The TouchArcade Show – An iPhone Games Podcast

This week's episode of The TouchArcade Show is a great one. At the top, the usual cast and crew talk about Spec Ops: The Line and Spelunky, the latter of which seems like the hottest Xbox Live Arcade release since, uh, Fez. Later, we do manage to dive into all sorts of iPad and iPhone goodness. Expect to hear a lot about The End, Happy Street, and Left 2 Die in our games section. Other topics include the line between iterating and copying, touch controls, and physical controllers. If you'd like to give us a listen this week, do just that below. You can also subscribe to us on iTunes and Zune Marketplace. Don't forget about Apple's new podcast app, by the way. If you like to listen to us on your devices, that app is a good way to do it. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-059.mp3, 39.6MB And here are you show notes: GAMES Left2Die [99¢] TheEndApp [Free] Ski Safari [99¢] Happy Street FRONT PAGE iCade Mobile Is Now A Thing You Can Buy / iMpulse Controller Revealed Simogo Teases New Game 'Team Fortress 2' Crew Coming To 'Hero Academy'

After what probably felt like a lifetime of drawing, animating, and otherwise supporting little circular blobs for Tilt to Live and its billions of updates, One Man Left decided it was time to move on. Its next project, which just hit the App Store, is an artistically and mechanically brilliant strategy game called Outwitters [Free]. These two games couldn't be more functionally different, and that was the point. Outwitters is the end result of the team's desire to express itself in a title that didn't have anything to do with dots. In a weird way I kinda hope that these guys get bored more often. Outwitters feels like what it was for the team on a practical level: a breath of fresh air. It's also scary good. On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show bonus edition, we talk about Outwitters with One Man Left's Alex and Adam. As we were talking, I started thinking about how we were going to angle the podcast. I didn't have to think long. By the end of the show, I realized we had inadvertently created something of an oral primer for the game. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-Bonus-040.mp3, 12.5MB Describing how this game plays is a lot like describing why Laocoön And His Sons is so radical. Yeah, the snakes are neat and Laocoön is ripped out of his mind, but all the good reasons are buried in the details. Outwitter's touches are what makes it pop, the raw mechanics just serve the greater strategy in the game. At its core, Outwitters is a traditional turn-based strategy game. The goal is to defend your base, while bashing your opponent's to oblivion. You do this with troops, which you can build at the beginning of every turn. Each of the three factions in the game have a same assortment of five soldier classes. There's a sniper, which moves slowly but can do tons of damage at range. There's a soldier, which has a middle-of-the-line attributes. There's also a damage-dealing heavy character. And there's a medic and a scout. Factions all have a sixth class, but these are unique soldiers. The Scallywags have a super sniper, basically, while the robot faction has a troop that can use mind control. At the beginning of each turn, you are given several Wit points. These are the game's currency. When you move a character, whatever the range, that absorbs a specific amount of points from that pool. When you spawn a new creature, that also eats at that total. You can bank these points or use them all, but you can only spawn, move, and attack a couple of times per round. This is one of those details, and navigating this Wits structure is one of the game's purest joys. It keeps the action focused, but the strategy complex. Each turn begs several questions. What's my opponent doing and how will I react? Should I bank these points and build up for a major defensive move? Should I spill all of them into a few spawns? Wits also check your ambitions. If you move a heavy, then you might not be able to move that medic by your circle of soldiers. Of course, there's also scenarios where you can overcommit. If you move to engage or even defend in a flanking maneuver, there's nothing stopping your opponent if he wants to rush a now much less defended base. On the other hand, if you move your troops just enough, you can squash a player's offensive moves because you kept back. I lose in Outwitters a lot, and it's usually because I'm not thinking of stuff like this. On the podcast, we lightly discuss a few things that I've tried. In my first few games I tried to pull something similar to a Zerg rush. In later games, I built tons of heavies in an attempt to do the same, but with stronger dudes. After playing for a while, I kind of realized that these strategies are too simple. Small mixes are best, but you've got to build in a [...]

On this week's wildly off-topic episode of The TouchArcade show, we dig into weight loss and buffalo wings. When we do get around to the latest, hottest, and best in iOS, we do it hard. At the top, we discuss Be-Rad Entertainment's WarGames: WOPR. Later, Eli tells us all about Crabs and Penguins, while Jared gives us his take on Unstoppable Fists. In our news section, we cover a smattering of topics, including the reveal of Horn, Temple Run as a genre, and Zynga Partners. If you'd like to listen this week, go ahead via the links below. If you'd like to be a true pal, go ahead and subscribe to us on iTunes. That's the fastest way to get our new shows. I want to mention here that the new official Apple podcast app is a great way to get our new stuff on the go, if you usually listen to us on your phone or tablet. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-058.mp3, 35.7MB Here's some show notes: GAMES WarGames: WOPR [99¢] Outwitters Crabs and Penguins [Free] Unstoppable Fist [99¢] FRONT PAGE First 'Horn' Footage Emerges / Announced As A Zynga Partners Game 'The End' Pushes 'Temple Run' One Step Further Into Becoming A Genre 'Might and Magic Clash Of Heroes' Is Coming To iPhone and iPad This week's episode of The TouchArcade Show is sponsored by FDG Entertainment and Ideal Bureaucracy's Captain Antarctica. How far would you go to rescue your kidnapped wife and children? Would you team up with a crazy inventor and ride an experimental fish-powered jet scuba suit?! Would you boldly go where no penguin has gone before? YES, we hear – and that’s the spirit! Join Captain Antarctica on a breakneck mission and help him overcome tons of devious enemies and obstacles, destroy massive bosses, and save his family and friends by making use of every crazy invention you can get! Inventor Ed has prepared powerful flashlights to overcome darkness, fish magnet add-ons, energy containers, and some of the wackiest gadgets since the invention of fruit slicing. Captain Antarctica will be available for iPhone and iPad in July.

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show the usual crew is recharged and ready to bring you the latest, greatest, and hottest in iOS. At the top, we talk about our trip to WWDC. Later, in our games segment, we dive into Squids: Wild West, Magic 2013, and Adult Swim's Velocirapture. Other topics we touch on include the Elgato GameCapture HD, the reception of Pocket Planes, and Tetris Holdings' recent court victory. We stay pretty on-topic this week, which is something that usually doesn't happen. If you're into listening, feel free to stream via one of the links below. If you'd like to subscribe to our podcast, definitely hit up iTunes or Zune. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-057.mp3, 35.2MB And here are your show notes: GAMES Squids: Wild West Magic 2013 [Free] Velocirapture [99¢] FRONT PAGE Elgato's GameCapture HD Is Blowing Our Minds Join Our 'Pocket Planes' Flight Crew, #TouchArcade Developments in The Tetris Holding and 'Minos' Devs Legal Battle Could Provide Ammo For Cloning Victims This week's episode of The TouchArcade Show is sponsored by Fairway Solitaire and Fairway Solitaire HD. Fairway Solitaire by Big Fish (Full), $0.99 / Free / HD / HD Free - Fairway Solitaire is a unique game that combines solitaire with golf, creating a unique experience. Ken Levine of BioShock fame says, “I finished Fairway Solitaire on the iPad. There. I'm not ashamed to say it.” Also, here’s what some random dude on Twitter said: “I have just stood up off the toilet and fallen over due to lack of circulation in my legs. Darn you, Fairway Solitaire.” This addictive card game includes solitaire hands dealt on more than 350 hand-crafted golf holes plus trophies, mini games, power-ups, hilarious video content, sarcastic golf commentators, and one dastardly gopher. Check out the free version of Fairway Solitaire available now in the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Keith Shepherd and Natalia Luckyanova were just tourists the first time they visited Pixar Animation Studios. The next time? They were game developers, pitching ideas to Disney and Pixar for an upcoming collaboration called Temple Run: Brave [Free]. Keith and Natalia are two of the three people behind Imangi Studios -- the house that built Harbor Master [Free / Free (HD)], Max Adventure [Free], and Temple Run [Free] to name a few. Speaking with TouchArcade earlier this afternoon, the husband and wife team expressed just how cool it was to work with Pixar, and they dug into how a collaboration between a massive company and an already busy three-man studio was made a reality. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-Bonus-039.mp3, 15.8MB "It was pretty awesome," Keith tells us, describing the opportunity to talk with the dudes at Pixar and Disney Mobile. "Natalia and I have always been huge fans of Pixar and all the things they've produced over the years. They make fantastic movies. The Disney Mobile group approached us about doing some sort of a tie-in with Temple Run." After viewing a teaser trailer for Brave, Imangi was sold on the idea of Temple Run: Brave. It's a good fit. At its core, Temple Run is a game about running in a confined space. Brave's forest and mountain settings are functionally similar to Temple Run's Incan-inspired maze. Keith points out a few other similarities to us, including the protagonists' hair colors and the fact that they're always on the run. "We definitely had some surreal moments while working with them. They're Pixar! They do such a fantastic job of appealing to young audiences as well as adults. Their movies always span the whole range of emotions, from happiness to sadness, to everything in-between. Working with them, I think there was a couple of times where we just had to pinch ourselves and, you know, ask is this really happening?" "Pixar and Disney, these two big corporations that make all sorts of awesome stuff, are working with our small little studio of three people," Keith says. Natalia echoes this, and mentions that Imangi got to watch a version of the movie before it began planning out its video game take on it. As excited as everyone was about the potential partnership, the reality of Imangi's size threatened the project. There are just three dudes at the studio. That makes it hard to work on a lot of side projects and tie-ins. To make this work, Disney Mobile provided the resources and the heavy lifting, while Imangi would dished out the creative guidance. Imangi positions Brave as an addition to the Temple Run universe, as opposed to a follow-up or spiritual successor. It's a fair description. Brave is, at its core, is Temple Run with a few tweaks that differentiate it but doesn't separate it. In the game, you control Brave's heroine, Merida, as she runs through a forested area in an attempt to escape a large bear named Mordu. Rendered in 3D, you swipe left or right to take optional paths when they're presented, tilt your device to pick up coins, and swipe up or down to avoid obstacles like tree branches, which litter the escape path. As you play, you use the coins you've collected to level passive power-ups. Simple stuff, right? We've got a video of it in action below: "I think we wanted to stay true to the Temple Run gameplay that everyone has kind of grown to love," Keith tells us. "We didn't want to change much. But we also wanted to give some new elements to make it tie in more to Brave. The archery thing -- archery is a huge theme in the movie. From the get-go, we started brainstorming ideas about how we could work that into the gameplay." "You're going to see more stuff kinda coming down the pipe here," Keith teases. [...]

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show, Eli and Jared join the cast once again to talk about all sorts of stuff. Topics include what we saw and liked at E3 2012, what we want from next-generation hardware, and what we've been playing at WWDC 2012. Expect to hear a little bit about games like MechWarrior: Tactical Command, Pocket Planes, and Infinity Blade: Dungeons. If you'd like to listen to us this week, go ahead -- we've got some links below. If you dig the idea of getting our podcasts the millisecond they're uploaded to the World Wide Webs, consider subscribing to us on iTunes and Zune. If you already do the latter, you're awesome. Thanks! iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-056.mp3, 30.8MB This week we'd like to thank several sponsors for making our show, and our radical party at WWDC possible: Craneballs Studios and their upcoming game Fish Heroes GAME.minder from Handelabra Mind Candy Phobic Studios appsasia Be-Rad Entertainment We'll be back next week with another awesome episode. Feel free to shoot us questions in the meantime: podcast@toucharcade.com, is the e-mail address.

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show, Zach Gage of Zack Gage and our own Nissa Campbell of TouchArcade fame join me in a delightful E3 discussion. At the top, we spit some game about Microsoft's Smart Glass initiative and Kinect. Later, we dive into what AAA in 2012 will offer, and touch on some of the themes of the show. In the second half of the show, Nissa and I do a normal, but smaller version of our regular show. Project 8113 is the first game we talk about in that segment, while No Red T-Shirts is the last. If you'd like to give us a listen, please do so! You can via the handy-dandy links just below. Or you could subscribe to us on iTunes or Zune. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-055.mp3, 32.6MB GAMES No Red T-Shirts [$2.99] Project 83113 [99¢] Dungeon Village [$3.99] Pixely People Making Movies [$1.99] FRONT PAGE E3: PlayStation Suite Gets A New Name E3: EA Announces 'Madden' And 'FIFA' Phone Apps E3: Microsoft Reveals Smart Glass E3: Wii U Mii-Verse Will Have A Phone Component This week's episode is sponsored by Jim Guthrie's official soundtrack for Indie Game: The Movie. The original Soundtrack by Jim Guthrie (of Sword & Sworcery fame) for Indie Game: The Movie is available now. The 24-track album featuring music from the award winning documentary chronicling the journeys of independent game developers by filmmakers James Swirsky and Lisa Pajot is available digitally on Bandcamp and iTunes.   It's also available on double LP exclusively through Bandcamp. Pick up a copy of Indie Game: The Movie: The Soundtrack today on Bandcamp and iTunes.

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show, we talk a lot about E3. And not just the mobile side of the event. We touch on some exciting traditional games like Dead Space 3, Dishonored, and even the new Gears of War. Don't fret, though: we do end up pulling the podcast bus over and start discussing the latest, hottest, and best the mobile space had to offer us this week. Topics include Apple's thoughts on traditional gaming, Mega Run, and Heroes Call. Next week we'll be bringing you a lot more E3 coverage, as we'll be at the event. Prep your earholes accordingly. If you'd like to listen to this week's episode, go ahead and do so via the links below. You can also subscribe to us on iTunes or Zune Marketplace. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-054.mp3, 37.2MB Here are your show notes: GAMES Heroes Call [Free] Ring Fling [$1.99] Inferno+ [$2.99] Mega Run - Redford's Adventure [Free] Duckers [Free] FRONT PAGE Apple Isn't Interested In Traditional Gaming 'Marathon' Trilogy Now Available On The App Store This week's episode of The TouchArcade Show is sponsored by Fairway Solitaire and Fairway Solitaire HD. Fairway Solitaire by Big Fish (Full), $0.99 / Free / HD / HD Free - Fairway Solitaire is a unique game that combines solitaire with golf, creating a unique experience. Ken Levine of BioShock fame says, “I finished Fairway Solitaire on the iPad. There. I'm not ashamed to say it.” Also, here’s what some random dude on Twitter said: “I have just stood up off the toilet and fallen over due to lack of circulation in my legs. Damn you, Fairway Solitaire.” This addictive card game includes solitaire hands dealt on more than 350 hand-crafted golf holes plus trophies, mini games, power-ups, hilarious video content, sarcastic golf commentators, and one dastardly gopher. Check out the free version of Fairway Solitaire available now in the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show, we discuss the Cerebral Assassin. We also dive back into Diablo 3 and touch on how dead the mobile industry appears to be leading up to the ridiculousness that is E3. On topic, we dig deep on games like Bee Leader, Defender Chronicles 2, and Slingshot Racing. Heck, we even discuss the ustwo controversy at length before diving into our pool of listener questions. I think you'll like this week's 'cast, as it's a good mix of irreverent commentary and off-topic shenanigans. Listening couldn't be simpler: just click on one of the links in this post or subscribe to us on iTunes and Zune. The latter is preferred. You'll get our latest episodes the second they hit the World Wide Web. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-053.mp3, 32.6MB Here are your show notes: GAMES Defender Chronicles 2: Heroes of Athelia [$2.99] Bee Leader [99¢] Slingshot Racing [99¢] Virtua Tennis [$4.99] FRONT PAGE ustwo Develops And Publishes JS Joust Clone / ustwo Pulling Papa Quash iPhone 5 / iPod Touch To Have A Larger Screen? [MacRumors] GameFly To Start Publishing iOS And Android Games [Joystiq] This week's episode is sponsored by Bullistic Unleashed: Bullistic Unleashed, $2.99 Taking the ‘throwing things at other things’ genre to the gutter by way of a strip club, Bullistic Unleashed tasks the player with crushing the local shopping mall. Fling the anti-social bovines by their stretchy scrotums and use pinball bumpers, exploding crates, elevators, and barrel cannons to keep your bull in play and rack up massive damage. Collect coins to unlock new bulls, each with their own unique and extraordinary aBULLities. But be careful -- the shop-keepers are fighting back with meat-grinders and dangerously attractive lady cows. Bullistic Unleashed is a universal App and is available now in the App Store for $1.99.

On this week's bonus episode of The TouchArcade Show, we chat with Subatomic Studios' Jamie Gotch and Sergei Gourski about the studio's upcoming game, Fieldrunners 2. Topics include how the first game's success is informing the design of its sequel, how special the franchise as a whole is to Subatomic, and how the studio is approaching the design of its latest tower defense game in a world now clotted with them. Overall, we came away with a good idea of how Subatomic thinks and operates, and we're guessing you probably will, too. If you'd like to listen this week, feel free to do so via one of the links below. You can also subscribe to our feed via iTunes or Zune and get our episodes the second they hit the Internet. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-Bonus-038.mp3, 18.5MB We'll be back with more bonus shenanigans at a later date. And, of course, we've got a new episode of our flagship podcast on the way. Stay tuned.

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show, Eli and I try to persuade Jared to buy Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo 3. We also dive into what makes the game click with us comment on how its release has ground the gaming industry to a stop. Later, we manage to dive into iPhone and iPad. In our games section, we discuss Cuboid and Extinction Squad. In our front page section, we talk about how traditional industry guys never seem to have success on the App Store and get out our mallets for a proper legal discussion. If you'd like to listen, awesome! Click one of the links below. Additionally, you can subscribe to The TouchArcade Show on iTunes and Zune Marketplace. Those links are just below, too. The latter is the easiest way to listen to us, as you'll get new episodes the second they're released. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-052.mp3, 36.8MB Here are your show notes: GAMES Cuboid Free [Free] Extinction Squad [$.99] Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 [$6.99] FRONT PAGE Q Entertainment Vets Release So-So Mobile Game Dragon Shout Creator Hit With Copyright Infringement Notice 'Whale Trail' Is Going F2P Wow, Look at This 'Sworcery' Jam Stuff!

On this week's bonus episode of The TouchArcade Show, Eli and I hit up Zach Gage of Zach Gage fame. You should get to know him. He's the brains behind one of the best words game on the App Store, and he's a super opinionated guy who isn't afraid to have a discussion about games as art or his current level of cleanliness. In fact, we dive into these two topics pretty hard during our conversation, if you haven't guessed already. This is easily our most laid-back discussion we've ever had on the show, but I think it'll end up giving you a really good idea of who Gage is, how he approaches game development, and how things like his personality and background inform that work. We cover a lot of ground in a really short amount of time in this podcast, and even touch on what Gage is doing right now. To give it a listen, just click on the links below. If you'd like to get these interviews and our regular show instantly, feel free to subscribe to us on iTunes or the Zune Marketplace. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-Bonus-037.mp3, 16.5MB We'll be back later this week with another regular episode of the TouchArcade Show.

On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show, we actually have to turn the car around in order to say something off-topic. At top, we discuss the arrival of the TouchArcade app [ Free ] and touch on its upcoming Universal-ness. Later, we dive into the latest, the best, and the hottest in iOS. From NOVA 3 to Pocket Planes, we've got your steamy games discussion covered. And in our front page section, we spend a good amount of time on Rovio's latest moves and Team Meat's latest stream of gripes. If you'd like to give us a listen, go ahead and do so. Just hit up one of the handy links below. Additionally, you can subscribe to us on iTunes and Zune to get our latest episodes the second they hit the 'net. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-051.mp3, 31.0MB A couple of house-cleaning notes before the show notes: we fixed our audio issue from last week, so feel free to keep your iPod at a normal volume all the way through. Also, our official Minecraft server is a real thing. E-mail the podcast if you want in, and I'll hit you back. GAMES Pocket Planes NOVA 3 [$6.99] Penny Time [$.99] FRONT PAGE Rovio Confirms That It Has Acquired 'Casey's Contraptions' Team Meat Goes Full Blast On F2P

A couple of years ago, Brandon and Cody Pollet formed F5 Games as a clever way to sneak into Electronic Entertainment Expo and experience the gaming event firsthand. Both were college students with big ideas, and they ended up leaving it with even bigger ones. E3 gave their studio a soul. When the App Store exploded later, the duo discovered a direction. In 2011, Brandon and Cody went back to the Los Angeles-based event that got them dreaming big in the first place to reveal Pocket Heroes. They describe it on this week's bonus episode of the TouchArcade Show as the game they've always wanted to make, and it's been a long time coming. Pocket Heroes hits either later this month or early June, almost a full year since the duo initially showed off their idea. iTunes Link: The TouchArcade Show Zune Marketplace: TouchArcade.com Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-Bonus-036.mp3, 17.4MB Pocket Heroes is a little like what would happen if Words With Friends [$2.99] and Dungeons & Dragons were slammed together repeatedly. In Pocket Heroes, you'll battle foes and explore dungeons alongside other users asynchronously and level up and manage the skills of your priestess, Dwarven mech, rogue, or paladin in the process. As you'll see, it's also rocking a gorgeous lo-fi art style, but with specific enhancements that make it feel new and relevant on phones. Demoing the game for the first time at the event wasn't an intentionally poetic move. It also wasn't a coordinated reveal drawn up in an elaborate, year-long marketing plan. Brandon and Cody just wanted to see if people liked their idea before they committed to it. They needed a push to believe in what they had. Their idea was big, bold, and it seems like they knew it was going to push them creatively. "We were pretty hesitant to show it off," Brandon tells TouchArcade. "We made Independence Night [Free] and then we made IncrediBlox [$.99]. They weren't huge successes on the App Store." "We were kind of at the point -- do we have what it takes to figure this thing out, do we know how to make something that people are going to like? So, we decided to go to E3 and show it off. This is the game we've always thought we should be making. Let's show it off and see if people are interested." "We did, and then we got this huge response," Brandon says. "I don't regret showing it off as early as we did. I don't think it would have ever been made if we hadn't gotten that feedback from everybody." It's been a heck of a ride for Pocket Heroes fans, in part because Brandon and Cody didn't realize what they had, but also because what they had planned was too ambitious for its own good. Brandon explains. "When we first started mapping out Pocket Heroes, it was called The Black Fortress. We had a very specific idea of how it was going to play out." Brandon and Cody soon discovered that having underpowered heroes tackling tremendous evil in what would have been an end-game dungeon wasn't, in fact, awesome. The game needed progression, and it needed to be more consumable. So, the game has been split into simpler, more digestible parts. What you'll see in a couple of weeks is the just first of four chapters. The rest will be added over the year. The last chapter will be, roughly, the game Brandon and Cody originally designed a year ago. They'll see their original vision through, though it might be close to next E3 before we see it all. How fitting, right? On this week's bonus episode of The TouchArcade Show, Brandon and Cody talk freely about all of this and further elaborate on the delay between sneak peek and reveal of Pocket Heroes. They also dive into what sets their apart from the rest of the RPG herd. Other topics include the games that inspired the development of Pocket Heroes and what F5 [...]