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App suggestions welcome! Would love to hear from app developers, too.

by kennywinker 12y ago

davepeck 12y ago
Fun list so far! I'd vote for Not YYZ, which will only make sense to Rush fans and morse code freaks.
- DerekL 12y ago
  Looks interesting. I just bought it. YYZ is what I called my unfinished, unreleased Z-machine implementation. I was thinking about using it in an iOS app, so I wrote it in Objective-C, though I found that language wasn't a big improvement over C. I did get it far enough to start running Zork I, but I didn't implement saving and loading yet. I noticed that some of the many Z-machine interpreters were named after magic words appearing in Zork, and I like Rush, so I picked a word that was reminiscent of "xyzzy". (The Z-machine is the virtual machine invented by Infocom for running text adventure games. http://teladesign.com/tads/authoring/articles/small-machine.html http://teladesign.com/tads/authoring/articles/small-machine.... )
ctdonath 12y ago
My first app purchase was iBonsai. Beautiful app "grows" a painted bonsai tree. Wish it were kept up to date.
- kennywinker 12y ago
  When the app store first launched I would go searching for weird things, as time went on the amount of weirdness I would come across has gone way down. That's part of why I started the blog, to get some of that back.
xauronx 12y ago
I think my crazy weekend hack qualifies (and might even be more weird). A game based on the unique adventure of peeing with no lights on :) https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/peeindark/id711900905?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/peeindark/id711900905?mt=8
- kevinwang 12y ago
  Jesus christ that's brilliant
  - xauronx 12y ago
    Thanks! I think it could be an awesome game/concept if I spent a little more time on it. As it is... it's just an oddity.
masklinn 12y ago
I'm not sure robick (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robick/id417016186?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robick/id417016186?mt=8) qualifies, it might deserve a look. Games which probably qualify: * One Dot Enemy: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/one-dot-enemies/id306930506?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/one-dot-enemies/id306930506?... * Passage: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/passage/id300702040?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/passage/id300702040?mt=8 * Uzu (iPad only) and Little Uzu: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uzu-generative-design-playground/id376551723?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uzu-generative-design-playgr... and * Kometen: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/kometen/id371244586?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/kometen/id371244586?mt=8 * nobynobyboy: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/noby-noby-boy/id355479163?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/noby-noby-boy/id355479163?mt... * Kura Kura Maze: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kurakuramaze/id447017018?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kurakuramaze/id447017018?mt=... Ridiculous Fishing may not be weird enough to qualify

App suggestions welcome! Would love to hear from app developers, too.

davepeck 12y ago

Fun list so far! I'd vote for Not YYZ, which will only make sense to Rush fans and morse code freaks.

DerekL 12y ago
Looks interesting. I just bought it. YYZ is what I called my unfinished, unreleased Z-machine implementation. I was thinking about using it in an iOS app, so I wrote it in Objective-C, though I found that language wasn't a big improvement over C. I did get it far enough to start running Zork I, but I didn't implement saving and loading yet. I noticed that some of the many Z-machine interpreters were named after magic words appearing in Zork, and I like Rush, so I picked a word that was reminiscent of "xyzzy". (The Z-machine is the virtual machine invented by Infocom for running text adventure games. http://teladesign.com/tads/authoring/articles/small-machine.html http://teladesign.com/tads/authoring/articles/small-machine.... )

ctdonath 12y ago

My first app purchase was iBonsai. Beautiful app "grows" a painted bonsai tree. Wish it were kept up to date.

kennywinker 12y ago
When the app store first launched I would go searching for weird things, as time went on the amount of weirdness I would come across has gone way down. That's part of why I started the blog, to get some of that back.

xauronx 12y ago

I think my crazy weekend hack qualifies (and might even be more weird). A game based on the unique adventure of peeing with no lights on :) https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/peeindark/id711900905?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/tc/app/peeindark/id711900905?mt=8

kevinwang 12y ago
Jesus christ that's brilliant
- xauronx 12y ago
  Thanks! I think it could be an awesome game/concept if I spent a little more time on it. As it is... it's just an oddity.

masklinn 12y ago

I'm not sure robick (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robick/id417016186?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/robick/id417016186?mt=8) qualifies, it might deserve a look. Games which probably qualify: * One Dot Enemy: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/one-dot-enemies/id306930506?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/one-dot-enemies/id306930506?... * Passage: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/passage/id300702040?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/passage/id300702040?mt=8 * Uzu (iPad only) and Little Uzu: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uzu-generative-design-playground/id376551723?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uzu-generative-design-playgr... and * Kometen: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/kometen/id371244586?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/kometen/id371244586?mt=8 * nobynobyboy: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/noby-noby-boy/id355479163?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/noby-noby-boy/id355479163?mt... * Kura Kura Maze: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kurakuramaze/id447017018?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kurakuramaze/id447017018?mt=... Ridiculous Fishing may not be weird enough to qualify