is a sci-fi bubble shooter that advances the classic action of Bust-a-Move into the 21st century with full 3D graphics, dynamic physics, and upgradable powers.” One of those modern advances includes the ability to stack bubble powers in combination with one another; for example, combining Rocket and Wild to create a powerful shot that also matches the color of any target (as seen above). Both the full version and a demo of the game can be found here. The demo offers 35 of the game’s 150 levels and unlimited play time, with no restrictions on upgrades. More details can are available on Facebook.
Tulpa
Tulpa is a puzzle platformer that blends challenging puzzles with a unique artstyle, resulting in an injection of surrealism not often seen in the genre. The game focuses on two distinct protagonists, a girl named Ophelia and a boy called Oliver. Each has character-specific abilities, an idea not uncommon in games with dual protagonists. What sets Tulpa apart however, is that each character physically perceives the world differently; so ensuring that both survive is paramount in order to utilize a combination of perspectives while solving puzzles. Keep up with the game on Facebook and Twitter, and show some support with a vote on Steam Greenlight.
That’s it for this week’s Screenshot Weekly. Be sure to come back next week to see more exclusive looks of the latest indie games in development! Let us know in the comments what upcoming indie games you’d like to see featured in a future installment. As for any indie developers who would like to see their screenshots featured in an upcoming segment, feel free to send an email to IGM at [email protected] with the Subject Line: “Screenshot Weekly”.
