The App Stork: Introducing Daredevil Dave, Revolve, iGibbets and...
...a disappointing lack of iPad buzz
Another week, another chirping bunch of hatchlings, ready to fly the nest. This week’s bundles are as disparate as you’ve come to expect of the App Stork, with calculated stupidity, tranquility, and controversy (see this week's featured three) huddling side by side like proper birds of a feather.
We’ve had an underwhelming response to the arrival of our iPad section, though, which, based on the reports we’re getting from developers, is entirely out of step with what’s going on behind the closed doors of code shops the world over.
Don’t be shy. Tell us about the games you're making, even if it’s just a whisper of info and a YouTube teaser. We’ll be sure to give it all the love and attention it deserves.
As for the rest of you, keep up the good work - in six months, the iPhone and iPod touch developer news section of our forum has gone from strength to strength and we now have a strong community of developers who make it their business to inform our readers of what they're up to via our forums.
If you join them, we’ll be gracious enough to reward your love of open communication by writing about your game in the App Stork, or at the very least, posting a link to your post to help increase your embryonic game’s exposure. Just like we have with this lot here - enjoy!
Daredevil Dave: Motorcycle Stuntman!!! - M DigitalYou may have heard of this title already - good news travels fast, before thudding hilariously into a wall. Daredevil Dave: Motorcycle Stuntman!!! (exclamation marks developer’s own) is as much about spectacularly clearing impressive jumps as it is about spectacularly failing to clear them.
So long as the game can deliver as much fun in both outcomes, it could be looking at a dangerously entertaining feedback loop. The visuals and characters are both top notch too, with a Duke Nukem-esque voiceover boasting of Dave’s death defying abilities.
It’s not out yet, but well worth keeping tabs on.
Company siteThe main aim is to match coloured balls using a revolving arm, with severe penalties delivered for poor accuracy and major bonuses earned for perfect matches. File under 'interesting'. It costs 59p.
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If you hit, you're a hero. If you miss, you only speed the unfortunate dangler’s passage to the life hereafter with spectacularly bloody results.
Deliciously cutesy graphics incorporating just enough flirtation with extreme violence round off a game that has a characteristic sense of humour. Hopefully it’s as much fun to play as it is to watch - find out for just 59p.
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