Leo's Fortune, an Apple Design Award Winner at WWDC 2014, is now available on the Mac App Store for $6.99. Leo's Fortune HD, also available on Steam, delivers the same popular iPhone and iPad platform adventure gameplay on Mac.
Leo’s Fortune is a platform adventure game where you hunt down the cunning and mysterious thief that stole your gold. Beautifully hand-crafted levels bring the story of Leo to life in this epic adventure.
“I just returned home to find all my gold has been stolen! For some devious purpose, the thief has dropped pieces of my gold like breadcrumbs through the woods. Despite this pickle of a trap, I am left with no choice but to follow the trail. Whatever lies ahead, I must recover my fortune.” -Leopold
Leo's Fortune HD was developed by Swedish indie studio 1337 & Senri in partnership with Tilting Point. The game is available for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, PlayStation 4, Windows, OS X and Xbox One.
Top Rated Comments
Great game. The price for the Mac version isn’t bad either.
I've been playing (and loving) 2D platformers since the first Super Mario Brothers on the original NES, and I really don't hesitate to say that Leo's Fortune is one of the smoothest, most entertaining, "alive feeling", pure-run-and-jump platformers I've ever played, period. It's that good.
The play control was amazingly responsive and precise even with a touchscreen (usually the bane of precision twitch-button-press gaming, in my experience), so it might even be that much better on the Mac.
If you like this kind of thing, you owe it to yourself to buy this in some form if you haven't already.
The graphics are gorgeous and reminiscent of a more detailed and atmospheric Super Mario Bros. Wii. They're a seamless combination of 2D and 3D that give a real sense of depth as you move along. As @Makosuke said, the controls are tight. Granted, I'm playing the desktop version, but they're responsive to the point that you become reliant on intuition to pass certain areas, especially those that would otherwise be tedious precise jumping sections. Overall, the game is incredibly endearing due to the fluffy, inflatable protagonist, lack of enemy NPCs, and sublime graphics.
If there's anything negative to say about Leo's Fortune - HD Edition, its that the overly-large menus and buttons clearly point to it being developed for mobile devices first. Also, it uses left, right, and down buttons for the respective motions but then uses space to jump, which is slightly awkward albeit typical.