Indie news (May 7th): Word Logic by POWGI / Runbow

Today’s Indie news:

• Word Logic by POWGI
• Runbow
• Death Store

Word Logic by POWGI

Today, Lightword games announced the latest game in the POWGI series, called World Logic by POWGI. It contains six different pen-and-paper style word puzzles, and as the title implies, they require logic or deduction:

• Kriss Kross – The classic word-fit puzzle. Place words into the grid using their length as a
  guide, and using logic to make sure everything overlaps correctly!
• Word Ladder – Make new words by changing one letter at a time. Can you turn one word into
  another in a limited number of steps?
• Crypto – A cipher puzzle (also known as a cryptogram) which reveals a quote when you crack
  the code!
• Word Sudoku – Place nine letters according to usual sudoku rules. As an extra clue, one row
  or column will spell a word.
• Gaps – Several words have one letter missing. Deduce the correct letter to fill in the gaps and
  spell a new word!
• Wordsweeper – Drawing inspiration from Minesweeper, the clues tell you which letters can be
  placed in an adjacent square. It’s a crossword-style puzzle solved using logic!

The game will also feature “intuitive touch-screen controls”, handwriting recognition (but only on Nintendo 3DS), and even a leftie mode. You will be able to try that out thanks to a demo, which will be released later this year.

Here’s some screenshots for both versions:

World Logic by POWGI (Wii U / 3DS) will be released later this year in Europe and North America. They have been added to our Upcoming Releases page.

Source: Lightwood Games

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Runbow Games

Earlier this month, The Examiner published an interview with 13AM Games, the developers of Runbow. It covers various topics, such as the developers’s reaction when the game became a smash hit, if indie developers usually have good connections with each other, if it was hard to have all 9 players on the screen while balancing gameplay, and more. Click here to check it out!

Death Story

Death Story is an “action-packed adventure game with rogue-like and RPG influences”, which could come on Wii U if the Kickstarter campaign is successful, and the stretchgoal for a platform release is reached. The developers need $12 666 for the base campaign, and $15 000 for the console versions. They currently have $4 880, with 14 days to go.

Click here to check out the game on Kickstarter!