![]() ![]() And if nothing else, it’s proof that tiny indies can indeed create games that hold their own against Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. SKATEBIRD DEMO DOWNLOADTo download it, simply visit SkateBIRD’s Steam page during the event, Wed. Here is an exclusive look at SkateBIRDs alpha demo gameplay where birds can be free to pop ollies, kick-flip, and grind in a cardboard and sticky tape built park. Above all else, skate birds. SKATEBIRD DEMO FOR FREEThere’s so much potential in the pitch, if the developer is willing to get a little weird with it.īut as it stands, Olliefrog is still a great wee skater that’s well worth a shot. SkateBIRD’s Rooftop demo will be available for free as part of the Steam Winter Festival. Grind on bendy straws, kickflip over staplers, and carve killer lines through cardboard and sticky tape parks. I wanna see those sticky tongues used to mix up lines with grapples, or create amphibious skateparks that span land and pond. I want to see big, huge hops off ramp-shaped lily pads. ![]() The game’s Kickstarter campaign (opens in new tab) hints at more creative environments, but I want to see things get froggy. Skatebird, the game about a skating bird, now has a free alpha demo. Olliefrog, for as much as I love it, is a little lacking in character right now-safely playing in that wholesome low-poly pastel aesthetic. Skatebird is a skateboarding video game developed by American studio Glass Bottom Games. That said, Skatebird knew how strong its birds on boards pitch was, and leaning all the way in is why we’re even talking about it today. The theming was flawless, dressing up your bird in cool hats ruled (opens in new tab), and watching canaries tear apart a tiny toy box skatepark sure looked cool-but that first alpha demo felt rough, and I kept waiting for a fundamental improvement to how skating felt that never really came. ![]() But in trying to map birds to board, Skatebird was loose, floaty, kind of a pain to control. It’s particularly refreshing coming off the disappointment of Skatebird, a game that similarly pitched itself as “cute animals do skating”. Skatebird flaps onto Nintendo Switch in late 2020. There are currently no challenges, unlocks, or anything much beyond just carving lines-but a good skating game should be fun enough just to cruise around, and Olliefrog nails it. The Games Festival will bring free demos to The Game Awards. The momentum is right, the jump height, rail magnetism, grind balance, all comes together in this simple demo to show this frog has real skater’s legs. It’s sparse, just one park and one frog, but off the drop Olliefrog feels phenomenal. That’s a shame, because despite its cutesy appearance, Olliefrog is already shaping up to be one hell of a shredder, which you can see for yourself thanks to a new itch demo (opens in new tab). Olliefrog: Toad Skater appeared on screen for about 14 seconds during the Wholesome Direct (opens in new tab) montage, a cramming of games at the end of an already crammed show. But only one proved it had the chops to take on skateboarding’s giants-and if you blinked, you probably missed it. For reasons we’re still trying to figure out ourselves, there was no shortage of frogs (opens in new tab) at this year’s not-E3. ![]()
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