Readers’ App Reviews – June 2013
Check out some apps by fellow developers: an app to quiz you on your iOS knowledge, a social network for foodies, and of course tons of fun games! By Ryan Poolos.
Hyperion – Lone Starfighter
Hyperion is a fun and simple side scrolling space figther. Just drag your finger (or turn on tilt controls if you like) to steer your ship and auto fire against aliens, asteroids and more obstacles.
Gather powerups to help survive the onslaught or charge up your laser for a single powreful blast. Boss battles and endless gameplay will keep you flying for awhile.
- Author: Bill Strachan @Willibob_ds
- Most useful tutorial: Space Game Starter Kit
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Sledventure
Sledventure captures all my favorite parts of a game: physics, puzzles, and destruction!
Sledventure gives you a big hill, a sled, and the power to build ramps out of snow as you barrel into your friends snow castle to capture the flag. There are over 60 castles to destory in 10 different worlds.
GameCenter leaderboards and achievements will take the fight public. And you can unlock additional sleds for the extra edge.
- Author: Billy Laurain @evillairgames
- Most useful tutorial: How To Market and Promote Your Games and Apps Part 1/4
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Food Village
Food Village starts you at the bottom of the restaurant world as you serve customers trying to earn enough to buy your own restaurant.
Start out selling popcorn in the park. Customers appear and tell you what you want, while you try to pick it from a stream of options floating across the screen.
The more orders you get right before the time runs out, the sooner you’ll be your own boss running the hottest restaurant in Food Village!
- Author: Baolei Sun @sunofgod2020
- Most useful tutorial: How To Localize an iPhone App Tutorial
- App Store Link: Check it out!
The Wired Bunch
The Wired Bunch is an interactive book on the iPad for kids following a group of wild west robots.
It features audio narration and character profiles kids are sure to love. Its got a lot of cute animations and illustrations for page after page of story time.
This is only Issue 1, and there are sure to be more great books out of this series.
- Author: Kevin Hamilton @kevhtx
- Most useful tutorial: Memory Management in Objective-C Tutorial
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Lallo and…the coconuts!
Poor Lallo just wanted a nice relaxing nap on the beach and now hes been bombarded by coconuts!
The app has cute music and artwork wrapped around simple controls. You can collect fruit to built up a protective helmet. Help Lallo dodge falling coconuts and shoot for a highscore on the GameCenter leaderboard.
- Author: Leonardo Pizzoni
- Most useful tutorial: Collisions and Collectables: How To Make a Tile Based Game with Cocos2D Part 2
- App Store Link: Check it out!
PoketMoto
PoketMoto is a class side scrolling physics driver with twelve characters and nine custom bikes.
PoketMoto has ragdoll physics for epic crashes and some sweet physics for pushing your bike to the limit. There are over 55 levels each well designed and fun to play.
Collect all the coins, beat the master’s time, and try not to crash. Sounds simple, but you might find yourself sucked in sooner than you think. ;]
- Author: Mark Kevern @oneuglyrobot
- Most useful tutorial: How To Debug Memory Leaks with XCode and Instruments Tutorial
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Honorable Mentions
Here are the apps that didn’t get reviewed. Remember it wasn’t a popularity contest or even a rating contest. Forum members got priority among other factors. Your apps were great and I’m sorry we didn’t have time to review them all!
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