Electronics

Empoc Interactive announces their new KickStarter project for Novus: Tanaak’s Quest, its 2D action, puzzle platformer. Novus is designed to give the player a retro look and feel like the games back in the 80’s. Tanaak has volunteered to go to Novus to battle all of these little pests all to recover crystals for some core generator that his civilization needs in order to survive. Novus: Tanaak’s Quest will be released on Mac OSX first followed by iPhone, iPad and iPod.

Newly-released mobile puzzle app 7 Little Words for Kids has received the prestigious Editor’s Choice Award from Children’s Technology Review, according to Blue Ox Technologies, the Caribou, Maine-based developer. Judged to be one of the highest quality children’s products in the interactive media category, 7 Little Words for Kids features 350 words & clues that are randomly generated for virtually infinite playability. Solving the puzzles earns stars that players use to unlock each of 7 worlds.

California based High Tale Studios introduces ZomNomNom Free 1.1.0 for iOS. ZomNomNom is a tower defense like game where you have to defend the leftmost part of the screen from the incoming waves of zombies coming from the right. You must be resourceful and rely on your melee skills as ammo is limited. Beautifully and grotesquely rendered by hand, the entire story is a hand drawn comic that reveals the Viro Corp scientist’s humorous failures at trying to stop the zombie virus they helped create.

Bluespiral Solutions today announces Snooker Star 1.0.7, an update to its one touch, memory based snooker game for iPhone and iPod touch. You have 45 seconds to score as many points as possible, build the highest break and complete the frame before your opponent and the timer runs out. Invite friends and challenge snooker star players around the world. Version 1.0.7 introduces a brand new 2 player mode, 3 frame match challenge, improved screen layout and navigation, game timer, and more.

Motocross Life 2 from AlMusallam_6 lets gamers customize their bike’s color, tune the engine, test their skills in six exciting worlds, and compare times with friends and racers around the world. Optimized for iPhone 5, and compatible with iPad and iPod touch, Motocross Life 2 features four difficulty settings as well as free ride sessions for gamers who want to practice back flips and wheelies, or who simply want to immerse themselves in the cool and dynamic action.

MindSmack introduces Pixies 1.0 for iOS, a fun photo editing app that turns plain pictures into delightful new designs. Users add adorable illustrations to everyday photos, transforming ordinary pictures into fun, custom images. Featuring an assortment of stylish fonts and over 350 charming graphics called Pixies, the app lets anyone transform personal photos from plain images to quirky creations by quickly applying customizable text and graphics.

Paris-based Galta introduces Aureus 1.0, its first game for iPhone and iPod touch. Aureus will challenge reflexes and memory with an intense and eery puzzle atmosphere. The player is tasked with operating the elements of an electrically charged gold producing machine. The machine operates in the dark, with all elements hidden from the player. Matching similar elements creates an electrical current which briefly illuminates part of the board, disintegrates the matched elements, and produces gold.

Ready? Get Set! Go! Geemzo today introduces Micro Racing 1.0, its free new game title for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Precision, determination and speed are your allies. Racing against the clock, with flashing fuel light and only one maneuver available – these are the challenges to be resolved by the Micro Racing driver. Get as many laps as you can, collect coins and invest in equipment. Tackle new routes, gain levels, change cars and become the champion of Micro Racing.

Austin based Minicore Studios LLC today announces Tumblewords 1.1 for iOS, its interactive app that combines classic word game features with social functions and hi-def graphics. Players find words on the board and utilize letters in their hand to switch with the board letters. The game features endless word-making possibilities and a host of adorable visual themes. The game gets more challenging with the tumbling mechanic, where the board shifts placement after every turn.

The Austin based game studio, Retired Astronaut Collective, LLC today introduces Udder Destruction 1.0, its new action, arcade game developed for iPhone, iPad and iPd touch. Featuring over 14 different Mootations, players take control of Patty, a cow who mootates into a 50 foot cow. By tapping on the screen, players squirt gobs of radioactive milk from her bloated udders as she rampages across the peaceful pastures, farms, and towns of Muffin Meadows.