Shaun Inman, creator of
The Last Rocket and artist behind
The Incident, has released his 7dfps game
Vonneguts and Glory to the App Store.
7dfps was a virtual game jam started in part by Vlambeer's Jan Willem Nijman of
Super Crate Box fame, to challenge developers to create a fun first-person shooter in a week or less. Developers from all over the world took up the challenge, including Notch of
Minecraft fame. Shaun Inman decided to do something artistic with the concept. Inspired by a passage from Kurt Vonnegut's
Slaughterhouse-Five, this game is very short, taking 5 minutes or less to beat, but it gets its point across. I don't want to discuss too much about the game, as the surprise comes from actually playing it. The game was developed in Flixel, so it still has that style of pixel art that Inman has become known for, in a quasi-
Wolfenstein style of world. The short, self-described "art game" is available now for free as a universal app.
