Charmed Xmas Coming Soon!

Discussion in 'Upcoming iOS Games' started by MindJuice, Nov 22, 2009.

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    Mind Juice Media is very pleased to announce that Charmed Xmas was submitted to the App Store yesterday afternoon, and are now anxiously awaiting Apple's review process. With any luck they will prioritize Christmas themed apps!

    Mind Juice would also like to issue a big shout out to BossMan Entertainment, developers of Flight Deck, for doing the Christmas theme graphics conversion for Charmed Xmas!

    DESCRIPTION

    Charmed Xmas is the fun new holiday themed version of Charmed at a holiday-friendly price of $0.99 in the US & Canadian App Stores (and at the corresponding price in other App Stores worldwide).

    REVIEWS FOR THE ORIGINAL CHARMED
    MobileGameFAQs.com: "Delightful" "Charmed is an extremely well polished game and you would think that this is a big budget development."

    ThePortableGamer.com: "Charmed is simple, fun, and addictive." "I can thoroughly recommend it"

    TouchArcade user: "Charmed is exponentially better than Bejeweled."

    TouchArcade user: "The ability to change the gravity by rotating the screen.. WOW. That alone makes this a Bejeweled Killer IMO."

    AppModo.com: "At first glance, Charmed looks like every other match-three game you’ve played, [but] there is definitely a lot more going on here."

    GAMEPLAY IN A NUTSHELL


    • Swap Christmas Charms to make matches of 3 or more.
    • Make matches over all the Gold Tiles on each level to level up.
    • Brick Walls prevent Charms from falling down.
    • Each game board has a UNIQUE LAYOUT of Brick Walls and Gold Tiles.
    • These Brick Walls create empty spaces as your matches are removed.
    • Rotate your iPhone or iPod Touch and gravity takes hold in the new direction!
    • Collect Snowflake Charms to earn Freeze Time.
    • Activate Freeze Time to move Charms around WITHOUT needing to make matches!
    • This lets you line up HUGE matches of up to 9 Charms in a row!
    FEATURES

    • Crisp, clean highly-polished graphical presentation
    • Perfectly matched sound effects
    • Gravity-twisting gameplay
    • 25 unique game boards, but infinite levels
    • Up to 12 seconds of Freeze Time
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    • http://www.twitter.com/MindJuiceMedia

    Here are some screens:

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    The New Game screen lets you choose game mode, difficulty and the starting level. You can start on any level you've previously played or up to two levels higher in case you get stuck.
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    Here is a screenshot of the OpenFeint leaderboards:
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    Here is a link to the game's page on our web site:
    http://www.mindjuice.net/charmed/charmedxmas

    And here is a link to the original version of Charmed so you can check out the game play:
    http://www.mindjuice.net/charmed
     
  2. TIMELESS

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    I can not wait for this one. Is there a release date.
     
  3. epedemix

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    Yea.... I am pretty damn excited about this. I love charmed.
     
  4. No release date yet. We can only wait for Apple's review process at this point. Hopefully less than 2 weeks. :)
     
  5. TIMELESS

    TIMELESS Well-Known Member

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    I hope they get this out soon. I love charmed too and have it.
     
  6. PhagoCychotic

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    This looks really pretty! Bossman did some nice work for you.

    I've been impatiently waiting for the update to regular Charmed...have you heard anything?
     
  7. Same situation...just waiting for the kind folks at Apple to give their seal of approval. It's been "In Review" for 6 days now, so I am hoping it will be out tomorrow!
     
  8. ROBIN_Gamer

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    Ho, ho, ho :D i like this one, it's time to prepare for holidays :D
     
  9. Quorlan

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    Looking forward to this one :) Now I've got two charmed's I am waiting for Apple to approve so I can pick them up! C'mon Apple, let's get this train back on track!

    Congrats on both the update and the Christmas version, MindJuice!

    Q
     
  10. mjonesgraphics

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    You're not using the Unity engine though. ;)
     
  11. Actually, I was considering Unity for an upcoming game, but perhaps I'll wait until Unity games are not getting automatically rejected by Apple! :)

    On the other hand, I picked up the book OpenGL® ES 2.0 Programming Guide last week, so I may end up rolling my own so I can do some custom shader effects!
     
  12. LordGek

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    I'm loving this new wave of known iphone developers teaming up on projects! I think it only means better end products for us consumers! :D
     
  13. If you just can't wait to get your Charmed Xmas action on, then head on over to the main Touch Arcade Charmed thread.

    The V1.5 update was just released today!

    That ought to hold you for a week or so! ;)
     
  14. TIMELESS

    TIMELESS Well-Known Member

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    I am waiting on this great game.
     
  15. FYI, Charmed Xmas went from "Waiting for Review" to "In Review" this morning.

    If Apple keeps their recent approval speed, then Charmed Xmas should be out in 7 days or less!
     
  16. Charmed Xmas Now Available in the App Store!

    The title says it all.

    Charmed Xmas is available for the holiday-friendly price of $0.99!!!

    Note that OpenFeint Achievements are not included in the first release, but they will be coming soon. OpenFeint leaderboards are in though.

    Enjoy!
     

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