Gridrunner Revolution is out.
Jeff Minter’s new game, Gridrunner Revolution, is now available on the PC.
It’s an interesting game with a lot of subtlety that I have yet to absorb. Subtlety aside, though, this game has nailed the kind of pure, insane quantity Galaga Legions wanted to provide but didn’t know how.
If you’re following this blog because you’re interested in art games, be aware that this is a game about shooting things in outer space — bursting with its author’s trademark style.
Here’s a link to the demo. And here are some videos to illustrate:
September 29th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
The vid reminds me of Space Giraffe in it’s drug inducing feeling, wowzorz
Downloadin now
September 29th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
This looks great, your right about the subtleties. Ill be able to keep coming back to this in different moods and have a different experience.
October 1st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I loved Space Giraffe. One of my favourite XBLA games…. definately will buy Gridrunner. Jeff Minter is a master of his profession, and if I could be his student, that would be great, but, alas, I am to old….
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October 2nd, 2009 at 4:31 pm
I’m not the only one who saw a penis at 29 seconds on the top video am I? Please say I’m not the only one.
October 2nd, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Mike - as I own the game I have seen said ‘penis’ a number of times - while it does indeed have a certain penile appearance to it, it IS supposed to be a space ship (according to Jeff Minter).
October 4th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Thanks for clearing that, probably intentional, misunderstanding up!
October 27th, 2009 at 7:15 am
This game is basically Space Giraffe for People Who Don’t Like SMB2.
I love it!