Factsheet

Developer:
MapleScot Development
Based in London, United Kingdom

Release date:
27 May, 2014

Platforms:
Android

Website:
http://maple.scot/index.php/our-games/3-the-shaft

Regular Price:

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Gold (No Ads)£1.99

Description

Ready, Steady, Drop! The Shaft is a fast paced and challanging obstical avoidance game for Android. The objective is simple - navigate your ship through an endless treacherous pit on a remote alien planet, Collectng coins on the way to increas your score. Watch out for sudden narrow sections or wild wavy parts, you will need to slow down your ship to make it through the tough spots but slowing down uses valuable fuel... How deep can you go?

History

The Shaft is the first release from MapleScot Development. Inspired by an old ASCII PC game, The Shaft brings simple but addictive gameplay to Android. The game was designed to be very simple and easy to learn, yet challanging for players of all abilities.

Features

  • Google Play Leaderboards - challange your friends to beat your score
  • Simple motion controls - tilt your phon to navigate
  • Play for achievements like 'The Mile Deep Club', and 'Early Climax'
  • Completely Free to play!
  • 'Gold' version availble with no annoying advertisements

Videos

Gampelay Video YouTube


Images

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logo
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Music
"Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod incompetech.com.

Release Blog Post
The blog-post through which this game was released is available at maple.scot.


About MapleScot Development

Boilerplate
MapleScot development is a small team of independent mobile game developers based in London with a passion for bringing great mobile games to the world.

More information
More information on MapleScot Development, our logo & relevant media are available here.


The Shaft Credits

Troy Peterson
Developer, MapleScot Development

Troy Peterson
Developer, MapleScot Development

Charlotte Peterson
Freelance Artist (ship design)


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