Rolando update adds five new levels

By Oli Welsh Published 16 March, 2009

Game has seen 700,000 downloads.

Touch Arcade reports that Rolando, the excellent iPhone platformer, has received a free update that includes five "secret" levels.

The new version of the game also improves its physics and rendering engine. The first level is unlocked when you finish the first world of the game's story; the rest are unlocked as you complete them in sequence.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail claims that Rolando has now been downloaded 700,000 times, and that creator Simon Oliver "is on track to make his first million".

Rolando now sells at GBP 2.99 / USD 4.99, discounted from an original price tag of GBP 5.99 / USD 9.99. Eurogamer understands that Apple takes 30 per cent of revenue from sales through the App Store, so you don't need a calculator to figure out that Rolando has made Oliver and publisher ngmoco a pile of cash since its December release.

According to the Daily Mail piece, a sequel to Rolando is in development. More news when we have it.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • jonsaan #1 3 years ago

    I've yet to play Rolando, but it sounds like someone might have actually nailed a control system that works.

    As opposed to the.

    Look it's pacman.

    Oh wow it looks awesome. How do I control it?

    Well, you tilt to move. (or you can use a touch dpad that is useless)

    but then I can't see the screen properly.

    Yeah, isn't it awesome?! Iphone rules.!

  • dr_lha #2 3 years ago

    Have you actually played Rolando? Its not that much of a rip of LocoRoco at all, beyond superficial similarities.

  • moggsy #3 3 years ago

    I've paid for this and never played it. I hate myself sometimes.

  • NinjaWilliams #4 3 years ago

    Rolando's a great game, first come first serve that's what i'd say but of course you know dat SONY are gonna be making the next PSP with tilt controls, touch screen etc! So yeah, it's all good competition! :) Will be interesting to see how the handheld market is then for Apple et co! :)
    Edited by 1 at 16/03/09 @ 14:57

  • UncleLou #5 3 years ago

    Rolando is such a big LocoRoco ripoff

    Minus the racism, though.

  • Ryze #6 3 years ago

    Oh god - Sony fanboi alert!

  • Stu #7 3 years ago

    Rolando is good, it's a nice implementation of touchscreen controls. It's a bit annoyingly 'puzzley' for me, but then that's just personal preference. Can't complain for three quid though, I've bought worse games for ?40.