iPhone games (also Ipod Tooch/iPad games too)

i've been doing a world map game (i can post the exact name if anybody wants it) and my gf and i have learned the countries for every continent but africa and oceania
africa is fucking hard to learn
also got the us states and capitals and canadian provinces
we're gonna do africa finally.

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Haha this post is like a message in a bottle from Victorian Britain.

bought myself a Horipad for my birthday; it is a shockingly good gamepad. solid buttons, quality d-pad, decent sticks, and superb ergonomics.

also this game which snuck onto the App Store is a bunch of emulators (SNES, GBA, NES, and Genesis to be specific, all MFI compatible); if you're on any IOS below 8.3 you can apparently add any ROM you want:

http://afterpad.com/post/116954273145/new-release-homebrew-indie-games-multi-system

I'm on 8.3 so I can't verify this, but I picked it up anyway in case someone figures a workaround out down the line; these apps don't typically stick around the app store for very long.

correction, I downgraded to 8.2 and will now figure out how to get hella roms on my ipad

this definitely works perfectly. you will also need to install iExplorer on your computer in order to drop ROMs in the app's document folder. if you're on 8.3, it's still possible to downgrade your iOS to 8.2 since Apple is still signing those installations (for now); here's the guide I followed:

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/downgrade-ios-83-and-restore-82-how-remove-problem-update-your-iphone-ipad-or-ipod-433654

Oh shit... Does Not Commute

Anyone else playing Dominations?

i want to know the name of the map game

it's called "Maps of Our World"
basically they show you a labeled map and then quiz you to tap the right space. it keeps meticulous track of how well you do and then mercilessly drills you on the ones you keep missing.
$10 unlocks all the countries and capitals, 178 mountain ranges, 33 deserts, 100 seas, 500 rivers and an additional 1200 cities along with political maps of Germany, UK, Switzerland and the US
It's been one of the better buys I've made for the ipad quite frankly. Still having a hard time cracking Africa and Oceania; need to set aside some time.
Once we knock out the complete country list, we're going back for capitals and then cities. Probably start working on mountains and seas and stuff sometime in 2016. The upside is that things tend to stay the same; if we take five years to learn this, I think we'll have to relearn a handful of countries but this is good foundational knowledge.

i had ZERO geography in high school or college and it's a point of some embarrassment that it's so difficult to visualize where, say, Brunei is.
But no longer!

I'm playing Dominations, Mordy.

And also Does Not Commute, which rules.

How can I add u poly?

No idea. I'm Miguelito on there though.

Maybe I need to repair the ally gate first

probably easier to add through gamecenter. i'm josephcotten there

is dominations pay to play / war of clans / wait for the timer to tick down so you can do something style?

yes, however it's designed by brian reynolds who worked on civ 2, alpha centauri, and frontierville - the last one of these games that i actually enjoyed (and i think voted for in c+p)

yeah, i'll probably check it out based on his involvement alone!

Because of the timer tickdowns it does feel like progress comes a little slow, but now that I'm winning multiplayer matches and my defense is holding off attackers better I'm starting to feel a bit invested. The main thing is that I only play it for about ten minutes per session. I have more room in my life for that sort of game lately.

maps of our world only available for ipad :(

ah, i was tryna find it for iphone and ?

oh yeah, i dunno about for phones.
GeoBee Challenge also fun but different.

i gave dominations a fair shot, but deleted it last night. i had made it to whatever age lets you pick a country (i went with the germans) and i played a few multiplayer battles and was working toward reaching the little alliance dock area, but i just wasn't having any fun. also, the nagging thought of pay-to-play - yeah, i could join a league and try to rise up through the ranks, but won't i just get wailed on by a bunch of people willing to spend $15 on stuff?

Eh not really afaict the only pay to play is you can pay to have things finish quicker (tho the game gives you plenty of premium currency for free ime) but you can't like buy unique items w crowns.

I'm almost up to the Medieval Age. My defense has been holding up pretty well, and I tend to win my multiplayer matches for the most part. Of course if someone from the Enlightenment Age creeps in they're going to annihilate me but they get a lot more money if they attack someone closer to their level. Haven't spend any irl money yet.

Civ Crafter is another similar game that I've been playing. Also free. Build up your town and then fight other towns or whatever, with some clicker elements. This one in more of a Minecraftish visual style.

One thing I like about Dominations that you can watch replays of the attacks, win or lose, so that you can refine your defenses. And when you attack people you can see how they've set up their town and steal ideas from it.

If they ever manage to port a paradox grand strategy game to tablets I'll never play another game again

http://dg.midey.org/

http://appshopper.com/games/shove-pro

Grim Fandango now on App Store!!!!!

Really enjoying Lifeline. It's barely a game, but very engaging so far.

Loving Alto's Adventure, which was on sale this weekend.

yeah, it's fun of the tiny wings variety.

i have been playing it a lot as well. the visual design is really good, to the degree that you'll notice new little details a couple hours in.

it's careful to allow you to unlock stuff so that there always feels like progress being made

ok how the heck do i triple backflip

second rider + big hill + maybe a feather?

Quit after I got to level 39 and can't for the life of me fly though an archway with the wing suit.

this was a bit of a constant for a while - just unlocked the final boarder (level 51). very enjoyable and curiously soothing and unfrustrating. right about the challenges being nicely calibrated.

flying through an arch - although that feels like it should be those roof-tile grinds, you can do it by flying 'through' any grind post (that is to say below the bit where you grind but over the ground obv). it's probably easiest it do it with the bunting ones.

double triple flip is killing me rn

Ooo new Kairosoft game, finally.

stuck on escape three elders. lack patience.

You must build a boat, sequel to 1000000000000 out.

wasn't i supposed to get that for free or something for buying the original? thought i read that somewhere

anybody playing and got feedback? I'm inclined to buy immediately.

def wanna get that

I've been having a ball with Knights of Pen and Paper, and I see that a sequel just came out, so I'll be on that too.

also I'm still backflipping with Alto of course

level 33 on alto

level 26 I think? have to break 5 rocks on a single board, not a big deal but haven't quite hit it yet

level 33 on alto as well.

and you must build a boat is somehow even more addicting than 10000000000000000

aw fuck, going in