The iOS Gaming |Thread5| From Zero to Gaming Hero

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It's like "Global Thermonuclear War" from WarGames (the movie), but with viruses.

The other novelty factor in it is calling your diseases funny names. "Shit has infected another country". "Love has contaminated the water supply" etc.

Or it's, you know, exactly like the Pandemic Browser/Flash Game with extras. :P It's a great game. I will forever pride my hipster-self with discovering the game for GAF. -pats self on back-
 
Or it's, you know, exactly like the Pandemic Browser/Flash Game with extras. :P It's a great game. I will forever pride my hipster-self with discovering the game for GAF. -pats self on back-

Absolutely it is, and I bought both games. But I gotta tell you, after playing Plague, I couldn't go back to Pandemic. Plague has such a better interface and menu system, and gives you much clearer instruction. Just all around easier to get into and enjoy.

Me yesterday: Oh wow, Bard's tale, I remember that game! Only $2?!?
(checks the app store)
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Fuck that.

Yeah, it's pretty huge. But I'm in desperate need of something to keep me from watching anymore RE6 spoilers. My copy doesn't arrive 'til Thursday.
 
Or it's, you know, exactly like the Pandemic Browser/Flash Game with extras. :P It's a great game. I will forever pride my hipster-self with discovering the game for GAF. -pats self on back-
A co-worker actually discovered it for himself only a week or two ago. I was surprised to say the least, because generally, unless it's Angry Birds or Jetpack Joyride or whatever, the chance of someone playing a game on iOS that I have is miniscule.

Yeah, it's pretty huge. But I'm in desperate need of something to keep me from watching anymore RE6 spoilers. My copy doesn't arrive 'til Thursday.
My problem isn't the size, but the fact I'd need twice the free space to install it (on iOS5 still). I'd love to know what takes up all that room.

On a slightly different note, I bought Defender of the Crown last night. I know they said that it's an emulated version of it, but browsing the file structure of the phone... I didn't realise how little they did to port it! It literally has the two 880kb disk images in a folder, the kickstart ROM files along with a bunch of PNGs and stuff required for menus and whatever.

Seriously tempted to replace those disk images :D
 
My problem isn't the size, but the fact I'd need twice the free space to install it (on iOS5 still). I'd love to know what takes up all that room.

Well, man, I just played a bit of it, and wow! I strongly urge anyone with the space and money to buy Bard's Tale while it's on sale. The dialogue and voice acting alone are priceless. I can't believe I'm playing a game like this on my phone. Sure, the visuals aren't gonna blow anyone away anymore, but this game's presentation is really great. So far, it feels like having Fable on your iPhone.
 
I have no where to turn to because search engines handle the name "1000000" poorly. Is there some sort of bug that prevents the score form increasing?

Is there a solutions. My iphone is stuck at 79,000 and my ipad is stuck at 269,000 roughly.

Dumb question, but you know the score isn't a cumulative thing right? Whatever your highest score is is what will be displayed between rounds. If you knew that already, carry on!
 
Dumb question, but you know the score isn't a cumulative thing right? Whatever your highest score is is what will be displayed between rounds. If you knew that already, carry on!
Yeah, it seems crazy at first but you have to get ten million points in a single play to win.

Just an FYI, Ziggurat will return to the App Store soon enough. :)
I hope so, I've been super curious to try it since seeing all the votes for it in the recent "Best of iOS" thread.


Just got just under 2.5 billion in SMAMC with no boosts. I'm glad I caved in and bought it, I'm still not totally on board with IAPs in score attack games, but SMAMC totally seems like a game people would have bought for $20 and loved on DS or whatever just a few years ago.
 
Have come up with these for my iOS gaming website:

Slide to unlock
Pinch to zoom
Volume up/down
Mute
touch
tilt
shake
connect to lightning
jackstick
hold to jiggle
hold to reboot
drag to update
Scroll down/up

I just need to play around with it. Very hard.
 
Me yesterday: Oh wow, Bard's tale, I remember that game! Only $2?!?
(checks the app store)
w5UTJ.png


Fuck that.

So deleted some games to make room for The Bard's Tale, iPhone said I had 3.2 gigs free but it still said not enough space when I tried to buy, I always thought if you had 2 times the space it would be ok, I had to delete close to 4 gigs to download it.
 
I thought it was three times?

You are probably right, just could have sworn I got away with 2 times the space before maybe just changes with even bigger apps. It's really too bad more games don't use iCloud saves, Galaxy on Fire 2 does and I never have to worry about deleting that game since I reload my iCloud save after a reinstall.
 
I really can't come up with anything else than TouchMyGames and I need to set it up today or tomorrow so I can use it for school.

Maybe UnlockYourTouch but it sounds like an unlocking service. I don't like 'Buttons' to be part of the name. Maybe HoldToJiggle, PressToJiggle, TouchToJiggle, iNotify, Badge Explosion, Unlock Your Viking, Unlock the North.

I actually kind of like Unlock the North. Or Sky High Fox? Sky High Record?
 
So deleted some games to make room for The Bard's Tale, iPhone said I had 3.2 gigs free but it still said not enough space when I tried to buy, I always thought if you had 2 times the space it would be ok, I had to delete close to 4 gigs to download it.

I thought it was three times?

You are probably right, just could have sworn I got away with 2 times the space before maybe just changes with even bigger apps. It's really too bad more games don't use iCloud saves, Galaxy on Fire 2 does and I never have to worry about deleting that game since I reload my iCloud save after a reinstall.

No, it's twice the space, but the installed size is 1.7 gigs. In the game's description on the App Store, it even forewarns folks that 3.4 gigs of space is temporarily needed to download.
 
Also picked up Lili when it was on sale, it looks great but I didn't like it as much as others. I will give it another try after beating some other games, deleted it for now.
 
I really can't come up with anything else than TouchMyGames and I need to set it up today or tomorrow so I can use it for school.

Maybe UnlockYourTouch but it sounds like an unlocking service. I don't like 'Buttons' to be part of the name. Maybe HoldToJiggle, PressToJiggle, TouchToJiggle, iNotify, Badge Explosion, Unlock Your Viking, Unlock the North.

I actually kind of like Unlock the North. Or Sky High Fox? Sky High Record?

What is this site for? iOS games? What about TouchtoPlay.com?
 
I really can't come up with anything else than TouchMyGames and I need to set it up today or tomorrow so I can use it for school.

Maybe UnlockYourTouch but it sounds like an unlocking service. I don't like 'Buttons' to be part of the name. Maybe HoldToJiggle, PressToJiggle, TouchToJiggle, iNotify, Badge Explosion, Unlock Your Viking, Unlock the North.

I actually kind of like Unlock the North. Or Sky High Fox? Sky High Record?

I don't know if you're doing this site for realsies or for school, but I think the whole touch/slide etc thing is played out, your site will just become one among dozens.

maybe you should go the whole opposite tact to it. I actually think lolnobuttons.com is an AWESOME name and right away it gives your site a slightly aggressive, world weary tone. The trouble with a lot of these iOS sites is they feel and read like they're written by very enthusiastic 18 years olds. Which while admirable makes for a shitty reading experience.

But you need something that conveys the feel of your site. And unless you're bland-IGN-wannabe no34782, you need to think a little outside the box (think: rockpapershotgun)

I don't know about your Unlock the Viking/North ideas though - unless you're specializing in Viking games, seems a weird title.
 
Mainly a site where I can practice as I'm doing an education but I want it to turn out to be a website about iOS games yes. People don't seem to want Touch in the name.


The game probably won't be out before next year.

I don't know if you're doing this site for realsies or for school, but I think the whole touch/slide etc thing is played out, your site will just become one among dozens.

maybe you should go the whole opposite tact to it. I actually think lolnobuttons.com is an AWESOME name and right away it gives your site a slightly aggressive, world weary tone. The trouble with a lot of these iOS sites is they feel and read like they're written by very enthusiastic 18 years olds. Which while admirable makes for a shitty reading experience.

But you need something that conveys the feel of your site. And unless you're bland-IGN-wannabe no34782, you need to think a little outside the box (think: rockpapershotgun)

I don't know about your Unlock the Viking/North ideas though - unless you're specializing in Viking games, seems a weird title.

What about something like "Bite-Sized Games" or "Fun-Sized Games". Like the little snicker bars you used to get at Halloween.
 
What do people think about lolnobuttons?

It could also be something out of left field like Giant Bomb that has nothing to do with gaming. PremiumHand? TinyTouch? Anyway I probably should take it to another thread, I just don't know which one.

I'm also gonna write down all the name suggestions and decide.

Is it even possible to crazy dash in this version? The new combined Reverse/Brake seems to have totally killed it.
Double-tap acceleration to get turbo.
 
What do people think about lolnobuttons?

It could also be something out of left field like Giant Bomb that has nothing to do with gaming. PremiumHand? TinyTouch? Anyway I probably should take it to another thread, I just don't know which one.

I'm also gonna write down all the name suggestions and decide.


Double-tap acceleration to get turbo.

lol TinyTouch sounds like a forum for paedophiles :P

as I say, I think the name lolnobuttons is a work of minor genius. I would read it.
 
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