Heads up folks — the prices for Astroslugs and Astroslugs HD have suddenly been cut to $0.99 and $1.99 respectively. Just in case if you’re wondering what Astroslugs is all about, here’s some information on it:

Astroslugs is a colorful and soothing puzzle board game for your iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch. The game is set in a long forgotten age “when the universe still looked like an old parchment”. It features the highly intelligent Astroslugs who travel through space and visit far-away planets to gather the prized Slug Energy. To support the Astroslugs you solve mind-boggling puzzles by drawing different shaped pieces onto an always varying board. In addition to that, it several awards and was Apple’s iPad Game of the Week.

If you’re not up for paying the initial cost right away, there’s also a free, lite version available to give it a test run as well. In the mean time though, I highly recommend this game, especially if it’s on sale.

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Great ready folks — the awesome puzzle game, Astroslugs, from Munich developers Bit Barons, which was awarded the Gamesload European Newcomer Award, is now available on iPhone. Anyone who enjoys strategic brain-teasers should now seize the chance: was launched on the App Store for only $0.99 and includes 65 challenging levels packed with puzzle fun and regular updates. Players who prefer playing their games on the iPad will also strike lucky in the App Store where they can find a new iPad version of Astroslugs with 40% more content at an introductory price of $1.99.

Astroslugs is a challenging puzzle board game in comic strip style. The player’s task is to gather enough energy for his spacecraft to capture space as one of the highly intelligent ‘Astroslugs’. When the player solves a puzzle, he activates “slugballs”, which then release their energy. As the player progresses in the game, not only does the mission difficulty level increase, but also the amount of energy that is released.

To solve a puzzle, the player must draw the ancient hieroglyphs of the Astrolugs’ ancestors in a limited game area. The placing of the shapes happens intuitively: the player draws the hieroglyphs using his finger at the place where they should appear. The challenge here is that the game area changes with each puzzle and the player must always finish it! The appeal of the game is that anyone can play Astroslugs at his own pace and with no time pressure. There are various solutions for each puzzle, and if the player gets stuck he will find some helpful suggestions for solving the puzzles incorporated in the game.

Alexander Zacherl, Managing Director of Bit Barons, says: “What sets Astroslugs apart is its progressive motivation and learning curve. As the puzzles become increasingly more difficult, the greater the incentive to solve them!
The Touch Screens on the iPhone and iPad make them perfect gaming devices for Astroslugs. The intuitive controls also allow players to quickly familiarize themselves with the game, which makes it an ideal game for casual gamers.”

About Bit Barons

Bit Barons are an independent digital games development studio. The company, with its head office in Munich, was founded jointly by Sergej Klementinovski, Alexander Widl and Alexander Zacherl. The team is currently working on its first title, Astroslugs, which will be available as a PC and a Mac version and also on iPad and iPhone. You can find more information on the Internet at: http://www.bitbarons.com

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To celebrate Bit Barons‘ first month of existence on the App Store, the developers have teamed up with Free App A Day to bring Astroslugs for iPad completely free of charge for today only. So if you were looking to pick this game up, you can now save $2.99 to spend on some other games or apps.

Astroslugs in 200 words

Astroslugs is a colorful and soothing puzzle board game for the iPad. The game is set in a long forgotten age when the universe still looked like an old parchment. It features the highly intelligent Astroslugs who travel through space and visit far-away planets to gather the prized Slug Energy. To support the Astroslugs you solve mind-boggling puzzles by drawing different shaped pieces onto an always varying board. We have focused on simplifying the role of placing pieces – there is no moving them into place and clicking buttons to rotate and flip them. Instead, you just use your fingers to draw them where you want ‘em.

Features

• 45 levels of brain-teasing puzzle fun
• revolutionary simple controls
• multiple solutions for every puzzle
• expect regular content updates
• Game Center achievements

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If you’re itching for a brand new game for your iPad or simply want to try something new out, watch out because I’ve got something coming your way. All the way from Bit Barons comes Astroslugs for iPad, a colorful and soothing puzzle board game for the iPad. The game is set in a long forgotten age when the universe still looked like an old parchment. It features the highly intelligent Astroslugs who travel through space and visit far-away planets to gather the prized Slug Energy. To support the Astroslugs you solve mind-boggling puzzles by drawing different shaped pieces onto an always varying board.

In addition to the release date, I also have a good handful  of screenshots that you can see below  as well.

Astroslugs for iPad will be launched at $0.99 for a limited time only, then will jump up to $1.99 as a permanent price it sounds like. If you want to just get a feel for the game, you can download the lite version for free that will also launch the same day as well.