Italian studio Tiny Colossus (essentially just developer Ciro Continisio and composer Francesco D’Andrea) released their turn-based strategy puzzle game UFHO2 on PC today, the game is available through online retailers Desura and the Humble Store.
I’ll let the developers describe exactly how UFHO2 works. ”UFHO2 is a competitive turn-based game of wits. The gameplay revolves around moving on a board that represents a maze-like UFO, where rooms are interconnected and can be rotated to create or destroy paths. The goal is to get to some Gems in specific rooms before the opponent does.”
”Players only have 2 basic actions (move, rotate), but the interaction with the board and the other player, the addition of powerups and character powers, they all can work together to create complex, super strategic, and unforgettable matches.”
It’s too early in the week for my addled brain to work out exactly what’s going on in that video. Anyway, the game was successfully funded on Kickstarter back in 2012, and features a 30-mission singleplayer campaign plus local and online multiplayer.
Interestingly there are 10 different alien races to unlock, 6 of which are from other indie games; those being World of Goo, Super Crate Box, Bit.Trip, Blocks That Matter, Gish and Cortex Command.