For the past 25+ years Spiderweb Software has been creating incredibly compelling and unique role-playing games, and while that’s a long time for any game studio to stay in business actively making games, it’s especially remarkable for Spiderweb seeing as it is predominantly one person, Jeff Vogel. Chances are pretty good that TouchArcade readers are already familiar with Spiderweb as they’ve released a ton of their games on iPad over the past decade, like games from the Avernum and Avadon series, and for the first time ever they also released a game on the iPhone with last December’s Queen’s Wish: The Conqueror. With the Queen’s Wish release now in the rearview mirror, Spiderweb has announced what their next project will be, and they’re digging into their past for this one.
Geneforge is a game that Spiderweb originally released back in 2001 and it aimed to be one of the most open-ended RPGs of the day. The story revolved around special wizards called “Shapers" who can create life at will, but then must deal with the ramifications of this ability. For example, if you create a bunch of minions to do your bidding for you and treat them like crap their entire lives, what happens when they figure out they can band together and rise up against you" Like many of Spiderweb’s releases, Geneforge digs into this world of what is right and what is wrong and leaves it up to you to find your own way through it all. Anyway...