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super lemonade stand is currently free.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-lemonade-factory/id481170364?mt=8

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It's also open source:
http://superlemonadefactory.initialsgames.com/index.html

But thanks for the heads up! *DLs*
 
I figured most developers would have iPhone 5 resolution support more quickly, but I guess Apple didn't officially confirm what everyone knew until not long before launch.
Yeah it's pretty annoying how slow the trickle of updates for iPhone 5 has been. The only ones I own that havve been updated are Temple Run and Zombieville 2. I would have thought some of the more popular games e.g. Flight Control, Peggle, Canabalt, Super Hexagon etc. would have been updated by now. The letterboxing has really put me off playing some games, particularly Super Hexagon as it's a lot trickier as a result.
 
And...

Super Monsters Ate My Condo is a big, fat dud for me. "Insulted" is the best way to describe how it makes me feel. You have to pay gold each and every time you want to use boosts. Laughable piece of shit. It's obvious there are folks here who are lovin' it -- hey, my wife think it's great. Of course, she watches Glee, so her tastes are...

Anyway, I think it's an insulting way to update the original game. Charging people to effectively limit their experience of the game.

It really sucks in high score games too because you never know when exactly you're going to have an awesome round and beat your previous high score. Having to designate each round as a grinding round or a scoring round really limits your chances of scoring high.

I could be remembering wrong but I'm pretty sure SuperPac was just critical of a similar power up structure in Rock Band Blitz. I'm not sure how involved he was with SMAMC but it's funny/ annoying to see an AS game release a week later with the same system.
Yeah, I bought this because it looked cool... then I realised. The same thing killed Phoenix HD in the latest update for me as well.
 
I had almost forgotten how FREAKING AMAZING is Chapter 4 in The Last Express (where the real game begins and you start to have a clear target).
It's definitively still unparalleled IMHO.
No way the whole real time thing could be made in other technical ways, not even today IMHO.
So many dialogues to eavesdrop, what an incredible experience.
I could sit in the smoking room or in the restaurant for hours, cutscenes after cutscenes.
 
I could be remembering wrong but I'm pretty sure SuperPac was just critical of a similar power up structure in Rock Band Blitz. I'm not sure how involved he was with SMAMC but it's funny/ annoying to see an AS game release a week later with the same system.

You might want to go back and re-read my posts in the RB Blitz thread, as you are mistaken.
 
Good Lord, Rayman Jungle Run is soooooooooooo good. So, so very good. I managed to get all the dead teeth for the first two worlds and finish all the regular levels throughout the game -- took me a few days, too -- but I've still got a ways to go just to unlock the last two special levels and get all the teeth. This is probably going to be my personal iOS GotY, and that's in light of so many other cool iOS games out already this year.
 
Comic Zeal vs Comic Glass... is there a preferred solution?

I am a Comic Zeal fan. Comic Glass was displaying some of the pages out of order for me even though they were named properly and sequentially. I tried Zeal after that and am happy with it. Zeal is definitely the deluxe package though. Some things are still a little confusing to do in it
 
I had almost forgotten how FREAKING AMAZING is Chapter 4 in The Last Express (where the real game begins and you start to have a clear target).
It's definitively still unparalleled IMHO.
No way the whole real time thing could be made in other technical ways, not even today IMHO.
So many dialogues to eavesdrop, what an incredible experience.
I could sit in the smoking room or in the restaurant for hours, cutscenes after cutscenes.

I was utterly impressed by this game. I played it until 1:30 Am last night, something I haven't done in a while. It was just incredible how the simple fact that everyone had their own agendas and (mostly) well voiced conversations and schedules made this such an immersive experience. Even dying or doing the wrong thing was an experience. I bet I have missed a good 30% of content
even after I got what was presumably the best ending (credits).
 
I am a Comic Zeal fan. Comic Glass was displaying some of the pages out of order for me even though they were named properly and sequentially. I tried Zeal after that and am happy with it. Zeal is definitely the deluxe package though. Some things are still a little confusing to do in it
Or just use Cloudreaders & have no problem with file numbering conventions, it just works. It's FREE too.
 
So, I'm finally jumping back to the iPhone. Leaving my Galaxy S2 for the iPhone 5. I know of the usual must have games. fruit ninja, jetpack joyride, infinity blade, etc etc. But since I my iPhone 4, I've been outdated with new games. So which of these do you recommend?

Super Hexagon
Camera+
Hipstamatic
zenoform
contre jour
zoo battle
ski safari
olo
sword and sorcery
zombieville usa 2
fieldrunners 2
asphalt 7
agent dash

Thanks for the future responses and suggestions! :)
 
So, I'm finally jumping back to the iPhone. Leaving my Galaxy S2 for the iPhone 5. I know of the usual must have games. fruit ninja, jetpack joyride, infinity blade, etc etc. But since I my iPhone 4, I've been outdated with new games. So which of these do you recommend?

Super Hexagon
Camera+
Hipstamatic
zenoform
contre jour
zoo battle
ski safari
olo
sword and sorcery
zombieville usa 2
fieldrunners 2
asphalt 7
agent dash

Thanks for the future responses and suggestions! :)

Out of that list I'd say super hexagon, ski safari, fieldrunners 2, and contre jour.

Btw camera+ is not a game :P
 
I think I'm undecided because Glass is universal and has been updated for iPhone 5...
I prefer ComicGlass. Never had any problems with pages being displayed out of order like mentioned above, but the dev is good at updating with improvements and bug fixes. You won't go wrong with either though. I'm Satisfied with Glass but I'm going to check Cloudreaders too since it's free, hadn't heard about about it before.
 
whoops. forgot to take that out. haha. been compiling a list of games and camera apps.

wow that list was reduced. :p

If you don't have it yet, Sword and Sworcery is really really good. I personally didn't enjoy it that much but it'a universally acclaimed. Asphalt 7 is actually pretty good for a gameloft game and only a buck. Zombieville 2 is fun and I'd definitely recommend it if you like the Castle Crashers/Side-scrolling fighting genre :D to make that list a little bigger again ;)

From the other games already mentioned, I can't say much about contre jour or fieldrunners, but super hexagon is AMAZING and ski safari is pretty good too. :p
 
If you don't have it yet, Sword and Sworcery is really really good. I personally didn't enjoy it that much but it'a universally acclaimed. Asphalt 7 is actually pretty good for a gameloft game and only a buck. Zombieville 2 is fun and I'd definitely recommend it if you like the Castle Crashers/Side-scrolling fighting genre :D to make that list a little bigger again ;)

From the other games already mentioned, I can't say much about contre jour or fieldrunners, but super hexagon is AMAZING and ski safari is pretty good too. :p

sword and sorcery is on the list. :)

seems like i was able to pick some good choices. haha!
 
ComicZeal for me: the presentation is beautiful, also easy to sort and display your collections and I like the option to automatically read the next volume.
 
ComicZeal for me: the presentation is beautiful, also easy to sort and display your collections and I like the option to automatically read the next volume.
I think bookshelf look on Glass looks slicker, and for what it's worth you can automatically read the next volume on it too. Universal Glass is cheaper and was just updated for the iPhone 5 display so that currently gives it an edge imo (I don't think it will take long for Zeal to get an update though). In any case, both are excellent and offer the necessary settings for a comfortable experience.

Funny thing about this off-topic comics talk coming up is that this week I started reading them on an iPad instead of the phone/computer and I'm so happy, haha. Can't wait to get out of work to keep playing with the thing.
 
loving DJMAX Ray. sure it's not universal but I can't imagine using my thumbs to play it on iPad (which I feel it was designed to be played this way). bought the music pack for $10 which isn't bad considering I've imported the PSP version for over 50 bucks in the past. highly recommended if you like DJMAX, it's built for touch controls and a nice way to play on the go.
 
loving DJMAX Ray. sure it's not universal but I can't imagine using my thumbs to play it on iPad (which I feel it was designed to be played this way). bought the music pack for $10 which isn't bad considering I've imported the PSP version for over 50 bucks in the past. highly recommended if you like DJMAX, it's built for touch controls and a nice way to play on the go.

It was. Tried it again on the iPad, terrible.
 
I think bookshelf look on Glass looks slicker, and for what it's worth you can automatically read the next volume on it too. Universal Glass is cheaper and was just updated for the iPhone 5 display so that currently gives it an edge imo (I don't think it will take long for Zeal to get an update though). In any case, both are excellent and offer the necessary settings for a comfortable experience.

Funny thing about this off-topic comics talk coming up is that this week I started reading them on an iPad instead of the phone/computer and I'm so happy, haha. Can't wait to get out of work to keep playing with the thing.
I've been trying, for the past few months, to get ComicZeal's & CloudReaders developers to create an Air Video Server style app to add to their repertoire.

What it does is it trolls your own file server you have over the wifi network so you can read your comics remotely. That way you do not have to constantly drag and drop them.
 
Both are sharp looking and addictive, but just exercises in progression. Time wasters, essentially. That's not a knock on them, I have both and played them for 10+ hours each.
 
I think I'm undecided because Glass is universal and has been updated for iPhone 5...

I like Comic Glass, precisely because it's universal. It works great, and I like it's more spartan approach honestly. The reason I moved to Comic Glass is because ComicZeal had a lot of flash and looked nice, but used to crash with larger comic file sizes for me. The multitude of ways to get comics onto your device directly through the app via dropbox instead of opening dropbox app and using that or using a specific piece of software on your computer (though you can do that too, it's not proprietary to the app). It's so much easier to queue up a bunch of stuff. There also seems to be more options/features in ComicGlass than Comic Zeal (filters, colors, toggles for status bar, number of pages, direction to read in, visual falir effects, and even the theme).

As I mentioned, it's been years since I used Comic Zeal intently, I re-installed it to take a gander before posting, so I'm not up to task of evaluating it like a regular user of it; ComicGlass satisfies me. If you're a casual comic reader, I'd say go for the cheaper one, whatever that may be at the time that you go to buy.
 
Infinity Blade Dungeons is quickly becoming Vaporware at this point.

Ha, ha...nah, though they may be rethinking their approach. It's possible they could be considering, "hey, we could make money with this on XBLA/PSN/Steam too." But I don't think it'll disappear. Too much monetary potential with that thing.
 
New iPhone 5 "issue": swiping off the screen for non-1136x640 games. Man.. :P

Peculiar issue since there isn't any tactile border on the non iPhone 5 screen to begin with but somehow one manages to mentally conjure up this fictitious "swipe-able area" based on the screen dimension under the glass which doesn't correspond to what the app underneath is displaying.
 
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