A thrilling platforming adventure from award-winning studio Damp Gnat.Ride through collapsing cities and fairgrounds, hop over dormant battlefields and explosive wedding cakes, float down dark ravines, through hostile shopping centres and over a skyline of legs, while poor Dennis is teased and taunted to the fringe of despair.įrom its jaw-dropping scenery to bizarre creations plucked from Dennis’s sub-conscious, award-winning studio Damp Gnat draws inspiration from art, film, and comedy to deliver an experience that is beautiful, sad, hilarious, compelling, and fun all at once. Help Dennis find love in an icy world that’s not as frozen as it first seems. *Into The Pixel artwork winner and Develop Indie Showcase finalist* "Take note, everybody: Icycle: On Thin Ice is a game to watch out for." - 148 Apps "An extraordinary journey…Icycle is the most bespoke game I've ever played" - Eurogamer "An enchanting flagship title that belongs on every iPad" – Stromstock, 9/10 "Icycle's colorful, clever and a great example of just how far a little imagination can go in the world of indie mobile development." – Modojo "A fantastic and imaginative adventure that's ripe with challenge and humor" – JayIsGames "Icycle is the most engaging journey I’ve taken in a game in a long time, and you owe it to yourself to go along for the ride." – Slide To Play, 4/4 "Must Have" "One of the most beautiful visual styles I've ever seen in an iOS game and is addictive from the first moment." – The Examiner's Holiday Gift Guide 2013 "One of the most bizarre games I have ever played." – Game Informer "A wonderful game from start to finish" – Touch Arcade, 5/5 You may restrict in-app purchasing using your device settings. Play as the cold naked hero Dennis, and pedal, jump and glide through each beautiful but deadly post-apocalyptic frozen wonderland. Games and art become one in the masterfully crafted and visually stunning Icycle: On Thin Ice. It's rare to see a game with this degree of stylistic wit and visual polish, so we'd recommend seeing past its shortcomings and hopping on Icycle chilly saddle.Ĭult of Mac's Best Damn iOS Games of 2013! Some of the art-inspired ideas presented as you travel from one location to the another are captivating, and reaching each imaginative new level makes any control-related frustration worthwhile. And, considering that you're kicked to the start of the level after three deaths, you'll be wishing that Dennis' ride was a bit smoother.īut, overall, Icycle: On Thin Ice is an experience worth having. Movement is quite stiff, making some of the pop-up obstacles difficult to traverse, and causing more restarts than we would like. I cycle: On Thin Ice provides on-screen buttons to guide the peddling nudist left and right, and a jump button that doubles as a parachute toggle. If only your time guiding Dennis through this space was as pleasing as the visuals. Accompanying these visuals are a collection of deep, rich sound effects, which combine with the unusual imagery to seriously striking effect. Other landscapes live somewhere between complete abstraction and a hyper-stylised reality, with buildings floating in mid-air and. Some stages, like the crystal caves, are more simplistic, featuring morphing shapes and only a couple colours. Right off the bat, you will notice the presentation. Then Dennis gets hit by a fish, and start having actual hallucinations. Originally we thought the game might be showing us a dream or nightmare scenario. Icycle: On Thin Ice is game about a naked man named Dennis, who finds himself riding a tricycle through ever-shifting landscapes. Narky birds with porky vendettas hungry green monsters which subsist entirely on dangling sugar lozenges – to us, these things are just another day in the App Store. As iOS gamers, we've been exposed to some weird scenarios over the years.
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