- I played through NBA Jam's whole career mode; it's really easy but the controls are shockingly good- Sword of Fargoal is a really good casual roguelike- PathPix is Pic Pic's Drawing game flying solo and it's pretty damn great
can't get into Tiny Tower for some reason. it's weird since I like Nimblebit games a lot; they're usually so polished. but this just doesn't interest me.
― the tingly effervesence of a thousand tiny butterfly farts (jamescobo), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
got NBA jam awhile back but i haven't really scratched the surface
― Dark Noises from the Eurozone (Tracer Hand), Friday, 12 August 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
oh Tiny Tower 1.3 updatenew elevator (499 bux)ability to increase stock limits in your stores for 3 tower bux, and you can keep upgrading the store levelFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF― Nhex, Friday, August 12, 2011 4:35 PM
― I'm a nerd and nerdy things happened (forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
Cover Orange kept me up until 4 am on saturday
― I dream of vodka sandwich (jjjusten), Friday, 12 August 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
tiny towers makes me feel cheap somehow, like i give and i give but get nothing back.
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
Been playing Amazing Breaker. Finished everything - time to go back for 3-stars. Really pretty levels, and fun gameplay.
― schwantz, Friday, 12 August 2011 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
pathpix looks great btw, thanks!
― I'm a nerd and nerdy things happened (forksclovetofu), Friday, 12 August 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/mzl.jrladsvw.320x480-75.jpg
out now
― polyphonic, Friday, 12 August 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
This is like if Tiny Tower was a good game.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 13 August 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
what is it called?
― Clay, Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
GameDevStory was pretty similarly empty when it came down to it, just that it had a much shorter play life
― Nhex, Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
Clay, I think that's Mega Mall Story.
I'm stuck on level 7 of Aqueduct 101. Stupid brane.
― Also unknown as Zora (Surfing At Work), Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
that screenshot looks like pure opiates
― dayo, Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Mega Mall Story will not have a significantly longer life than the others. Probably has more in common with Hot Springs Story than Game Dev.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:36 (twelve years ago) link
dayo otm
― Clay, Saturday, 13 August 2011 23:43 (twelve years ago) link
defender of the crown!
― I'm a nerd and nerdy things happened (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 14 August 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
Loving "The Last Rocket" so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U9C0Vl-clU
― polyphonic, Sunday, 14 August 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
Tried out a few different games this weekend. Bear in mind - I have never had a Facebook account, so I'm pretty unknowledgeable about these kinds of recent social casual gaming trends - but was kinda shocked to realize that all of these games (the ones i tried on Google+), Glitch, and Tiny Tower, use these real-time clock mechanisms to force people to keep playing, it's kind of horrifying. I know I know welcome me to several years ago
― Nhex, Monday, 15 August 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
tracer if you liked drop7 try hard 8. same but different.
― carstens, Monday, 15 August 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
Kairosoft games usually deliver enough pleasure per cost, tho
― Blind Diode Jefferson (kingfish), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
Mega Mall Story is way too easy. The last third of the game was just money piling up. It felt like a chore to get through it. Too bad, because it's definitely fun in the early part.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 18 August 2011 05:39 (twelve years ago) link
awesome breaker - pretty good stuff
― Nhex, Friday, 19 August 2011 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
Rage hd is free at the moment
― Shaq Fu, I wont do what you tell me! (jjjusten), Saturday, 20 August 2011 05:38 (twelve years ago) link
I finished Anomaly Warzone Earth tonight, best iPhone game I've played in ages. Cute concept (it's a tower defence game only you're the attackers instead of the defenders) but then they actually built a really tight game on the back of that idea, and basically ended up with an old-school RTS, tweaked just enough so that it actually works well on a small touchscreen.
― JimD, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
I liked it too (played on iPad), but it was too short!
― Jeff, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
I've now played 1000 Heroz on 75 consecutive days, with no signs of letting up anytime soon.
― buffandmaxsmons (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
True, but a) replaying levels is pretty fun, b) it's chillingo so I'm expecting level-pack updates, and c) c'mon, it's £1.49! (xp)
― JimD, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
tiny wings makes me hate myself
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
same. i have been trying to maintain fever mode throughout island 4 for almost 2 months now. it's fucking ridiculous. i try EVERY DAY. when the earthquake happened and i was on the toilet at work, i was setting myself up for an island 4 run.
― IT IS EXECUTION (Z S), Thursday, 25 August 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
that one is really easy -- you don't need fever from 1 through 4. just get it right before 4 and keep it until the end of 4
― Mordy, Thursday, 25 August 2011 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
Um, have you noticed a) teeny baby hills at the end of Is. 3 b) stupid steep hills throughout Is. 4 that are impossible to jump on?
On what planet is that one "really easy"
― Cass McCars (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 25 August 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
idk, i didn't have a huge problem w/ that one. it was the getting to the 20th island or whatever that was impossible for me
― Mordy, Thursday, 25 August 2011 01:42 (twelve years ago) link
just get it right before 4 and keep it until the end of 4
i know! and in fact, i've been trying for so long that i can now get a fever going at the end of 3 and carry it into 4 about 75% of the time. but that first stupid hill on island 4 is so steep that i can only get it about once every 5-6 times, and then i get so happy and nervous that i inevitably ruin everything within a few drinks.
― IT IS EXECUTION (Z S), Thursday, 25 August 2011 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
uh, within a few jumps.
sigh
. it was the getting to the 20th island or whatever that was impossible for me
!!!!!!
you're joking right
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 25 August 2011 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
i can't get past island 8
tiny wings seriously takes more concentration than golf
I only got to 9 once, and it was a glorious run
― IT IS EXECUTION (Z S), Thursday, 25 August 2011 12:19 (twelve years ago) link
Gah gah I played tiny wings this morning for the 1st time in a long time and got frustrated cause it kept skipping throwing everything off.
― Jeff, Thursday, 25 August 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
haha the worst is when you lose network coverage and IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR GAME it pops up an alert about it, freezing the game behind the alert and making you decline or accept some bullshit
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 12:20 (twelve years ago) link
i seriously hate tiny wings a lot
i mean they created a brilliant, addictive mechanic and then made the game just soul-crushingly hard with no way to advance past a certain point
geoDefense Swarm is free at the moment. Get, if you haven't already.
― groovypanda, Friday, 26 August 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
cannot stand tower defense type games
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
it's like yeah i know i'm wasting time playing games on my phone, but tower defense games really foreground the "busy-work" aspect of it
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 12:33 (twelve years ago) link
My problem is I like to play tiny wings with spotify playing in the background, but it is damn near impossible.
― Jeff, Friday, 26 August 2011 12:41 (twelve years ago) link
bejeweled 2 + swarm is free right now
― polyphonic, Friday, 26 August 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
You say that like it's a good thing.
― Cass McCars (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
Let's Golf 3 is pretty addictive but warning it is freemium so ymmv.
nb: I think my taste in games is pretty far removed from all y'all's
― Puff Daddy, whoever the fuck you are. I am dissapoint. (Steve Shasta), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Just downloaded some new games for the weekend:
Sprinkle (water physics puzzler)Radballs (matching game with Totally '80s theme)Spy Mouse (99c, iPhone non-universal, from the guys who made Flight Control)Enviro-Bear 2000 (updated for iPad)Edge EX (never played the original; iPad update)Aralon HD (marked down to 99c)
― polyphonic, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link