Shadow Rising is an anime-inspired flash game from Christchurch dev CerebralFix.
According to their development video blog the world of Shadow Rising is a BIG one and by the sounds of it they have potential plans for more games in its anime-fantasy setting.
The art style was the first thing to catch my eye; colourful, cartoony and vibrant. The game itself is easy to dive into, living up nicely to its hack-and-slash design intent. It's also really great to see a local company creating a few behind the scenes videos (something we hope to help encourage more of in future!) - you can check them out on the CerebralFix Youtube channel.
The embedded video is a development blog about Shadow Rising where the programmers and artists give some interesting insights into the process of development.
To play Shadow Rising now go to http://playshadowrising.com/game.html.
You can find out more about CerebralFix and their other games on their homepage.
Comments
I had a great time playing this game and it was a great suprize to find out later it was NZ made.
That same thing happened with Kiwi Ninja and Bulletproof Arcade games too.
Really great Art, gameplay and so much content for a Flash game.
I would be great to see this game re-appear on some kind of console download like PSP Mini's.
Looking forward to your next game Cerebral Fix.
@MichaelV - agreed, it's definitely cool to discover the great content out there that's made by kiwis!
Ninjakiwi are making great moves on the iPhone too (I can't stop playing Zombie Trailer Park) and I'm hanging on for Bulletproof's upcoming fantasy-themed title, Dungeon King.
There are a lot of great kiwi devs both established (like Sidhe and CerebralFix) and up-and-coming; we're looking forward to turning the spotlight on them all over the next while via our blog!
@MichaelV - dude, those Adventure Time models on your blog are suh-weet!! Must have ;)