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The iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming |OT2| Part II
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crazygambit
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I played a lot of this yesterday and I love it. I'm such a geek for TCG and having one on iPad is super cool (though I can't imagine playing it on my phone).
The UI is awful, but there's a great game underneath and I don't think GAF is giving it enough appreciation.
I started out with the standard mage deck, but now I'm rocking a sweet Elemental aggro/control hybrid that I'm loving so far. I can win either on turn 3 with a massive rush or by having my opponent run out of cards. It's very satisfying to win that way.
Anyway more people should be playing this. It's FREEmium, but you can totally get a very decent deck (or 2) without spending any money.
The UI is awful, but there's a great game underneath and I don't think GAF is giving it enough appreciation.
I started out with the standard mage deck, but now I'm rocking a sweet Elemental aggro/control hybrid that I'm loving so far. I can win either on turn 3 with a massive rush or by having my opponent run out of cards. It's very satisfying to win that way.
Anyway more people should be playing this. It's FREEmium, but you can totally get a very decent deck (or 2) without spending any money.
Great Poster
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crazygambit said:
what he said...I just d/l'd this and played the first boss...different that MtG, but still fun...there is a surprising amount of variation and cards, given its current "free" price. Have yet to play a human online, but I'm working my way up to it...everyone who enjoys MtG or TCGs in general should try it...
mr_sockochris
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The leaderboards for Arcade mode in Fruit Ninja have obviously been effected too, the scores are insaneDash Kappei said:
What would people here is considered a 'good score' anyway?
graywolf323
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Minsc said:
one of the reasons I'm not that pleased with Gameloft going this way with it seems all their new games
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
What I don't understand is, how come you're not allowed to for example, get someone's song lyrics into your own song for free, yet it's OK to get someone's gameplay idea/concept into your game for free. For lyrics you have to pay the license to the original author, for the other it's free for all. It's the same creative thought process that brings both kind of things into existence, yet one is treated differently. Sure, it's about the execution, but shouldn't the author of the original idea get some kind of royalty fee off of it, even if it's just a small cut?
DangerousDave
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Minsc said:
Apple should allow to syncronize saves by default in all games (and that implies also content bought). I have a lot of big games, like Aralon, in my iPhone, that I know that I won't be playing soon, but I don't want to lose all the progress.
BTW, I want to give my money to Hunters devs!!! Come on, Apple, approve the damned game now!
graywolf323
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Lord Error said:
why is everyone (critical of Tiny Wings) just assuming that even Wavespark was even the first game concept to have that type of gameplay?
DangerousDave said:
one of the reasons I ended up jailbreaking (love you AppBackup) it's ridiculous that you can't backup game saves or anything else yet
toythatkills
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Because the equivalent isn't lyrics. It's more like words. You can't say "I had the idea of putting words in a song" and then sue everyone else that uses words.Lord Error said:
DangerousDave
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graywolf323 said:
There is a cydia app that allows to store saves? Perfect, that means that Apple will include this in the next big update, like they did with folders, backgrounds, searching, etc...
uncleslappy
nethack is my favorite dark souls clone
I put up mini-reviews of Puzzle Quest 2 and Broken Sword about a week ago, if anyone's interested.
Castor Krieg
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graywolf323 said:
I just installed AppBackup - wonderful thing. I understand this works for deleting apps from iPhone, not so much for factory reset, as this will also remove all jailbreak apps?
graywolf323
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DangerousDave said:
even better it's a free app
compared to PkgBackup which will backup your Cydia apps and costs $8 :|Minsc said:
it's probably one of the big reasons I jailbroke so I would possibly go back to regular firmware if they did
Castor Krieg said:
yes but once you rejailbreak and reinstall AppBackup all your backups are still there (at least they were when I had to do this) :-D
I had backed up my backups but was pleasantly surprised to find I didn't have to copy them back over
Castor Krieg
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graywolf323 said:
Ah I see, probably something to do with Apple not touching data for JB apps.
I know this is a bit OT, but does anyone know of an app that works as a game launcher?
Ive downloaded a fair amount of games to my iPhone by now, and organizing them has started to become a rather large pain. It would be sweet if there was one app you could open that would organize all other "games" on your device and allow you to launch from there.
A few months back someone posted their GameVault app, which is a nice way to organize and rank/rate what you own, but it doesn't help you actually locate the apps on your device to play them.
Perhaps its just me and my sloppy organizational technique, but sifting through 7-8 folders full of games gets annoying when you just want to play a quick hand of Uno.
Ive downloaded a fair amount of games to my iPhone by now, and organizing them has started to become a rather large pain. It would be sweet if there was one app you could open that would organize all other "games" on your device and allow you to launch from there.
A few months back someone posted their GameVault app, which is a nice way to organize and rank/rate what you own, but it doesn't help you actually locate the apps on your device to play them.
Perhaps its just me and my sloppy organizational technique, but sifting through 7-8 folders full of games gets annoying when you just want to play a quick hand of Uno.
graywolf323
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IGN just named Tiny Wings their iPhone Game of the Day :-D
Haha, I never have sound on so I didn't even know he did that. I guess I'll turn it on super low.diss said:
I am still not entirely sure how to get Fever.. almost made it to Island 5 I assume but no luck. Managed 240k after the multiplier last go round though which is my best yet. What a great game!
chris121580
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3 perfect landings in a row on the slopes gives you fever and as long as you keep hitting perfect landings the fever will keep goingMeier said:
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
By saying that you make it sounds that coming up with an original gameplay idea is like some kind of scam and that there's no creative process or effort whatsoever behind it. However, probably more time and effort can be spent thinking of, and prototyping an original gameplay idea, than lyrics for song. So how come that one creative mental effort is valued more than the other if someone ends up stealing it?toythatkills said:
I'd say it's more like the bassline. If it's good, and you build a strong package around it, nobody really notices it, but it's still the main thing that ties everything together.toythatkills said:
To be honest, if that was me, and I had indeed taken the idea from Wavespark, I'd throw a couple of grand to the miffed fellow developer. But after having thought it through, Tiny Wings is so well designed and put together (the progression, the goals, the way a new nest gives you an incentive to play more with the increased score multiplier) that I can't be too judgmental about it.
mr_sockochris
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Something like that would be great although a bit of organisation goes a long way in mean time. I personally have 2 pages of my favourite and most played games with folders organising everything else into genre. Alternatively make some alphabetical folders. You could have one for each letter if you have alot of games or group them A-C, D-F, G-I, etc....Flim Flam said:
jonnybryce
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Wanted to hold off and see where this went - clearly Tiny Wings is so successful for a reason. Time to give it a shot...
That's a lot of games! I used to have a ton but after beating some a couple times, getting sick of others and dropping some due to the way they look on retina (a bunch look truly hideous) I'm down to two almost full folders.
edit: Island 5 24888 on my first shot.
Yes, this game is incredible. The flying mechanic, the look, music, everything.
edit 2: Still fell asleep on island 5 but now 44170. I'm getting better.
That's a lot of games! I used to have a ton but after beating some a couple times, getting sick of others and dropping some due to the way they look on retina (a bunch look truly hideous) I'm down to two almost full folders.
edit: Island 5 24888 on my first shot.
Yes, this game is incredible. The flying mechanic, the look, music, everything.
edit 2: Still fell asleep on island 5 but now 44170. I'm getting better.
WordAssassin
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Did I really read a post suggesting the Tiny Wings dev should actually give money to the guy who did Wavespark? SERIOUSLY? Not only is the mechanic not Wavespark's to begin with, but aside from the core game mechanic of sliding on hills they are completely different. Do you think Sega or Capcom threw Nintendo "a few thousand" when they made Sonic and MegaMan? Did Microsoft and Sony throw Nintendo a few grand for Kinnect Sports and whatever the Move version is? What about Run Like Hell, did he give the Canabalt guy some dough? Good Lord, people.
lemon__fresh
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Can we maybe take the discussion of tiny wings and idea copyright to its own thread?
Calavera520
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lemon__fresh said:
Yes, it's a silly argument and it's annoying to keep seeing it in a thread that has been excellent in terms of spreading the word on great games.
I want to reiterate that Dungeon Raid is awesome. I'm sure it's been mentioned here but it's just so so good. The only problem is a recent patch has caused the game to perform a bit sluggishly on my 3GS. Does anyone have the same problem with the recent patch?
sonikokaruto
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Lawyer gaf can fucking suck my left ball. Just the left ball.lemon__fresh said:
Since the Sony shit started happening everyone is like omg I'm so legal and I wanna protect all and every of my treehouse play buddies from harm!
Fuck off god damn posers, fuck off
graywolf323
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moai said:
yes
bigwinnerx
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So, say I have $.99 and only $.99. Battleheart or Tiny Wings?
Yes. If I had taken the core gameplay idea from another independent developer, that's what I would do. I don't claim that that's what Andreas Illiger did (or should do), just saying that if it was me (and if the idea came from Wavespark), I'd throw him a bone.WordAssassin said:
Edit: Tiny Wings patch ideas: the possibility to listen to your own music while playing, not having the game crash whenever there's a notification about low power.
Okay, so for some one hasn't gotten the 34 second fever yet, can someone test something for me? When I got it, I had just returned to my game after going back the main iOS menu. And when I resumed the game I got the 34 second fever challenge complete.Downhome said:
So, can someone get into fever mode, go back to the iOS menu for 34 seconds, and then come back and see what happens?
The trailer for Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP is up:
http://vimeo.com/20379529
http://vimeo.com/20379529
Gamecocks625
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While I post mostly in this thread and the US soccer/college football threads in OT, it is this kind of garbage in here that makes me want to quit GAF sometimes.
Should every game developer who ever made a platformer give money to Nintendo or something?
Maybe I should start a thread about the guys behind Pizza Boy and how they blantatly ripped off Mario.
Should every game developer who ever made a platformer give money to Nintendo or something?
Maybe I should start a thread about the guys behind Pizza Boy and how they blantatly ripped off Mario.
Personally, I'd just pick a random sum and flip it his way. But that's just my morals. I'd like to stress that it's very hypothetical and I'm not advocating that he did indeed steal the idea.dream said:
You're honestly comparing one independent PC developer to Nintendo? Plus it's not just that it's about hills and jumping. The three perfect slides = boost mechanism is evident in both. The two games are way more similar than, say, Mario 64 and Quake (both are in 3D, both include jumping).Gamecocks625 said:
Just tested this out and it does seem to count fever time even when you have exited out to the iOS menu. I left it on the menu for about a minute after getting fever then went back to the game and the end stats had my fever time at around 84s. I already had the 34s fever but I would imagine that it would work for anyone that needs it.whitehawk said:
Cromulent_Word
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We've done our best. Glad you liked the trailer - we had a ton of fun making itLaneDS said:
Hopefully that's a good thinghyp said:
Calavera520
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moai said:
nice tip, finally picked this up. Thanks!
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