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Strategically Defend Your Bases in Missile Cards

June 29, 2017 by RSS Feed

Missile Cards ($2.99) by Nathan Meunier is a mashup of Missile Command and Solitaire, but with more laser beams, explosions, and death — you know, the good stuff. If you are a fan of card game hybrids, such as Solitairica, then you will love what Missile Cards has to offer.

Throughout my life, card games have always played a rather big part in it, whether it was simple solitaire on the computer, to collectible card games like Magic: the Gathering and Yu-Gi-Oh!, and to party games like Cards Against Humanity and Exploding Kittens. I love card games and think they’re a great way for me to pass the time once I pick it up and get going. What makes card games even better, though, are when classic concepts are mixed in with other genres, creating something that is completely unique and awesome. And that’s just what Missile Cards does.

App Feels Like

$3.99

Solitairica

Righteous Hammer Games Inc.

Visually, Missile Cards features a retro 16-bit aesthetic that serves as a great homage to classic games, including Missile Command, which this is based on. The game makes use of a bright and vibrant color palette, and all of the icons on the cards makes it easy to tell what they do from a single glance. The text is also pixelated like back in the day, but still easy-to-read. Missile Cards also takes place on various planets, so you can expect to see some beautiful landscapes in the backdrop of the grid you’ll be playing on. The animations in Missile Cards are smooth and fluid, and I had no issues at all on my iPhone 7. There’s also a fantastic chiptune soundtrack to go along with it all, so it feels like the finishing touch on the vintage design. For the developer’s first release on the App Store, Missile Cards is an excellent title in terms of visual and audio design.

Before you get started with Missile Cards, it’s important to go through the tutorial so you know how to play the game. Essentially, you have a deck of cards that contains hazards, defenses, and specials. These cards pass by on a conveyor belt, and you must drag cards into one of the four equip slots at the top if you want to make use of them. When a hazard reaches the end of the conveyor belt, it will then appear on the grid, and a countdown starts, where you must destroy it before it reaches your base and sub-bases. Each action you take will cost a certain amount of Action Points (AP), which you can see in the upper right corner. Your sub-bases can take damage and recover, but if your main base takes too much damage, then it’s game over, so defend it as best as you can!

You can only make one move per turn, and the belt moves after you decide what you want to do. Each equipped card needs a certain number of turns before it’s charged and ready to use, indicated by the number on the card. There’s battery cards that you can drag on top of equipment cards to charge them quicker, and once they’re ready to deploy, they’ll have a glowing outline on them, and all you need to do is tap on them to use.

Special cards like the tractor beam can collect debris from destroyed hazards, and these can be used to unlock more special cards to modify your deck with. If you can’t do anything, you can skip your turn at the cost of one AP, or you can discard a card and use up no AP.

While there are different planets to venture to, you must clear out the core missions on each world before the next one becomes available to you. These goals include things like reaching a certain number of points, winning three games, destroying hazards, and more. If you’re itching for a real challenge, there’s also bonus objectives to test your skills.

The debris that you collect can be spent in the game’s shop to purchase powerful new cards for your deck. These special cards include stronger missiles, shields, multipliers, barrages, and much more. Eventually, as you begin to build up your card collection, it will be easier to get more debris to spend. You also get some experience points for each success, and once you level up, you’ll be able to upgrade your base’s stats, which include health, laser damage, shields, and recovery.

With the game market so saturated on iOS, it’s always fantastic to see genre mashups, and that’s just what Missile Cards is. It’s a great card game in itself that also pays homage to the Atari classic, Missile Command. The retro visuals take you back to the ‘80s, the chiptunes are quirky and fun to listen to, and the gameplay is rather challenging. This is definitely a game that you could spend hours on and still barely scratch the surface, so you know replay value is high.

The only flaw in Missile Cards is the fact that the game can be a bit too challenging, which may turn away more casual players. However, it’s pretty easy to learn the mechanics, so even if you are not a hardcore gamer, Missile Cards should still be simple enough to pick up and play, regardless of overall skill level. Just take some time to practice and master the gameplay.

Missile Cards is a fun and interesting hybrid game that I’ve been looking forward to for a while. As a fan of pixelated aesthetics, the graphics bring a sense of nostalgia for me, and the chiptunes are wonderful. Controls are easy, since all you do is tap and drag cards around into their proper slots, and the gameplay mechanic is challenging, fun, and rather addictive once you get the hang of things. The missions that you must complete give you a goal to strive for, as well as high score chasing. If you like mashup games, then Missile Cards is definitely one to have in your collection.

I highly recommend Missile Cards to anyone who likes Missile Command, Solitaire, or just fun strategic card games in general. You can find Missile Cards on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for just $2.99. There are no in-app purchases.

9.6

OVERALL

Game Controls 10

Graphics 10

Sound/Music 10

Replayability 9

Gameplay 9

$2.99

Missile Cards

Nathan Meunier

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Apple’s free app of the week: Day One Journal

June 29, 2017 by RSS Feed

Apple on Thursday updated its App of the Week promotion with the app Day One Journal. For the next 7 days, you can snag the popular journaling app for free on both iPhone and iPad—a solid savings of $5.

From the App Store Editors’ Notes:

It’s hard to make the best even better, but the sequel to Day One lives up to expectations—and then some. The app smartly keeps its interface streamlined but adds a wealth of new features that we’ve found immensely valuable. Your journal entries contain all sorts of information—you can geolocate them, add tons of photos to each entry, and even see your day’s fitness activity. You can switch over to a beautiful new photo view when you’re ready to see your world at a glance.

And here’s a promotional clip for the app:

Day One Journal is available in the App Store for free.

Note: along with this promotion, it appears that Day One Journal has decided to launch a subscription service called Day One Premium. You can read all of the details here, but my understanding is that all of the features in this app will still work without a subscription.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 06/29/2017

June 29, 2017 by RSS Feed

Sky to Fly: Faster Than Wind 3D Premium , Perfect Me - the best manager self-control and daily tasks. , Pixel Adventure Stickers and more

Universal:

Sky to Fly: Faster Than Wind 3D Premium ( $1.99 → Free ) Absolutist Ltd A celestial war is brewing, and only you and your crew can save Windopolis from destruction. As the captain, you must pilot your airship around obstacles and take different routes to collect cogwheels and other resources that will help you complete various missions. The game includes fantastic 3-D visuals, 20 core missions, 10 landscapes, four types of aircraft, and eight crew members for hire.

Perfect Me - the best manager self-control and daily tasks. ( $1.99 → Free ) Sergey Makkena Perfect Me is all about self improvement. The idea is to create a list of things you want to accomplish each day. Your list can be as long or as short as you wish. Then choose a convenient time to review your list, and you’ll receive a push notification. Go through each item on your list answering if you’ve completed it or not. The app keeps track of how efficient you’ve been through general stat tracking and a calendar.

Pixel Adventure Stickers ( $0.99 → Free ) Alexander Bourlotos Pixel Adventure Stickers is a delightful throwback to the good old days of gaming. It includes 16 stickers themed around magic and adventure. You’ll find mana, health potions, treasures, weapons, and more. Just peel and stick.

Sero ( $0.99 → Free ) JAKE HAUGEN Sero is a little ball that launches from a tube with a tap. But before ever doing so, you must manipulate the puzzle pieces in order to not only guide Sero safely to the goal but also collecting all of the triangles along the way. The triangles must be collected in a specific order, and you’ll immediately know when something is amiss by paying close attention to the lights on the goal. The game includes 60 levels in all.

Time Manager - Daily Time Tracker ( $1.99 → Free ) Kurtis Pritchard Time Manager provides quick access to all of your common tasks. Simply create recurring subjects and projects, and when it’s time to work on a task you’re able to categorize it with just a couple of taps. Each task must include a start and end time, which allows you to keep track of the time spent. Time Manager will break down recent trends and present them as graphs. You’re also able to create reports and export them for record keeping.

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Getting the Job Done with Leader Task

June 28, 2017 by RSS Feed

Leader Task: To-Do List & Task Manager Price: Free Rating: iPhone App Review by iPhoneAppReview.com

Leader Task is an incredibly well designed app that will help you keep track of your daily “to-do” lists, meetings, and important projects.

Leader Task, developed by Organizer LeaderTask, LLC, does all that for you and so much more to make sure you never miss another event.

Features

The Leader Task app opens up with you adding daily tasks, events, or assignments that you want to be notified or reminded of.

You can start with the actual day or skip ahead to a future date by selecting from the side calendar menu option.

When viewing the daily lists, you can sort them by term, color, and/or just show the tasks that have already been completed.

Additional setting options allow you to alter various features such as text formatting, reminder notifications, synchronization, language preference, and so on.

You can also invite others, such as co-workers or employees, to view your calendar by adding them to your contacts list and forming contact groups.

Appearance and Layout

Leader Task, with its simplistic and easy to use format, makes it a cinch to use, whether you are a first time user or a consistent user.

With its monochromatic interface, accessible calendar, and settings drop down menu, you can navigate, format, and view tasks and events effortlessly.

Along with its additional detail oriented features such as tagging, grouping, and text color configuration, organization of your daily tasks has never been so clear-cut.

Value

You can download Leader Task free of charge and fiddle around with it for 7 days without paying a cent. This is perfect for you to determine if it’s a good fit for your business needs, and we think it will be.

However if you want to extend usage or access additional bonus features, you can do so for an additional fee. For employers and work related functions, this app would be well worth the extension considering that all employees can stay on top of important company projects and events simultaneously no matter where they are.

Leader Task requires iOS 7.0 or later, and is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. A small expedite fee was paid to speed up the publication of this review.

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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 06/28/2017

June 28, 2017 by RSS Feed

SamCard Pro-business card scanner&reader&visiting , After3D Prism - Craft 3D Art, Create 3D Models Pro , DMD Panorama and more

iPhone:

SamCard Pro-business card scanner&reader&visiting ( $3.99 → Free ) SamTeam Stop wasting time manually adding business card information to your personal database. Instead, snap a photo and let SamCard do all of the work for you. The app is able to automatically recognize business card text and add it to the appropriate fields. Just make sure you have the business card in good lighting. SamCard's anti-shake photo shooting mode should also help you achieve fantastic results.

iPad:

After3D Prism - Craft 3D Art, Create 3D Models Pro ( $3.99 → Free ) Guyverson Junior Vernous With After3D, anyone can create a 3-D design thanks to its unique interface. The screen is divided into two parts, with a preview of your model to the left and the drawing area to the right. The drawing area provides a simple 2-D view of your 3-D object. All you need to do is draw lines. The lines can be contorted and attached to each other to create the 3-D model. It’s surprisingly simple and effective. You’re able to share your creations as images or as files that 3-D printers can read.

Universal:

DMD Panorama ( $1.99 → Free ) Dermandar DMD Panorama will take your panorama game to a whole new level. It allows you to capture full 360 degree cylindrical panoramas with either the front- or back-facing camera on your iDevice. You’re able to upload your favorites for the entire DMD community to see, export them as looping videos, embed them on your blog, or simply share them with friends and family. The app also includes a variety of advanced camera settings, and the ability to order prints of your work.

Pixagram ( $0.99 → Free ) pierre gougelet Pixagram has everything you need to make your photos stand out. You’re able to apply 25 effects, 15 textures and light leaks, 20 vignettes, more than 30 frames, and text with more than 30 fonts. If that isn’t enough, you’re also able to adjust parameters like exposure, saturation, temperature, and vibrance. Don’t know what you want? No problem. The app offers the ability to randomly apply effects, textures, and vignettes.

The Lonely Beast 123 - Preschool Number Counting ( $1.99 → Free ) James Kelleher The Beast loves to count everything in his home, from rubber duckies to sheep to his breakfast eggs. Your child gets to join him in the process by interacting with colorful, hand-drawn scenes. As they tap on the objects in each scene, they will hear the narrator count up. The app includes a total of 12 scenes to work through.

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