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[awp69]

Probably should be talking about this in the GoTY thread itself, but how about waiting until the voting is over. Then giving everyone one vote for anything that is still tied? And set like a 48 hour max to get that vote in? Then, hopefully, the will be broken.

I think I remember doing something like that when I did the Indie iOS GoTY on TA a few years ago.

 

[Voidance]

Kind of an off topic question, but what kind of case do people use with their iPad whilst gaming? Just curious -- I'm getting the "new case itch," so to speak.

 

[awp69]

Kind of an off topic question, but what kind of case do people use with their iPad whilst gaming? Just curious -- I'm getting the "new case itch," so to speak.

I have a nice pseudo-leather case for my iPad Mini 2 that I got dirt cheap with a Bluetooth keyboard when my local Radio Shack was closing. But depending on the game, I tend to take it out when actually playing because it's a little cumbersome. I use it more for on the go and if I'm just browsing or reading. Funny enough, after the initial "this is cool", I also ditched the keyboard.

Also wanted to mention that if anyone is wanting iTunes e-cards, Raise.com has an extra 5% off this weekend. So a $15 card is like $13.11. Not a great deal, but every little bit helps. Promo code is TAKE5.

 

[More_Badass]

I have an Otterbox Symmetry Series Folio
http://www.otterbox.com/en-us/symmetry-series-folio

 

[Saucycarpdog]

I go caseless with my idevices, skins are usually what I go for.

 

[More_Badass]

The new votes just shifted the 5-way tie to 9th place

Btw, I'm adding the points individually for each nominated game, so the results thread might be a bit slower to go up than the other GOTY threads

 

[colinp]

Apparently Tiny Thief doesn't work on iOS 9...? Any idea if it will be updated at some point?

 

[nampad]

Can anyone recommend a MMORPG or another kind of MMO on iOS? Preferably with mfi support.

 

[More_Badass]

Apparently Tiny Thief doesn't work on iOS 9...? Any idea if it will be updated at some point?

You'll be playing Love You To Bits next month though
Supposed to release in February

 

[JCho133]

Momoka is v nice

 

[Moreche]

I really hope for prison architect on iPad soon.

 

[killercow]

Can anyone recommend a MMORPG or another kind of MMO on iOS? Preferably with mfi support.

Order and Chaos 2 is one of the best one (sadly F2P with no mfi support AFAIK).

 

[okno]

Venture Kid is a pure joy. The controls are perfect on my 6s+, and it's just the right amount of difficulty for me. It's a lovely tribute to Mega Man, but in that it doesn't have much originality. It's fairly straight forward and not anything flashy, but it's the best Mega Man-like we've received on iOS yet.

 

[Danthrax]

In an ironic twist, the images in the OP are so big that they crash the Safari tab on my iPad over and over until I escape the page before it gets too far into loading. "IOS gaming thread, not safe for iOS devices"

 

[One Foul Note]

Venture Kid is a pure joy. The controls are perfect on my 6s+, and it's just the right amount of difficulty for me. It's a lovely tribute to Mega Man, but in that it doesn't have much originality. It's fairly straight forward and not anything flashy, but it's the best Mega Man-like we've received on iOS yet.

I'm personally finding that game disappointingly dull to be honest. It does control well, I will give it credit for that. But the level design is very pedestrian and the bosses encounters are very boring due largely in part of the mountain of health they have but with very limited movesets.

 

[colinp]

In an ironic twist, the images in the OP are so big that they crash the Safari tab on my iPad over and over until I escape the page before it gets too far into loading. "IOS gaming thread, not safe for iOS devices"

Yep, Been like that for awhile with us OG Mini users. Means it's time to upgrade.

You'll be playing Love You To Bits next month though
Supposed to release in February

Well that's something at least! Wonder if they'll go back and update Tiny Thief after that launches.

 

[killercow]

Y
Well that's something at least! Wonder if they'll go back and update Tiny Thief after that launches.

Well it's not the same studio so I doubt it.

 

[More_Badass]

Well it's not the same studio so I doubt it.

Yeah, some of the devs who designed Tiny Thief and did the animations started their own studio.

 

[infiniteloop]

Was sleeping on Power Hover, it's great.
Would look great on Apple TV, too!

 

[colinp]

Yeah, some of the devs who designed Tiny Thief and did the animations started their own studio.

Ah ok.

On Twitter back in Novemberthe Tiny Thief dev account mentions they hope to fix for iOS 9. Wonder if anything will come of it.

 

[More_Badass]

Re: Mobile voting: One game leads above all others by a huge margin.

In an ironic twist, the images in the OP are so big that they crash the Safari tab on my iPad over and over until I escape the page before it gets too far into loading. "IOS gaming thread, not safe for iOS devices"

Guess I should make the game banners smaller in the future threads

 

[infiniteloop]

Re: Mobile voting: One game leads above all others by a huge margin.

the top 3 is pretty set at this point.

 

[asa]

Was sleeping on Power Hover, it's great.
Would look great on Apple TV, too!

Thanks! As it happens, we just started working on the apple TV version

BTW. Here's a short clip from the upcoming content update:

6 new levels + boss, should be out next month if everything goes smoothly

 

[More_Badass]

the top 3 is pretty set at this point.

Pretty much, it's the bottom 7 that keep shuffling around

 

[Pachimari]

Yeah, the OP is such a slug loaing on iOS devices. My iPhone 6 crashes the browser more than once.

I also haven't voted. Dunno what to vote for. Didn't play that much of that many games last year.

 

[jon bones]

oh shit more Power Hover content?

hell yeah, this game is dope af

 

[awp69]

Re: Mobile voting: One game leads above all others by a huge margin.

I haven't done any formal counts but scrolling through the thread I think I know which game people are GOing with for the win.

 

[Saucycarpdog]

You can already tell this will be a good year for mobile when only 2 weeks in I already have a game that will probably be on my GOTY list. (Momoka )

 

[awp69]

You can already tell this will be a good year for mobile when only 2 weeks in I already have a game that will probably be on my GOTY list. (Momoka )

Yep, think that will be on mine too. So good.

 

[More_Badass]

You can already tell this will be a good year for mobile when only 2 weeks in I already have a game that will probably be on my GOTY list. (Momoka )

Last January:
- Hero Emblems
- Space Marshals

This January
- Momoka
- TIS-100P

We're off to a good start

 

[infiniteloop]

Last January:
- Hero Emblems
- Space Marshals

I bought these in Jan last year, and I'm still playing them. Just 100%'d Space Marshals.

 

[awp69]

Dammit!! I should crucify myself for not always using a case. My iPad Mini 2 got in between the side of a recliner and I didn't even know. Then I saw it sticking out and sure enough here's now a huge crack on the screen on the top half.

Urghhh.

 

[nampad]

Order and Chaos 2 is one of the best one (sadly F2P with no mfi support AFAIK).

Thank you.

 

[Vyer]

I never knew a Rick and Morty Pokemon riff was a thing I would have wanted, but it's been fun so far

 

[vall03]

So, I'm still stuck with a 4S and I've been missing the chance to upgrade it for years and I was wondering if I should get an iPhone or an iPad? I rarely use it as a phone and I occasionally use it for calling and texting but only when I need to. I mostly use it for checking mail, browsing and playing games that it doesn't even feel like a phone anymore. Although, if I get an iPad, it would feel so redundant with the devices that I have since I use both a Chromebook and a laptop at home and at work and I switch between them from time to time. Also, if I invest on a device, I want it to last for at around 4-5 years if possible, so I'm kinda torn between and iPhone 6S Plus and an iPad Mini 4. What do you guys suggest, get a new device now or just wait for the new ones that will eventually be released later this year?

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

So, I'm still stuck with a 4S and I've been missing the chance to upgrade it for years and I was wondering if I should get an iPhone or an iPad? I rarely use it as a phone and I occasionally use it for calling and texting but only when I need to. I mostly use it for checking mail, browsing and playing games that it doesn't even feel like a phone anymore. Although, if I get an iPad, it would feel so redundant with the devices that I have since I use both a Chromebook and a laptop at home and at work and I switch between them from time to time. Also, if I invest on a device, I want it to last for at around 4-5 years if possible, so I'm kinda torn between and iPhone 6S Plus and an iPad Mini 4. What do you guys suggest, get a new device now or just wait for the new ones that will eventually be released later this year?

Apple updated practically every device with A8's last year (minus the A9's in the 6s) so anything with that processor is probably going to be supported for at last a few generations, but no one can guarantee 4-5 years. The iPad Mini 4 isn't a bad choice. If you want something smaller, take a look at the iPod touch too.

The iPad Air might get an upgrade by summertime and Apple could potentially upgrade the mini alongside it, but...well. Rumor has it that Apple will be releasing a 4-inch iPhone with an A8 processor sometime soon too.

 

[pronk420]

Re: Mobile voting: One game leads above all others by a huge margin.


Guess I should make the game banners smaller in the future threads

I think possibly it's the large number of embedded YouTube videos that crashes safari, it does fine on the iOS threads with lots of images (why iOS rocks 2015), but since mobile Gaf automatically embeds YouTube links the monthly threads are full of YouTube videos.

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

Worth mentioning that you can disable embedding on mobilegaf

 

[pronk420]

Worth mentioning that you can disable embedding on mobilegaf

Thanks for this! First page loads fine for me now

 

[teruterubozu]

Worth mentioning that you can disable embedding on mobilegaf

Yup. In fact, every iOS thread should have that caveat & embed disable instructions at the very top. I wonder how many mobile gamers we lose because they can't load the first page

 

[infiniteloop]

never played much Steven Universe on iOS, but I gave it a go now it's on Apple TV.
Really fun game. bonus points for not showing Siri remote directions when using a MFi controller.

 

[More_Badass]

I think possibly it's the large number of embedded YouTube videos that crashes safari, it does fine on the iOS threads with lots of images (why iOS rocks 2015), but since mobile Gaf automatically embeds YouTube links the monthly threads are full of YouTube videos.

Aha, so that's what it is. I always disable embedding and GIFs on mobile.

 

[nampad]

Started Implosion and am not feeling it so far. I only played two levels but if those are representative of the game, I am not sure I will enjoy it. I expected a console like experience from all the hype and then the levels are just short linear hack and slash events.
The story is quite uninteresting and generic so far and actually hinders the pacing.

I am just at the beginning so maybe the pace will pick up but if not, it won't be so bad as I got the game for free from IGN anyway.

Hope Kotor gets discounted soon again and Bioshock reappears on the store.

 

[sheaaaa]

Just a thought - if people are forced to go out of their way to disable embeds and jump through hoops to get past the first page, maybe such an image/video-intensive layout isn't needed? Personally I just scroll straight past everything at the start of each new thread. Just seems to be a common thread that pops up every month. Not disparaging the effort you put in, but something to think about perhaps. Cheers!

 

[More_Badass]

Just a thought - if people are forced to go out of their way to disable embeds and jump through hoops to get past the first page, maybe such an image/video-intensive layout isn't needed? Personally I just scroll straight past everything at the start of each new thread. Just seems to be a common thread that pops up every month. Not disparaging the effort you put in, but something to think about perhaps. Cheers!

Seems like the issue is the YouTube embeds. I won't add the trailer links in the February thread: we'll see how that turns out. Sounds like that was the main issue

 

[Anilones]

Started Implosion and am not feeling it so far. I only played two levels but if those are representative of the game, I am not sure I will enjoy it. I expected a console like experience from all the hype and then the levels are just short linear hack and slash events.
The story is quite uninteresting and generic so far and actually hinders the pacing.

I had the same impressions about Implosion and eventually gave up around the sixth or seventh level. I'd be interested to know if you carry on whether you find any improvements.

 

[stephencottontail]

Started Implosion and am not feeling it so far. I only played two levels but if those are representative of the game, I am not sure I will enjoy it. I expected a console like experience from all the hype and then the levels are just short linear hack and slash events.
The story is quite uninteresting and generic so far and actually hinders the pacing.

Spoiler

That's basically a console AAA experience these days.

So glad I got Momoka. Perfect game to tide me over until Crashlands hits next week.

 

[Frostt]

Is the GameCenter bug back? Really? Common I need that to play games... Apple, wake up there are a lot of gamers out there who rely on GameCenter... better fix it. Steve Jobs wouldnt let that happen...

So glad I got Momoka. Perfect game to tide me over until Crashlands hits next week.

Same here. Crashlands is going to be so sweet.

Also, Power Hover is getting another sale when I arrive home (out of battery and at work) since it seems to be universally loved. Hope they add an endless mode sometime (fingers crossed, touching wood, lighting a candle, etc...)

 

[killercow]

Is the GameCenter bug back? Really? Common I need that to play games... Apple, wake up there are a lot of gamers out there who rely on GameCenter... better fix it. Steve Jobs wouldnt let that happen...

It's not that it's "back", the bug has been here for more than a year now and it can go away if you're lucky or be present until you do a full restore. But even then, it can come back at any time and there are no permanent solution to fix it (and it's still not fixed in iOS 9.2.1 or 9.3).

It's really annoying.

 

[Frostt]

It's not that it's "back", the bug has been here for more than a year now and it can go away if you're lucky or be present until you do a full restore. But even then, it can come back at any time and there are no permanent solution to fix it (and it's still not fixed in iOS 9.2.1 or 9.3).

It's really annoying.

Annoying as hell for sure. I thought I got rid of it a while ago, and a few days ago I wanted to check something on the app and... a big white blank screen... guess another full restore is in order...

iOS Gamers, lets do a round of sarcastic applause for the team responsible for GameCenter. Probably the worst internal studio at Apple. Been like that for months and nothing to fix it...