hillsighed
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Asking this for my girlfriend: What are a few of the better Animal Crossing-like iOS games? 
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iOS Gaming Thread April 2013: Now with GAF Gold IAP
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dreamcastmaster
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Ohh Star Command!
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I'll add an April Fools warning to the GAF GOLD/Star Command post later.
That said, their release candidate build is currently out with testers. Barring any major issues they should submit to Apple this/next week.
It's not out yet but I'd keep Castaway Paradise on my rader for this, from Stolen Couch Games: http://stolencouchgames.com/
That said, their release candidate build is currently out with testers. Barring any major issues they should submit to Apple this/next week.
Asking this for my girlfriend: What are a few of the better Animal Crossing-like iOS games?
It's not out yet but I'd keep Castaway Paradise on my rader for this, from Stolen Couch Games: http://stolencouchgames.com/
toythatkills
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Asking this for my girlfriend: What are a few of the better Animal Crossing-like iOS games?
She'll probably like Happy Street
LyleLanley
Banned
Seeing Star Command in the OP made me decide to look at the original kickstarter.
I guess they missed that date by a little bit.
I guess they missed that date by a little bit.
Welcome to the party! If you want, feel free to hang around this thread for words on which games to look for and which to look out for. If you want to look for previous games from the makers of NimbleQuest go search for Nimblebit in the App Store!
Everything you upgrade carries over. As you level up the guys, they get nice stat bonuses that are permanent. All your shop upgrades are permanent as well. The point is to keep trying again to gain more experience and money.
chickdigger802
Banned
Still can't stop playing nameless: the hackers. Fun little indie rpg themed around hacking, luminati, world in danger etc.
Has an addicting random card system (game has no iap of any sort!), and pretty fun (and cleavagey) characters.
Think it was made by a gaffer or a friend or something, $2, check it out.
Has an addicting random card system (game has no iap of any sort!), and pretty fun (and cleavagey) characters.
Think it was made by a gaffer or a friend or something, $2, check it out.
Neogaf
Number 1 in the guild right now
Got it, thanks.
PittaGAF
Member
Well, everything you upgrade carries over (beware, it doesn't sync between devices).
Kills count to upgrade your main character.
If you pay one token to continue, you mantain the eventual 'buffs' you bought too...this is valid till you go back to the first level.
After a while, you will upgrade everything upgradable BAR the 2nd and 3rd tier of each characters...then you will have to decide who upgrade first.
Personally I went first for Uther, Gizmo and Arcane.
Also...don't be shy to spend 1 token and give a go to the Arena for each event...the payoff is always favorable by a great margin (I got 40 and 60 tokens for just trying).
Also, I noticed that the more tokens you spend, the more tokens you get playing normally.
I got even 5-6 in the same (later) levels after buffing up the party.
Fragamemnon
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Owen over at Pocket Tactics posted that iOOTP 2013 will be out on the appstore Wed. night. It's definitely a niche product (baseball sports simulation), but it's pretty much untouchable on both the PC and iOS.
Awesome. Baseball is my least favorite of the 'big' sports here in the US but for some reason I get crazy addicted to the OOTP sim.
chickdigger802
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Would love a baseball management sim game with some kind of production value
Oddly enough, having played baseball in highschool, i'm pretty awful at most baseball games. Maybe when oculus rift comes to a bball game i'd make more sense in my head :X
Oddly enough, having played baseball in highschool, i'm pretty awful at most baseball games. Maybe when oculus rift comes to a bball game i'd make more sense in my head :X
Yes.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Wait theee's a Groove Coaster sequel?! :O
Ivan A Nguyen
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I need GAF's help. I want a game that would kind of play like the current Sim City. Something that would allow me and my wife to have some co-op to reach goals while also having city building single player content. Low to no pressure kind of game. So far she has loved Bookworm and Plants vs. Zombies for her iPhone.
TL;DR
Looking for game suggestions for low key co-op.
TL;DR
Looking for game suggestions for low key co-op.
chickdigger802
Banned
space team
Ivan A Nguyen
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It has co op, but I'm looking for something slower paced.
chickdigger802
Banned
Happy street?
Not entirely sure what ya mean by slow. Can the wife play console style games?
Not entirely sure what ya mean by slow. Can the wife play console style games?
Ivan A Nguyen
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Happy Street does look like the style of game I'm looking for. She can and has played console games. I'm just looking for an experince that's particular to mobile devises. Like Two Player tiny tower kind of stuff.
Man, I feel so bad for the devs of Little Inferno right now.
So their game has been iPad only since release. However they've just made a version for iPhone 5/iPod 5/iPhone 4S only. Since Apple doesn't allow devs to restrict 4G users from buying an incompatible game, they've put a large warning in the description. They also made the Little Inferno iPad version iPhone 5/iPod 5 compatible so that previous owners wouldn't have to buy a separate version for their other devices.
Well, a TON of people who didn't read the warning bought the game, saw that it didn't work on their device, and has left dozens of bad reviews for the pocket edition. Not only that, but Apple mistakenly featured the HD version on their front page of the App Store for iPhone users...which didn't have a warning for 4G users, and thus dragged down the rating of the five star app down to 3.5 stars and going lower. All because they wanted to do something nice for previous app owners.
Really glad I didn't do a Cook, Serve, Delicious release for 5G owners only. It looks like a complete disaster. I hope the devs come out of this ok.
So their game has been iPad only since release. However they've just made a version for iPhone 5/iPod 5/iPhone 4S only. Since Apple doesn't allow devs to restrict 4G users from buying an incompatible game, they've put a large warning in the description. They also made the Little Inferno iPad version iPhone 5/iPod 5 compatible so that previous owners wouldn't have to buy a separate version for their other devices.
Well, a TON of people who didn't read the warning bought the game, saw that it didn't work on their device, and has left dozens of bad reviews for the pocket edition. Not only that, but Apple mistakenly featured the HD version on their front page of the App Store for iPhone users...which didn't have a warning for 4G users, and thus dragged down the rating of the five star app down to 3.5 stars and going lower. All because they wanted to do something nice for previous app owners.
Really glad I didn't do a Cook, Serve, Delicious release for 5G owners only. It looks like a complete disaster. I hope the devs come out of this ok.
Wait what?!
I thought it was just the original game repackaged as a freemium app? I could be wrong though
StarCreator
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Kind of both; Groove Coaster Zero has a different set of unlockable songs and significantly more songs available for purchase, but the hook is that you have to be online to download songs you haven't played before (even the ones you earn for free). It gives you a bunch of songs to start with if the original Groove Coaster is installed too.
There's also the matter of there being a -lot- of J-Pop covers that are only available if you connect to the in-game store from a Japanese IP... compare the JP list to the EN list.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
Man, I feel so bad for the devs of Little Inferno right now.
So their game has been iPad only since release. However they've just made a version for iPhone 5/iPod 5/iPhone 4S only. Since Apple doesn't allow devs to restrict 4G users from buying an incompatible game, they've put a large warning in the description. They also made the Little Inferno iPad version iPhone 5/iPod 5 compatible so that previous owners wouldn't have to buy a separate version for their other devices.
Well, a TON of people who didn't read the warning bought the game, saw that it didn't work on their device, and has left dozens of bad reviews for the pocket edition. Not only that, but Apple mistakenly featured the HD version on their front page of the App Store for iPhone users...which didn't have a warning for 4G users, and thus dragged down the rating of the five star app down to 3.5 stars and going lower. All because they wanted to do something nice for previous app owners.
Really glad I didn't do a Cook, Serve, Delicious release for 5G owners only. It looks like a complete disaster. I hope the devs come out of this ok.
Well, I think it's pretty crazy to release something without 4g support. Maybe in a couple of years.
In many ways it's impossible without a severe dip in quality, if then.
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
I guess it's a trade-off between doing hard optimisations (and dropping the quality of the game), or doing what they did and try to limit the compatible devices. It will be interesting to see if they think it was worth it in the end.
Of course, the easiest way would be if Apple let you restrict releases.
StarCreator
Member
Theatrhythm ended up just nerfing the graphics severely for people who played it on hardware below the 4S. I suppose that's favorable to the app simply not working at all as long as Apple is dumb about forcing apps to support every hardware level in existence.
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
Damn Little Inferno HD has been on sale for 99c mid of March and neither GAF nor Appshopper warned me!
Shame on you
From 9th place to 3rd in the arena for #NEOGAF. Starting to really get the hang of Nimblequest. Have all of my characters so far up to 1 star and about to get two to 2 stars. Honestly I prefer this game to Nimble's other offerings. Not sure how long I'll stick with it but for now it is super addicting.
toddhunter
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Problem is it still lags on a 4 :| going to need to be a break at some stage.
toythatkills
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Flunkie: DISC DRIVIN'
Awesome Animals
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So after getting no acknowledgement in the thread dedicated to Ridiculous Fishing, I'll ask here. Is there a way to play my own music while playing Ridiculous Fishing.
NeonGames_Kevin
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Solitaire Vs. Blackjack: http://appstore.com/NeonRun21
Wasn't sure if this was the appropriate thread to post in as I've only lurk on NeoGAF and didn't have an account approved until January.
I left the Xbox360/PS3 industry last year ( Was the Lead Network programmer of Hunted: The Demon's Forge at inXile and left before the kickstarters saved the company ). I started working on an iOS game that would be a friendly 3D solitaire / blackjack hybrid game with cartoon dealers in a non-gambling atmosphere. I just got my big patch approved today, and will have to figure out how to monazite it eventually but for now it's a free game.
Screenshots:
If any of you enjoy it or hate it, I'd like to hear about it. It's a universal App and should run on pretty much any iOS device from 3GS on up.
Wasn't sure if this was the appropriate thread to post in as I've only lurk on NeoGAF and didn't have an account approved until January.
I left the Xbox360/PS3 industry last year ( Was the Lead Network programmer of Hunted: The Demon's Forge at inXile and left before the kickstarters saved the company ). I started working on an iOS game that would be a friendly 3D solitaire / blackjack hybrid game with cartoon dealers in a non-gambling atmosphere. I just got my big patch approved today, and will have to figure out how to monazite it eventually but for now it's a free game.
Screenshots:
If any of you enjoy it or hate it, I'd like to hear about it. It's a universal App and should run on pretty much any iOS device from 3GS on up.
So, anybody has any ideas of what might be causing that (other than an actual game bug?). Is there any settings on the ipad that could affect that? Especially the fact that the vehicles don't save after hitting retry like it's supposed too is really annoying.
Edit: Wait...nvm..it just started working suddenly lol. Yay
Solitaire Vs. Blackjack: http://appstore.com/NeonRun21
Wasn't sure if this was the appropriate thread to post in as I've only lurk on NeoGAF and didn't have an account approved until January.
I left the Xbox360/PS3 industry last year ( Was the Lead Network programmer of Hunted: The Demon's Forge at inXile and left before the kickstarters saved the company ). I started working on an iOS game that would be a friendly 3D solitaire / blackjack hybrid game with cartoon dealers in a non-gambling atmosphere. I just got my big patch approved today, and will have to figure out how to monazite it eventually but for now it's a free game.
Screenshots:
If any of you enjoy it or hate it, I'd like to hear about it. It's a universal App and should run on pretty much any iOS device from 3GS on up.
I'll give it a shot sometime this week and post some impressions. Is there a reason you delayed monetization?
NeonGames_Kevin
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Yes. I have developed console games for a decade so when I started development of this app, Free to Play wasn't really a thing yet in the App Store so I wanted to make a premium game at $5 and then port it to live arcade, wii, and psn. Basically I was used to making complete games and not doing any types of micro-transactions. After I left inXile, the market changed and 70% of purchased came from Free to Play Apps. I stuck to my guns, but noone was really purchasing the game until I made it free. From there I decided to add some more content, and would then come up with a collectable card game add-on to the game that still allows people to play without in app purchase, but offers additional things to collect and change the gameplay experience.
In the end, I probably should have adjusted the whole game earlier if it were moving over to the free market, but I looked down on facebook games and the like and it caused me to make some poor business decisions in how I'd market the game. Now that I think I have an idea on how to get people to discover the game, and have a way of having them purchase things without resorting to "energy, referrals" or other skinner box techniques, I think I can keep the integrity of the game while supporting the costs of my employees that I hired.
Not really. You can force your music to play temporarily by double tapping the home button and clicking play, but the game music will be back once the track changes (menu switch, catch a fish, etc.)
I have this same problem with super hexagon. There's no way to mute the damn thing and play my own music.
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