iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

I couldn't figure out how to get started on Pocket Academy. Hot Springs Story was easier for me to get a hang of.

i played through game dev story obsessively like twice and then had this moment of clarity and deleted it immediately with zero remorse

I don't really think it's meant to be played more than twice, to be honest. Once to figure it out and once to get it right.

yep. i played it through one 20 year cycle, then deleted it. no regrets, i got way more than 99 cents of enjoyment out of it!

GDS is awesome(see our thread) due to the ability to be rewarded for ultimate levels of profanity and screenshots

tiny tower. that's all i'll say. (free.)

28th floor right now. about to buy the 75 buck elevator.

just started an hour ago, so only at 5th floor. any tips for newbs?

yeah, don't spend your bucks on ANYTHING but elevators and paying people to live in your apartments unless you plan on actually paying money for the game. Those are the two necessities.
it's a clever game: the only thing you need to pay for is for the game to move faster
play it in two minute stints six to eight times a day and you'll be happy. Don't get trapped staring at it or you're gonna end up buying BUX

this game would be way cooler if you could rename businesses + ppl

yeah, they missed the boat on that. But you can dress your people in a zillion different ways

I got up to 20 floors and then deleted the game. I disagree about paying people to live in your apartments. I save up my bux to buy money in the largest increment.

so is it preferable to put someone to work in their dream job even if they have less points in that field than another person?

yeah, cuz then you get three bux

It doesn't seem like having good employees really makes a huge difference.

Nothing makes a huge difference because it's dull. Solitaire is better. This is just.... annoying. Deleted it after about fifteen floors or so. Could not see the point in continuing at all.

fifteen floors tho! that's a lot of gameplay.

You could say my life is full of excitement and promise, like Tiny Tower it was over at fifteen.

do not like these farmville type games

Yeah, I played Tiny Tower for like 5 minutes before it drove me crazy.

Flick Golf Extreme is pretty awesome. Great graphics.

Just got the third elevator
U guyz r playing tinytower wrong
Its not a game
Its a tamagotchi

If you like elevators so much why don't you marry one.

Otis and i are very happy together thank you very much

forks otm. 4 floors in I like it but I don't know long I'll stay interested.

forks otm, and this game makes me hate myself for being such a mindless automaton

I finally deleted it the other day after my irl self-esteem stock was totally depleted and there was no easy way to refill it.

u should buy selfesteem bux.

tinytower is great for people who don't have enough mindless responsibilities and find some sick pleasure in continuing to build LITERALLY meaningless monuments to their own self absorption and OCD, i.e. me

31 floors now

it gets slower as you play longer, maybe because i'm checking it less obsessively.

(he said as he took the VIP up to the 24th floor)

currently saving up for that first elevator upgrade. it seems like new floors are getting exponentially more expensive, which is causing the slowdown

can anybody recommend a good emu / rom player for ipad for nes/genesis/snes/tgraphix/gameboy etc?

Aren't emulators technically illlegal, or at least the roms are, or something? It seems like maybe a jailbroken iPad/iPhone could use an emulator, but I can't imagine one passing the review to be placed on the app store.

Totally guessing, so I could be way wrong

Is it really worth it to jailbreak an iphone? I can't decide if I want to.

so they'd be kosher on an android device then?

30 floors, getting tiresome.

Don't get trapped staring at it or you're gonna end up buying BUX

Is it me or is there in fact NO WAY to do this without staring at it because staring is the only way to earn bux and earning bux is the only way to get anything to happen more than once a week? Haven't bought any bux though, as resisting buying them seems to be the only real satisfaction factor in this not-game.

33 floors
you get bux from tips and from buying floors and from fully stocking floors.
again, i'm not really playing this. it just bothers me from time to time and i tend to it. like crabgrass.

You have to play lift attendant to get tips though! I find it confusing and hard to RP. /sigh

Are you guys talking about a bellhop simulator?

next diner dash clone ^^

Is there any benefit to deleting/moving floors?

deleted this, not wasting any more time caring about it.

xp was wondering the same thing myself - might wanna kill the cheap stores at the bottom, but WHAT IF i suddenly have a new tenant that always wanted to work in a pub?

one trick I noticed is that if a blue ! pops up (find the person somewhere in the building), assuming you're not scrolling the screen, the person is usually very close to where you're currently looking, like no more than 3 floors up or down - much easier than going through the entire building looking for them

btw damn it takes a long time to save up enough bucks to buy the faster elevators

I moved all the stores to the lower floors and aptmts to upper.
Easier to restock

new update lets you sort bitizens by color interest - helpful. also they took away the popup when you fully restock a floor, but only get money as a reward

So is this like SimTower or some shit?

yes but not as fun

So is anyone playing any real games?