Rolando (video game)

Rolando
Game logo
Developer(s)HandCircus[1]
Publisher(s)ngmoco
Designer(s)
  • Simon Oliver (game)
  • Mikko Walamies (art)
Engine
Platform(s)iOS
Release
  • December 18, 2008
  • Royal Edition
  • April 3, 2019
Genre(s)Adventure, puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

Rolando is a puzzle-adventure video game developed by studio HandCircus and published by Ngmoco. It was released for iOS on December 18, 2008, and uses the Box2D game engine.

Rolando's gameplay revolves around navigation of "Rolandos", small ball-like creatures, throughout a fictional world known as "Rolandoland". Rolando has received generally positive reviews. A sequel, Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid, was released in 2009. A third game was announced and later cancelled.

After being unplayable on newer devices since 2017, Rolando was later re-released in the form of a remake, Rolando: Royal Edition, on April 3, 2019.[4]

A new remake was released under the title Rolando Deluxe on Steam on 17 April 2024.[1]

  1. ^ "About HandCircus". HandCircus. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. ^ "iPhone port of Box2D Testbed now available". HandCircus. 2009-01-15. Archived from the original on 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  3. ^ "@unity3d has been amazing for us bringing the game back for this remastered edition..." Twitter. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
  4. ^ Webster, Andrew (April 4, 2019). "The triumphant return of Rolando, one of the first hit iPhone games". www.theverge.com. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.