Our forums have been the place to be for iOS gamers and developers since Arn posted the first thread all the way back on May 20th, 2008. If you’ve never checked them out, you really should. Closely following along with forum discussion is the absolute best way to keep your finger on the pulse of iOS gaming. Want proof? Here’s the Flappy Bird thread, posted well before anyone else really even cared about the game.
Anyway, today we made the most significant change to the TouchArcade Forums since their inception. The iPad games forums are no longer, and instead, everything has been merged into one giant iPhone and iPad Games Forum and a similarly huge Upcoming iPhone and iPad Games Forum. The the iPad forums were originally created along side the announcement of the iPad and iPhone sides of the App Store were two distinctly different markets. With most games and apps being released as universal binaries now, there really isn’t a whole lot of sense in keeping the discussion separate.
To retain some distinction between things that are iPad or iPhone only, we’re using VBulletin’s thread prefix functionality. If games are universal, they’ll have the “Universal:" prefix, and so on. Additionally, if you want to prune out only iPad games, you just need to scroll down to the “Display Options" portion of the forum display, and select whatever thread prefix you want, then hit “Show Threads":
If you notice any weirdness, please feel free to report threads to moderators. The only two issues we’re facing is potential duplicate game threads from games that were posted in both the iPhone and iPad forums as well as a now superfluous “Universal" notation in the thread title. Both things will eventually work themselves out inside of a couple weeks of new threads being posted.
Thanks to all of our forum members and developers who have made the TouchArcade forums such an awesome place!
Now this is more like it !
What was less like it?
Flappy bird
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Excellent news!
Awesome! And now, the wait for next Wednesday night begins (or later)...
Really looking forward to this one.
Have mixed feelings about the comic aesthetic, though. Seems appropriate for the content itself, but its somehow jarring to see a comic font in the UI.
I think it looks amazing
Added to watch list :]
Been on my watch list FOREVER. Yay!
GREAT!!!
Looks really neat! Love the comic aesthetic. Can't wait to try it first hand!
Too many big games coming out lately. Getting app overload!
Next iphone better have 128gigs. Games are not getting any smaller...
Out There will be less than 50 Mo.
I can't WAIT to play your game!
Michael, PLEASE let there be iCloud saves as well, so it's not only a universal app, but you'll be able to continue the same game across different iDevices as well.
I wonder if this will be anything like FTL. I've been waiting for FTL on the iPad but there is no release date.
It's kinda like FTL if FTL had a story and wasn't JUST about combat.... So yes!
Yeah it isn't like FTL. There is zero combat in the game, whereas FTL is only combat. It's in space and is much more about surviving in distant space with limited on hand resources. It's going to be awesome.
Jared, I want to hug you. I've been waiting for this news to appear for sooo long. It's been one of (if not thee) my most anticipated game since I first bought an iPhone in late 2011. I'm excited..
Man, this looks neat
Yessssssssss!!!! Finally!!!!!!!
Next week release?
Cool, I think I'll buy it.
This is one I have been waiting for......please be good...please.
I've been waiting to buy a good space sim for my iPhone. This might end up being the one. Kind of reminds me of the art style in the GBA Metroid games. Loved those! I wanted FTL on my phone, but since it's going to be iPad only, it's a deal breaker. Looks like this is going to be the app to top it! Well, this and Tiny Trek, if that ever gets a release.
Hopin for iPod 4 support
Out There should work on any device with iOS 5.1+
Hey devs, why don't you open a thread in the upcoming games with more info on the game? (Pricing, size, randomization of the game, etc.)
Yes! Finally!
Its Coming Tonight???
Good news indeed!!