What are the latest games worth checking out in the Google Play Store?
Update December 15, 2017: Sit back and relax with the laid back, hand-drawn search game Hidden Folks! Then, a New 'n' Tasty adventure is waiting for you back in Oddworld!
Hidden Folks
Like most people in my generation, I grew up with "Where's Waldo" books as a kid (or "Where's Wally" if you're from the UK). I was always so fascinated by how vast and detailed each page spread was, and it was a great way for my parents to keep me busy on a long car ride.
Hidden Folks is a new game for Android that takes everything that I loved about Where's Waldo — the hand-drawn art style, the relaxing and focused fun — and pushes it into the digital age. Here, instead of scanning a page, you're left to tap around to uncover secrets hidden throughout the scene. You're given a list of people or items to find in each scene, and it's up to you to explore every inch of the canvas as you discover all sorts of fun secrets.
There's a brilliantly layers sound design comprised of human-made sound effects that are charming and remind me of a parent making sounds while reading a book to a kid. This feels like a perfect game for parents with younger kids who are starting to get into mobile games — especially with the holiday season upon us — but it's also a great break for adults, too. There are over 20 different hand-drawn scenes to explore and it's just wonderful.
Download: Hidden Folks ($3.49)
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Fans of the Oddworld series got an early Christmas gift, as the latest puzzle platformer dropped onto the Google Play Store this week. You play as Abe the Mudokons, a hapless floor waxer at RuptureFarms who accidentally stumbles upon a horrifying secret about his employer's latest tasty concoction. It falls on Abe to change the fate of all Mudokons.
For the uninitiated, Oddworld is a quirky little franchise set in bizarre alien worlds. Oddworld actually turned 20 years old this year, and New 'n' Tasty is the latest in the series, initially released on PS4, Xbox One and Steam back in 2014. The on-screen controls are a bit busy, to say the least, but fortunately, there's also gamepad support built in. Check it out yourself for just $8!
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