The Wargamer’s Chris Beck recently caught up with Arcen Games’ founder, Chris Park to chat about where the company came from and where it’s going. Topics discussed include: The history and design goals behind AI War. The motivation for and results from the ongoing updates to AI War. The Children of Neinzul micro expansion, and…
For quite some time, Arcen Games has been committed to adding fan suggestions to AI War via general suggestions and our Community DLC poll in the AI War forums. In the case of Tidalis, today’s new official version 1.005 of the game continues that trend by including 12 new player-created levels, several bits of player-created…
This official release includes a lot of new stuff for players to enjoy, a lot of it suggested by fans. It adds the new VS – Race multiplayer ruleset for use against the AI or against other players, as well as a new Boarded Up block type. It has a lot more flexibility in what…
“Tidalis is well produced in both the looks and sound departments and sports a puzzle mechanic I’ve not seen before. It has literally hours of stream-building puzzle action, plus it has a character called Humphrey and if that isn’t an excuse to buy this I don’t know what is! Puzzlers: Go Get!” Andy Yates, PC…
“Tidalis is a dream of a game, and more than worth the money paid for purchase. If you like Bejewelled, Tetris or any title that tests your brain, Tidalis is a must-buy.” Harry Balls (5/5 Stars) “Overall it’s a cracking puzzle game title – it looks great, is easy to pick up the basics but…
“Tidalis is the first game in recent memory that I can unreservedly recommend to everybody. If you’re a puzzle game fan then it’s a no-brainer. Tidalis is simply the best abstract puzzle game on the market, hands down. If you’re not much of a puzzle game fan, then prepare to be surprised.” Steve Blanch, Bytten…
The current official version of Tidalis is still 1.000. These later beta versions are previews of content-to-come, and will later be “officially” released via Steam, Impulse, etc, once our vetting process is over with the new changes and features. Full release notes: https://arcengames.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tidalis_-_1.004_Beta_Release This is a pretty small release, simply dealing with a few bugfixes…
The current official version of Tidalis is still 1.000. These later beta versions are previews of content-to-come, and will later be “officially” released via Steam, Impulse, etc, once our vetting process is over with the new changes and features. Full release notes: https://arcengames.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Tidalis_-_1.003_Beta_Release Well, it’s been just over a week since our last beta update…
“I was extremely impressed by Tidalis… The Co-Op Experience: The standard for judging drop in/drop out co-op, with custom options for two-well co-op and even online co-op, Tidalis takes the co-op puzzler crown.” Marc Allie, Co-Optimus (5/5 Co-Op Score, 4.5/5 Overall Score) “Tidalis is an excellent and very polished action-puzzler, that impressively lets you…
Chris recently got interviewed by Jordan Rivas. Talks about Tidalis and the future of Arcen Games (secrets). It makes a good listen, so download it and slap it on the iPod, or click below on that page to stream it right now.
