[sladeums]

Fwiw I have notifications turned off in the options on Happy Street and consequently have never received a notification or alert of any type.

So I guess it's ymmv.

[SeanR1221]

Oh man, creating the buildings that don't deduct time when you harvest wheat and chickens makes puzzle craft even better.

[nicoga3000]

Oh man, creating the buildings that don't deduct time when you harvest wheat and chickens makes puzzle craft even better.

Yup - and paired with some choice tools, you can harvest for a LONG time!

[GeekyDad]

Puzzle Craft is cool. Played until I ran out of coins last night :(

You ran out of coins? Really? How? You must be short-cutting, I presume? Eh, I guess you could, but I never felt the need. The only thing I've spent coins on thus far is farming, and I've yet to come close to running out.

Really dude? You love the game, but you give a 1-star review because of a notification snafoo?

Perfectly answered by:

I would to. If I say no to notifications and you give me them you can fuck off on every level imo. Hell I was thinking about getting that game but knowing it does that? No longer interested in the slightest. Too many games on too many platforms to deal with bullshit like that.

That's perfectly fine. This will make for people with no balls that don't really like the game and will have given it some 3-4 stars for no real reasons. Also, if someone like this writes a review it can be helpful. Thanks to this comment about the non-respect of the "no notification", I would not buy the game, not matter how good people say it is and no matter how much it costs.

Yeah, the main point is to get the devs to consider my issue with the game. The way I see it, I have two votes when it comes to what I buy on the App Store: my money and my rating. I try to use both wisely, regardless of how little an app costs.

Fwiw I have notifications turned off in the options on Happy Street and consequently have never received a notification or alert of any type. So I guess it's ymmv.

That's not the point. If you ask me if I want notifications and I say "no" and you bypass that anyway, you're not respecting my decision. It's a sign that you have douche DNA in your blood and must be eradicated. I perform this procedure by giving your app a 1-star and telling you what a douche you are. Once the antidote is administered to the dev, they can make the appropriate changes, removing the douche particles, whereby I up my rating to 5-stars. It's a surprisingly effective cure.

[Zzoram]

Guys, there are several types of notification. Many games just disable some types when you say No but you have to manually disable the other types.

[SeanR1221]

You ran out of coins? Really? How? You must be short-cutting, I presume? Eh, I guess you could, but I never felt the need. The only thing I've spent coins on thus far is farming, and I've yet to come close to running out. Perfectly answered by: Yeah, the main point is to get the devs to consider my issue with the game. The way I see it, I have two votes when it comes to what I buy on the App Store: my money and my rating. I try to use both wisely, regardless of how little an app costs. That's not the point. If you ask me if I want notifications and I say "no" and you bypass that anyway, you're not respecting my decision. It's a sign that you have douche DNA in your blood and must be eradicated. I perform this procedure by giving your app a 1-star and telling you what a douche you are. Once the antidote is administered to the dev, they can make the appropriate changes, removing the douche particles, whereby I up my rating to 5-stars. It's a surprisingly effective cure.

Nope, all I did was farm. Is there a money making technique I'm missing out on?

Even now I'm only sitting on 100 some coins, so 3 harvests and I'm done

[PittaGAF]

Finally installed Hunters 2 on my iPad and transferred the saves with iFunBox.

WOW, it's GORGEOUS.
I'm noticing a whole new level of details I didn't spot on iPhone 4S...the cores are actually spinning!!!

Still in love with the game, some contracts (paired with the additional objective) are really really awesome.
One of my favorite this year so far, I just wish it had iCloud.

I take chance to thank who talked here about iFunBox, sorry but I do not remember who was.
It works INCREDIBLY better than iExplorer on Windows, took me like 5 seconds to transfer the saves.
Thanks!

[Ranger X]

Guys, there are several types of notification. Many games just disable some types when you say No but you have to manually disable the other types.

Then we are still the proof their way of handling it isn't good. When we say "no" to notifications it should be "all notifications" then. We aren't saying "no, but I want a certain type", we are saying "no".

[Keasar]

Nope, all I did was farm. Is there a money making technique I'm missing out on? Even now I'm only sitting on 100 some coins, so 3 harvests and I'm done

Basically, put all your workers on making your farm more efficient and then sell excess wood, bread and chickens. You will quickly earn back any money spent on the farming.

[inky]

Nope, all I did was farm. Is there a money making technique I'm missing out on? Even now I'm only sitting on 100 some coins, so 3 harvests and I'm done

Try to sell some of your surplus stuff to get a few farms more, for example, bread and haystacks. (Chickens are better food for mining anyways, and once you get the appropriate upgrades you'll get about a dozen chickens per farm).

If you put all your workers on the right stuff (like less wheat per bread) and buy the right tools (like rakes and fertilizer) you can maximize your bread harvest very easily. I'm lvl 14, have about 450 coins, ~60 bread, ~40 chickens, etc. By the time I'm done farming it's usually time to collect taxes and tools already.

Such a fun game, and it's like the IAP are not even there.

[SeanR1221]

Thanks guys. Having a ton more fun now.

This game is amazing and at ony .99? How can anyone doubt iOS as a serious game platform?

[Miyahon]

Finally tried The Simpson's Tapped Out for iPad. Man does this game force you to buy IAP since everything past the tutorial and your initial supply of free donuts takes a long time. I wouldn't mind so much except even their lowest IAP of $1.99 won't get you very far. Not even $9.99 or $19.99 will buy you much. Their highest one is $99.99!

[Hispanicguy]

Shmup fans...get ready for Raiden Legacy:

http://toucharcade.com/2012/08/17/up...n-one-package/

the original Raiden and 3 of its later spinoff games are coming to iOS as part of a package called Raiden Legacy. It’ll include Raiden, Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters II, and Raiden Fighters Jet.

I will definitely check this out.

[bonesquad]

I know about the Thunderstone mess, but what's wrong with Dominion? What a bummer.

Check out the last few pages of the iOS Board Games thread. In short, browser version of Dominion launched. Didn't work. At all. Two days later, the game was sent back to closed beta (where it currently sits). Plus what we do know of the game and iOS wrapper app (similar to the Thunderstone "Gateway" app...) isn't exactly thrilling people either.

Hence forth whenever a game has a terrible launch we will say, "Well, at least it wasn't as bad as Goko! Remember them?" :)

[BenjaminBirdie]

Finally tried The Simpson's Tapped Out for iPad. Man does this game force you to buy IAP since everything past the tutorial and your initial supply of free donuts takes a long time. I wouldn't mind so much except even their lowest IAP of $1.99 won't get you very far. Not even $9.99 or $19.99 will buy you much. Their highest one is $99.99!

Yeah, it's nuts. I spent about $7 all told at the beginning but from here out I'm just going to pop it open every few hours and grind through. The thing I want most of all (Volcano Lair/SCORPIO!!!) would cost me like $30. That was a nice cold slap in the eye. I'll get there eventually.

KidInsomnia on Origin if you need a friend. ;D

[Christopher]

iPad 2 covers? What are the best ones I'm gonna have to put one on mine now :\

[chickdigger802]

iPad 2 covers? What are the best ones I'm gonna have to put one on mine now :\

got this for my grandma's. It's pretty good and is very cheap for ipad case.

http://www.amazon.com/CaseCrown-Stan...ords=ipad+case

[Dash Kappei]

Man I've waited and waited and now that it's time I'm on vacation (unexpected but welcomed!) in the Isle of Kos (Greece) till Sept 3rd. Which actually rocks but hey, I haven't forgot my OP duties for thread 5.
Finally today I've found a wifi spot since my hotel's doesn't get along with my iPad it seems, so I'm gonna put up the new OT without a title (suggestions welcomed, possibly with a pun in there) and with just the old stuff of |OT4| pasted on till I'm back in town in 15 days, and then update it with everything we've prepped.
Sorry mates :(

Especially my excuses go to Tunesmith who has done a kick-ass job with all the new layout and banners (and who has been ready for ages) but Sept 3rd (or 4th, lol) is not that far, isn't it? ;)
Also thanks go to LastWindow, Flunkie and all the other contributors.

I'll go on and post OT5 right now and let the mods decide if to lock this one right away or lock OT5 till this thread reaches 20k posts and then unleash the fury of the new iOS gaming thread.

I don't know when or if I'll be able to connect to GAF again, so same thing for the iOS GAF Membership requests and whatever, they're on hold till I'm back.

New thread will be called iOS Gaming Thread instead of the whole shenanigan, as per your requests!

Ciao, see ya soon gaffers have a nice summer! :)

[dantehemi]

Really want to start playing hero academy, add me GC- dantehemi
I'm probably gonna get on that very soon (later tonight)