Tilting Point and Pokoko Studio are bringing their game of caveman and dinosaur strategy worldwide to the App Store next week on April 28th. Dino Bash will have you commanding an army of dinosaurs, trying to fight off those dastardly humans by strategically deploying your dino troops, and using manually-fired projectile weapons to protect your egg. It’s castle defense, but dinosaurs can’t build castles – the tyrannosaurus rex’s short stubby arms are more there for show – but they got something to protect.
This one has been soft launched for a bit now, and you can actually check it out right now in Canada if you can’t wait for the launch version next week, or don’t feel like registering a Canadian iTunes account. Otherwise, keep an eye on the forum thread for people chatting about this one already. And remember, ’tis better to die by a giant asteroid causing you to go extinct than to die by the hands of those fleshy meatbag humans.
I'm sure there's room for all business models in time. I'm definitely sold on mobile VR though!
I settled on a View-Master headset ($14 from Amazon, rugged plastic, Cardboard 2 compatible, action button, nice FOV, fits a 6+ in Apple case) for now. It lacks a head-strap but that's actually convenient for quick on/off casual use. No MFi control, though—need a head-strap (or extra hands) for that. But the most promising head-strap units on Amazon didn't seem to have good FOV.
While some titles are slow and miserable, others are terrific! If you want a real game, try Proton Pulse. But I like the demo stuff too. The Street View app is pretty neat.
And I'm slowly working away on a couple iPhone VR releases of my own. In the long term, a horror experience, "This is Not the Church of the Worm." In the shorter term, a collection of VR demos/toys, including "Sharp Stick: An Eye-Popping Adventure!" Yep, it's what you think it is.
Whelp, another reason not to get to attached to mobile VR.