The Shift browser game series is being … transferred to another platform. Aksys Games has announced a 3DS game based on the puzzle platformers, called Shifting World. Like the browser originals from Armor Games, Shifting World works by letting you switch between “black” and “white” mode at will, flipping gravity and altering which parts of the level are the floor, and which are the background.
Aksys and developer Fishing Cactus add a literal extra dimension of play by also putting “2D” and “3D” switching in the levels. There’s also a “level generator of awesomeness” that makes levels from DataMatrix barcodes — the same barcodes that appear to be the visual inspiration for the game.
Despite its windowed origins, Shifting World is making a move up to retail. Aksys is planning a 2012 release.
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