Hanako Games (Cute Knight, Fatal Hearts, Twinkle Toes Skating) is working with Spiky Caterpillar on a new role-playing game called Science Girls!, which is about a bunch of school girls fighting off an alien invasion!According to Hanako Games:You and your friends are having a club meeting after school one day when suddenly you hear a ruckus and discover your teachers being attacked by aliens! It's up to you to save the day. Gather a party of up to six characters and fight for justice with the power of Science!
People who are familiar with Hanako Games' previous titles - fantasy/adventure fare like Cute Knight and Fatal Hearts - will be in for a bit of a surprise with Twinkle Toes Skating, a click-heavy puzzle game where you're tasked with putting together flawless figure skating routines.
Last year, Twinkle Toes Skating from Hanako Games (Cute Knight, Fatal Hearts) won first place in Casual Connect's Innovate 2007 game design contest. Gamezebo has more details to share about the upcoming figure skating-themed puzzle game.
If you're a big fan of stories in casual games then you won't want to miss Fatal Hearts. From independent game developer Hanako Games (the makers of Cute Knight), Fatal Hearts features a deep choose-your-own-adventure story where the choices you make affect not only the ending of the game, but how you get there.
Check out Tips and Tricks for casual role-playing game (RPG), Cute Knight. Note: lots of great information here. . . but also lots of spoilers.Special Event Endings1. "The Royal Family"2. "False Princess"3. "Fairytale Wedding"4. "Royal Knight"5. "Family Magic"6. "Warrior Wife"7. "Partners"8. "Dragonslayer"9. "Oops"10. "Slacker"Adventuring Endings11. "Hero"12. "Fighter"13, "Martial Artist"14. "Thug"15. "Witch"16. "Sage"17. "Sorceress"18. "Druid"19. "Assassin"Academic Endings20. "Professor"21. "...
With intricate subplots, playtimes of 30 hours or more, complex menu-driven interfaces and hundreds of different items and character stats to juggle, the role-playing game (RPG) is not a genre typically associated with casual gaming.Cute Knight, however, strips away a lot of that weightiness while remaining true to its RPG roots. The result is a light adventure that's easy to get into and can be played in short spurts - in other words, it's perfect for the casual gamer.