krossfire

We weren't going to do much teasing, but we were really curious about first impressions.

Uplift is a steampunk flavoured, fantasy themed game for both Android and iOS. The game follows the adventures of professor Flugen, renowned zeppelin specialist, his nephew Zack and his pet robot. Desperate to help their home city, one of the many floating cities of their world, the three embark on a quest to find the precious Heltrogen gas, hidden deep within the savage Kubwa mountains.

Expected: Q1 2012

Teaser Trailer:

krossfire

Since half our team is from the US and we needed a little extra to cover licensing fees, would using Kickstarter be a good idea?

krossfire

Uplift - An Android Puzzle Platformer by Cristina — Kickstarter - Well, we went along with it anyway

darkuni

I'm not completely sure I'm clear on the game mechanics, per se. I'm afraid the video didn't help me out.

As a huge fan of ZEPPLIN on the C64, I'm good at looking at any game with that sort of theme.

krossfire

The navigation will be done by dragging (+ 1 or 2 additional actions, at key moments). The zeppelin itself has physical variables such as gravity, wind speed + progressive acceleration. The experience would be somewhat similar to the C64 game. However, several levels relly on you modifying the environment in order to make your blimp advance. Also, you will have to trick your enemies most of the time, because shooting will rarely be an option

darkuni

Sounds interesting! Thanks for the info!

krossfire

No problem. However, the funding wasn't that great so we'll give it one more go (on IndieGoGo ) and then we'll just try and get our own funds:
Uplift: An Android and iOS adventure -- IndieGoGo