Fabulapps, makers of the instantly popular CrossRoads HD time management game for the iPad, announce the release of a simple, casual, yet never-ending puzzle game, Kiko: The Last Totem, for the iPhone and iPad. The new game from Fabulapps will be available through Apple’s App Store on October 28, but unlike most other games in the App Store, Kiko: The Last Totem will unleash the full potential of social gaming in a unique and addicting app.
“By adding the ability for a player to create new levels, in addition to solving our 150 existing levels,” explains Thomas Pagot, co-founder of Fabulapps, “we have given players infinite possibilities for expanding the game, and we took it a step further by letting players send their custom levels directly to their friends and challenge them.”
Kiko: The Last Totem is a puzzle game that requires a player to solve levels through three different and beautiful worlds in order to find 15 lost pieces of the “last totem.” Built around the very likable Kiko, who was in charge of guarding the last totem of the gods before it was stolen by Yaru, the Lord of the forbidden mountain, the game is easy to learn, filled with cool sound effects and optimized for the new iPhone 4 Retina Display.
SortaPrecision Technologies, makers of the hit iPad game Monsters Love Gum are listening to their customers, in more ways than one. There are lots of contests out there but this is one of the most unique around. The developers of Monsters Love Gum for iPad have announced “I’m a game developer” Contest. The rules are fairly simple. Play the game and suggest a new feature to improve gameplay. If the developers choose your idea you will receive a co-designer credit and 10% of all net sales for the title for a full month.
“We wanted to take the term “we are listening to your feedback to a new level”. says Matt Greene, CEO. “We’ve already added several features based on user feedback. Why not let a creative individual benefit from a great suggestion? “The beauty of the App store is you can make rapid changes and add new and exciting features on the fly. This is both a bit of a blessing and a curse because you just have a tendency to keep “tinkering” away. It’s hard to let a good game be good, you wanna make it great.”
Potential “game developers” can go to the Monsters Love Gum facebook page for more details. The game features high-performance 2D graphics, meticulously crafted and polished gameplay, 6 unique Monsters, challenging single player action, 5 weapon types, leader-boards, achievements and hidden bonuses.
daemgen.net today is pleased to announce ProCamera 2.95 for iOS, a major update to its best-selling photography app that now stores both location finding and directional metatags with each photo. A boon for architects, civil engineers, film location scouts, realtors, Feng-Shui and Vastu Shastra consultants, insurance adjusters, and law enforcement, the user may now save the exact GPS location from which the photo was taken, plus the precise compass direction in which the camera was pointed. Photos taken with compatible iOS devices may now be used for detailed documentation and presentations.
Apple iOS devices employ the standard EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) that incorporates TIFF, JPEG, and RIFF WAV formats, and also includes provisions for metadata tags. Geotagging, the inclusion of latitude and longitude data in the metadata of a digital photo, has grown increasingly popular, particularly as recent smartphones are including GPS or WiFi location finding as a standard feature. Online photo sharing sites such as Panoramio, locr, and Flickr all allow the inclusion and display of geolocation data. In addition, iPhoto, Google Maps, Flickr and MobileMe make it possible to view photos on a map, and sort them by location. However, none yet includes the camera’s compass heading/direction. ProCamera 2.95 will most likely have a positive influence on the addition of this useful geospatial data.
Trucking Advantage, LLC today is pleased to introduce PocketFuelCal 1.0 for iOS, their new fuel surcharge calculator for transportation industry professionals and business travelers around the world. PocketFuelCal has a custom user interface designed to resemble a vintage gas pump, is loaded with 37 currencies, and can be set to calculate with mpg, km/L, or L/100km. Another convenient feature is the in-app web view, bookmarked to the U.S. Department of Energy weekly fuel price index, which can also be pre-set to any web page of the user’s choice.
“PocketFuelCal is versatile,” explains Zach Womack of Trucking Advantage, “providing truckers with a reliable method to protect their profits from fuel price increases; while giving shippers, brokers, and buyers of commodities an accurate means to fairly compensate drivers without overpaying. PocketFuelCal can be used by any business traveler to quickly estimate fuel expenses for a trip.”
Drivers of heavy duty equipment are typically affected the most by fuel price increases. The Department of Energy projects that on-highway diesel fuel retail prices in the U.S. will increase 6.1% in 2011, with refining margins also increasing due to growing global product demand and shutdowns of excess global refining capacity.
Kama Games, a mobile game development studio, today is pleased to announced the successful update of Texas Poker 2.5, the studio’s hit online poker application for the iPhone and iPod touch that supports an improved user interface, added multi-tasking options, guest player mode, and ‘push’ notification.
Texas Poker allows users to play the world’s most popular variant of poker, No Limit Texas Hold’ em, live against other players from all over the world straight from their mobile devices. Offering users the most realistic and engrossing online poker experience currently available on Apple’s mobile platforms, the updated version of Texas Poker is available in the iTunes App Store.
An established hit among poker enthusiasts Texas Poker has gained a substantial following as the best mobile poker application currently on the market. Though already well polished and user-friendly, the updated version of this app affords users an enhanced array of features which include the ability to support gameplay from a retina display and a unique guest player mode to allow a user’s friends to try out the game without the need to make their own profile. An improved user interface offers users easier navigation within the app while multi-tasking support allows for numerous actions to be completed at once without the need to exit games in progress.
CAZE Today released ThinEdge frame case for iPhone 4. Constructed of lightweight, hard-shell plastic, ThinEdge frame case offers sleek and stylish protection for the iPhone 4 and comes with an wallet size stand for easy viewing of your wide screen. Designed as the ultimate balance between case-minimalism and protection, the ThineEdge wraps the edges and corners to cushion and protect and keeps the front and back of the iPhone 4 from coming into direct contact with flat surfaces when laid down. To ensure the iPhone 4 is fully protected from everyday bumps & scratches, a front & back film set is provided.
ThineEdge adds just a millimeter in thickness to the sides of the iPhone 4. It fits tightly around the edges of the iPhone 4 and protects its sides by protruding slightly above the front screen & back glass and can address the antenna concern. The result leaves the back and front fully exposed visually, but shielded against scratches. It is made of GRILAMID(R) TR-90 which is a plastic polymer commonly used in the creation of sport and other impact-resistant eyewear frames. TR-90-made products are lightweight, remarkably tough, highly flexible, shatterproof and highly resistant to UV damage. An edge connector is provided for fastening the frame case and personalizing the iPhone 4. Each case comes with two different colored connectors.
ThineEdge is easy to install. Its anti-slip property gives the iPhone 4 more grip on surfaces. Easy access to all phone functions without having to remove the case. It has complete access to all the main ports and buttons of the device. Charging has also never been easy since you do not have to remove the case.
Announcing Koren Projects, the developer of TrueKeyboard, is proud to release a unique product for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users. An enhanced notes program, this application is a new launch that takes advantage of iOS4 and the iPhone 4 retina display to offer users a full ergonomic keyboard complete with arrows and number pad, in realistic 3D. Messages can be sent to others via email or SMS from within the extremely easy-to-use app.
TrueKeyboard is a new and unique product in the marketplace. It is an enhanced notes application that takes advantage of the iPhone retina display to supply a full, 3D ergonomic keyboard for typing. All the keys are there, including the arrows and number pad. The app offers users a PC keyboard experience on their iOS4 devices, accompanied by realistic animations and sounds to further enhance the realism.
Users are able to adjust the color of the keyboard, if they want to. They can stick with the traditional white with black layout, or select a midnight blue and pink keyboard. The app’s page format mimics a spiral notebook and by merely tapping a button, users are able to draw sketches and send along to others with their notes via email or SMS from within the app.
SKH Apps today is pleased to announce its frightening new app, ‘FrightBox‘. Boasting to be one of the scariest apps available on iTunes, this app combines dark, gloomy visuals, a slew of eerie sound effects and two chilling features: ‘Possessed’ mode and ‘FrightCall’. This unique iPhone app is sure to scare.
Upon opening the app, you are immediately presented with the ‘demons’ sound effects page. After pressing any of the buttons, you quickly find that these are not the ordinary, silly Halloween effects you often hear, but more on the line of sounds you would find in today’s popular horror films. Swiping the screen provides several pages of alarming sounds including zombies, ghosts, screams and more.
Along with the sound effects, you can find two special buttons on the front page. One labeled ‘Possessed’ and the other ‘FrightCall’. At first pressing the ‘Possessed’ appears to do nothing, but after a few seconds your iPhone begins randomly vibrating and spewing creepy sound effects. This continues alternating between silence and scary sounds until the button aptly labeled ‘Exorcise” is pressed. Pressing the ‘FrightCall’ button begins a short countdown timer. Once the timer runs out, a call screen opens as if you are receiving an incoming call. The phone continues to ring displaying the caller’s name as ‘devil’. Once answered, unnerving voices come through from the earpiece. The ‘FrightCall’ effect is extremely realistic and sure to surprise unsuspecting victims.
