Battle Academy by slitherine Ltd.

[Quantus]

I'm not denying it's worth every penny. I'm making a point about reasonable expectations of ios game prices.

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I think the point most of us who own and appreciate BA at this price are saying is that it is not the typical IOS game, this is a full PC wargame that we are fortunate to have on IOS and be able to enjoy on the couch or wherever the iPad goes.

Whereas those $.99 or even $4.99 games are shallow cut down light games with not much depth.

I'm glad the price is not dropping, as I don't think BA is competing with those light IOS games.

Looking forward to Panzer Corps too.

[MrLogan]

Originally Posted by DotComCTO

Battle Academy is well worth the price. It's so well done and implemented on the iPad. And it is still being updated across all platforms! What more do people want???

What more do people want? That's easy to answer: Great Battles Medieval for iPad! Iain said they expected to release it in June but there's only 8 days left!

In all seriousness, the price is well worth it and I have no hesitation about recommending it. If the price point is putting anyone off, they can go to the Slitherine site and download the free demo of the Mac or PC version. Until relatively recently, turn-based strategy games didn't seem to be well represented on the App store. That's begun to change, thanks in part to Slitherine, and I'm happy to support them by buying their games.

If developers find that they can't sell a game for more than 99 cents, then games will pretty quickly be geared to the lowest common denominator.

[DotComCTO]

Originally Posted by MrLogan

What more do people want? That's easy to answer: Great Battles Medieval for iPad! Iain said they expected to release it in June but there's only 8 days left!

Oh yes. You're quite right. There are a number of games that Slitherine have announced for iOS, and I'm quite looking forward to them all (come on, Panzer Corps)!

Idea for people looking to save some money: keep an eye out for discount iTunes gift cards on Walmart and/or Best Buy. Search for that on Google every now and then and check those sites. I recently bought a $100 iTunes gift card for $80 at Walmart (online). They email you the code immediately, you plug it into iTunes, and boom! $100 in your iTunes account. Now, if you do that, you can look at every iTunes purchase as having been made at a 20% discount!



--DotComCTO

[PipFromSlitherine]

We are definitely looking at games we can bring to the portable devices now that it is clear there is a goodly number of players who really want and enjoy them. We're actually working hard to try and bring a full gamut of games across, and so we think people will be pretty excited going forward.

For BA, I am hoping that we can implement (finally! we have been planning for ages!) our invite system soon. This will allow you to get a friend to download a demo version, but have you invite them to a MP game so you can show them the ropes (or beat them senseless with Tigers - it depends on how close a friend they are I guess ).

So all pretty exciting.

Cheers

Pip

P.S. Check out Iain's Twitter feed for some news on GBM on the iPad

[cloud tiger]

Harpoon.... Now I would LOVE to see that on iPad !

[Twenty One]

Originally Posted by PipFromSlitherine

So all pretty exciting.

Cheers

Pip

P.S. Check out Iain's Twitter feed for some news on GBM on the iPad

Well is about time!! can't wait!

Thanks as always for the continued improvements on Battle Academy and for keeping us posted. Keep up the good work!

[MrLogan]

Originally Posted by cloud tiger

Harpoon.... Now I would LOVE to see that on iPad !

There's a lot of older games that would work well on iPad, if only the people who now own them would realize that. I don't know who owns the MicroProse properties (Hasbro?); I think that SSI is now ultimately owned by Ubisoft, so I doubt we'll ever see those games again. At least Harpoon is being actively developed, although apparently not for iPad.

[Slitherine Iain]

Hi guys,

Another update is now available in the app store!

Fixes and changes in v2.05 (12th July 2012)
Balance fixes and updates to multiplayer maps
Bug fixes and improved feedback
Bug fixes for server messages on all platforms.
Fixed bug when cancelling force selection upload causing premature game end
Fixed MP version login bug on iPad
Added information on redownloading expansions on iPad

Enjoy and please remember to review the game after the update - it really helps!

Thanks

[Marcus70]

Just wanted to say thanks for hosting the single/multi-player user content. The PC users created some really fun campaigns to play.