Dare to be Digital winner Sculpty morphs onto the App Store

"As any fule kno", when it comes to indie gaming, the place to look is the education system.

Not St Custard's in this day-and-age, of course, but just like any good premier league talent scout, finding creative types before the competition do is all part of building the future of your games company.

And that's why university courses such as the various game options at the University of Abertay, Dundee, and its annual Dare to be Digital event have provided such rich pickings over the years.

But sadly, for the A&R crew, the students are now doing it for themselves - at least that's the situation with Team Tickle, who we interviewed back in August when they were hard at work on their iPad game Sculpty.

It went on to win the competition, is nominated for a Bafta, and has now been released on the App Store.

Currently it's available on the App Store in a free Lite version that lets you play with main character - the squashy Sculpty, switching between multi-touch options to get him to change shape.

This affects his characteristics, in terms of his usual round blobby shape changing into a speedy, slippery rectangle when you create a two finger rod shape, or a heavy square when you tap the screen with four fingers. Of course, there are other shapes and finger configurations to experiment with.

It's a pretty neat physics-based experience that's well worth checking out, as you attempt to complete the first - and as yet only - level as fast as possible. Apparently, more levels are on the way however.

You can see how it plays in the following video.

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