The excellent game developer folks at Infinite Dreams, while still haven't released their long-promised, forthcoming megagame, K-Rally, have just come out with a nice box art of the game:
(Click the thumbnail for the original-sized version!)
They have also added three (still not working) links to the main page of the game: one for the manual and two for Pocket PC and Symbian S60 "free multiplayer clients". It may be worth checking back from time to time to see whether the links are already activated.
Please read this article (making sure you follow the links to past articles from there) for more info on the game itself. Also see this thead for more info on the box itself.
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I couldn't post games-related news lately because I've been VERY busy with the initial Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s Annual Best Software Awards nominations, recategorization and the complete redesign of the Communication, Emulators, Multimedia and System main categories. Some of the preliminary results can be seen HERE; note that as we're still urging developers to enter their product info in the PPCMag Encyclopedia of Software databases, some of the brand new categories are still empty. Developers, please PLEASE enter your titles into the Encyclopedia of Software & Accessories so that we can easily nominate it for the Awards (if it’s worthful enough)! Right now, we have to track down each and every developer, which can be particularly complicated with freeware / public domain authors, particularly if they have gone out of business for years (see for example YameCE). For example, last year it took us weeks to, finally, find the contact address of the authors of PocketGBA and Qmail, two excellent, free programs for Windows Mobile. Now, if ANYONE knows n0p’s contact address, please let us know – via his ICQ handle, I, so far, haven’t been able to contact him.
(Yes, this work is MUCH harder than many people would imagine, particularly when you need to review hundreds of different programs - just as I've done with the brand new Emulators categories in the last month - so that you have a clear picture of what should be nominated and what not. Now that I have some free time, I list what has happened in the last month. And, of course, finding and contacting the original developers, in cases, isn't easy either.)
AximSite reviewer Bryan Eley (breley) has just published a really decent review of Mobisation's new platformer game, Boneyboy. As the game has also been highly recommended by both me and Allen Gall (and I've also picked it for the initial Awards 2007 nomination), it's certainly worth a read - and the trial version giving a test ride.
MoreGames Entertainment, the developer of Orions: Legend of Wizards and Enslave, have just released another HIGHLY recommended title, Azgard Defence. Related reviews are HERE and HERE. The second review is HIGHLY recommended: it's been published by the same author, Doug Goldring, as the previous, highly recommended Orions review.
There was another eagerly waited-for release this month: that of PDAmill Game Studios' Rats!!. See for example THIS PocketGamer.org thread for more info. David, owner of PocketGamer.org, has also been promising a review of the title - make sure you keep an eye on his excellent site!
And yes, another PDAmill Game Studios release: Maggot Attack Pinball. Another cool pinball game, worth a test ride (albeit I haven't personally tested it myself as yet so I can't comment on the feedback at the related PG.org thread).
Speaking of forthcoming pinball games, the well-known developer of one of the best text-based adventure games (Fade), Fade-Team, still has no news on their forthcoming(?) Bump Revenge - except for a year-old screenshot. Unfortunately, the same stands for their other, promised title, Keeperbane. And, as far as still-not-released, highly anticipated titles are concerned, the release date of Bonanza Interactive's Prehistoric: Road to Hollywood has still been pushed back - again.
Larry Bank of HanaHo Games (see his blog HERE) wasn't lazy either. He both released Space Invaders Trilogy (see THIS for the PPC and THIS for the Smartphone version) and, even more importantly, a brand new version, 0.24, of his kick-butt multiplatform emulator SmartGear, which is one of the best desktop / handheld gaming console emulators for both the Pocket PC and the Smartphone. Make sure you check it out - or, wait for my thorough review and comparison to the previous version reviewed in several of my emulation-related articles. It's available HERE for download.
IonFX (developers of some 3D hardware accelerated titles like GeoRallyEX) have announced another 3D acceleration-enabled game, Project Outlands. Related PG thread HERE.
C2Matrix has released Fire Hawk, a vertical scroller shooter. Haven't tested it yet so I don't know how it compares to for example SkyForce Reloaded, currently the BEST top-down scroller (if you don't take into account the emulated CPS-2 titles like 1944 - The Loop Masteror 19XX - The War Against Destiny, that is)
Another 3D gaming news is SkyZone Entertainment porting the well-known multiplatform (PC, XBOX 360 and Mac - the latter by no one else than Aspyr Media!) Prey (which is based on the Doom3 engine) to mobile devices. See the related PG thread HERE.
If you like Tetraedge's adventure titles, make sure you check out their latest title, Secrets of da Vinci.
In case you haven't noticed, I've published several kick-butt mostly game emulation-related articles last month (and will also publish some in the near future!). Many of them have been frontpaged by industry-leader PocketGamer.org and Michu, author of the most widely known Emupage, has also made all (!) these reviews sticky in the AximSite Emulators forum, showing these emulator roundups are of indeed exceptional quality and thoroughness. Make sure you read them if you are into gaming on Windows Mobile!
Hi everyone,
I have just released a free app named TestYou. What is it? An app that offers cute and fun tests to discover new sides of your personality and test your knowledge on a particular topic.
Now is available the Beauty&Wellness test suit, shortly we’ll release many more tests on various topics (we anticipate that they are gonna be about Sports, Fashion&Shopping, Music, Movies and much more).
How clever are you?
TestYou is the test app which has two or more questionnaires for suite on a topic you want to check your training about. Each test consists of 6 questions drawn randomly from a large database, to give every time different pools. At the end of the test your profile will be displayed: if you are not satisfied redo it and find new results!
TestYou:
• is multilanguage (ita – eng)
• has an intuitive and friendly GUI
• is optimized for the last generation devices such as Samsung Galaxy S II
You can find TestYou on Android Market and SlideMe, shortly on GetJar and Mobyhand.
Enjoy it and Merry Christmas!!!
I can't find it?
Hi everyone, and welcome to this discussion/announcements/support/whatever thread for VR Theater for Cardboard!
A few words about my app (which you can find it on Google Play), first.
I started this small app about a year ago, with the intent to create a virtual theater that would allow people to watch both 2D and 3D movies with the Google Cardboard, and despite not being that original as a project (it wasn't the first back then, and there are even more now), I'm very glad to say, that it's having its small group of followers.
People seem to like how configurable the app is, the number of 3D formats it can play (it does panoramic and half panoramic movies too, did I mention that?) and, I hope, my dedication to support it.
Mind you, it's not all gold: the project is still work in progress and has some rough edges (mostly because it's just a hobby and while I'm having some great help on the graphics recently, I work on the code alone). The interface is hybrid (2D/VR), the virtual scene is bare to the bone, and the video compatibility is very limited, but it's only a matter of time before I iron those issues out as well!
Enough for the presentations, anyway!
If you are looking forward to provide feedback, suggestions, or just to say "Hi!", you have found the right place.
Me?! I will post to this thread new releases and announcements, answer questions and partake in discussions, popping out at the very least every couple of days, with a frequency that will depend from how life (and active development) will be be treating me at the time.
New version out!
A new minor release of VR Theater for Cardboard is out!
New in this version:
there is a new option in town: it's called "Direct video rendering", and turning it on should increase the performances while reduce overheating
fixed a bug where standing still while watching a movie would trigger the device suspend
replaced the warning header in the options with a snack-bar that shows only once for app execution
Thanks to Giuseppe Guarneri for testing the rendering option for me, Mehdi Benchaaban for reporting the suspend bug and for his precious feedback, and Marcin Kowalski who just didn't got nearly enough "thank you"s for all he did!
The long journey to a software decoding implementation (part 1/many)
For those interested, I managed to open a movie with the ffmpeg library and read it's streams information in Android.
Another good new is that the libraries contribute to about 8Mb, so it might be possible to include them in the apk directly, without expansion files (which is where they will land eventually, but doing so now, would be just another speed bumper).
It's a long path, that to a working software decoding implementation, but at least I'm moving along it.
Hello,
The last few months I’ve been working on a mobile game that uses Cellular automata and multi-agent models as its main building block. It’s been a while that I didn’t see a puzzle game of this kind and I tried to find a way to fill this gap. I don’t know if I managed and i am really curious to know what your thoughts are, so hereafter I post some links:
Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcgBlf_hNw8
Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DiverseMechanics.AutomataFarmMobile
Developer’s Site : http://www.diversemechanics.com
Reddit : https://redd.it/4fs4rq
In particular, I invite you to play the game and discuss:
- Any bugs you find
- How far is this, from a game you would like to see?
- What animals are there missing, that would give something extra to the game
- If I was to prepare a PC version, what new features would you like to see
- Anything else that comes to your mind
Thank you all.
Hi everyone,
Let's jump straight into the details.
What is this game about? Better said, what the hell is Spaced Out games?
Spaced Out Games is the developer, though currently that only includes me. Spaced Out is the name of the game that i am developing. I'll Give you a short description what this game is.
"Spaced out is a mobile (android for now) top down survival arcade shooter with tower defense elements. On release this game will be buy to play, but is currently in alpha stage and free to play. This game will proof to be Challenging to users and it is meant to be so. Everything is hand drawn and created by me. This is a one man operation without copy and pasting from google."
Gameplay
youtu.be/WKI9C166PZM
Visit my website to learn more about this game
Instead of repeating everything here i strongly recommend you visit my website @ spacedoutgamez.wixsite.com/spacedoutgames which has all the information you need about this game. You can subscribe to gain guaranteed beta access in the future, but you will also be able to put your idea's/suggestion about the game out there. Subscribing is free, the download is free (To download you do not have to subscribe). This means no surveys, you don't have to root your phone, you do not need to trust unknown apps...Simply download, transfer the file to your phone, install and play.
When you have entered the site, you will obviously land on the home page. This is a global explanation about the game and what the site offers.
On the updates page i describe in detail what the upcoming or recent patches did or will do. The patch notes page does what it says. When you browse to checklist (to gain access you need to subscribe), you can see a detailed to-do list and on what is completed. At the bottom of the page you can leave a comment about your idea/suggestion on this game. If i think your idea is great, your idea will be put on the checklist page along with your username as credits. Your username will also be featured in the special thanks section the game will have on release.
Keep in mind the site is fairly new. But updates will come soon though!
Thank you for reading and i hope to hear from you soon, your opinion matters to me!
- Spaced Out Games