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APP- Zombie Survival Handbook

I posted this in the nexus one apps topic but it should probably go here
V 1.0 of the Zombie Survival Handbook is now out, and I would love feedback. If you don't want to spend the 0.99, I would still appreciate thoughts as to what type of things you would want in this sort of app.
Current items that aren't found in normal zed apps:
Excerpts from the army survival guide for survival on the go in a variety of climates
Cultural overview of zeds myths from different parts of the world
Historical overview of how our modern zombie was shaped over the last 100 years
One of the suggestions was a review of modern zed literature + movies, and here are some of my favorites at least that you may not have seen
The original REC (quarantine)- was amazing.
FIDO was very well done.
Dance of the dead was low budget but fun to watch.
and I've heard good things about ' Dead Set' but haven't seen it yet- 6 episode 'what if' in which the big brother house is assaulted by zombies. (They're cut off from the world so don't realize z-day is here)

Well, seeing as we haven't had any zombie attacks yet, I have no real input...
I will test it though, could be a good read just in case.

A barcode to scan in OP would be nice.
Anyway, trying it out

I thought dead set was pretty good, not my favorite, but certainly better then a lot of the other zombie movies that are around.

If there some sort of guarantee?? If I spend 99 cents and end up being a Zed I'm going to want my $$ back or the equivalent in brains depending on how Im feeling.

With the android market you always have 24 hours to cancel after your *first* purchase for a full refund.
If it's longer than that and you feel like I truly put out crap, I'll do whatever I can to help you. I suggest going with the 24 hour route since I feel at the very least I am responsive.

Any relation to the book The Zombie Survial Guide by Max Brooks? If so, I'd gladly give up my $0.99

The only relation is in the general theme.
Brooks did a good job but created a backstory for his type of zombie with the fictional Solanum virus. It also assumes the role of a world which has already had outbreaks particular to his class of zombie.
This app goes with a more generalized focus on survival, also using portion of the army survival guide for wilderness survival for its 'on the run' section. I.E.- Finding food in a desert environment, or avoiding heat casualties / frostbite related injuries in a desert/arctic environment respectively.
The cultural overview is something I'm always looking out for, zombie like creatures and references throughout history. I've received some feedback but would love it if more people emailed with little tidbits

Asphalt 5

Asphalt5 is a pure arcade racer. It combines the smash 'em elements of Burnout and the hardcore racing thrills of Ridge Racer into a sometimes silly but always manic speeder. If you go into this expecting a precision driving sim along the lines of Real Racing, you will be severely disappointed. But if you download Asphalt 5 with the expectation of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride with Ferraris, you will be suitably satisfied.
You are hard-hearted if you are not immediately impressed with Asphalt 5's zillion-dollar looks. As always, Gameloft delivers standout production values. The game stretches across several continents, delivering racing scenes in some of the world's most recognizable metros, like Rio de Janiero and Las Vegas, as well as lovely outdoor scenes such as Aspen. Every location is bright and loaded with detail. The car models are excellent, too. From the starting Mini Cooper S to the Ferrari 599 XX, Gameloft has done a stellar job recreating these vehicles. It's amazing that an iPhone game can easily outpace many PlayStation 2 racers in this department.
But Asphalt 5 is more than the prettiest girl at the dance – although the game has plenty of those, too. (Gameloft loves the ladies. You unlock female companions as you race through career mode.) The tilt steering is very well done. I have few complaints about the level of responsiveness, although you can be too severe with your tilting, though. It is easy to over-correct a turn or veer too wildly to avoid oncoming traffic, but a little practice cures this. There are multiple control options, but I recommend the default tilt steering above all of them as you only need to worry about tapping a brake and nitro button. As mentioned, Asphalt 5 is an arcade racer, so do not expect real-world physics. Occasionally, Asphalt 5 feels like a pinball game – but it never sells itself as a serious racer, so this is hardly a fault. In fact, since I usually prefer games like Burnout and Daytona USA over Gran Turismo, I found this endearing in Asphalt 5.
Asphalt 5's career mode offers a host of different events, from straight races and time trials to drift contests. You collect dollars in many events, too, to boost your bottom line and buy new rides. The only event I had trouble with was cop chase where you need to eliminate a set number of rivals, Burnout-style. Now, I'm not expecting a game to roll over and take it, but the computer-controlled cars are way too psychic when it comes to avoiding your incoming swipes. Perhaps if Gameloft dialed back the number of eliminations required or at least made the rival racers a little less clairvoyant, these events wouldn't be so dreaded by the second hour of play. Now, you can choose the events you want to play to get through a lot of career mode, but eventually you are forced into one of these events and it just brings the fun to a screeching halt.
mod: no wares allowed.. warning to you!!

Toshkar ya basha

ay 5edma (no proplem)

Sorry, but you aren't allowed to post warez on this forum.
(I know that you already have, but you know what I mean...)
I think that you should remove the file, before a mod tells you to.

Reported.
Please refrain from posting Warez on XDA.
Support Android development. It's not like the apps are that expensive. We want to keep XDA online, and posting illegal files can cause legal problems for the forum administration.

Warez... hmmmm!!!
I don't want to sound like a complete ass but not all of us can access the services offered on "Play Now".. i got the apk via xda forums
To saltorio this is your spec:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10a | Android 1.6 | Baseband: 1.1.31 | Build: R2BA026 (ROOT)
You rooted your phone!!!!... you have altered the phones "rom"... and yet there are issues with "warez?" ... just one crazy person whispering in the wilderness
Still we should all support the developers where we can

Surely it would make sense for a Mod to remove the file and replace it with a link to the site?
The review is not too bad.. just a shame the idiot attached the game!

kiki_tt said:
To saltorio this is your spec:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10a | Android 1.6 | Baseband: 1.1.31 | Build: R2BA026 (ROOT)
You rooted your phone!!!!... you have altered the phones "rom"... and yet there are issues with "warez?" ... just one crazy person whispering in the wilderness
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LOL. You're kidding right? Good luck with that argument.
Go post a thread about this in General and see what other have to say about your comparison. Please.

Kingdom Conquest - Ultimate MMORPG Card/FPS/City Game

If you are a RPG nut then I wanted to tell you about a little known gem on the play store. It is called "kingdom conquest" and is HUGE in japan. It is made by SEGA (so you know it's good).
The game has FPS elements (dungeons to run which nets you "draws"). You use the draws to acquire cards. These cards have skills on them. You can level the cards up, level the skills up, and at certain levels the cards can be used to synth the skills to other cards. Ultimately you build units of three cards each with their own skill sets. All the while you are creating a base and expanding your territory.
Unlike other card battle games, this game has crazy sim city elements. You start on this HUGE map with up to 20,000 other players. You fight territory and also "towers" which reward you with DP (daily points). You can use the DP in the auction to buy cards.
Then you can join alliances (i.e., guilds) with up to 100 players. You can battle other guilds and fight for something called "debris towers." There are 8 of them per world and they are CRAZY hard. The world you join usually lasts for 6 months (about the time it takes for the 8 debris towers to be captured). At that point in time, the alliance in control of the most debris towers wins. Then special super rare cards are distributed to the winners. But the best part? It doesn't end there! That 6 month period is called "season 1" and when it ends "season 2" begins. All land, bases, etc is erased but you can keep your cards. So you basically start fresh in a new world, with harder monsters, but with your existing cards that you can continue to level up...
I could go on and on for hours about how in depth this game is... if you have any questions just ask here. But the game is so crazy in depth it has its own forum with thousands of posts/answers. The best part? You don't have to drop a dime on the game if you don't want. If you get good, you can be ranked #100 in the world without spending any money.
Wet your appetite? Download it from the play store and when you register please use the following referral code in the game.
It will reward both you and I with a RARE card.
Referral code: 7fdbcF3.
If you have any questions about the game, just ask away. I will try my best to answer them.
Also, join World 11. It just opened a few days ago and so everyone is starting fresh. Tons of DP to get!

There is still lots of time to join up in World 11! If you have any questions, just post them here.

[Q] Tower Defense Game

Hello fellow Developers, I am currently developing a TD game for WP7 and would like to ask you what kind of features you expect form such game the most? We're still at a point , where we can add some features so we are curious what non-obvious features( for the genere) we could add

a cheat mode! theres nothing like haveing an infinite amount of money to bulid whatever you like and stack it up against never ending waves enemy units that get larger and more numerious to see how long you can last
i like to see stff blow up

Challenge modes, where you replay the level but it's harder in some way, are a great way to add replayability to a game without substantially increasing the development cost. A few examples of challenge modes for a TD:
Not allowed to build tower <X>.
No tower upgrades (or not past a given level).
No selling towers.
Enemies have 10% more health.
Enemies move 10% faster.
Enemies give 10% less money (or towers and upgrades cost more).
When an enemy dies, it heals the ones around it (favors single-target high-damage attacks vs. splash or attrition).
When an enemy takes damage, it instead takes half that much damage and other adgacent enemies take the rest (favors splash).
Enemies move slower but are far more tough.
Enemies move much faster but are weak.
Enemies regenerate health slowly.
More enemies per wave (with or without the usual extra money from more kills).
Waves come closer together, possibly as a continuous stream.
Strengthen one tower type (possibly not the obvious one to use on a level) and weaken the rest.
Force people to buy upgraded towers (i.e. you build level 2 towers, at the full combined cost, instead of lev1 at the basic cost).
Run the overall game faster (force the player to think and react quicker).
Money slowly drains when not being used.
You start with less money.
You start with a few pre-built towers, but very little (or no) money.
Give no money for kills within a wave until the whole wave is dead (or reaches the exit).
Have enemies that reach the exit cost the player some money.
Towers build and upgrade slower.
Most of these are pretty easy to implement, code-wise. They could be done individually or in combos. There could be extra perks for completing them (for example, you might get more points if there's a leaderboard or something). You can eaither add pre-designed challenges for each level, or allow players to select their own challenges. Challanges don't even have to actually be harder, just different. In fact, some of the things I've suggested would be perfectly reasonable core game mechanics, helping to separate your TD game from the rest.

Beaver Karts: More than Driftwood?

The Lowdown
I was looking for something fun to play on phone and I came across this. It was free in the app store so I figured that I’d lose nothing by trying it out. The first thing that I noticed was the cover art which presented itself as cute and colorful. I wondered if this would translate to the game as well since, for me, cute is almost always a good thing. As I downloaded the app, I kept wondering about how silly the entire concept was. I thought to myself, “What is the point of such a weird game?” The game revolves about you being a Beaver with his own custom wooden cart. Apparently, this Beaver has a nasty need for speed and spends his time travelling downhill (and aiming for an X-games promotion) in his cart. To make things interesting, you can perform an assortment of tricks such as wheelies and flips.
Learning the Ropes
The game is pretty basic. You will have to guide the Beaver on his downhill descent as you perform a series of tricks. You have 2 buttons to control the cart: tilt forward or tilt backward. Tilting the cart backward, for instance, will allow you to ride on only 2 wheels (classified as a wheelie) and will grant you bonus points. Doing a tilt after a jump will make the cart flip which is worth massive points (given that you land safely). You will also have to collect gold coins on the downhill path to glory. One thing to remember is that you have a limited amount of fuel to burn during the stage and this is what limits your journey.
Gold collected will determine the types of upgrades you can afford for tricking out your Beaver cart. I’m not sure if these upgrades affect the performance of your vehicle or are purely aesthetic in nature. Take note that before starting a stage, you have 3 specific goals that you can opt to do during your downhill run. Accomplishing them grants you bonus gold and that’s what you want to do in order to earn more and upgrade your cart.
There are power-ups in the shop which you can purchase with gold or purple acorns. I guess that is the premium currency for the game which you can buy with real money. Some of the powerups that can make your run more interesting.
Not a Wallet Hurter
I got the game for free in the app store. Not bad since you get to you can try it out at no cost.
What I think
I like the game due to the simplicity of its graphics which comes out as a cute cartoony experience. It is simple yet entertaining. Unfortunately, it is far from perfect. I find a big lack in terms of customization. There are only a few choices of upgrades to choose from (around 5 per category). Also, you are stuck with the beaver. Not that I don’t like him or anything but, I would very much want to see a giraffe try to cart. Some mini-games would also help break the monotony that comes after a while.
I suggest keeping this at hand during lull times. This might In fact, it might be worth using while waiting for the bus, waiting for your food in restaurants, or during your breaks to the bathroom.

This is actually a good game. Challenging yet fun at the same time.:good:

Tried this one out but the game is too challenging for me. It was hard controlling the beaver's kart. I always crash and burn. Poor beaver.

I thought the game was for kids, it was hard to control at first but eventually I got a hang of it. It was actually fun.

I've downloaded this game a few weeks back and was surprise that you made a review about this game. I totally agree with the points that you have stated in your article. The game is fun but hard at first. Luckily, I was patient enough to keep on playing the game until I got a hang of it.

groan RExesd
My curiosity got the best of me and I've downloaded this game. It is frustrating at first but since I am really competitive I wanted to perfect my every run. Now, I can double backflip and frontflip. I'm aiming to perfect my wheelies and to achieve a triple backflip/frontflip. :highfive: