If Galaga was a platformer, it would be Glorkian Warrior

As any editor working in the mobile space will tell you, we get a lot of emails every week pitching us new games. It’s well into the hundreds, and – for obvious reasons – we can’t cover everything. As a result, it takes something really special to catch our eye.

The following sentence from Miles Tilmann of Pixeljam is the very definition of that something special: “It’s a hybrid of Galaga-style shoot em’ up, simple platforming action and Saturday morning cartoon.”

If that description doesn’t get your blood pumping, you must not have any blood left to pump… which is fine, because if you’re not looking forward to Glorkian Warrior, you’re dead to me already. (KIDDING! You know we love you. Don’t stop reading Gamezebo.)

It’s also worth noting that this isn’t just any old Galaga/platformer mashup – it’s also the iOS debut from Pixeljam, the developer behind such indie classics as Dino Run SE and Potatoman Seeks the Troof.

Be sure to keep an eye out for this one. We’ve been told it should hit the App Store “in the next month or two.”

Reviews
March 13, 2014
Glorkian Warrior: Trials of Glork Review
By Jim Squires
Like most 30-somethings with a love for video games, I have fond memories of the days when arcades reigned supreme. And when I was a kid playing games at my local pizzeria (it sounds clichéd, but it's true!), I put an embarrassing number of quarters in the ol' Galaga machine.My story, I have to assume, is not unique. If I were to speculate, I'd say that Miles Tilmann (aka Pixeljam) and James Kochalka would have very similar stories to tell. After all, they teamed up to make Glorkian Warrior: Trials of Glork -- a game that loves Galaga just as much as I do.Like Galaga, players of Glorkian Warrior control a character at the bottom of the screen that navigates back and forth to shoot hordes of enemies above. Instead of a spaceship, though, you'll be playing as the titular Glorkian Warrior - a three-eyed alien dweeb with little self-confidence and a heavily weaponized backpack.
Reviews
May 24, 2013
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe Review
By Mike Rose
Sometimes you play a game so simple yet so effective that it leaves you wondering why no one has done it before. Meet Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe, a sort of Tetris match-3 and platformer mash-up that gives as good as it gets. With twinges of Spelunky in there too, this fast-paced, quick-thinking blaster will kill you every few minutes, and yet you'll keep coming back for more. The soundtrack is sublime, the controls are spot-on, and the challenge is very, very real. What I'm saying is, you're going to love this game.

Jim Squires

Jim Squires is the Editor-in-Chief of Gamezebo. Everything you see passes his eyes first, so we like to think of him as "the gatekeeper of cool stuff." He likes good games, great writing, and just can't say no to a hamburger. Also, he is not a bear.