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A Steel Media round-up for the week of March 26th

Feature By Christian Valentin, 6 years, 6 months ago
A Steel Media round-up for the week of March 26th

Here’s another weekly round-up of news, previews, and features from Pocket Gamer, 148Apps, and the rest of our sister sites. On our Youtube page, James Gilmour provides some hands-on impressions of the recently released Candleman,  particularly praising its atmospheric visuals and somewhat eerie world, clever design, and unique concept. Over on Pocket Gamer, the staff interviews developer Pablo León-Asuero about his unusual matching-action hybrid Evergrow, discussing the origins of he game's design, the process of developing Evergrow, and the new Zen mode and mini-game challenges coming to the game in the 1.2 update. And finally, Campbell Bird on 148Apps…

Guide a flame through darkness and puzzles in Candleman, now available on iOS and Android

News By Christian Valentin, 6 years, 6 months ago
Guide a flame through darkness and puzzles in Candleman, now available on iOS and Android

Candleman is one of those games with a very apt title: it's a new puzzler about guiding a sentient candlestick, with legs and all, through a dangerous world. Recently released on iOS and Android, this puzzle game promises both a compelling atmosphere and a unique mechanic of being a fluttering flame in the dark. At its core, Candleman revolves around a simple mechanic, where your light only lasts ten seconds at a time. Any longer and your wax body melts, and you lose a life. With that ability, you can traverse the shadowed halls of a fairy tale world, where books and pages form paths and platforms and colorful lillies provide ambient illumination. But Candleman quickly introduces addition…