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A good many people have been enjoying collecting starites since Scribblenauts Remix first hit the App Store. It's a pretty nifty game, after all. The down-side to games like this is that they eventually end once each level has been completed. There's always the fun of revisiting completed stages in order to see what other bizarre ways its puzzles can be solved, but once it's done it's pretty much done. Until the developers release more levels for it, that is.

5th Cell has just made a new batch of 20 levels available for purchase, on top of the preexisting 50. I'm sure there are at least a few players out there who've been wishing there was more for them to do since they ran out of content, and an announcement like this should certainly brighten their day. Now they've got 20 more levels to bombard with adjectives and nouns as they attempt to grab that starite and have a good laugh in the process.

The level pack is available right now via in-app purchase, and will only set players back $0.99

Everyone knows that the best work is done when there's a tight deadline looming. OK, this isn't the greatest of things to say or the best way to lead a life, but I know I find I work so much harder nearer to deadline day. Kids: you shouldn't do this, it's bad. Honest.

Regardless of any of this, there's an entire game design ethos behind working intensely for short periods of time, namely the Global Game Jam. It's an event that happens all around the world in which people come together to make a video game from start to finish within 48 hours. Sometimes, some fantastic gems come out of this Jam.

This time round, it's the turn of Somyeol, a game coming to iOS this December. Previously made for the PC during a Global Game Jam in Germany, Somyeol is a 2D platformer in which players must get the Somyeol people to their goal in as short a time as possible. Sounds easy, right? The twist is that there are numerous Somyeols to control at any one time and they each have their own abilities.

Check out the preview trailer below. It's certainly looking interesting already.