Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 07/01/2017
July 01, 2017 by RSS Feed
Chinese Checkers , Spite & Malice HD , Stackables - Layered Textures, Effects, and Masks and more
iPhone:
Stackables - Layered Textures, Effects, and Masks ( $1.99 → Free ) Samer Azzam Choose any photo from your library or take a new one from within the app. You’ll then see a scrollable list of more than 200 unique effects, filters, and textures appear down the right-hand side of the screen. Stackables allows you to apply as many or as few of these as you like by creating separate layers for each. The layers can be customized in a variety of ways, and you’re able to rearrange them after the fact by dragging and dropping them into place. The app also includes 20 professional adjustment tools, the ability to create your own formulas and share them via email, and three resolutions to choose from.
iPad:
Stackables for iPad - Layered Textures, Effects, and Masks ( $1.99 → Free ) Samer Azzam
Choose any photo from your library or take a new one from within the app. You’ll then see a scrollable list of more than 200 unique effects, filters, and textures appear down the right-hand side of the screen. Stackables allows you to apply as many or as few of these as you like by creating separate layers for each. The layers can be customized in a variety of ways, and you’re able to rearrange them after the fact by dragging and dropping them into place. The app also includes 20 professional adjustment tools, the ability to create your own formulas and share them via email, and three resolutions to choose from.
Universal:
Chinese Checkers ( $1.99 → Free ) WildCard Games This is our favorite version of Chinese Checkers since there are so many ways to play. You’re able to choose from three different board styles and then guide your bugs or koi fish across the board to win. All of the usual rules apply, but in case you’re not overly familiar with the game, there is a training mode available. As for the ways to play, you can take on computer controlled opponents, play against friends on the same iDevice, play locally via Bluetooth, or head online and challenge friends via Game Center.
Spite & Malice HD ( $4.99 → Free ) Trivial Technology Unleash your inner demon with the fiendishly fun Spite & Malice. Your goal is to be the first person to play all of the cards from your own pile by placing them on the middle piles in numerical order. Don’t worry about the suits of the cards because in Spite & Malice they don’t mean a thing. Just remember that the best way to beat your opponent is to block them from ever playing their cards. The game includes a single player mode, and online real-time and turn-based multiplayer.
Solitaire King ( $4.99 → Free ) WildCard Games There’s a version of Solitaire for everyone in Solitaire King. It includes 16 unique game types, all of which sport their own Game Center leaderboards and achievements. When you do obtain that ultimate high score, send a Game Center challenge to a friend and see if they can best it. Solitaire King also helps you branch out by including rules and tips for each and every game type.
Build With Grandpa ( $2.99 → Free ) Fairlady Media Build With Grandpa is loaded with activities for your little ones to enjoy. On their adventure they’ll get to demolish an old house, clear the lot with a bulldozer, design a new house using blueprints, mix cement, choose equipment, piece together walls, and paint and decorate the finished house. Grandpa will guide them along the way, so you can just hand off your iDevice and let your child enjoy. The app includes six educational mini-games, seven interactive activities, and loads of fascinating videos about building narrated by Grandpa.
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Swing Through Temples and Treasure in Swing King & The Temple of Bling
June 30, 2017 by RSS Feed
Swing King & The Temple of Bling (Free) by Shedworks Digital is a charming little action puzzle game that involves a monkey, ancient temples, and hidden treasures. If you enjoyed games like Stolen Thunder, Breakforcist, and even Mallow Drops, then chances are high that you’ll like what Swing King has to offer.
Most of the time in my life, I feel a little stressed out, even though a lot of the things I worry about are small things that I really shouldn’t fret over. But to help me take my mind off of reality for a few minutes or a few hours at a time, I sit down and play some video games, whether it’s on my iPhone, Nintendo Switch or 3DS, or my PlayStation 4. As much as I love my consoles, I still end up killing time mostly on my iPhone as I have it on me all the time, so I need to keep it plentifully stocked with games. I love faster-paced games that make me think but still have an arcade-like feel to them, so when I saw Swing King & The Temple of Bling on the App Store, I had to check it out.
App Feels Like
Stolen Thunder - A Unique Action Puzzle Adventure
Jason Nowak
#Breakforcist
Kevin John
Mallow Drops
John Kane
Visually, Swing King carries an awesome 16-bit retro aesthetic due to the pixelated art style, and this definitely takes me back to the golden days of gaming. While Swing King has pixel art, it’s modernized so that it looks incredibly smooth, and not jagged like older games. The color palette features a wide range of hues, ranging from bright and vibrant shades to much more muted, earthy tones, depending on the area that you manage to make your way to. Character sprites for Mumbles the Monkey and all of the other critters you’ll encounter on your journey are cute and easy to spot amidst the chaos. Animations are velvety and fluid, with no lag on my iPhone 7. The game also has an upbeat and quirky chiptune soundtrack that is fun to listen to, and just adds to the overall charm of this challenging arcade game.
Since Swing King & The Temple of Bling is an action-puzzle game, that means that it is level-based. At the moment, there are 45 stages for players to go through, and checkpoints are available at the start of each stage if you have the coin for it (10 coins to unlock). Since the game is rather seamless when it comes to transitioning between each level, you can’t really go back to a previous stage, which is why the checkpoint system is in place. The one thing that makes Swing King a bit different from other puzzles, though, is the fact that there are no stars to acquire on each stage, nor is there a point system, so you can play the game entirely at your own pace. There are ads that pop up every now and then since the game is a free download, but they are always between levels, so not truly intrusive.
The controls in Swing King are simple and require only one tap, so the game can be played anywhere, anytime. To start a level, just tap-and-hold to have Mumbles swing in from the bottom of the screen. When he flies past one of the squares on the stage, long press on the screen to have Mumbles grab onto the pole in the middle and swing in circles around it. The moment you release your finger from the screen, Mumbles will be sent flying off in the direction he was swinging towards, and this is how you maneuver around the stage.
Things start off easy enough, as you’ll swing around and collect the gold coins to use on unlocking checkpoints to save time. However, the further along you get, the more difficult the game becomes. You’ll have to watch out for spikes along the walls, sticky spider webs that hold you in place until you decide to move again, various enemies that will kill you in a single touch, and other dangerous hazards. If you die, you’ll have to start over from whatever checkpoint you paid to unlock, otherwise you’ll start from the beginning. It’s a little annoying, but the gold coins are scattered about generously, so you shouldn’t have issues collecting enough to open a new checkpoint.
Swing King & The Temple of Bling is definitely a fun little time waster game that anyone can pick up and play with a bit of downtime. The graphics are cute and delightful, the music is eccentric and stands out on its own, and the controls are intuitive. The puzzles start out pretty simple, but as you get further along, the difficulty picks up gradually, and it becomes much more fun as you try to figure out the best route to take in order to reach the passageway to the next area. It’s challenging but not too over the top, so it’s just downright wholesome fun for the entire family.
Overall, Swing King & The Temple of Bling is good, but it isn’t without some flaws. I don’t like that you can’t go back to a previous level that you liked, and you have to spend coins to access checkpoints. And while the ads are not too bothersome for me, I can see others possibly having more of an issue with it.
Swing King & The Temple of Bling is a cute and fun little action puzzle game that is sure to captivate many. I love the modernized pixelated style, and the chiptunes are downright fun. The controls are clearly designed for touch screens, and that means that this game can be played anywhere, even while you’re waiting in line at the store. I’m not a big fan of the checkpoint system, but at least the coins are plentiful and it’s not that hard to get at least 10, so it’s not a big deal.
I recommend giving Swing King a try if you’re looking for a fun and casual action puzzle game. You can find Swing King & The Temple of Bling on the App Store as a universal download for your iPhone and iPad for free. There are in-app purchases.
8.6
OVERALL
Game Controls 9
Graphics 9
Sound/Music 9
Replayability 8
Gameplay 8
Swing King and the Temple of Bling
Shedworks Digital
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GamerCal Offers Amazing Notifications for Your Favorite Games
June 30, 2017 by RSS Feed
If you play a lot of games, or even if you just play one game frequently, you probably want to know when special events are happening. That can be hard to keep track of, especially when you have a busy day to begin with. To maximize both your game-play experience and your game-play time, GamerCal was developed to let you know when important events are about to take place. Let's see how well it works.
With GamerCal, you can keep track of all of the games you play. From Pokémon GO to Clash Royale, all of your favorite mobile games are tracked in this one app. Using GamerCal is incredibly easy.
All you have to do is browse through the exhaustive list of iOS game titles until you find the one you want. Before adding a game, you may want to glance at the Active and Future fields, just to make sure the titleis actually providing its information to GamerCal. If you just see 0's, there aren't any events happening. You may still want to unlock it, though, especially if you know the game has special events that you've missed in the past.
Tap to unlock your game, and you'll have access to all of the scheduled events for that game.
One of the coolest features of GamerCal is the Agenda View. Once you've got your favorite games unlocked, it becomes simple to keep track of what events are happening and which ones are coming up. By tapping the clock icon, you get an Agenda View, showing every event for each of your games in one location.
You can even tap beside the current day to "fast-forward" to the weekend or beyond. This is a great way to see what's coming up, so you can plan your game-play accordingly and get ready for those big events.
GamerCal has a terrific selection of games already, and the app makes it easy to request new ones. All you have to do is provide the name of the game in an in-app form or email, and look for it to be added.
There really isn't much not to like about GamerCal, especially since it's free. One troubling aspect of the app, though, is the fact that some users might be misled into thinking they need to still purchase keys to unlock games.
I first noticed this when the app told me I started out with two keys. Then, I unlocked a game and it said it cost zero keys. However, unlocking that title still took away a key. The same thing happened with the second game I unlocked. I almost purchased another key to unlock Pokémon Go, but decided to try without doing so. Later, when I relaunched the app, my keys had returned. You can see in the video, though, the key disappearing.
Sure enough, the game unlocked in GamerCal for free. It appears the keys are a hold-over from when the app was monetized with in-app purchases. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore, so don't purchase keys. It's also possible, though, that some games do require keys to unlock - I didn't open up every game, because I don't want to flood my device with notifications for titles I don't pay any attention to.
One thing I wish GamerCal did was integrate with my iCloud calendars. I'd love to see these events added to the calendar I already check everyday, the way Facebook does.
GamerCal isn't perfect, yet, but that's okay. It has a few quirks, but what it does, it does very well. Being able to customize the timing of notifications is fantastic, since you can get more notice of an event coming up so you can better prepare for it. As the app matures, it's sure to become even more robust and useful, especially as new features and games are added.
GamerCal is also providing unique opportunities for influencers and game developers to promote themselves and engage their audiences. Just get in touch with them at [email protected]/* */ to learn more!
Unlock your favorite games
With the help of GamerCal, you don't have to miss out on special events in your favorite games. Just unlock them, and you'll start getting notifications about the games that matter most to you.
Browse through your current and upcoming events
You can easily see what's happening with your favorite games, just by browsing through the list of events. You'll see current and upcoming events, sorted alphabetically by the game's title
A terrific agenda view of events
If you want to know what's happening in your games today, just tap on the clock and you'll see an agenda view. Current and upcoming events are there, and you can use the calendar to jump forward in time to find out what's happening over the weekend or beyond.
Request new games
Can't find your game? Use the request feature to ask the developers to list it. It's quick and easy.
Customize your notification times
If you want more or less notice of an upcoming event, you can change your notification schedule. Get notified up to almost a day before the event's start time.
8.0
OVERALL
Is engaging 9
Does it well 9
Lasting appeal 8
iPhone Integration 7
User Interface 7
GamerCal - Gamer Guide Event Tracking + Tips
GamerCal
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Free Apps to Download TODAY ONLY 06/30/2017
June 30, 2017 by RSS Feed
Uzu - A Generative Design Playground , Cribbage HD , Mars Information: the Red Planet atlas and more
Universal:
Uzu - A Generative Design Playground ( $1.99 → Free ) Colordodge Labs Uzu is the generative art app that started it all. Particles swirl freely around the screen. You’re able to manipulate them with a variety of gestures. Each finger placed on the screen causes the particles to do something unique, so just experiment and enjoy. The app includes 21 animation modes, 55 presets, and the ability to create and save your own presets.
Cribbage HD ( $3.99 → Free ) Trivial Technology New to Cribbage? No problem. Cribbage HD helps you every single step of the way. You’re able to use hints to develop your skills and learn new strategies. If you’re unsure how a hand is scored, simply tap the “Explain” button for a breakdown. When you’ve mastered the basics you can take your skills online, compete locally against a friend, or challenge the AI. The game also includes voice chat, and the ability to personalize the cards.
Mars Information: the Red Planet atlas ( $2.99 → Free ) Viktor Goltvyanytsya Mars Information allows you to explore the Red Planet however you like. It includes five map types to choose from: Viking Orbiter MDIM 2.1, GMM-3 MOLA Topography, GMM-3 Free-Air Mars Gravity, GMM-3 Bouguer Mars Gravity, and GMM-3 Crustal Mars Thickness. From there you can freely rotate, tilt, and zoom in on the globe. The app includes 80 pinpoints that will help you identify volcanoes, craters, mountains, and spacecraft.
Super Happy Fun Block ( $0.99 → Free ) Ethan Benanav Super Happy Fun Block makes the end of the world rather entertaining. Ball’s world was turned upside down when vibrant alien blocks fell from the sky. Help him save what’s left by maneuvering obstacles, uncovering secrets, and outsmarting the alien blocks. The precise controls allow you to run and jump with ease. You’ll also have to drag blocks around in order to reach new places, and change the color of the world to clear whatever hurdles remain.
Neon Poly - Shape Puzzle Game ( $1.99 → Free ) Lobster Claw Software LLC Neon Poly is easy to learn but difficult to master. You’re able to choose from three types of game boards: Square, Hexagon, and Triangle. Each board includes three sizes to choose from. The board starts off as your blank canvas, and you must drag and drop shapes onto it in order to create completed rows and columns. The shapes can be rotated, but once they’re put in their place, they can not be moved unless they’re cleared. Power-ups are available in case things get chaotic.Source link: http://appadvice.com/apps-gone-free
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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
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
Missile Cards
Nathan Meunier
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