I’ve just released Hornbills, a portrait-mode arcade flight game for iOS.

The idea came from my wife Pauline’s and my love of watching hornbills around Singapore and on our travels. I wanted to capture that wonderful feeling of seeing these huge birds fly, but turn it into something that works as a genuinely fun mobile game.

You control your hornbill using motion controls, banking and diving through a stylised low-poly wilderness.

The game deliberately starts quite…

Hornbills – A Motion-Controlled Arcade Flight Game Inspired by Real Hornbills