Gabe Jacobs Blog

It has only been a few months since I have been developing for the iPhone and my 4th application has already been released into the App Store. “Got Riddles?” (supposed to be a play off “Got Milk?”) does exactly what it sounds like it does. It gives you over a hundred great riddles, brain teasers and educational problems. I don’t know about you, but I love riddles. I always love when people give me hard riddles to try to figure out.

If your like me, you’ll love this application. Here is a just a sample of the kinds of great puzzles you will get if you buy this app.

I bet you thought there was no way to do it without breaking the bottle…

Yes. Kroll (App Store Link) is the best game I have ever played on a mobile device. This game… is freaking incredible. To me this feels like a PS1/PS2 game. Kroll has just shown the world that the iPhone is the best mobile gaming device.

TouchArcade gives a good summary of the gameplay in Kroll:

In Kroll you play the hero in a side-scrolling 3D environment. The objective of the game is to defeat your enemies across 3 stages to “learn the secret behind the legend of Kroll”. The gameplay, however, is quite simple. Virtual buttons on to the left and right of the screen allow you to move forward, quick swing and hard swing in either direction. There is no jumping. You are either moving your character forward/backward or swinging at your enemies. There is a special attack that can be invoked at times by shaking your iPhone.

Kroll does not feel like a mobile game to me. The real time strategy really is what makes the game amazing. I have to figure out exactly how to kill a certain guy and come up with a strategy that works best. This is what good games do. Good games make you think, they have good graphics, and they are challenging. Kroll meets all of these necessities.

Kroll is unbelievable. Buy it.

My second iPhone application, ChalkBoard, has been accepted into the App Store. ChalkBoard is a simple sketching application that allows you to easily draw on a chalkboard.

So far there is only one major feature which is shake to earse. I am working on getting colors and a full eraser, but these things take time. As of now, it is simply your 99 cent sketch application. Have fun!