![]() There are parts in the game that require you to simply draw your sword and hold it to the heavens and parts which are fairly intense battle sequences. Your character then draws her sword, and buttons both for blocking and attacking appear. The second game mode, “sword,” requires rotating the iPad 90 degrees into portrait orientation. Tapping into “sworcery” mode involves holding the iPad in a horizontal orientation and holding your finger on your character until she begins to “sing the song of sworcery.” At this point, you’re able to interact with the game world to solve the various puzzles you’ll come across. Completing the adventure requires the use of two distinct modes in the game. Alternatively, you can tap and hold to constantly move in whatever direction you’d like. Like most point and click games on iOS devices, you just double tap where you’d like to go and your character automatically finds its path to that location. The game was built from the ground up with both the music designed for the game as well as the game designed for the music, making it one of the most unique gaming experiences I think I’ve had on my iPad.Īs mentioned in the preview, controlling the game is a breeze. After getting mixed up with Capybara Games, Sword & Sworcery is the first time they’ve worked together on something interactive. Craig and Jim have been working together for years now, as evident by more than a few videos on Vimeo by the duo, and Jim has an impressive catalog of music on iTunes which is also worth checking out. Sword & Sworcery is a point and click adventure game with art by Craig D. In fact, if you’re holding out for the game on your iPhone, I’d try to just avoid all the iPad commentary entirely, as difficult as that likely will be for the next month. I’ll leave it up to you to decide when to stop reading, just keep in mind if you want the most out of the game you should go in to it knowing little more about it other than it’s a cool looking adventure game with great music. Since so much of the game is the actual experience, I’m going to try something new and write this review in layers starting with high level commentary that spoils basically nothing straight on down to actually discussing the themes of the game and spoiling everything. ![]() Now, as mentioned in our preview earlier this week, a big part of your enjoyment of Sword & Sworcery will come from discovering things on your own, taking your time, and enjoying how well the pixel art melds with the music and vice versa. An iPhone version is still in the works, but it’s not expected to appear for another month yet. We later checked in with the guys from Superbrothers at E3, where we discovered the shift to the iPad. It seems like ages ago that I got my first look at Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP back at GDC ’10. Genre:Adventure Developer:Capybara Games Inc. The plot of Sword & Sworcery follows the adventures of your mysterious avatar, You soon meet the mountain folf of the Caucasus: Dogfella, Girl, and Logfella serve as the supporting cast of characters for your adventure Sword & Sworcery is a point and click adventure game.
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