Long, long week and iPhone games

Hello everyone,
Well that’s another week over with and it’s finally the weekend (it’s been a long, long week for me due to the day job).

Well then, let’s try to remember what I’ve done this week game project wise (I told you it’s been a rough week at work for me, feel like my brain is half fried). I’ve been working a lot on Lucky 7 this week simply because I’ve left Isaac to work on it all by himself and that’s just not fair on him and I apologize to Isaac for that. At the moment, the plan is to concentrate more on the relaxed game mode of the game so we can get a better feel for the game play as we are a bit concerned that because we are working on a more arcade mode at the moment, we might end up alienating the more casual players, who just want to sit down with the game are relax (which to be honest, I’m finding myself doing this more and more myself), then once that has been finalised we can turn our attentions to the other modes. It just seems to make more sense to get the main mode of the game done first. Shuffle Blocks has taken a back seat this week, but it’s still been worked on.

Game wise, I’ve been playing a lot of iPhone games this week. It’s amazing how easy it is for the user to think that a game is only a couple of dollars (les then a price of a pint of beer) and can be as simple as a single mouse click to buy a game. I know I’ve spent a lot more on iPhone games because of this then I have on other mobile phones as you don’t really mind spending a couple of dollars on an unknown game and they are some really nice games on the iPhone. They are also a lot of poor games as well of curse, but you always get that.

Games I would recommend so far are:
Free Games:
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PapiJump: Very simple little platform game, but very playable.
iGolf: Use the iPhone to actually swing the golf club. Think Wii golf
Cube Runner: Nice, simple little 3D racing / dodging game which is played by tilting the phone.
Lightsaber: Make your iPhone sound like a light sabre by waving it around. O, I know it’s not really a game, but it’s great for showing off your iPhone and it’s the one thing that everyone that has seen it has wanted for there phone.

Paid for:
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Field Runners: A tower defence game with nice gf/x and pretty fun to play. Currently has no sound, which for me personally isn’t a problem as I don’t want to annoy other people with noises coming from my phone.
Hidden Expedition: A hidden object game at only a dollar.
Stone of Destiny: Another hidden object game, again at only a dollar. I spent about two hours playing this to the very end, which isn’t bad value for a dollar.
PapiJump+: This is the full version of PapiJump (see above) with several different style of games. Well worth it personally, but I would try the free version first, just to see if you like it. It’s definitely a game play over presentation and it won’t impress any one, but it plays really well and I like it.
Moto Chaser: A nice little 3D driving game which looks like a Play Station 1 game from a gf/x point of view. It seems to play okay, but only look at it if you really like racing games as this game will not convert you.

Weekending 10/10/08
Lucky Seven:
I’ve done a nice simple Main Menu font for the game which should go really well with most gf/x styles. I’ve also been playing around with a web 2.0 style of graphics for the game, you know the shinny button type effect you seem to see all over the web now a days.
Isaac is starting on the main mode of the game as I’ve already said above and knowing Isaac, I’ll have something to play by the end of next week. The big news is also that Isaac has stopped smoking now for over a week.

Shuffle Blocks:
I’ve finished the font’s off now for the menu and I’ve done the sliding scrolling bar elements for the menu. Talking to Dave today, we may need to move some of the elements / options around on the main menu, but that’s something I need to look into.

I’ve done a bit more on the new GoGo model, but not been able have a good run at it, it’s been a case of 20 minutes here and there which is a real pain when you want to spend a full day at something.

Well, that’s it for this week, so have a good week and I hope to see you next week.

All the best,

Mike.
www.badbumble.com

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