April 3, 2010 – Plasmaworks announced they have two iPad launch titles: Egyptian Triad and Air Hockey Plasma.
Egyptian Triad is a collection of three board games that were originally popular in ancient Egypt: Hounds & Jackals, Senet, and Mehen. The first two games are two player and the last supports 2-4 players – in all cases, either human or AI opponents can be chosen. All the games have path-progression mechanics similar to Sorry! or Parcheesi with die-based movement, safe zones, and slides.
“We’re very excited about the iPad’s potential to supplement, integrate with, and even replace traditional table-top gaming,” said Abe Pralle, Plasmaworks Technology Director. “We’ve finally got a device that can just sit on the table and be the gameplay board, and more importantly keep track of the rules and pieces so the players don’t have to. We’re starting with a set of simple and fun family games, but we’re definitely going to explore just how far we can take this concept.”
Air Hockey Plasma is Plasmaworks’ take on air hockey. Lead programmer Steve Worsley commented on why Plasmaworks chose to enter a market already crowding with implementations of air hockey for the iPad: “All I want to do is play a good game of air hockey – I don’t care who makes it. With most of [the iPhone air hockey apps] you’ve got either poor physics, poor graphics, or retarded AI. I just made the game I wanted to play.”
Both games are now available. Egyptian Trio sells for $2.99 and Air Hockey Plasma is priced at $0.99. Screenshots are posted on plasmaworks.com.
Plasmaworks is a developer of casual and hard-core casual games for iPad, iPhone, Android, and Palm platforms. Previous titles include Deathride, Zombie Conga, and Fish Hunter.