Matchimals for the iPad

General (non-technical) New Apps / Works in Progress
#1

I finally got around to submitting Matchimals to the appstore. It’s been finished for a few months, but I only just got around to submitting it last wednesday. It’s great that the appstore approval process is down to only a few business days now.

Here’s a link to the game in the appstore:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=375287682&mt=8

Here are some promo codes if anybody wants to try it out:
RLTTJE39XER9
JJ7NMARTL9HT
RXR433EH7XM7
4XWANNWYRY9P
77MJWWM33LLF
LRWA6YM9K3A4
LJX4MHXRFL4R
6NK9KHXPP6ER
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Thanks! [import]uid: 70 topic_id: 1473 reply_id: 301473[/import]

#2

Looks awesome! I wish I could play it but I don’t have an iPad. You should release for iPhone too! Can’t you use the exact same codebase? [import]uid: 6678 topic_id: 1473 reply_id: 4105[/import]

#3

I’m glad you think so!

Yeah, I do have intentions of releasing the app on android and iphone. The codebase should be basically identical. The only thing I’m not clear about yet is what I’m going to do for the sizes. I have an obsession with making all of my apps use up as much of the screen as I can (without visible menu elements etc), so I need to think of some ways to offer multiple image sizes while making the animals still visible and large enough so that people can touch them without fat fingering other animals.

The interface may also have to change slightly to accommodate the smaller devices, but I’m not sure by how much yet. [import]uid: 70 topic_id: 1473 reply_id: 4107[/import]

#4

Neat !

I just twitted it and facebooked it, thanks for sharing.

Go give it thumbs up on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/ansca and retwitt at will :wink: http://www.twitter.com/ansca

Carlos [import]uid: 24 topic_id: 1473 reply_id: 4112[/import]

#5

Looks very cute. Did you created the graphics yourself? If yes, which software was used for it? [import]uid: 5712 topic_id: 1473 reply_id: 4116[/import]

#6

I use Gimp and Inkscape for graphics. On that game most of the images are from openclipart.org and some of the icons are from the Milky icon set, and some other set that I can’t remember right now.

I typically download the images as svg from openclipart.org and then manipulate them to my liking in inkscape, then I export them as pngs for use in the app. [import]uid: 70 topic_id: 1473 reply_id: 4124[/import]

#7

That is very smooth and neat…great stand out icon too [import]uid: 6086 topic_id: 1473 reply_id: 4208[/import]