Findingquality games on the App Store is notoriously hard. Historically, Apple doesn't consider games to be a primary pillar of their service, despite the millions of people playing (and spending money on) games on iOS devices every day.The Indie Game Showcase will hardly fix that, but it is a step in the right direction. The new section on the App Store highlights critically acclaimed, independent games and the developers who make them."Often made up of just a few dedicated members, independent studios prove that what really matters is the size of your dream," the showcase reads. "In each Indie Game Showcase, we celebrate a popular game and its creative team, highlighting the developer's titles along with their favorite games from other studios.""
Simogo's haunting and snowy adventure game Year Walk has only been out on the App Store for a couple of weeks, but we're still reliving every breathtaking step of the mysterious journey as if it were just yesterday. Well now the Swedish developer has begun to fill up the Simogo blog with all sorts of cool stuff from the early days of Year Walk, which show us how the game came to be, and what it looked like from as far back as some of the initial planning stages.
Now I know what you're thinking, and the answer is no. We just met, and I'd like to stay friends for a little while. But seriously folks, I am in fact making a post about Twitter. Because far from being the hub for finding out what sandwich your favorite celebrity just ate, the micro-blogging platform has exploded into a place to keep in touch with relevant news from a personal angle.