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Friday Code Frenzy #8 – WIN ‘Battle Bears -1′, ’9 Innings Pro Baseball’ or ‘Freaking Inkies HD’
A fortnight has passed since our last Friday Code Frenzy, which although there was a low number of games, we still managed to rake in quite a lot of tweets. This week we hope to attract a larger audience with even more great games. This time we've also got an iPad game that we're all sure you'll want. Here's what's up for grabs:
-9 Innings Pro Baseball -Freaking Inkies HD -Battle Bears -1Once you’ve taken a look at which game’s your favourite, go ahead and tweet the following. To make it easier, also please add ‘I want _______‘ then your desired game at the end of the tweet so we know what to DM you if you win. Please keep in mind that you may not get the game you applied for:
RT & Follow @touchAholics to WIN ‘Battle Bears -1', '9 Innings Pro Baseball' or 'Freaking Inkies HD' #FridayCodeFrenzy
*Friday Code Frenzy #8 will end on Saturday 31sh July at 3:00PM EST.
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Australian iPhone 4 jumps the queue.
In the past few hours there have been multiple reports where the iPhone 4 has jumped the midnight queue and been sold to consumers hours before launch. There is yet another 6 hours until the midnight launch however some lucky people seem to have shopped around and found the iPhone 4 to be sold in some stores. Some stories also confirm that stores are asking for them back. Woops. That was a mistake.
Thankfully some of the reports have sent pictures to confirm their purchases. Hit the break for a photo.(more...)
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Interview with Foursaken Media – Developers of ‘N.Y.Zombies’ and Upcoming Dual-Stick ‘Bug Heroes’ + Exclusive Character Models
Another developer I had the chance to catch up with was one of the creators of N.Y.Zombies, a 3D first-person shooter than had impressed thousands of iPhone users worldwide. They reached the top ten charts a number of times with it's gruesome graphics for the hordes of zombies introduced in the game. Whilst the controls was a slight let-down for some players, everything else seemed to cover it up.
They're now creating another game and this time it's got nothing to with horror. They're on a mission to complete a dual-stick shooter, Bug Heroes, which they also claim is a RPG-styled tie-in. Some artwork can be found to the right of what the models should look like in-game.
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‘Zombie Infection HD’ for iPad Review
Name: Zombie Infection HD
Developer: Gameloft
Price: $6.99 (Appstore)
Overall Rating: 4.5 / 5
As most of us know, Resident Evil is a popular horror video game. Even though Capcom has ported a version of Resident Evil 4 to iPad, most players weren't satisfied with the under-par experience. Gameloft has now ported their critically acclaimed clone of Resident Evil 5 to iPad, Zombie Infection HD.
In Zombie Infection HD, you are one of two on-site reporters, Damien Sharpe and Alex Rayne. You're building a story about terrible working conditions at Auricorp, a company in South America. When you arrive, you discover that the workers and some civilians have been turned into various types of zombies.A quest to write a story on Auricorp and find your missing brother quickly turns into a desperate fight for your life, with tidbits of the story unveiled at every corner. Work your way through 12 levels, looking over the shoulder of your character, similar to the Resident Evil series. After your complete the story levels in any of the three difficulty modes, you unlock Survival mode. In this mode, you are situated in a junkyard venue and must survive as long as possible. The two characters from Story mode are available for play, as well as a bonus character. Zombie Infection also features Gameloft Live integration, and includes tons of achievements and leaderboards for Survival.
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‘Let’s Create! Pottery HD’ for iPad Review
Name: Let's Create! Pottery HD
Developer: Infinite Dreams
Price: $4.99 (Appstore)
Overall Rating: 5 / 5
Sticky, slimy, smooth clay slips around in circles, guided by your hands. It molds beneath your hands, and stretches outwards as you separate your hands. We all know this simply isn't possible on the iPad. But, Infinite Dreams brings you the next best thing: Let's Create! Pottery HD.
In Let's Create! Pottery HD, making pottery becomes your hobby. As you become more well known through the game's "email" system with computers, people offer you cash for specific pottery designs they want. Along with making specific pots, you can make any sort of pottery you want, then auction it off in-game. With the cash you earn from both sources, you can buy colors and patterns in the in-game shop to decorate your creations.Let's Create! Pottery practically looks real. The wheel and pot are rendered in 3D, and you can tilt to see more angles of the pot. Behind every scene is a blurred forest background that looks amazing in the game. The menus are all white, and look great. They're easy to navigate and very simple. A common element of the menu is a sliding menu at the top of the screen with rounded squares showing colors and patterns to choose from. If you're trying to replicate a pot on the wheel, you can also tap the corner of the picture provided in an email, and it pops out. (more...)
Name: Alien Swing
Price: $1.99 (AppStore Link)
Developer: Mr Jack Games
Size: 21.2MB
Overall Rating:
Alien Swing reminds me a bit of Hook Champ and Rope’n'Fly, but with the difference, that you’re controlling an Alien in an… Alien-world.The gameplay is basically the same, you have an Alien with a strange tongue, you can use as a rope or stick, and you’re swinging around in two different modes, on puzzle and one endless mode.
At first to the puzzle mode: You have a little world that is as big as your screen and the goal is, to get to the right side of the screen. Some lasers and not stable blocks make that even harder. You have 36 puzzle modes, 30 unlocked at the beginning and 6 locked.
In higher levels, the difficulty gets harder. The second mode is an endless mode, you have an easy environment and you have to get to the right side of the screen.If you are able to do this, the screen slides to the next ‘level’ you’ll be able to understand this if you watch the embedded video at the bottom of the screen.
The endless mode gets harder and harder, too, the farther you get.
The controls are basic and very intuitive. If you want to attach at the bottom (you can use your tongue as a stick, too) or at the bottom, you simple touch the point, if you want to release the object, simply leave the touchscreen.
If you want to swing more, you can tilt your device. I liked the controls, they’re (as I said) very intuitive and easy to learn.The graphics are well done, they’re no Need for Speed but also no Enviro Bear. They fit good into the gameplay with their, a bit, weird, crazy style, but you have to like them. Personally I like the graphic style, but my there are some people, which aren’t liking them. It’s a matter of taste.
I noticed no bugs or slowdowns.
Overall I had fun with the game, and I recommend to throw a look at it if you like the genre.
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