PGC London 2016: Gooey golf platformer EGZ wins the Very Big Indie Pitch
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The winner of the Very Big Indie Pitch at Pocket Gamer Connects 2015 is Lonely Wolf with its game EGZ - a platformer-golf-game about helping little blobs with legs get to safety. Super Powerboy came second and Eat My Dust was third.
In EGZ, you propel the eponymous Egz about like a little Angry Bird - which means you use a catapult mechanic and juicy physics to ping it about the stage. And when the Egz hit the wall they splatter blue paint everywhere - and lose energy.
Which basically means that every jump must be considered carefully - not least because of the explosive pustules, head tracking glands, and other natural obstacles.
The game will have 80-odd levels, and some mini-games too. EGZ is coming to iOS and Android in "early 2016".
Mark Brown
Mark Brown spent several years slaving away at the Steel Media furnace, finally serving as editor at large of Pocket Gamer before moving on to doing some sort of youtube thing.