iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

writing and art for Banner Saga some of the best ever I think?

What do you think, ledge?

in theory as a puzzle game it's right up my street, but i'm halfway through and honestly only about three levels so far have troubled me for more than 30 seconds. as the trucks can't retrace routes it's obviously a lot simpler than trainyard - you'll never get anything like that solution that takes two weeks to play out (http://trainyard.ca/2eSUM) - they throw in drop off points and switches to spice things up but then every time you get to a new city it seems like the difficulty level goes right back down to zero. hopefully the super hard levels will live up to their name.

Yeah, I like that the tracks are simpler - makes the game more playable in bursts. I got to a certain point in Trainyard and hit a wall. I'm finally getting stuck on some of the "super-hard" levels of RGBE, but they seem solvable, whereas in Trainyard, I just gave up.

ok I have been watching that trainyard solution play out longer than I'd like to admit

man, sword lunge just seems like a game changer

that trainyard puzzle is terrifying

feel that creeping dread the king felt as he watched the rice grains exponentially accumulate on the chessboard

Johnny Rotten:

"I wasted — you're the first to know this — 10,000 fucking pounds [about $15,600] in the last two years on apps on my iPad. I got into Game of Thrones, Game of War, Real Racing, and I just wanted to up the ante. And like an idiot I didn't check myself. I've been checked now. But there's a kid in me, see? A bit of my childhood was taken from me and I'm determined to bring it back."

lol

i know this isn't likely to excite anyone, but for those of you who, like me, liked tiny wings a lot a few years ago but haven't played it since, they've updated it (probably long ago) to include training missions which are actually really fun! they kind of remind me of the Trials series of games. so basically if you bought and enjoyed tiny wings and also enjoyed Trials you should re-download it

You bastard.

It's ok I deleted it again.

http://toucharcade.com/2014/11/27/heres-a-massive-list-of-thanksgiving-game-sales-to-stuff-your-iphone-and-ipad-with/

Might get Deep Dungeons of Doom. Not mentioned but also $1 this weekend are Knightmare Tower and Jack Lumber.

Also, has anyone got suckered/convinced into buying any of the RED apps/IAP? I may actually put in my first dollar into Puzzle and Dragons.

mr fam is all laying FarmVille 2 which has a buncha red iap but I'm not touching that stuff, now if mpq added it...

Er my fam I meant

got knightmare tower at the discount and yeah its as addictive as i was warned. can't beat that final boss tho.

Rec'd earlier above, Hoplite is free today only.
http://appshopper.com/games/hoplite

yep grabbed it, shoulda posted here earlier

anyone else here playing Anno? I've never played it on pc but I'd been wanting a city builder & this one is fun. & when it gets a little bogged down, the freemium part is a boon; you have to set it aside for a day or so to regen cash & let exploration happen, & then you come back reinvigorated. it looks very pretty too.

Two Dots

thanks for the info about, jsut got it and having a great time with it

about hoplite i meant

motorsport manager is $2.99 and is really addicting. it's kind of a mix between kairosoft-style progressive improvement and a surprisingly fun in-race management mode. you can choose between soft, hard, and wet tires, and tell your two drivers when to pit, when to drive conservatively to save fuel, and when to push. i realize that sounds boring but as you get up to higher tiers of competition it quickly becomes very important and engaging. it's possible to win races with a middling car by making good decisions on when to conserve fuel, when to pit, anticipating weather changes, etc. conversely if you're not paying attention you can lose races by failing to respond to things happening on the track (crashes, yellow flags, weather). it's well worth $3 and i've found myself sinking a lot of time into it over the last week.

two dots is terrible. starts great then becomes unwinnable without paying for bonus stuff in my experience.

grabbed pixel boat rush on a sale and have been enjoying the heck out of it. thanks for that hoplite notice tho! grabbing it now

I'm up to level 119 on two dots. Not yet unwinnable, but getting there.

No IAP yet either.

I'm cool with Two Dots - it's like a non-ugly Candy Crush

Up to 130.

just came out so it's $2.99, but i think a lot of people here would enjoy Sneaky Sneaky. it's a stealth based action/lite-rpg. you hide in bushes, wait until you get a good moment to attack enemies from behind, shoot from afar with a bow. if the enemy notices you it shifts into a mini-turn-based strategy game until the enemy is defeated. you can use accumulated gold and experience to buy items and level up your abilities. it's nothing earthshattering, but it's well executed.

I gave a buck to P&D for the RED promotion, but good godm those cute Chibi Christmas characters, I think I may finally break for real...

RGB Express - free today
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id887362336

Corto Maltese game sounds interesting
http://www.tcj.com/this-week-in-comics-121714-quality-in-games-journalism/

Flappy Golf has been a solid time waster.

i bought a bunch of year end games to see what was what and oh boy desert golfing has eaten up a lot of time instantly
very atari 2600

i like desert golfing but if it had an 18 or 9 hole mode with leaderboards i would play it more often. i know that's counter to its ethos or whatev

i paid a dollar to bitcoin billionaire so i could have a pet.

I'm up to hole 150/shot 435 on desert golf. I'd be doing a lot better but I had a catastrophic 40-50 shot hole on one drunken evening.

I'm up to hole 600 in 1972 shots. I'd be doing better but I had a 120 shot hole early on.

Sometimes the randomly generated levels really screw you

welp, tap titans

Is that just a cookie clicker? Just say no.

it's... a little more.
http://toucharcade.com/2015/01/02/tap-titans-review-the-clicker-levels-up/

ugh, the agony of desert golfing

http://i.imgur.com/n69pkCp.png

are the levels randomly generated (as i assumed upthread), or does everyone encounter this level? i'm assuming it will add at least 30 shots to my score.

I've gotten that one and somehow one shot it.

But this game is not doing a good job of holding my attention. I need some badges to earn or something.

yeah, increasingly as the game goes on the most compelling thing is trying to mentally divide # of shots by the hole # to figure out what my shots/hole score is.

also there's the there thrill of wondering what would happen if you got to hole #100,000,000 or whatever, and the flag was so long that it began to come into contact with the surrounding landscape. what THEN??

I don't remember when I got that hole but I do remember it. Then again I'm past hole 1000 now and they're all kind of merging together in my head now.
A hole in one is certainly possible but you'd need to get it just right with the bounce off the hill.
The other option is to chip it to the bottom of the hill and take a couple of shots to roll it up to the hole.
Anything with a high parabola is doomed to a disaster though.

i'm on hole 601 with 1964 shots, so right around 3.3 par

chip it all the way up the hill with horizontal strokes; the ball will lie at an angle and not roll back if you hit it right