mobile games that aren't just timewasters

King of Posters
#31

I’ve been playing Imbroglio and it’s fantastic. It’s like a deck building game, but instead of creating a deck of cards, you’re laying out tiles on a board. You can upgrade those tiles as you play, unlocking new attributes related to them. It’s great brain candy, and to my tastes it’s got an even better pace than 868-HACK. It’s also easier to play while semi-distracted, which I find useful in a phone game.

Brough’s other games are also all worth checking out. Helix is my favorite, but currently it’s a bit glitchy. An iOS update last year caused the app it invert all its colors and skew its aspect ratio. It’s still playable, but it’s a bit diminished.

iOS apps sure go obsolete quickly. Apple ought to do something about it. Nearly every iOS update introduces new compatibility issues, and indie developers lack the resources and incentive to keep up with patching their apps. I’m still sad about ZiGGURAT… RIP.

#32

Why not? It’s better than hearthstone…

#33

That’s your comparison point? Yes, Hearthstone is a bad game too.

Don’t play games where a large part of your performance is based on how much money you spend.

#34

I don’t know if you have to spend money on it to perform well. I’m at tier 6 and climbing to tier 7 soon. Once I hit tier 8 there are tournaments that cap the usefulness of spending money. I think I might drop some money to get some versatility to my decks, but it’s been pretty fun/fair overall.

#35

HEY YO

mini metro is finally out on iOS

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#36

i found a game called Alchemist that’s basically a DS era final fantasy tactics ripoff

#37

Update: I cleared the dungeon once finally (as the Necromancer)

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#38

snake bird

through the ages: a story of civilization

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#39

not sure where else to put this, but there’s an iOS game I’m kind of curious about, don’t think I have anything that can run it though. Anyone wanna give it a shot?

http://hz.163.com/en/index.html

It looks like it has a full English version, but sorry if that turns out to not be true…

#40

Battle of Polytopia is a civ-like that I’ve poured many hours into.

Also there’s The Room series if you like puzzle adventure games.

#41

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#42

Yeah The Room is pretty good, though it won’t occupy your time for long

#43

I need more good games to fuck around with while I listen to podcasts on the subway. My go-tos for this now are Imbroglio, Hungry Cat Picross, and Holedown. Any reccs?

#44

Yankai’s Triangle

this one is kind of what I wanted out of desert golfing

@T told me about it

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#45

Downloading it as we speak! I loved Desert Golfing so that’s a pretty enticing statement.

#46

Woah, this game is dope. The soundtrack is so weird and ominous that it makes me not want to listen to podcasts over it, but that’s fine.

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#47

OK there was just a sudden difficulty jump that broke my brain for a minute but once I figured out how to do it, it felt so good.

Great recc, Tulpa, thanks!

Edit: Is it endless, or is there a finite number of levels?

#48

It is endless. An infinity of triangles. Spin the triangles. See the triangles within triangles.

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#49

So many :arrow_down_small:

#50

I tried tapping on that way too many times before I realized

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