Flipper, an original DSiWare title from one-man studio Goodbye Galaxy Games. I keep meaning to talk about this unique project from Hugo Smits, and with the game now submitted to Nintendo for testing and hopefully a speedy release, now seems like a good time to bring it up.

The puzzle action game has you using your touchscreen to manipulate the landscape, blowing up and building portions, while trying to retrieve your pet goldfish. Flipper features four different worlds, each containing five stages and mixing colorful sprites with its voxel graphics.

Smits maintains a blog in which he talks about his thoughts and progress with Flipper — it’s rare to see someone actually share this much information on a DS game’s development (e.g. design decision, debates on pricing, engine details) before it’s released!

Import: Japanese Nintendo DSi XL/LL (Natural White, Dark Brown, Wine Red) & Standard DSi (White, Black, Pink, Red, Lime Green, Metallic Blue)

Buy: U.S. Nintendo DSi (White, Pink, Black and Blue)

tags / flipper / hugo smits / dsiware / goodbye galaxy games / ec