Readers’ App Reviews – September 2012
This is a post by Reader’s Apps Reviewer Ryan Poolos, an iOS Developer and founder of Frozen Fire Studios. Checkout his latest game, Cyborg Livestock. Checkout his latest website, iHelp. In this month’s reviews, we’ve got: Some very addictive puzzle games An extremely unique full motion game An awesome penguin that isn’t angry – but […] By Ryan Poolos.
Addictive
Addictive is the game that should have been on all those T-83s during calculus.
Addictive is a number based brain teaser that you can’t put down. With simple gesture based connections you recreate the given number from a number pad. Vertical swipes subtract while horizontal swipes add.
Complete with online multiplayer with strangers and Facebook friends, you won’t likely put this down anytime soon.
- Author: Nicklas Gustafsson
- Most useful tutorial: Introduction to In-App Purchases
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Mikey Shorts
Mikey Shorts is a platformer from your wildest dreams.
Mikey Shorts nails the platformer we all know and love. 72 levels of hardcore fun, over 100 disguises to buy, and countless counts and statues to collect. You can fly through and time your jumps and slides to feel like a boss or you can take your time and hunt down every collectable. :]
Keep an eye out for golden shorts, theres a pair hidden in each story. :]
- Author: Mike Gaughen @beavertapgames
- Most useful tutorial: How To Make a Tile Based Game with Cocos2D
- App Store Link: Check it out!
WarpOut
Welcome to the Vortex, you’re never getting out.
WarpOut is a very cool puzzle game with all the right factors. Tetris like one block at a time placement, check. Multiple levels of doom, check. Timer putting pressure on your every hesitation, check. Blackhole of failure, check.
WarpOut is easy to learn, difficult to master brain teaser. 55968 is my highscore, give it your best shot!
- Author: Bruce Benamran @bbenamran
- Most useful tutorial: How To Create A Mole Whacking Game With Cocos2D: Part 1/2
- App Store Link: Check it out!
What The Spell!
What the Spell is a fast paced spelling game designed to work your brain not your hand.
What the Spell is simple, just hunt for words in a small block of scrambled characters. Once you’ve zeroed in on one, use your finger to drag a connection between them in the order the word is spelled.
The word pops off the screen while new letters join the crowd. Its dreadfully simply, yet painfully addicitive.
- Author: Will Harvey @romanateeapps
- Most useful tutorial: Beginning Turn-Based Gaming with iOS 5 Part 1
- App Store Link: Check it out!
Sliding Sam
Sliding Sam is a penguin in love. But the penguin of his eye is beyond his reach.
Guide Sam to his true love as simple as you’d expect in this extremely addictive physics based drawing game.
With 80+ levels of awesomeness, Sam is sure to need an awful lot of help. :]
- Author: Samuel Marin @samuelm77
- Most useful tutorial: How To Create A Game Like Tiny Wings Part 2
- 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!
Jim White Fitness & Nutrition Studios
Where To Go From Here?
That’s it for September! Looking forward to what you guys can come up with for October.
As always, it has been hard to pick which apps to showcase. In the end priority was given to active readers and forum members. This column isn’t a ranking or contest. We only highlight the apps to point out our readers, who have put in a lot of hard work on these apps – and it shows! Be sure to check out the honorable mentions to see the rest of the awesome apps!
If you are a reader of this site and would like to be considered for this column, click here!
I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with next month! :]
This is a post by Reader’s Apps Reviewer Ryan Poolos, an iOS Developer and founder of Frozen Fire Studios. Checkout his latest game, Cyborg Livestock. Checkout his latest website, iHelp.