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Gulp is a new game from our good friends at Orange Pixel! These guys have put out quality game after quality game. So does Gulp keep up with the quality that Orange Pixel has come to show us?
Gameplay: The game is simple, it’s simple on premise and simple in execution, the point of the game is to guide your little guy through the vibrant and crisp backgrounds and worlds that the game takes him through. That makes it sound like a platformer, well it can be, and it isn’t, not entirely anways. Your goal is to take your character and move him from one side of the screen to the other while your enemies and powerups fall from the sky at what seems like random. The enemy needs to be collected and swallowed with your tongue quite like Yoshi from the Mario games, except instead of shooting straight forward, your character shoots his tongue upward and at an angle. This all seems easy enough and not too challenging, but that’s where you’d be wrong. The enemies you see, if you don’t eat them before they hit the floor, explode and remove the floor from right under your feet. This then turns the game into a platformer where you’re jumping from platform to platform in a mad dash to survive while you get fat and eat your enemies. The game, shortly after having two or three pieces of the floor being destroyed, turns into a hectic and exhilarating exercise in running and eating!
Controls: The controls are simple and easy to learn, the only downside that I noticed is that the sensitivity is too high and resulted in my character running too far to the side, or running straight into a precipice of which there was no return. If there was a way to change said sensitivity I would have said the controls are the best in accelerometer controls I’ve had the pleasure of controlling, but with sensitivity this high, its hard to say they’re perfect. Or perhaps it’s the user as well, sensitivity always seems like it’s up to the user to decide, all the while, one person may find them too difficult another player may find them perfect.
Graphics: The game looks great, the character exhibits great and fluid animations, and the world around you is vibrant and crisp, nothing to complain about here.
Overall: It’s a brilliant game, it’s fun and simple and can be played either for minutes at a time, or hours at a time. It’s challenging an frustrating, depending on how you find the sensitivity is set at.
Rating: 4.5/5
Source: Droid gamers
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On the left you see two screenshots from the first version of Gulp!
On the right you see two new screenshots version 1.1.0
We enhanced the backgrounds, they are now very collorfull and most of them are fullscreen animated. We added gameplay elements like special items and fruity collectables. So more ways to collect points. The gameplay is totaly changed. This required a whipe out the leaderboards, because they were unfair compaired to the new version. A better help screen was added so everyone should know what to do! A new level was included, so there are now 5 levels. Also we made a special place for all you Gulp! fans: http://www.orangepixel.net/gulp Here you can read all about the updates that are comming, you can find the tips and tricks here too. A lite version can also be found on the Android Market.
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Of all the so called seven deadly sins, none gets more of a workout in video games than gluttony.
Well, okay, maybe wrath gets a look in. But otherwise, frantically shoving foodstuffs down your character’s neck is a surprisingly common digital pastime.
OrangePixel’s latest Android gameGulp! is a case in point. Taking command of a cute little birdy fella, your sole aim is to gobble up as many enemies as you can using your incredibly long tongue.
Light bite
This is very simple to achieve. Holding your Android phone normally, you send birdy left and right by tilting the handset accordingly. As various baddies drop from the sky, you can shoot out your tongue diagonally to gobble them up by touching the screen on the appropriate side of your character.
A brief tap will send your tongue out a short way, with a prolonged hold extending it further. If you miss any of the baddies, they’ll take out a section of the floor, making things a little more precarious from that point on.
The ultimate aim is to collect enough coins from gobbled enemies to buy passage to the next level. There’s also the incentive of boosting your score by stringing together successful gobble combos.
Unfortunately, stringing multiple gobbles together can be tough thanks to a quirk in the controls. The ‘press and hold’ technique for extending your tongue seems a little twitchy, and I often found myself (initially, at least) sending a second tongue-lashing out inadvertently after the intended one, resulting in the end of my combo.
A touch of indigestion
That’s not the only unpalatable element, either, as the collision detection on birdy is a little harsh. Direct contact with an enemy means game over – fair enough – but it felt as if we were snuffing it a fraction too early, just prior to actual contact.
There’s also the lingering feeling that such a simple game would have benefited from a slightly more involved chaining system – perhaps rewarding more points according to the distance of the target, or for grabbing multiple targets in one go.
Still, there aren’t many 0.99 Euro games on the Android Market that can claim to offer as polished an experience as Gulp!, with achievements and global high-score tables – not to mention OrangePixel’s usual excellent presentation – lending the game a distinctly premium feel.
Gulp!’s rough edges and extreme simplicity mean that it’s not going to fill you up for long. If you fancy a sweet gaming snack in between meals, though, you could swallow a lot worse.
“Gulp! is well presented and enjoyable in small doses, though one or two undercooked elements might spoil your appetite for more”.
Rating: 6/10
Source: Pocketgamer
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OrangePixel releases Gulp! for the Android.
Den Helder, Netherlands – February 23, 2010
OrangePixel releases “Gulp!” for Android. Grab all the falling yummies to avoid getting hit! Use your extending tongue to snatch all the various yummies that fall from the sky. Don’t let too many yummies hit the floor, or you won’t survive ! Collect coins to fix the floor and advance to the next level.
Short feature list:
* great sound effects
* unlockable achivements (RumbleX.com)
* online highscore rankings (RumbleX.com)