Jakub Dvorský and his Czech-based game studio Amanita Design are readying their next point-n-click release, titled Botanicula, which focuses on five tree creatures who are “on a quest to save their home’s last seed from a pack of evil parasites.” As in earlier Amanita games, like Samarost, the natural environment plays a big role in the design of the game, and here in this teaser you can see that mushrooms are characters. I was actually mushroom hunting in the Czech Republic this summer, and can verify that this is an awesome national pastime. Animation in the game was handled by Jaromir Plachy.

For more on Amanita, read our 2005 interview with Jakub.

There’s a Weebl’s Stuff game set to drop this month, that sets gameplay amongst some of their more popular Flash-animated shorts. In this trailer for Russian Dancing Men, you’ll spot favorites like Crabs, Badgers, Magical Trevor, Amazing Horse and of course Weebl and Bob. They’re making it for iPhone and iPad, but also Android down the line.

Dragon Age: Legends, EA’s popular Facebook game, includes an intense opening cinematic that was animated by none other than Adam Phillips. It was animated over 48 days using Animate Pro 2.

Adam Phillips, the mastermind behind the Brackenwood saga, is getting set to release his Daskin game (which he created along with Sean McGee). Below you’ll see the opening cinematic for the game, and soon you’ll be able to play it for free at bitey.com. Phillips used Toon Boom Animate Pro to create the animated elements. In the final freeze-frame shot, most of you will spot the game’s title, but it is laid in there subtly.

Michael Mueller and his friends recently started a game company called Harmony Arcade, and their first release is available on Facebook. Castle Smash is a social game and it “is all about the look on your friend’s face when you arrive onto the battlefield with a solid gold slingshot.” Personally, I like the look on the horse’s face half-way through this trailer: