Neverending one-button platformers have become extremely popular on the iPhone over the past year. Games like Canabalt [iTunes Link] proved you didn't need complicated design to engage players for hours. Now, indie developer Honeyslug is taking that formula a step further with their new release Poto and Cabenga. You control not one but two characters with a single button.
The game stars two characters simultaneously (who we can only assume are named Poto and his horse Cabenga, or perhaps the other way around.) As the game begins, the two are riding together through the desert, until Poto is eaten by a giant flying creature! The screen then splits as the symbiotic Poto and Cabenga are controlled with just one button. Poto is trying to make it out of the creature's belly, while Cabenga rushes below to keep pace so the two aren't separated.
The game was originally created last year for the Gamma 4 one-button game design challenge, and was honored as one of the contest's six winners.
Poto and Cabenga releases Thursday for 99 cents. Or if you can't spare 99 cents you can head over to their website where it's currently available as a free flash game.
