Does anyone else remember when treasure hunting games were all the rage on Facebook a few years back? Games like Treasure Isle, where you'd click square by square as you "explored" territory, trying to complete collections of items? Ruby Skies takes that idea and tries to evolve it, and while it's not much of an evolution, the end result proves to be surprisingly addictive.
I've talked to many of the folks at Vancouver's East Side Games before; they're most definitely a vibrant, silly bunch. After all, this is the developer of Pot Farm we're talking about. And yet, with their newly announced iPad title Ruby Skies, they may have raised the bar even for themselves. Okay, let's be honest. The bar is a dot for this team.