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Bonkers dinosaur curling game Launchasaurus took first prize at our Big Indie Pitch at Apps World

Palaeontological physics

Bonkers dinosaur curling game Launchasaurus took first prize at our Big Indie Pitch at Apps World
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Detective Grimoire developer SFB Games took home first prize at our most recent Big Indie Pitch - held in the belly of Apps World in London - with its game, Launchasaurus.

Which, to be honest, could have won on its name alone.

Second place went to Cobe The Gallery. Crap! I'm Broke was in third place.

Launchasaurus is a mad mix of curling and palaeontology, as you snap together dinosaur bones to make a crazy skeletal structure - which you then lob at a pile of dino eggs in the hopes of knocking them into the collection zone.

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There's a smart strategy to the game where big dinosaurs can shunt eggs easily, but are also unwieldy. Plus, you've got a limited stock of bones to use across multiple throws so you'll have to plan ahead and not run out of femurs and skulls.

As you play you unlock more bones - and you can check out your collection in a cute little museum - or you can pay cash for a premium dig to get a guaranteed stack of fresh calcium. You'll choose which bones you take with you on your next dig.

And by dig I mean throwing bones at eggs which I don't think is how palaeontology works but then again it's been years since I saw Jurassic Park.

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Launchasaurus is free to play and will be released on both iOS and Android after some soft launch shenanigans. We'll give you a shout when it's out.

Mark Brown
Mark Brown
Mark Brown is editor at large of Pocket Gamer