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iOS Gaming March 2015 | Beware the IAPs of March
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TheChewyWaffles
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Nope. Can't fathom it. I have 4 iPads in the house, two iPhones, and a MacBook Pro. Still can't fathom it.
infiniteloop
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yup. 42mm with milanese loop or leather loop.
More_Badass
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Seems like a waste of money to me. I just use my phone anyway. Takes less than 5 seconds to glance at the time.
Seriously considering it. Would be nice to have at work.
PittaGAF
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Yesssssssssssss!!!!
That moment when you pass all your friends markers!!!
I even stupidity died, could have gone further if not for keeping a chain active.
Elders are damn difficult after a bit.
I'm stuck at level 35 tough, can't understand what the game want from me as middle achievement (fly 50 meters with wing suit on 'proximity'?).
Yeah I'm playing both. I'm not great at .Decluster but it's a heck of a lot of fun. My best score on Easy is 11.7 million, starting from Stage 1 and losing all of my lives on Stage 3. More practice needed.
Here's a video of my best score so far in Blokshot Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hsOQ5GOVRk
Link please? There's no info on the IGN home page.
Fly close to the ground.
PittaGAF
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Yeah, just did it and came here to post.
Found out by luck, never noticed you 'moved snow' when close.
In the italian version they use the same words of the blue feather thing....so I tried (for a week) to fly with the wing suit when with that power.
Level 36, here I come.
yep I am still playing it
and my 6 year old DS loves it, he is constantly playing it
Yeah, I've been playing it daily since before Christmas.
Also stuck now at the last wall, grinding for Jaqulin. Don't know if I'll have the patience to get it, but so far I keep playing.
I've some decent artifacts, but I'm missing Tincturer of the maker and Drunken Hammer before even considering a serious grinding for the last hero.
It's a shame that the tournaments in the iOS version are bugged at the moment. There's an update waiting at Apple for approval.
Heh, glad to hear I'm not the only sap playing it.
I did spend a bit of money on it early on to ensure I got some critical artifacts. I'm pretty much set now and am just grinding for Jaqulin. I've got:
- Crafter's Elixir
- Crown Egg
- Knight's Shield
- Chest of Contentment
- Hero's Thrust
- Tincture of the Maker
- Barbarian's Mettle
- Death Seeker
- Drunken Hammer
- Axe of Resolution
- Overseer's Lotion
- Future's Fortune
- Ring of Wondrous Charm
- Undead Aura
- Parchment of Importance
- Worldly Illuminator
- Saintly Shield
- Dark Cloak of Life
- Ogre's Gauntlet
I have permanent Shadow Clone now, which makes grinding a lot more enjoyable. Tap a button every 5 minutes, and I only need to worry about upgrading heroes every now and then. I'm at +36k% damage now, so I should be able to hit Jaqulin after another 10 prestiges or so, hopefully.
If I'm lucky maybe I'll get all 30 weapons after a few more tournaments. I wasn't too lucky on the weekend for the first iOS tournament...only got 6th place since places 1-5 were all level 1300+ and I can only make level 1230 or so.
I salvaged Drunken Hammer very early in the game. Back then, the heroes were making most of my damage by far, and I thought tap damage would not be that important.
Of course, after level 200 or 300, tap damage is the only non-trivial source of damage. :/
I still haven't gotten Drunken Hammer back, and salvaging my crap artifacts costs me now like 1000 diamonds.
I have only one way: forward.
I'm currently hitting a wall around level 1115. My next artifact costs 16000 relics, and I'm making around 7000 of them per prestige.
I hope to get a weapon for Chester or Mohacas, and Drunken Hammer or Tincturer of the Maker soon.
infiniteloop
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there's friend markers?
Yeah, similar to the marker for your own record, there are markers for all your GC friends, but only if they're above your current record.
infiniteloop
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I'm sorry, didn't mean for the "slow's" part to be there :lol. I always play Blitz, and the slow animations make me go back the new style, which is much faster.
Played it a while back, year or two ago, thought it was ok, 3-starred everything, no IAP's needed. Some potentially offensive caricatures...
I think overall, I just found it a little too short and sweet, with a focus on IAPs, especially around your limited special powers.
Was expecting / thinking there would be more levels, as I found (expected?) that there really wasn't quite enough levels as there could have been...
Guns and violence are back on the App Store it seems. A few weeks back outlets were running stories on App Store game submissions failing or being forced to change icons, screenshots, and previews.
We resubmitted our violent preview for Into the Dead (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/into-the-dead/id535609266?mt=8) that was previously rejected, and it was approved just fine today. And as far as violence and guns go, it is up there.
We resubmitted our violent preview for Into the Dead (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/into-the-dead/id535609266?mt=8) that was previously rejected, and it was approved just fine today. And as far as violence and guns go, it is up there.
More_Badass
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Weird how Apple shifts like that
Good thing though, hopefully that means Party Hard won't get rejected because it looks awesome. A little bit of Hotline Miami, a little bit of Hitman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Z6wpgmc8o
Backlash probably got them to change back. Very weird misstep on their part, though.
So I know Mario and some folks have or know people with iOS sdk. What CAN you do with apple watch atm? From reading around and the conference it seems like there could be watch only apps/games you get from the apple watch app on ios 8.2. Seems like you can also basically develop extensions to your iphone apps as well?
Is there anything stopping people from writing watchface apps atm?
Is there anything stopping people from writing watchface apps atm?
There's no access to the typical graphics APIs; animations are limited to flipbook presentations of static images, which realistically need to be preloaded rather than streamed over bluetooth from the phone. This more or less rules out say, a sweeping second hand (though people are clever)
Do you have access to Siri diction api or w/e the microphone on the keyboard is called? a watch app for popular 3rd party messaging apps (fb messenger/weichat/whats app) could really sell the whole watch concept imo
The problem is that there is no direct access to dictation (even on the phone); it just shows up on the keyboard if certain variables (hardware, language, iOS version) are met, then you can insert a hook into your code to catch the parsed output text. The watch doesn't even have a keyboard. You can get Siri by pushing the crown, but again third-party access so far is at best indirect and hacky (like using Siri to text IFTTT, which then triggers your wifi cat feeder or whatever).
Starships?
infiniteloop
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Nice, Paper Monsters is metal devices only.
TA has reviewed Blokshot Revolution and Shaun has given the game 5/5
"Blokshot Revolution is one of those brilliant titles that finds a central mechanic that feels good and runs all the way home with it. It's exciting, tense, and has a great learning curve that keeps it fresh well beyond what you might expect from its somewhat simple premise. It takes skill, quick thinking, and a keen eye to win, and I love that your inevitable losses never feel unfair. You can always see things well enough ahead of time that you know you could have done something differently and survived. While it's a bit threadbare in terms of options, play modes, and that sort of thing, it also doesn't need any of it. What's here is simply divine all on its own."
Full review: http://toucharcade.com/2015/03/11/blokshot-revolution-review/
"Blokshot Revolution is one of those brilliant titles that finds a central mechanic that feels good and runs all the way home with it. It's exciting, tense, and has a great learning curve that keeps it fresh well beyond what you might expect from its somewhat simple premise. It takes skill, quick thinking, and a keen eye to win, and I love that your inevitable losses never feel unfair. You can always see things well enough ahead of time that you know you could have done something differently and survived. While it's a bit threadbare in terms of options, play modes, and that sort of thing, it also doesn't need any of it. What's here is simply divine all on its own."
Full review: http://toucharcade.com/2015/03/11/blokshot-revolution-review/
RedNumberFive
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42mm sport. I haven't made a decision on the color yet. I want the black band, but not the space gray enclosure.
The most interesting release this week is probably Card Crawl! (imho)
RedNumberFive
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Any recommendations for games in the style of Metal Slug Defense or Army of Darkness Defense? I've completely cleared out both games, and I'm looking for something similar.
More_Badass
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Space Program Manager is releasing tonight as well
http://www.slitherine.com/games/BA_SPM_Pc
And heh, I'm enjoying the Lynchian arcade slaughterfest aka Hotline Miami 2. What an awesome game
Yes. We have a watch game in preproduction that actually specifically needs a sweeping hand (funnily enough) and will need a clever solution.
More_Badass
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I wasn't planning on getting anything tonight but Starships looks too good to pass up. Combat is essentially XCOM with space vessels and it looks like it has a ton of depth
http://youtu.be/_LIsPSoF2Y4
http://youtu.be/_LIsPSoF2Y4
PixyJunket
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Game Center not working for anybody else?
It's acting weird for me too, shows friends but not my games.
Probably something to do with Apple's servers, iTunes, App Store and the Mac App Store are all broken at the moment.
http://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1008373
PixyJunket
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Yeah, not fun. Would be even worse if you were releasing an app today (with today being the usual weekday to release things).
Wonder if we'll establish what the problem actually is/was.
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