14: iOS Gaming & Leo’s Fortune

iOS Gaming & Leo’s Fortune In this episode, Raygan and Nate are joined by friend of the show Laura Nash as we talk about Leo’s Fortune in particular, and the present and future of iOS smartphones as a gaming platform in general. Leo’s Fortune won an Apple Design Award in 2014 but it’s the one game that none of us had played in time for our Apple Design Award Winners 2014 episode a few weeks ago. This week, we attempt to remedy the oversight. This also gives us the opportunity to discuss in depth the strengths and weaknesses of iOS and other touch screen devices as gaming platforms. We talk about asynchronous multiplayer, “augmented reality” and the future of quality gaming on a platform where games can seem a little ephemeral, or even disposable. Links for this episode Clickteam – Multimedia Fusion 2 TowerFall California Extreme | An arcade game and pinball celebration Snacks ‘n Jaxson – Videogame by Bally Sente Catball Eats It All (iOS) | Joystiq Spaceteam: Cooperative Party Game for Phones and Tablets 11 – Apple Design Award Winners 2014 | The Short Game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Wii U Rube Goldberg Trailer for Leo ‘s Fortune [Original video] Leo’s Fortune Rube Goldberg [Behind the scenes] Tomorrow Corporation : Little Inferno Sometimes You Die on the App Store on iTunes Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the App Store on iTunes BADLAND – Atmospheric Side-Scrolling Action Adventure Game from Frogmind Rolando (video game) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Soosiz for iPhone and iPod touch, Soosiz HD for iPad Astronut on the App Store on iTunes Waking Mars GBA4iOS Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Google Ingress – Augmented reality game Sphero Robot Ball | Game System for iOS and Android Sword & Poker on the App Store on iTunes Thanks to Laura for guest-hosting on our podcast this week. Laura J. Nash (laurajnash) on Twitter Space Happens Season 1: How to Save the Universe by The Fake Geek Girl — Kickstarter “A satire developed, written & produced by women in comedy. A slash fic between feminism and science fiction. In witty webseries form.”