Movie Blocks reviewed on AppSlappy podcast!
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Eric and Scott from the AppSlappy podcast reviewed Movie Blocks and though they thought the graphics weren’t that wonderful, Eric thought it was cool little game: “… a great game if you’re into movies and movie trivia… I definitely would recommend it”. Listen to the podcast here.
Movie Blocks 1.11 now available
The new version of Movie Blocks 1.1 with a small bug fix has been accepted by Apple and is now available on the iTunes store.
Movie Blocks 1.11 has been submitted
Following the recent 1.1 update, I discovered a bug that meant the difficulty level chosen wasn’t always reflected when starting a new game. This has been fixed and will be available to upgrade as soon as Apple approves it.
Movie Name Generator 1.1 submitted!
Some improvements to my free app (submitted to Apple, awaiting approval):
- Now nearly 50,000 possible movie name combinations, double the previous amount
- Improved graphics and more DVD backgrounds
- Addition of alternate style movie review tags on the bottom of the DVD.
Review – TVGuide.co.uk
Having tried several UK TV guides in the hope I can find something better than the awful grid system on the Sky+ box, I am most impressed by the TVGuide.co.uk app. TiotiTV has been my favourite up to now, but this one has finally come up with a decent way to display upcoming things on TV in a clear way.
Simply lists your channels, and show you three programmes for each channel; what’s on right now, plus the two following programmes. It gives you more details as well, but most of the time I just want this quick overview to scan down.
Good job.
Movie Blocks 1.1 released!
The new version of Movie Blocks is now available for download/upgrade on the iTunes store. Gameplay improvements and tweaks.
Review – TonePad
TonePad is a free app for those musicians who sometimes like to just doodle about on a guitar or synth, not composing anything in particular, but making pleasant sounding music. You get a grid of dots, each one representing a note and the app goes from left to right, sounding out the ones that you’ve highlighted. It’s like a drum machine but with a pleasant sounding synth sound.
It’s fairly limited because you can’t change the synth or range of notes, but the ability to turn notes on and off on the fly gives you plenty of scope to make soothing tunes.
Perfect for doodling around late at night, or on a tranquil mountaintop. Apparently the pro version lets you save ringtones and share ’songs’, but I don’t care about that personally. If it offered more instruments or perhaps let you layer different tracks, then I wouldn’t hesitate to slap down a pound or two.
Overall, a good little music app for making your own mellow melodies.
Movie Blocks 1.1 submitted!
A new update to Movie Blocks has been submitted to the app store and is awaiting approval by Apple. Should be available for free in about a week’s time from now.
What’s new in the update:
- EASY, NORMAL, HARD and SUPER-HARD modes. These adjust the targets you are expected to reach. You still get the same points regardless of the mode, but advancing to the next levels is harder or easier, depending on your choice.
- Repetition of movies is reduced considerably. Once a movie appears in a round, it will not appear again for many rounds, ensuring you don’t see the same movies all the time.
- Options panel giving in-game control over sound, as well as viewing the Help and About screens.
- When the amount of locked blocks is equal to the target number, the round is over. Previously you had to manually choose random blocks to force the round to finish when you knew there was no way out.
- Graphical tweaks
Movie Blocks 1.0.1 released!
Due to popular request, Movie Blocks has been updated to be iPhone OS 2.0 backwards-compatible and has just been approved by Apple, so all of you who haven’t updated their device to 2.2.1, you can now download Movie Blocks!
Review – Crazy Machines
Crazy machines is an addictive little game, akin to Fantastic Contraption, which gives you a load of objects and you have to work out how to link them up to achieve the goal.
Verdict: The first ten or so levels are painfully easy and you feel like you’re being spoon-fed with a teaspoon, but after the first chapter things start getting a bit more taxing and you really have to think about it. I found it very hard to put down and the puzzles were hard enough to give a smug feeling when completed. It’s not quite as elegant as Fantastic Contraption, Crayon Physics or World of Goo, but the large variety of objects you can use keeps it fun.
