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Old App Revival!
During the past fifteen years or so, I've built or contributed to dozens of iOS apps, for dozens of clients and several employers. During that time, I've also built and published several apps of my own, mostly games, to try out various technologies and put some ideas into the world.
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doing some long overdue housekeeping in my old Xcode projects, and submitting new builds to Apple.
All of these are free to download, with no in-app purchases and no ads. Some for iOS, some for both iOS and tvOS, and all of them also work on Macs powered by M1/2/3/4/etc, too. All of these apps were coded entirely with my human brain and hands; no AI was involved in any part of these. Without further ado, here are a few iOS games of mine, back from the dead!
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TextShooter (iOS, 2013) https://apps.apple.com/se/app/textshooter/id814735204
This is probably the simplest of the bunch. It was originally created for inclusion in one of my books, "Beginning iOS 7 Development", to showcase how to build a game with SpriteKit, and now it lives on! And the source code is still available. https://github.com/jnutting/TextShooter
A deceptively simple shooter that will put your tapping to the test. When these X's start falling, you'll need every finger you've got just to stay alive! No IAP, no ads, just good old-fashioned shooting. The source code for this game, and full description of how to go about building something lik…
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Pits of Death (iOS, tvOS, 2015) https://apps.apple.com/se/app/pits-of-death/id989109750
This was inspired by a handheld LCD game I had as a kid, which was in turn inspired by an older game called "Hunt the Wumpus". Somewhat frustrating to play, honestly, but I still enjoy the faux-retro color LCD display idea that I came up with. I even created a song to go along with this, which is included only in the tvOS version (and in this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLM_Lqovlec
Pits of Death is a dungeon adventure for iOS and Apple Watch. Explore a network of underground chambers on your quest to slay the dragon. But watch out for the pits! Pits of Death features graphics inspired by electronic handheld games of the 80s, and gameplay that tests your logic and your nerve.…
@JackNutting Looks like we covered it 10 years ago at TouchArcade. 🙂
https://toucharcade.com/2015/05/26/pits-of-death-trailer-jingle-will-get-stuck-in-your-head-all-day/
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