8bit Doves is an old-school arcade game for Android devices, in which we travel through two-dimensional levels, collecting the title pigeons. The title was developed by Nitrome, known mainly from simple browser games, which in 2013 successfully debuted on smartphones and tablets with Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage. The 8bit Doves concept was developed during the #nitromejam event, during which studio employees created simple game designs before the eyes of players, and viewers could vote for the most interesting ones in their opinion.
In the game we play the role of a man trapped in virtual reality, who can spread his wings and fulfill his eternal dreams of flying in a dream – as if he had drunk Red Bull. The game is about crossing simple two-dimensional levels filled with moving walls, acceleration zones and other traps. At each stage our goal is to reach its end and gather all the pigeons scattered along the way. This seemingly simple task, however, is hindered by the relatively high inertia of our hero, which translates into the inability to make a sudden turn in any direction.
In-game control is limited to the use of two virtual buttons, responsible for up and down turns. In the version for mobile devices with Android, we have three thematically diverse sets of levels, the first of which were taken from the browser’s prototype. The old-school atmosphere of the whole is emphasized by simple, monochromatic graphics, reminiscent of productions from the eight-bit era and the first Game Boy.
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