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I generally agree with his arguments. But, perhaps naive, I believe games can be immune to a lot of this. Gamers always have room for one more game if it's good

by city41 16y ago

I generally agree with his arguments. But, perhaps naive, I believe games can be immune to a lot of this. Gamers always have room for one more game if it's good. There is a sizable chunk of iOS users who pretty much use it as a game platform (toucharcade.com's forums are a good testament to that). But at the same time, I've come across many excellent, well developed, beautiful games in the app store that 3 people have downloaded. So games for sure are not a magic bullet.

wallflower 16y ago
Care to share the names of some of these games? Always looking for well-produced indie games. Also, how do you find them? Serendipity or scrolling endlessly? I really only find games by word of mouth, the top listings, or keyword searching.
- city41 16y ago
  I recently bought an iPad so browsing the app store and downloading pretty much everything that is free has become a hobby of mine :) My favorite is LinKing (iPhone and iPad). It's by a German game company (they have 180 employees and pump out a lot of games) so they're not quite "indie"; but the game's sole review is from me (I reviewed both the lite and pay versions), and no one has rated it. It's a well done puzzle game with a really nice interface. It's my current favorite iPad game. Just Deliver It (iPad) is a really polished game from a Japanese developer. Great music, graphics and interface. IMO the game itself is not so great, but it may be other people's cup of tea. It's also a puzzle game. It has 13 ratings and no reviews, so I'm sure the developer is not seeing a return on investment. Brainstory (iPhone) is surprisingly polished for such an obscure little entry tucked away in the app store. It's got great graphics. But the whole thing is just really weird, and I think that turns people off. It's a pretty standard puzzle game ala columns or dr. mario. Ninja Block (iPhone) is a strange beast. Also from a small Japanese team. It has beautiful graphics (their artist is awesome), strange canned music, engrish galore :), and the game itself is mindlessly stupid. You have to stack blocks on top of each other as high as you can. The engrish, bad music and slightly raw feel the game has is a turn off. Some things just aren't very polished, it could have used another week of dev time. But I actually think if they could have polished it up just a tad more (and hired someone who speaks english well), they would have had a good entry in the very popular "super simple games that only shoot for a high score" that totally dominate iOS. ESP Galuda II (iPhone) is from Cave, a very successful long time player in the shmup genre (huge in Japan). ESP Galuda II is by no means ignored (63 ratings and 27 reviews), but since it's from Cave (they are just a fantastic company), it's disappointing. iOS users, you were given caviar and you ignore it! :)
  - wallflower 16y ago
    Love Ninja Block. Thanks for the recommendations!

by city41 16y ago

wallflower 16y ago

Care to share the names of some of these games? Always looking for well-produced indie games. Also, how do you find them? Serendipity or scrolling endlessly? I really only find games by word of mouth, the top listings, or keyword searching.

city41 16y ago
I recently bought an iPad so browsing the app store and downloading pretty much everything that is free has become a hobby of mine :) My favorite is LinKing (iPhone and iPad). It's by a German game company (they have 180 employees and pump out a lot of games) so they're not quite "indie"; but the game's sole review is from me (I reviewed both the lite and pay versions), and no one has rated it. It's a well done puzzle game with a really nice interface. It's my current favorite iPad game. Just Deliver It (iPad) is a really polished game from a Japanese developer. Great music, graphics and interface. IMO the game itself is not so great, but it may be other people's cup of tea. It's also a puzzle game. It has 13 ratings and no reviews, so I'm sure the developer is not seeing a return on investment. Brainstory (iPhone) is surprisingly polished for such an obscure little entry tucked away in the app store. It's got great graphics. But the whole thing is just really weird, and I think that turns people off. It's a pretty standard puzzle game ala columns or dr. mario. Ninja Block (iPhone) is a strange beast. Also from a small Japanese team. It has beautiful graphics (their artist is awesome), strange canned music, engrish galore :), and the game itself is mindlessly stupid. You have to stack blocks on top of each other as high as you can. The engrish, bad music and slightly raw feel the game has is a turn off. Some things just aren't very polished, it could have used another week of dev time. But I actually think if they could have polished it up just a tad more (and hired someone who speaks english well), they would have had a good entry in the very popular "super simple games that only shoot for a high score" that totally dominate iOS. ESP Galuda II (iPhone) is from Cave, a very successful long time player in the shmup genre (huge in Japan). ESP Galuda II is by no means ignored (63 ratings and 27 reviews), but since it's from Cave (they are just a fantastic company), it's disappointing. iOS users, you were given caviar and you ignore it! :)
- wallflower 16y ago
  Love Ninja Block. Thanks for the recommendations!