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Battle for Monsteca - Demo Release! Please enjoy our beta demo of Monsters Vs Robots: Battle for Monsteca. Monsteca is a 3D, arena puzzle strategy game. We've included 4 levels with a tutorial. This demo has been modified from the mobile version so it is fairly limited in terms of content. We're looking for feedback and happy to receive any comments from users.

This past week has been great fun. We've fired up the old Wii and had a blast playing though some of the original Monsteca Corral. Everyone in the office had ideas and thoughts for the new game based off playing the original again. Personally I'd forgotten what a challenging game Monsteca Corral is. If you have a Wii it's well worth having a go for yourself, we bet you can't 100% complete it.

Its clear a big challenge for us will be capturing the feel of original game due to its use of the Wii's unique control system. The slightly clumsy accelerometer actually works in our favour giving each level a feeling of tension, anticipation and even panic.

These screenshots show work I have been doing this week and are not representative of the demo in its current state. However please be assured we are planning regular demo updates.

My main focus in the coming weeks will be level design. I've updated textures and I've been testing different scale factors on scenery objects and characters. Quickly I've started to see improvements using a more saturated colour pallet and ditching the noisy bump maps.