GDC: Hands on with games from EA Mobile and Chillingo

05.03.2011

The character, Storm, whisks around the landscape in a teacup, collecting sugar cubes and avoiding storm clouds and sharks.

The controls are simple--left and right arrow buttons and a lightning button that allows your character to jump.

Gameplay is fairly smooth; in fact, the smoothness can be a problem, as you may find yourself sliding off of platforms when you don't want to.

The graphics look especially good on the iPhone 4's screen, and the game is cute and family-friendly--even when you die, your character bursts into black confetti. Storm in a Teacup is coming in April.