Minis Week: Halfbrick Studios

We’re currently developing four minis for PSP as part of our Halfbrick Fridays brand. These are smaller, casual games intended to offer simple, fun gameplay at a very small price. When Sony announced minis for PSP we immediately recognized the potential for our Halfbrick Fridays games on the platform, so we’re currently in the process of coding and polishing to make sure they play perfectly on the PSP.

We are taking development very seriously by fine-tuning what aspects of each game will really work well on the PSP. The games will be enhanced versions of our current range with graphical improvements and customized mechanics to ensure that gamers ready for fun, easily playable games will have a blast.

Halfbrick Blast Off is a physics-based sci-fi arcade game in which players must collect lost astronauts and safely navigate to a Warp Gate to complete each mission.

Each planet and celestial body (including planets, asteroids and black holes) within a level has a gravity effect which must be accounted for. This gravity effect must be used to the player’s advantage in combination with rocket boost power and directional control. If the ship crashes into an object the mission fails, but a quick retry function ensures no gameplay time is lost.

Halfbrick Echoes is an action puzzle game in which players collect crystals within many surreal, artistic worlds. As each crystal is collected, an enemy called an Echo will spawn. Echoes are translucent versions of the player’s hat icon, and they will walk the exact same path the hat walked between collecting crystals.

Unfortunately our games won’t be available on October 1st when minis launches, but we are hoping they will be ready to go shortly after launch.

For example, Halfbrick Echoes is a game which has many levels across different tiers, with each one having a surreal and artistic atmosphere. The levels themselves will usually never take longer than a minute to play as the primary focus is collecting crystals in the shortest time possible, but even the smallest session will count towards a high score or unlocking new levels and modes. This is true for our other games including Halfbrick Rocket Racing and Zombies, where simple gameplay mechanics will be supported by a consistent artistic quality and the feeling of achievement by always improving your score or time.

The goal is to successfully complete the level by collecting all the crystals, although several other gameplay modes give you control over the flow of time and crystal powerups to fight back against the Echoes.

Halfbrick Zombies is a top-down shooter with style and flair through humor, intense action and zombie blasting!. Players are placed within many environments where zombies have taken over, and must fight off the oncoming hordes to survive. This stylish and simple arcade action is always popular, especially when zombies are involved!

Halfbrick Rocket Racing is racing game with unique gameplay and a futuristic style. You can take on over 40 tracks in high-powered racing craft with separate left and right engines for pinpoint turning control.

The rockets on each side can also be used to boost your racer off the walls in each track, which means you’ll be reaching incredibly fast speeds by angling your craft against the walls and grinding around the perimeters for the fastest times.