iPhone/iPod Touch Games Thread

Tracy_Baker · 2011-11-14T07:19:14.000Z

Tyjenks:

Heh, no. While I do mobile game, I mostly only have time at home. So, I would be choosing between the phone and the PC. :)

That misses the point of Junk Jack, though. It’s Terraria when you don’t have access to a PC to play Terraria.

The devs also seem to be doing it right, unlike the dork who published Crafty, a 2D Minecraft clone that used ripped Minecraft art assets.

Tyjenks · 2011-11-14T07:26:24.000Z

Tracy Baker:

That misses the point of Junk Jack, though. It’s Terraria when you don’t have access to a PC to play Terraria.

I do tend to miss the point a lot as I buy up iPhone games at $.99 and then don’t play them.

And I don’t know how Crafty has not been yanked.

Tracy_Baker · 2011-11-14T07:34:04.000Z

Tyjenks:

I do tend to miss the point a lot as I buy up iPhone games at $.99 and then don’t play them.

And I don’t know how Crafty has not been yanked.

Whoops, it was called Crafted, and it was yanked.

Marcus · 2011-11-16T20:35:22.000Z

Mine craft is out. 8.99.

peterb · 2011-11-17T05:22:33.000Z

Marcus:

Mine craft is out. 8.99.

Anyone take the plunge yet? How is it?

Cubit · 2011-11-17T05:26:21.000Z

peterb:

Anyone take the plunge yet? How is it?

It’s the same as the version out on Android. No adventure mode, just sandbox building. Price is a bit steep for my blood until they add more features.

peterb · 2011-11-17T11:28:00.000Z

I picked it up. The multiplayer works amazingly well!

Reed · 2011-11-17T14:22:43.000Z

Searching for Minecraft on the app store sure turns up a lot of stuff. Minecraft booth, soundboard, reflex, etc, etc. People really jumped on that Minecraft train, didn’t they?

Also, looks like the price of the real Minecraft dropped already - now $6.99.

Xemu · 2011-11-17T15:32:15.000Z

We announced our first iOS game today: Hero Academy!

http://www.robotentertainment.com/blog/detail/Robot-Entertainment-Announces-Hero-Academy

Jag · 2011-11-17T15:39:59.000Z

Looks sweet. I immediately went to the app store, but looks like we have to wait :(

Xemu · 2011-11-17T15:42:18.000Z

Yeah, we haven’t set a release date on it yet but you don’t have too long to wait.

Vesper · 2011-11-17T16:35:04.000Z

Looks great, Xemu!

Reed · 2011-11-17T16:37:11.000Z

Looks cool, Xemu. Love the character art!

Misguided · 2011-11-17T20:00:03.000Z

Reed:

Looks cool, Xemu. Love the character art!

TA had a feature on this today. Looks like fun.

Shellfishguy · 2011-11-18T05:51:57.000Z

Really like the looks of it, will be checking it out!

Cubit · 2011-11-18T06:30:08.000Z

Bungie’s Crimson: Steam Pirates is out on the iPhone now for 99 cents.

Vesper · 2011-11-18T10:04:01.000Z

There’s a new fun time waster called ZONR. It’s free with an in-app purchase to remove ads and buy a theme for $1. Basically it shows you a grid with tetris-style interlocking shapes making up a square. You have to click on the biggest one. Repeat as fast as you can for 90 seconds. It’s strangely addictive and has leaderboards for score competition.

Calistas · 2011-11-19T20:29:53.000Z

Are there any really good, grogonardy games for iOS (and Android maybe?). I am looking for something else for my uniwar buddies to play - or any sort of asynchronous multiplayer game really.

Talorc · 2011-11-19T21:34:11.000Z

mmm, maybe Battle for Wesnoth?

http://www.wesnoth.org/home

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battle-for-wesnoth/id340691963?mt=8

Cross platform multiplayer too. You can try it out on PC for free to see if you like the general setup.

HD version as well.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battle-for-wesnoth-hd/id369563335?mt=8

alaseef_as · 2011-11-26T14:04:11.000Z

And thats all I’ve played.