Wind And Water: Puzzles Battles Final Demo!

[YuanHao]

Hi everyone!

It's been a while since we've posted any news about our commercial game for the GP2X, Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles. Well, we have a surprise for you all!

The game is almost complete, and here's the Final Demo of the game, which includes 2 complete worlds with more than 20 stages of the Story Mode and some minigames!

If you like this game you can preorder it now for US$20 (~€15 or ~£10). And for a limited time, if you preorder the game, you'll get a W&W character sprite based on you! These are our sprites (Yuan and Hao):

(A sprite is a pixel-art drawn picture. With the preorder, you will get a super-deformed character sprite based on a photograph of yourself!)

This is more than a Puzzle Game, as it includes an extensive Story Mode, minigames, studio recorded music, and many other features! But don't take our word for it, see the videos or play the game yourself![cut]

The game will be released in about a month as an online download release with NO DRM protection (in other words, it won't lock to your GP2X or the SD card).

Those who preorder will also be listed on our website in our Special Thanks section and will be the first ones to play the release of the game Reserve yours before it's too late!

You can pay with PayPal or a credit/debit card, and any currency is accepted. The final online version will cost US$16 but will not include a personalized W&W sprite.

Hope you enjoy the demo, you can visit http://www.wind-water.net, or http://www.yuanworks.com (we have moved from our old address www.yuan-works.com).

Thank you all and have fun!

- Yuan Works

Links:
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Final Demo download: http://www.wind-water.net/download.html
W&W YouTube Demo Videos & Image Gallery: http://www.wind-water.net/gallery.html
More information on W&W: http://www.wind-water.net/
Preorder information: http://www.wind-water.net/preorder.html
Yuan Works website: http://www.yuanworks.com[/cut]

 

[Draken]

Looks extremely polished, with all the minigames and large story mode. As soon as I can use paypal again, I'll preorder/buy, looking forward to it.

 

[halo9]

Excellent news! Downloading now... Congratulations guys!

 

[deepmenace]

omg. pre-order to get a sprite based on me?

i'm there!

 

[Yuan]

Thank you very much for all your compliments!

We have worked really hard on this game to make it as best as we could!

deepmenace, wow, you were really quick! What if the game turns out really bad ?

Seriously, thanks. We didn't expect responses so soon! It made all the work really worth it.

 

[Moparx]

This is great news. Your game is excellent and well worth the money

 

[peelie]

wow what a game and what an offer - i have pre-ordered!

 

[sbock]

Brilliant idea with the personal sprites. I like the fact you are using no DRM in the game.
Money on it's way and I translated and posted the news on GP2x.de.

I hope you sell many copies of this game. Good luck...

Regards,
Stephan

 

[BenRoshi]

What an excellent game you guys have developed, I'm loving the demo. I'm extremely tempted to preorder right now, I'd love to have my own sprite Have to check my finances though >_>...

 

[Julius]

Sweet... although I don't really need a personal sprite.

Definitly a must have for me, but I don't think I will preorder.

 

[YuanHao]

Thanks everyone! And thanks peelie and sbork for preordering, we'll send you email details later, we're still a little sleepy! (oh sbork thanks for the german translation, I saw it a little earlier)

BenRoshi: I'm glad you liked the demo, but don't commit crimes if you can't get the money! We're not to be held responsible!

Julius: Yeah, it's just a matter of taste, just a little optional souvenir for those who like it !

 

[greenmikey]

oh, that looks really fun..I noticed a certain song in one of the mini games. Shhh I wont tell. I might just have to preorder, although I have no clue how the personalized sprites will work.

 

[fusion_power]

Great, I've waited for a long time for an Update of the cool Teaser Demo
The new Story mode is fun to play. I like the graphics and the dialouges. :lol: Even the little Amy Sprite on the map is nice animated, funny to see, what you can done with just a handful of Pixels.

But I think I have to practise alot, I never get better then Rank C ^^"" Even the first Battle against CPU was heartstopping, after hardly winning the Round I really was surprised, that there was another Round! :lol:
For unlocking the blocked paths of the Map I should get better results in the stages, right?

Maybe some suggestions:
-The Main Menu is inverted for my taste, I know this kind of rotating menu from other games where up is down and down is up, so I always push in the wrong direction. ^^"" (Your Menu switches the Menupoints directly, I prefer the method where you "move" the selection cursors above the menu points.... results in Menu going down, when pushing up and vice versa ^^ )
-The ingame Messages of how many Elementals are done, could be a little bit more clear visible, maybe they vanish to fast. Chain-messages are OK I think, clearly visible.

...the rest seems to be perfect

 

[kouky]

Nice to see a "professionnal looking" commercial game coming on the gp2x !

 

[Trip]

Pre-ordered.. I've been looking forward to this game for the longest time
Good luck with launch guys. I hope everything goes ok & thanks for working so hard to make (what's shaping up to be) the GP2X's killer game

 

[lubidog]

Will pre-order now. This looks great and is what we really need on our handheld!

 

[hitbyambulance]

i just pre-ordered. the personal sprite is a really nice idea and should add greatly to the game experience!

 

[lubidog]

I want me sprite too!

 

[Yuan]

Hello there.

Thank you guys!

greenmikey: The personalized sprite is a graphic in your image that appears in your version of the game. Your profile uses the sprite, so instead of nothing or a generic graphic, you can tell your friends that YOU'RE in the game and that only you have that version Also whenever you need to upload records to the page or such, that same graphic is used to identify you. And of course, you can use your sprite for other things you want like avatars in forums Pssst! The song is a joke, glad you recognized it

fusion_power We had the menu issue some time ago... I'm afraid it stays like that... but you can turn your GP2X upside down and that might help! Haha. The messages that appear are kinda hard to see, like the combo counter in fighting games. However, when you finish a move, a big counter indicating the move appears at the top of the board

To everyone, thank you for all your support and good comments! Sprites coming up!

 

[lubidog]

Just been playing the Demo after pre-ordering. I am so impressed. Lovely presentation, excellent jokes etc.

And the game play is tops! Lots of depth but simple to play!

Jolly pleased, and cannae wait for the full version!