TourneySpot

Train Conductor Preview!

2009-12-14T14:43:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wanted to conduct trains? Well... Now you can! With the upcoming app titled Train Conductor, you tell trains which track to go to.

To move the trains, you must touch it and then drag to the train's specific track. You can tell what track it belongs to by the numbers on the side of the train.

There are two modes, one mode is the day shift, you must keep trains from crashing and get them on the correct train track. The next mode is the graveyard shift, you guide ghosts to the correct path.

The graveyard shift is my favorite shift. The ghosts move very fast and there are multiple on screen at once. The ghosts can go through each other to get to their track.

There are four different enviroments in total; Alice Springs, Cairns, Sydney, and Melbourne. The different places increase the difficulty of the game.

In Alice Springs you have the easiest of three tracks, Cairns you have four tracks, In Sydney you have five tracks and long Gold Rush trains, and in Melbourne, you have five tracks with one broken section appearing in a different location with each play.

In the graveyard shift, the new levels bring on more tracks and a skull train. You must make sure the skull trains arrive at their destinations. If they crash, Game Over.

This game is Plus+ enabled and come packed with plenty of acheivements.

Overall, Train Conductor is one of those apps you must get. It will keep you intrested for hours and hours. If you don't get Train
Conductor, you are missing out on a great game.

Finger Sling Review

2009-11-20T06:53:00.001-08:00

If you love using your touch screen for games, this is thee game for you! Finger Sling is an intense battle ball game where you use your finger to drag a ball to kick other balls out of the arena. The red balls are trying to knock the big blue ball out of it boundaries. You must protect that blue ball! There are levels in which get harder each level. After each level you have a chance to upgrade your weapon. Make the ball bigger, faster, or make the blue ball's boundaries bigger. You earn money by hitting other balls out of the ring. This game is Open Feint enabled. There are achievements based on score, bosses and levels. This game has very high re playability and I come back every time! I give this a 5/5!

Asphalt 5 review

2009-11-20T06:35:00.001-08:00

Asphalt 5 Review!

{ Posted on Nov 20 2009 by Bronson }

CATEGORIES : REVIEW

All the intense racing you always have at home, is now on your iPhone! Asphalt 5! Developed by Gameloft, is a action packed arcade racing game. It has steady accelerometer controls and good graphics! The game has a small lag on an iPod Touch 1G.

Gameloft has tried to make this game as detailed as possible from the mud on the road to the damage on the cars. The music is great, but if you want to rock out to your own tunes, they have the in game music feature.

What to do in Asphalt 5? Win races and earn money to make your ride more suitable. You will have obstacles including, oncoming traffic, pedestrians, and the occasional police all followed by the weather conditions. All of the gameplay has three different camera angels: close, far and driver seat.

There are 12 different locations within the game including: Aspen, Athens, and Las Vegas. The tracks have snow, ice, and rain on them, and the easiest way to win the races are by taking the shortcuts. You can find these shortcuts on you mini-map.

Asphalt 5 offers: Career, Single Race, and Local/Online Multiplayer. Most people will play Single Race for the pick up and play genre.

The following are the types of games you race:

Normal—Finish in the top 3

Cash Attack—Get all the cash you can

Cop Chase—Eliminate all of the other racers

Escape—Run from the cops

Drift—Drift on turns

Time Trial—cross the finish line before time runs out

Duel—one-on-one racing

Last Man Standing—Don’t finish in last.

There are 33 bikes and cars you can race by unlocking.

Overall, Asphalt 5 is more of a fun arcade racer. If you are looking for more of a Forza real life racing game, check out Real Racing.

For $6.99 Asphalt 5 is easily the best arcade racer on the app store. I rate 5/5

Brain Challenge2

2009-11-19T04:32:00.000-08:00

BRAIN CHELLENGE 2by Gameloft
Price: $4.99
Played on: iTouch 1g
Rating: 4/5
REVIEW!
Brain Challenge 2 has been on the App Store for awhile now. It is a very fun challenge game to train your brain!
It includes:

38 minigames in total
30 Mini games for math, logic, memory and focus skills
5 minigames to reduce stress
3 bonus minigames!
Never before seen eye training game

The graphics aren't the best and could be be better, but it is still worth playing. In my opinion, this is one of the worst iPhone apps Gameloft has. It has 4 different trainers and plenty more. I rate this a 3/5

New EarthWormJim review!

2009-11-13T09:44:00.001-08:00

One of the things that the iTunes store has made me happy about is the successful ports of my old favorite games. Like EarthWorm Jim!

In this game you play as a worm named Jim that with the power of a space suit that fell down to earth he changed to a super hero. Then Jim hears about a plan to take over the galaxy.There are 4 different difficulties of gameplay: easy, normal, hard, and original. There are 16 different levels to play:

New Junk City

Andy Asteroids (mini game levels)

What the Heck?

Down the Tubes

Tube Race

Snot a Problem!

Level 5 (additional level in Level 5)

Who Turned Out the Lights?

For Pete's Sake

Intestinal Distress

ButtVille

In line with the storyline are the cool charecters with names like Bob the Killer Goldfish, Evil the Cat, Major Mucus, Chuck and Fifi, Psy-Crow, and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt. The graphics are amazing, just like a platformer you want to see now a days! The animation could not be better. The game has the occasional lag on my iPod Touch 1G, just like all ports.

The controls are a d-pad or a virtual joystick. There are 3 action buttons that include: jump, whip, and attack. I have found the d-pad much easier to use. There are many power ups including fuel pods and ammo.There are 10 different environments which change the action buttons in each one. Then on the minogame after each level you use tilt controls to dodge objects and pick up objects.

The game has 10 different environments which I think all are awesome! The gameplay is what brought me to wanting the game! One of my favorite levels is New Junk City where it literally is a city made out of old appliances and tires!

Earthworm Jim is like no other worm or human. He can pull his head off for a whip and to attack enemies. If he were human he would be “SUPER HUMAN!”

The only problem is that there is a lack of save points. The only way to save is to beat a level.Overall, Earthworm Jim is one the best platformers out there and I come back and want more every time I exit the game! I give this a 4/5 *****

3 Reviews

2009-11-06T05:01:00.000-08:00

Earth Worm Jim Review

New Junk City
Andy Asteroids (MiniGames)
What the Heck?
Down the Tubes
Tube Race
Snot a Problem!
Who Turned Out the Lights?
For Pete's Sake
Intestinal Distress
ButtVille

There are many different enemies that range from a garbage bin to a Queen Slug. There is the occasional lag that every port game has, nothing to bad.The controls are a d-pad or a virtual joystick. There are 3 action buttons that include: jump, whip, and attack. I have found the d-pad much easier to use. There are many power ups including fuel pods and ammo.There are 10 different environments which change the action buttons in each one.

My main problem is that the only way to save the game is to beat a level.

Overall, Earthworm Jim is one the best platformers out there and I come back and want more every time I exit the game! I give this a 4/5 *****

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2009

Bailout Wars Review

Bailout wars is a very addicting defense syle game made by Gameloft.
In it you must protect the WhiteHouse which has the bailout money in it from vicious bankers who want all the money for themselves. In order to protect the bailout you must use your finger to flick the bankers up in the sky, and they will fall back down and splat to a painful death. There are four different types of bankers, the CEO(boss), the tellers(normal), the breif case holders(after you throw them they use there breif case as a parachute), and the helicopter units(medium). There are many games on the app store like this and this is the most fun. This will keep you playing for hours and you will still want to come back for more. I have thought over this for awhile now and have rated this app a 5/5 *****

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2009

9,000bc Review

9,000bc is a interesting intense fighting game. In it you must fight of enemies until the rounds are over. Wen you beat a round, you can upgrade and earn achievements through OpenFeint. Me and all of my colleagues could not put this game down! We have played for hours and hours. There are multiple apps like this and none can compare. I had a vote between my workers and they all decided the rank I should give 9,000bc. They decided 4/5, but I had second thoughts. I rate this a................ amazing 5/5 *****!

The only thing that I can think of for an update is, more achievements and better graphics.

TOURNAMENT!!!

2009-10-30T09:04:00.000-07:00

Hey all. I can't be in the tourney so spidey will lead you guys!

We are making some changes here.

2009-10-30T08:08:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, once again I have been sick so I haven't posted in a little bit but here I am, so up to the point: we are making some changes to the tourney. In the past couple of days we have had at leats 30 or more e-mails a day from new contestants, so we are changing things around. The password will be changed once again and may I please ask everyone who would like to enter e-mail me at adam3_baseball@hotmail.com, this is only for this tourney because it has gotten quite confusing and there are e-mails popping up on the other account every 2 minutes so what I want you to do is e-mail me at that address with your Dinosmsh name and once we have everyone, I will post the names on here and e-mail everyone the password, so please stop asking. One more thing is if you have a name for example "TiC~TaC~lToxicl" (I saw you changed it, don't worry you're just an example) would you mind changing it, just for this tourney, to something like Tic Tac Toxic, its just too confusing.

Thjank you for your patience
Spidey146

Tourney

2009-10-30T07:29:00.000-07:00

ALRIGHT EVERYONE! I am giving out the password right now, the dev is going to change it before the tourney! Right now it is bomber1. The winner of the tourney get a code for Lunarcy! , and the second place gets Peter und Vlad, for third Peter und Vlad!

12:00pm EST

2009-10-29T17:51:00.000-07:00

HEY GUYS!!! THE TOURNEY IS AT 12:00pmEST

RE: DinoSmash Suprize!

2009-10-24T21:59:00.001-07:00

ALRIGHT... THE SUPRIZE IS!!!!! TourneySpot gets there own Dinosmash match table w. a password& special colors and masks!!

DinoSmash Suprize!

2009-10-22T12:41:00.001-07:00

Hey guys I have a suprize for you if you sign up for the tourney I will let you know what it is on the 25th.

HURRY!!

2009-10-22T08:08:00.000-07:00

IT IS ALMOST HALLOWEEN AND WE NEED YOU TO SIGN UP FOR THE DINOSMASH TOURNAMENT!!!!

My sincere apologies and Tourney contestants.

2009-10-22T08:04:00.000-07:00

Hello, I am extremely sorry I have not posted in forever, I have had a lot of work to do and I have been extremely sick lately, but I will try and post as much as I can so just bare with me, all right? Also we have some contestants for the Dinosmash tourney so here they are:

1.Spidey146

2.Skipper587

3.Ohmypocketgod (dinosmash name bronsonwx)

4.the prez 12521

5.MichaelApps

6.error

7.PinyoKid

If you would like to sign up please e-mail us at itourneyspot@hotmail.com

have fun!

spidey146

Earth Worm Jim Review

2009-10-22T07:22:00.000-07:00

My main problem is that the only way to save the game is to beat a level.

Earth Worm Jim is one of those games that is a good memory of a game you used to play! It

One of the things that the iTunes store has made me happy about is the successful ports of my old favorite games. Like EarthWorm Jim!

New Junk City

Andy Asteroids (mini game levels)

What the Heck?

Down the Tubes

Tube Race

Snot a Problem!

Level 5 (additional level in Level 5)

Who Turned Out the Lights?

For Pete's Sake

Intestinal Distress

ButtVille

Earthworm Jim is like no other worm or human. He can pull his head off for a whip and to attack enemies. If he were human he would be “SUPER HUMAN!”

Bailout Wars Review

2009-10-21T13:29:00.001-07:00

9,000bc Review

2009-10-19T14:27:00.000-07:00

The only thing that I can think of for an update is, more achievements and better graphics.

I love this app!

Bronson

Is anyone out there?

2009-10-16T06:36:00.000-07:00

Hey guys not sure if you know to email us itourneyspot@hotmail.com

Nobody has signed up for the DinoSmash tournament yet. WE NEED YOU SO WE CAN GET BETTER!

Bronson

1000 VIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-10-06T12:01:00.000-07:00

In honor of our 1000 views, we will be osting a DinoSmash tournament on October 31, 2009 HALLOWEEN!! We will ned 16 people and this will fill up fast! the winner will receive a ZombieCity Promo Code! email us @ itourneyspot@hotmail.com

HURRY!!!

Bronson

WINNER!!!

2009-10-04T12:34:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who played, we hope to see you in the next one! DinoSmash will be the next tourney and we haven't set a date yet, but sign up @ itourneyspot@hotmail.com FAST!

The winners are:

Peter und Vlad code= ERROR

EasterEggHunt code=Pocketguy11

Thanks again!

FINALS!!!

2009-10-03T19:37:00.001-07:00

THIS IS FOR ALL THE DICE:

error3000 vs. Pocketguy11

Picture Contest!

2009-10-03T08:28:00.000-07:00

OK so as you know PG blog had a picture contest. WELL, we are having one now! You must take a picture of you and your favorite app, and there will be 3 prizes.

1st place: PETER UND VLAD!

2nd and 3rd place: EASTER EGG HUNT!

So hurry we will end this in a week.

Use twitpic and include @Bronson15

:(

2009-10-01T18:16:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone. I have to kick some people from the tournament due to inactivity. SO here is the new chart.

the prez 12521 vs. Oldskooler81

Error vs. winner of the prez 12521 or oldskooler

PureSkill vs. Pocketguy11

I am out and so are alot of people now.

Bronson

Tourney winners

2009-10-01T16:27:00.001-07:00

Hi guys, spidey146 letting you know the winners so far of the tourney, they are

1: Pureskill (beat Double00asian)
2: Pocketguy11 (beat TheorianX)
3: ohmypocketgod (beat skipper587)
4: error (beat MichaelApps)

I only got 700 so the prez 12521 if you can't beat me, i must rock :P, remember, if you win please comment saying you won and if you have ideas for future tourneys e-mail us at itourneyspot@hotmail.com, rock on!!!

Opponents in OogaJump Tournaments!

2009-09-30T18:26:00.000-07:00

OK So:

The prez 12521 vs. Spidey146

Skipper587 vs. ohmypocketgod

MichaelApps vs. error

Andrew12000 vs. RapidNinja

eggman vs. oldskooler81

sidrattardis123 vs. superdavid

Double00asian vs. PureSkill

Pocketguy11 vs. TheorianX

FYI TheorianX is a developer for the app NanoMechs!

Post a comment on who won the match so I can know, the tournament will go on from October1-2 maybe 3rd if it isn't done!

Bronson

Tourney contestants

2009-09-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, we have everyone for the tourney so here they are

1: the prez 12521
2: spidey146
3: skipper587
4: ohmypocketgod
5: MichaelApps
6: error
7: andrew12000
8: RapidNinja
9: eggman
10: oldskooler81
11: sidrattardis123
12: superdavid
13: Pureskill
14: double00asian
15: pocketguy11
16: TheorianX

thank you everyone and if I got anyone's OpenFeint name wrong PLEASE tell me, it is very important that they're all right. I am sorry for those who didn't get to participate in this tourney but there's always next time! If you have any ideas for new tourneys please e-mail us at itourneyspot@hotmail.com Have fun and we will post who is facing who soon!

Interview with Developer of NanoMechs

2009-09-30T14:22:00.000-07:00

Interview with Arin Cranley NanoMechs' Software Developer and President

Arin, What is the behind the scenes view of Theorian?

Theorian, is more of service company than anything, we're in the technology business to be innovative for our customers. We want to bring something new, fresh, and fun, whether it is a productivity app, a game, a website, or a simple support call. Theorian is also a software development company not just an iPhone app development company.

How did Theorian start?

Government contracts, believe it or not. We were working on building "e-learning labs" for the United States Marine Core. Amongst a few other types of contracts, Cool huh?

Very cool.

Yes, but not as cool as building iPhone apps.

When was NanoMechs thought up?

We love first person shooters, we originally thought that the iPhone needed a MMORPG though. At least some better "real time" multiplayer games. After further research we concluded that not many people would be spend hours upon hours playing an MMORPG on their device given a number of factors. Despite that, a MMORPG would still be awesome on the iPhone no matter which way you cut it. We also figured that a 3D FPS could be graphically bland and the user interface much too strange without tactile feedback. So we opted for NanoMechs a 2D Multiplayer Online Shooter. The story line came from a few OMG moments and, almost instantly, we had an astounding background plot, which we plan to expand in the future.

When did you guys start the developing process of NanoMechs?

October 2008

It seems like it took forever, we worked sooo hard.

How long did it take you to realize the app is done and playable?

We all honestly think that NanoMechs is not done. However we decided that cutting some features for the sake of getting the game into peoples hands early, at a low price, was more important than waiting any longer to release. That may have hurt our initial image though. Looking back on this decision, we probably won't do that again. This is a new business for us and we've learned so much with this initial release. We are going to have multiplayer online soon, and we want to make sure it is going to be GREAT before we put it into anyones hands.

Was this the first iPhone app you guys have created?

Yes, NanoMechs is the first iPhone app we've done.

Do you guys have any new apps coming? If so what can we expect?

We're still in R&D but we are considering a "very different" puzzle game, maybe an RPG. But more than anything we want to do a MMORPG. But many people don't realize the depth of development a MMORPG takes let alone a simple RPG.

Do you have a way of spreading the word about NanoMechs?

We do... you! :) thanks Bronson! So far word of mouth and some plugs on gaming forums, etc. But we plan to release a free version of NanoMechs. Also we'll be doing a sweepstakes on twitter, and eventually cross-promotion on future apps. So far we're steering away from purchasing ad space and using services such as ad-mob.

Earlier you mentioned multiplayer, what other kind of updates in the future can we expect for NanoMechs?

More levels and game modes, like Capture the Flag, and Squad Battles are coming. So NanoMechs still has much more coming. Even further driving home that NanoMechs is not done, and will continue to receive updates.

What is your favorite iPhone app besides NanoMechs?

Seriously? Wow, that's a hard one. I like physics puzzles, I haven't had the luxury of playing Zenonia or any RPGs on the iPhone. I like "I'm Destroyer", oh God that is bad! I didn't want to say it. Because there are so many things about that game that could have been better and I want to make it better when I play it. "Pocket God" is cool too.

Last question. What would you recommend young developers to do?

I am completely serious when I say: do what you love doing. If you are finding "no joy" in what you are doing then what you produce is going to be less than it could have been. Be inspired by something or someone, if you lose that inspiration, know how to find it again. Be inspired by God, the first developer and creator! Young developers have got to learn and be sponges, and cannot act like they know it all. People are willing to teach, and if you say, "I know how to do that!" then they won't to teach you that. Ultimately, nothing beats hands-on training, just go for it, start learning. Find people who can answer the questions that start taking you hours to answer on your own. Those people could be friends or colleagues; who ever they are, treat them well and they'll make time for you. They'll be great mentors.

Thank you for taking your time away from your day.

Thank you! It's been a pleasure!

PocketGod Tournament FULL!

2009-09-30T14:20:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, we are now officially full!

Torney contestants number drop

2009-09-29T17:58:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, spidey146 letting you know that since we arem't getting as many people as we thought we will drop the number down to 16, so please people we just need 4 more, tell your friends, put it as your status on facebook, tweet it, whatever, and remember if you have suggestions for future tourneys comment here or e-mail us at itourneyspot@hotmail.com , remember the winner gets a Peter und Vlad promo code, a $3 line-drawer so practise, and theres one day left for the poll so hurry up!

p.s. error, if i don't have your open feint name correctly please change it

Spidey

_______________

OK so spidey needs to check with me before he posts, we only need 1 more person to make it to 16, we will not close it, but if we don't make it to 32 then the people that are above the number 16 will play for an EasterEggHunt PromoCode

Bronson

Reviews!

2009-09-27T04:05:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone I have made reviews for some partially unknown developers. If you don't mind go to http://web.me.com/bronsonglane and check out my reviews

Bronson

Tourney contestants

2009-09-26T11:01:00.000-07:00

Hi guys, spidey146 just letting you know theres still plenty of space for the Pocket God tourney, at the moment it looks like it will be an Ooga Jump tourney but you never know. So far we have:

1:spidey146
2:skipper587
3:the prez 12521
4:error
5:ohmypocketgod
6:rapidninja
7:andrew12000
8:eggman
9:oldskooler81

10:MichaelApps

11:sidrattardis123

12:pocketguy11

remember we need 32 people so vote, sign up and have fun!

Pocket God Tournament!

2009-09-25T14:44:00.000-07:00

Hi, spidey146 here and im going to tell you about our first contest, Pocket God! First you guys start by choosing what challenge to do on the poll on the right, the poll closes October 1st,if you would like to participate in the tournament please send us your OpenFeint name at itourneyspot@hotmail.com, only 32 people can enter so hurry up. Then we will pair you up one by one against each other, you do the challenge and whoever wins moves up to the next round and challenges someone who won against someone else and so forth until theres one winner! The winner will win a promo code for Michael S.' brand new game Easter Egg Hunt! So vote for your favorite challenge and whip those fingers into shape if you want to win! If you have any ideas for future app Tournaments, e-mail us or comment below, have fun!

Hi!!!

2009-09-25T10:43:00.001-07:00

Hi, error from Pocket God Glitchspot here. I am new to this blog and this is my first post. We will be doing tournaments for multiple apps starting with PocketGod. We would like you to send emails to itourneyspot@hotmail.com for new ideas on apps. If you want to sign up for the tournaments, the instructions will be in a new post! Thanks for checking the blog out! Please vote on the poll and sign up for the PocketGod contest.

First Tournament!!!

2009-09-24T19:49:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, me and Spidey have been talking and we decided to do our first tournament! To sign up send us an email at itourneyspot@hotmail.com that includes your openfient name.The deadline for sign up is October 1, 2009 You will send either me or Spidey a challenge through PG for WHATEVER WINS THE POLL ON THE SIDE! This contest will be going on for 2 days.

Bronson

Welcome!

2009-09-24T14:11:00.000-07:00

Welcome one and all to the iDevice Tourneyspot, what is a Tourneyspot you may ask? Well, its a spot where we have tournaments. Get it? Well you guys are gonna have a blast here. We need to finish up a little bit and add our third member, then we will start with our first tournaments. You can contact us at itourneyspot@hotmail.com See ya!

p.s. we will also post glitches for multiple games

Tournaments

2009-09-21T13:30:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone me and Spidey will be doing tournaments for different apps!