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Meet the iPhone's newest heroes: Poto and Cabenga

Digital, Illustration

Posted by Gavin Lucas, 17 February 2011, 10:18    Permalink    Comments (5)

Poto & Cabenga - a man and his horse - are the two heroes of a new iPod app game (just launched today) that features the charming illustration work of Richard Hogg...

The idea and the game play is simple, yet challenging... just by tapping the screen you can make the characters jump, either to hit point-scoring targets or to avoid angry hedgehogs, giant caterpillary things and angry boars. But within a minute of playing, the two characters become separated and you have to control both characters at the same time. Tap the screen, they both jump... but will our two heroes ever be reunited?.

Poto and Cabenga iPhone from Slug Vids on Vimeo.

Poto & Cabenga is a collaboration between artist Richard Hogg and game developers Honeyslug. Originally made last year for the Gamma 4 one-button competition, it was one of the 6 winning games and was showcased at Games Developers Conference 2010.

It launched at midnight last night on Apple's App Store. To find out more and to get the app, visit potoandcabenga.com

5 Comments

I am guessing a flop, but the illustrations are nice, and a bit different from conventional iPhone games.

The music is very irritating, I am already annoyed with a hypothetical someone on the bus sitting next to me playing that game with the sound on!
Ben Champion Stevenson
2011-02-17 10:51:11

As you say, charming illustrative style. Would be great if the engaging style could be bought to the movements in the game, something less smooth/slick and more akin to stop frame animation.
MLA
2011-02-17 11:15:58

Sorry, but I find Poto and Cabengo much more interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poto_and_Cabengo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-ITWpozN9k
Curator
2011-02-17 11:53:02

nasty comment
Frobisher says
2011-02-17 16:55:22

Looks really novel, the style reminds me a lot of pata pon (although admittedly different).

Nice to see someone creating a new dynamic for a game as well as a new visual style.

@Ben thinks it'll be a flop; but I think if people pick this up it could be a real hit - the only barrier is PR.
n
2011-02-18 14:20:32

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