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Bizarre fungal fumbler Mushroom 11 will hopefully be coming to iOS, Android, and handheld

At home on the touchscreen

Bizarre fungal fumbler Mushroom 11 will hopefully be coming to iOS, Android, and handheld
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Mushroom 11 is one of the weirdest-looking physics-based games I've had my eye on recently.

I've known it was coming to PC for ages. But today I spoke to Itay Keren of Untame Games, who said that the aim is to bring Mushroom 11 to iOS, Android, and handheld consoles, too.

"We are discussing the details with platform owners, so the schedule and details are not in place yet. Mobile phones, and tablets in particular, play Mushroom 11 very well and are definitely one of our main focuses," Keren told me.

So what is it about Mushroom 11 that has me intrigued? It involves manipulating an amorphous organism (a fungi, apparently) across a series of grimy obstacle courses.

You squeeze in through tiny gaps, feed it into machines that shoot it out as pellets, and use its weight to push objects over.

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It's quite similar to Incredipede in a way, then, but you play as a big blob-thing rather than an insect. Plus, you edit the blob on-the-fly, rather than before starting the level, like in Incredipede.

It leads to what seems to be a more chaotic kind of puzzle platformer, as you can see in the gameplay above.

Fungal fumbling

You'll note that Keren mentioned to me that Mushroom 11 plays very well on touchscreens.

He came to this conclusion not just by trying it himself. He has also witnessed the reactions of the many people who have played it on a tablet at various events.

Apparently, most people like to try it with both a mouse and the touchscreen. Each method of control offers a different feel, apparently.

"There's definitely a near tactile response to physically touching the organism," Keren said.

"Not to mention the additional use of multi-touch which allows players to mold it in a play-dough fashion although there is no advantage to multi-touch in terms of solving puzzles."

Mushroom 11

Keren also noted that, despite this, some players preferred to play Mushroom 11 with a mouse. That's down to it providing an "unobscured view of the game world and mouse precision".

He also delighted in sharing the different styles of play that he's seen emerge across these events.

"In some cases, I've seen group tablet plays, where one player pushes the mushroom and the other trims and corrects it.

"There are many ways to play this game, and they are all correct. It wasn't expected but its really nice to see."

Mushroom 11 is a game that embraces experimental play throughout, then.

That's one of the reasons I'm rather eager to get my hands on it. Oh well, I'll have to wait like everyone else, for now.

Hopefully, we'll see Mushroom 11 appear on tablets and handheld consoles in the near future (not until 2015, at least). For now, you can find more information about it on its website.

Chris Priestman
Chris Priestman
Anything eccentric, macabre, or just plain weird, is what Chris is all about. He turns the spotlight on the games that fly under the radar.