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How developers game: with Random Interactive the creator of Escape From Everwood

Welcome to our series on “How developers game”. Today we’re talking with Random Interactive the creator of Escape From Everwood to share a little about how developers play and make…

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Escape From Everwood – Will you make it to the end?

Escape From Everwood (by Stuart Fernandez-Mahoney) is perhaps the very first gamebook we have ever featured on Edamame Reviews – and boy is it cool! Is it a Book? or…

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Interview with Random Interactive the creator of Escape From Everwood

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with Random Interactive the creator of Escape From Everwood. Before we start we’d like to thank Stuart for participating in…

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How developers game: with Georgii Krasin one of the creators of Biocell

Welcome to our series on “How developers game”. Today we’re talking with Georgii Krasin one of the creators of Biocell for sharing a little about how developers both play and…

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How developers game: with XS Software the creator of Lady Popular Fashion Arena

This is our gaming interview with XS Software the creator of Lady Popular Fashion Arena covering how developers play their favorite games. So, let’s get started! /// Thanks for taking…

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Taxi Rush Review – Broken at so many levels…

Taxi Rush (by Voodoo & Funky Tap) isn’t a great game. From a technical perspective, the game lacks polish meaning it doesn’t look or feel anywhere near as premium as…

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Our interview with XS Software the creator of Lady Popular Fashion Arena

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with XS Software the creator of Lady Popular Fashion Arena. Before we start we’d like to thank the XS Software…

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Lady Popular Review – Battling in style! …literally!

Lady Popular – Fashion Arena (by XSSoftware) is a game that features everything from fashion, love, pets, and interior design to intense modeling battles that will put your fashion sense…

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Run Jump 3D Review – Hmm… keeko.io is definetly better…

Run Jump 3D: Endless Running Game (by Playpal) is a game that, according to our interview with the Playpal team, is the prequel to the very cool fitness-oriented fighting game…

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How developers game: with Lazy Boy Developments the creator of Basketball Superstar

Welcome to our series on “How developers game”. Today we’re talking with Lazy Boy Developments the creator of Basketball Superstar – sharing a little about how developers both play and…

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Our interview with Lazy Boy Developments the creator of Basketball Superstar

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with Lazy Boy Developments the creator of Basketball Superstar. Before we start we’d like to thank the Lazy Boy Developments…

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How developers game: with Space Crescent the creators of Hamad & Sahar

Welcome to our series on “How developers game”. Today we’re talking with Space Crescent the creator of Hamad & Sahar – sharing a little about how developers both play and…

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Our interview with Playpal Games the creator of keeko.io

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with playpal the creator of keeko.io. Before we start we’d like to thank the playpal Team for participating in our…

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Basketball Superstar Review: You’re 100% in control of everything!

Basketball Superstar (by Lazy Boy Developments) is a game that essentially puts you in control of a future NBA star, however not in the way you might expect. 🤔 You…

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Keeko.io Review – Keeping kids fit with video games

Keeko.io (by playpal) isn’t your average fighting game. Set in the junk food-filled streets of New York City, your mission in this game is to fight off junk food like…

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Our interview with Space Crescent the developer of Hamad & Sahar

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with Space Crescent the creator of Hamad & Sahar. Before we start we’d like to thank the Space Crescent Team…

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Hamad & Sahar – A casual 2D platformer with so much cuteness!

Hamad & Sahar (by Space Crescent) is a casual 2D platformer game for iOS that really takes inspiration from some of the classics. Starting out in an Arabic neighborhood, the…

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Island Glider Review: A strangely satisfying gliding game

Are you the type who is strangely satisfied by smooth landings and softly flowing water? 💦 If so, today we’ve got a game we expect many of you will really…

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Outbreak Dead Crisis Review: Excellent until you hit Stage 7

Do you enjoy fighting hordes of zombies from the safety of your living room? If so, today we would like to share Outbreak Dead Crisis (by Triple Fry Games) a…

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Heroes and Merchants Review: Old school RPG fun for Mobile

Do you long for the days of old school RPGs before fancy graphics, cinematic cut-scenes, and more recently Pay2Win completely dominating the category? Today we would like to share Heroes…

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Our interview with Oliver Bohnes the developer of Heroes and Merchants

Here we are, back with another developer interview! This time with Oliver Bohnesthe creator of Heroes and Merchants. Before we start we’d like to thank Oliver Bohnes for participating in…

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Hyperforma – Hyper Futuristic Breakout For iOS

We all love classic games… If you really stop and think about it for a moment, a shocking number of the modern games we play on our iOS and Android devices…

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Epic Orchestra – You can’t beat the satisfaction of leading an orchestra!

Have you ever imagined how awesome it would be to lead an orchestra? The satisfaction must be amazing! Today we’ve got a game where you can do just that! …or…

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Make More! – A game about money, money, and more money…

Make More! is a game that seems to be pretty much about any enterprise. Set in an office that makes all sorts of strange and exotic things ranging from rubber…

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Dustoff Heli Rescue 2 – Time to put your piloting skills to the test!

Have you ever wanted to become a military helicopter pilot? Racing here and there, deploying new troops into battle and bringing injured ones back to safety. It would be a very…

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Our Mini-Interview with the Golden Heart Team, the creators of SALVAGE ROBOT

If you like making games – or would like to make games – SALVAGE ROBOT is a new game that will inspire you! Built by the new indie team (the Golden Heart Team) SALVAGE…

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SALVAGE ROBOT – A solid attempt by an amazing new studio

Have you ever tried to make a First Person Shooter? If so, you probably already know how difficult it is…😓 SALVAGE ROBOT is the first game created by the Golden Heart Team…

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WIND runner adventure – A game above and beyond anything we would have ever expected…

WIND runner adventure is a pretty standard 2D/3D runner game. Set on a pretty normal stage, featuring pretty normal obstacles you must avoid using pretty normal controls, …at a glance you…

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Hatchi – A quick guide to creating the worlds most expensive Tamagotchi…

Today we are going to teach you how to create the world’s most expensive Tamagotchi. Are you ready? Step 1: Buy an iPhone 7 Plus 256GB (US$969.00) Step 2: Download Hatchi…

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Sonic Dash – Nothing short of pure awesomeness!

Did you used to play Sonic Heroes on your heavy gaming console? (or even heavier PC?) For players who would love to dash around the “Futuristic Fantasy” world of Sonic Heroes just once…

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PewDiePie’s Tuber Simulator – The most “realistic” simulator game we have ever played…!!!

Have you ever wanted to become a youtuber? Is it your dream to become the world’s top youtuber and take down PewDiePie? Well, you’d may as well give up now because it’s not going…

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Dragon Sword – A simple RPG designed for maximum funness!

Do you love RPG? (Role Playing Games) We do, especially when the main character looks a little like Kurosaki Ichigo from the insanely popular Bleach series😆 Dragon Sword is a…

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Vito – A “Fluff Ball” is the main character…!? Awesome!

Are you psyched for the release of Super Mario Brothers on iOS! We are! And that’s why today we’ve got a nifty little 2D platformer about a Fluff Ball, a Dog,…

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Super Phantom Cat – Console grade quality for your mobile device!?

It’s been 9 years since the first “real” smartphone, the iPhone was released in 2007. After 9 years of technological advancements, we may have finally created the ultimate breed of console…

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Shadow Wars – Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the shadows…

Shadow Wars is a scary game😓  (depending on how old you are, potentially very scary) please be sensible when deciding whether or not to download this game. Shadow Wars is a…

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Interview with the Xoron GmbH Team, the creators of Paul Pixel

Do you like story based games? We do! But with less and less story based games hitting app stores around the world, it’s actually becoming difficult to find a decent one to…

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Paul Pixel – A super easy to play “Story Based” game…!

Do you like games that are based around a story? Instead of aimlessly tapping on the screen of your device, do you rather play games where each and every one of your…

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Line Defense – Blast invading aliens using nothing but a shield…!?

Do you dislike weapons? Are guns, bombs, missiles, and swords just a little on the too aggressive side for your liking? If so, today we’ve found a game where you can…

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Stretch Dungeon – We’ve found it! The creepiest dungeon ever!

Do you like creepy things? “You do?” Cool, so do we… normally…😱 Stretch Dungeon is a dungeon game with the creepiest dungeon we’ve ever seen in a game. The dungeon…

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Green the Planet 2 – Time to do some cosmic scale gardening.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Mars became an inhabitable planet? Imagine, lush green rainforests brimming with wildlife on a once desolate planet… Wouldn’t it be awesome? Green the Planet 2…

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Pixel Dodgers – A “strangely familiar” game that feels so Kamehameha!!!

Have you ever heard of a “slightly” popular comic/anime called Dragon Ball? (What! You have!? You don’t say!!) If Dragon Ball was – and still is – your favourite show/book, today we’ve found a…

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Interview with the AdoreStudio Team, the creators of Ninja Dude vs Zombies

Do you love cute games? If so, chances are you’ve never had the opportunity to play a full on zombie smashing game before… Until now! Ninja Dude vs Zombies is the…

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LOST MAZE – A simple puzzle game that looks a lot better than most..!

Do you like simple puzzle games that tie into a story? If so, today we’ve got a game about a maze, a girl, and stolen happiness(?)… LOST MAZE is a game about a…

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Magic Mansion – Turn your smartphone into a serious retro gaming machine!

Do you like serious retro games? Is retro-like, or sort of retro, not enough for you? If so, we’ve just found a game so retro, it will basically turn your super thin…

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Beware, Square – A scary dark platformer with lots of spikes…!

Do you like dark, slightly scary, platform games? If so, we’ve got a new game that is dark, scary, challenging, and a little annoying… Beware, Square is a game about a…

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Ninja Dude vs Zombies – The cutest zombie game ever…!?

Are you terrified that one day you’ll be stuck on top of a large sinking tower surrounded by hoards of man eating zombies with nothing but an infinite number of throwing stars to…

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Dan The Man – Time to bring out the “Street Fighter” within you!

Were you a devoted Super Mario fan back when it was cool to play on a gaming console with bulky buttons? Was Street Fighter the reason you took up karate? If…

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Legend of the Skyfish – A story book you can play…!

This is going to be hard… The game we will attempt to review today is very different to the majority of games we’ve reviewed up until this point, whether you think…

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Skiing Yeti Mountain – A hair raisingly chilly Skiing mystery…

Do you love skiing? If so, you’ve probably noticed just how wrong it feels playing skiing games on a smartphone… normally… Skiing Yeti Mountain is probably the best feeling (control wise) mobile skiing…

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Tinker Island – No, this isn’t a game about fairies…

Do you like testing out your knowledge with a few mock survival games every now and then? We do… Or at least “some of us do” and so today we’ve found…

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Eagle Fantasy Golf – Mobile golfing taken to a whole new level…

Normally when you play a new mobile game, you don’t expect to find yourself dealing with a console grade game… Normally… Eagle Fantasy Golf is the highest quality golf game…

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Magic Touch – Wizard for Hire!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to become a Wizard! Imagine dishing up ice cream with a flick of a finger, cooking doughnuts without leaving the couch,…

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Egg, Inc. – Every entrepreneur’s dream “game” come true…

Are you on a mission for “wealth” and “power!” If so, chickens are the way to go…! No doubt you’ve already imagined what it would be like to dominate the…

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Combo Critters – Ever wanted to abduct an alien…?

Has the Pokemon Go craze brought back memories of your childhood? If you’re currently feeling a strong desire to go out and buy a gameboy and the original pokemon games, it’s…

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Interview with the FredBear Team, the creators of Rising Warriors

Who doesn’t love a good RPG? Knights in shining armor, great battles, and of course, beautiful princesses. Just like a good book, a well made RPG will suck you into its world transforming you…

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Rising Warriors – Rise of “traditional” warfare…!?

If Boom Beach is at the peak of modern warfare, with crazy defense systems and insanely overpowered troops, then Rising Warriors is at the opposite end of the scale… Do you…

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The Path To Luma – Join the “Puzzle” for clean energy…!?

Clean energy is a controversial topic that can get rather heated… We mean, VERY heated, and so far, there doesn’t seem to be a “correct answer.” The Path To Luma is…

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SlimeClimbing – An RPG from the perspective of a Slime…

Dungeon style RPG’s are so popular it’s crazy. With numerous story lines and visual differences to choose from, you’d think people would get lost searching for the right game… they don’t, and…

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Rodeo Stampede by Featherweight Games – Review

Just for starters, if you ever find a zoo like this, let us know, we’ll be there tomorrow…! …or at least within the next few days or so…😉 Rodeo Stampede…

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Redungeon by Nitrome – Review

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore a real life dungeon filled with monsters, traps, and of course lots of treasure? Well, if you have, we recommend you try playing this…

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NinjAwesome by GameResort – Review

“Ninja are Awesome” do we all agree? Yes? Good, end of review… What!? NinjAwesome may just be the most fitting name for a ninja game we’ve ever seen. With a simple…

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Does not Commute by Mediocre AB – Review

Have you ever played chess with yourself? Depending on how “honest” you are with yourself, it can actually be a rather challenging game to win, but will never get as “heated”…

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Hide and Seek by Block Games – Review

It’s raining outside, and the cat in the hat has gone on holiday… Boring…😥 For times like these, there’s a perfect new indie game you may want to try. Called…

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Bushido Bear by Spry Fox, LLC – Review

Teddy bears are cute. Swords are cool. Samurai are awesome. Do we all agree? If so, does this mean that a “Sword wielding Teddy bear filled Samurai game” will be “cute, cool,…

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Interview with Matthew Dear – Our first ever interview with a game musician

I think this is the second time we’ve said this… If you’re a developer who is only ever going to visit Edamame Reviews once. Read This Interview. It will no…

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Interview with Jungsang You the creator of Star Knight

Star Knight is awesome! If you haven’t played this truly brilliant game, stop right now and get it! Though you’ll definitely “enjoy” the interview below without ever playing the game, after…

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Kerohiro by Chan Chee Lek – Review

There was once an artist who said “No matter how spectacular a painting you create, without an equally beautiful frame, you can’t call the finished product a masterpiece.” Though we…

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Star Knight by the LeftRight Studio – Review

Think smart phone games just aren’t as good as good old Console or PC games? Think again! Because Star Knight is going to blow you away! To wrap things up from the very…

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VVVVVV by Terry Cavanagh – Review

Question! How do you read this? (VVVVVV) To be completely honest, until just a few days ago we didn’t know either, but now… Now that we do know, we wish…

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Into the Dim by Happymagenta – Review

If you decided to make a game right now, what kind of graphics would you choose use? More than likely you wouldn’t use 8 bit images, especially if you’re trying to make…

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Monument Valley

At Edamame, we believe some games far exceed anything any of us could, or would expect from a smartphone game. Games that are simply incomparable to anything of its kind.…

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Interview with Jeff Evans the creator of Dash Quest

Today we’d like to share with you our interview with the amazing developer of this game, and his team, Tiny Titan Studios. In our interview we learned a lot about how the…

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Dash Quest

Dash Quest by Tiny Titan Studios is exactly the game you’d expect based on its name, a runner style RPG adventure. Set in a small house where your hero lives…

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Super Dangerous Dungeons

There are a few key differences in games that quickly put one game way above another. For games made on touchscreen devices the limits are literally the developer’s imagination. There are…

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Soda Dungeon

It’s not everyday you find a dungeon RPG where you do, well… nothing… Instead of fighting dragons and saving princesses, in Soda Dungeon your job is to hire people, and…

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Mino Monsters 2: Evolution

If you’re a Pokemon fan that graduated from your DS or GameBoy years ago but still like the game, you’d better check this game out. Mino Monsters 1 was cool, Mino…