iPad Apps
February 9th, 2011 at 5:55 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from tuaw.com.
Developer 2D Boy makes the popular World of Goo game, which they recently released on the iPad, and the official blog has a long writeup about the iPad version from creation to release. 2D Boy originally planned to release the game on the iPhone, but couldn’t get it to work right, so when the iPad came around, they decided to tackle the port again. The writeup outlines not only development of the game, but also marketing (after an early choice to release at $10, they eventually lowered the price to pick up some sales boosts) and even the timing of their release — they landed right in that "loophole" around Christmas that allowed them to pick up some extra sales by being on the charts during the App Store freeze.
And perhaps most interesting is 2D Boy’s comparison of the iPad market to their past console and PC experience. The iPad version was the fastest-selling of all of the versions of the game so far, both in copies sold and revenue generated. That’s pretty wild and it shows that not only does iOS offer a lot to developers in terms of when and how they can release their games, but that Apple’s platforms stack up favorably to more established marketplaces like WiiWare and Xbox Live Arcade.
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February 9th, 2011 at 5:43 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from padgadget.com.
Looking for a way to soothe your baby at bed time? New York based mobile technology and marketing company IntuApps has a great new app to help. Baby Soother 3-in-1 will calm your little one and get them to sleep in no time with motion, music and sounds on your iPad.
This new app combines three animated scenes with a collection of lullabies and nursery songs to relax and soothe your baby. Cuddle up with the Snow scene and watch the cute waddling penguins, flying birds and falling snow flakes, unwind with the colorful Ocean scene’s dolphins, fish, calming waves and plenty of bubbles or fall asleep with the setting sun, chirping birds and beautiful moon in the Night scene.
Mom and Dad may select from a list of fifteen songs to create baby’s customized playlist and also set the length of time music should play (one minute to twenty minutes).
Songs include:
- Brahm’s Lullaby
- Did You Ever See a Lassie
- Down by the Station
- Fairy Princess
- The Farmer in the Dell
- Frere Jacques
- Have You Seen the Muffin Man
- Hush Little Baby
- Nighty Night
- Oh, Where Oh, Where Has My Little Dog Gone
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Three Blind Mice
- Three Sisters: Suite
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
- Unicorn’s Adventure
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February 9th, 2011 at 10:05 AM EST | by inu846W
Welcome to the first edition of our "Reduced Price iPad Apps" roundup. These iPad apps have been reduced in price recently so check out which ones are best for you. Please note that some apps may only be reduced in price for a short time.
Games
Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition was $4.99 – NOW $0.99
Resident Evil 4 iPad Edition was $6.99 – NOW $0.99
Shadow Guardian HD was $6.99 – NOW $0.99
Star Battalion HD was $6.99 – NOW $0.99
Pictureka! for iPad was $4.99 – NOW $0.99
CLUE: Secrets & Spies was $4.99 – NOW $0.99
YAHTZEE™ HD was $4.99 – NOW $0.99
Reckless Racing HD was $4.99 – NOW $0.99
THE GAME OF LIFE™ for iPad was $6.99 – NOW $2.99
Real Racing HD was $9.99 – NOW $4.99
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD was $9.99 – NOW $4.99
Lifestyle
3D Kamasutra was $9.99 – NOW $2.99
Frame Clock was $1.99 – NOW $0.99
Sports
F1™ 2010 Timing App – Championship Pass was $16.99 – NOW $7.99
Entertainment
Inspire Pro – Paint, Draw and Sketch was $7.99 – NOW $0.99
SketchBook Pro was $7.99 – NOW $2.99
BEP360 was $2.99 – NOW $0.99
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February 7th, 2011 at 4:19 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from ipadmodo.com.
Scary monsters are not just a part of nightmares. They are very real indeed. If you’re up for battling some, step into the Sprawl in Dead Space™ for iPad by Electronic Arts. Gruesome, blood-lusting necromorphs await you with scythe-like arms. Can you slice off their limbs or blast them into smithereens before they turn you into a fountain of blood?
Review
Dead Space™ for iPad is a sci-fi action game as well as a horror adventure. To get the greatest scare possible from this game, you’ll want to put on a good pair of headphones and possibly also turn off the lights in your room. How scary is Dead Space though? If you’re a horror buff, it might be more creepy and gory than scary, but if the notion of watching a horror movie makes your skin crawl, then this might be a little to moderately scary. Not enough to give you nightmares, but enough to make you jump.
The story as told within Dead Space™ for iPad take place after the events within the console and PC version of Dead Space, and leads up to Dead Space 2. At the start of the game, the Church of Unitology sends their new member, an engineer code-named Vandal, on a secret mission to the Sprawl, a mining colony. There, he is directed into destroying several control panels. Shortly after he succeeds in his mission, all Hell breaks loose. Blood and corpses line the corridors, and alien monsters called necromorphs are eager to start carving up Vandal. You’ll have a total of twelve chapters to deal with the necromorph infestation and escape.
Compared to the iPhone version, Dead Space™ for iPad is definitely more gruesome and scarier, since everything’s bigger. You can see the grotesque monsters a lot more clearly. At the same time, it’s easier to aim for their limbs to dismember them. And once they fall to the ground crawling, you can march over and stomp down on them.
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February 7th, 2011 at 3:56 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from tuaw.com.
"Will it play DOOM?" This used to be the first question anyone had about a new bit of gear, regardless of what it was. Oddly, the answer kept being yes.
Remember DOOM? You might not, if you’re a longtime Mac user, since the attempts to bring it to the Mac really only met the dictionary definition of "port": Yeah, you could play it, but it wasn’t any fun.
Then Bungie came along and decided to take their own shot at it. I’m sure you remember that one. It was called Marathon. You may also remember what happened to Bungie: Microsoft wrote a check and that was that. But right before that happened, Bungie open-sourced Marathon, which runs on Mac OS as Aleph One. So you could still get it on your Mac, but only on your Mac.
Until now.
TouchArcade is reporting one of their forum threads contains the news that developer Daniel Blezek is actually working on bringing this to the iPad. He has also posted that it hasn’t been a completely smooth process, and there’s still a question of GPL licensed code being sold on the App Store. But if you have an iPad and a whole lot of spare time, as of yesterday afternoon Daniel said he was still looking for beta testers.
iPad News Source: tuaw.com
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February 4th, 2011 at 3:48 PM EST | by inu846W
Editor’s note: This article was reposted from appscout.com.
I admit that I’m not the biggest football fan, but I do watch the Super Bowl every year — mostly for the commercials. If only there was an app that compiled all the best Super Bowl ads of the last few years for you to watch on your iPad. Of course, there’s an app for that! Vualla, a company who makes a social TV iPad app, has created a new app geared specifically towards Super Bowl XLV — and the commercials are just a fraction of what this app has to offer. Oh, and did we mention it’s free?
The new version of Vualla Social TV Companion takes you through every part of the big game. Watch video highlights, as well as news and analysis from NFL experts. It even gives you a list of alternative halftime programming if you don’t feel like watching the Black Eyed Peas (can we say Puppy Bowl anyone?). You can also watch past halftime shows.
More after the jump!
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