Limbo out for iOS
Playdead's critically acclaimed black-and-
white platformer Limbo is now available
on iOS for $4.99.
Limbo is a puzzle -
platform video game, the first title by
independent Danish game developer
Playdead. The game was released in July
2010 as a platform exclusive title on
Xbox Live Arcade , and was later re-
released as part of a retail game pack
along with Trials HD and 'Splosion Man in
April 2011. Ports of the game to the
PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows
were created by Playdead, released after
the year-long Xbox 360 exclusivity period
was completed. A Mac OS X version was
released in December 2011, while a Linux
port was available in May 2012. Ports for
PlayStation Vita and iOS were released in
June and July 2013, respectively.
Limbo is a 2D sidescroller , incorporating
the physics system Box2D to govern
environmental objects and the player
character. The player guides an unnamed
boy through dangerous environments and
traps as he searches for his sister. The
developer built the game's puzzles
expecting the player to fail before finding
the correct solution. Playdead called the
style of play "trial and death", and used
gruesome imagery for the boy's deaths to
steer the player from unworkable
solutions.
