Outpost Kaloki Coming to iPhone, iPod Touch
NinjaBee announces award-winning simulation game for mobile platform
Outpost Kaloki, the space-management simulation game made popular on Xbox LIVE Arcade and the PC, will soon find a new home on the iPhone and iPod touch. The game will be broken up into three stories; Kaloki Adventure, Kaloki Love and Kaloki War. Kaloki Adventure has been submitted to Apple and will be available on the App Store shortly. Kaloki Adventure is the first game NinjaBee has adapted to a mobile platform, and the team behind the project has put their thoughts into a series of posts on the NinjaBee blog (www.NinjaBee.com/blog2009/04/iphone-lessons.html) to help other iPhone developers.
“Bringing Outpost Kaloki to the iPhone has been a challenging and interesting experience,” said Steve Taylor, president of NinjaBee. “We ended up redesigning various parts of the game to work well on the iPhone, so the whole process took a lot longer than we had originally planned, but it was the right thing to do and I’m extremely happy with the results.”
Kaloki Adventure challenges players to race against time to save the princess while building lemonade stands, arcades, gardens, chemistry labs and a whole slew of expansions to keep their space guests happy. Players must solve challenges, entertain visiting aliens, keep their ratings high, and rake in the money to earn fame, love and glory. Outpost Kaloki is fun for people of all ages as it stretches players’ time and money management skills and introduces a cast of quirky, hilarious characters.
Features of the iPhone/iPod touch game include:
* Space station tycoon-style gameplay with a light-hearted story; easy to pick up and play
* Two modes of play: heart-pounding Story mode in which you race against the clock for 14 levels, and relaxing Scenario mode in which you can build to your heart’s content in one of six different Scenarios
* Bright graphics, a distinctive art style and a catchy soundtrack
* Auto Save: Progress will automatically be saved in the event of a phone call, shut down or other disturbance during play
* Optimized performance and new controls redesigned specifically for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Outpost Kaloki was named the Sim Game of the Year in 2004 by GameTunnel.com and received the Editor’s Choice Award from TeamXbox.com in 2005. Thousands already own and love Outpost Kaloki on Xbox LIVE Arcade and the PC, and soon everyone can enjoy this easy-to-learn, fun for the whole family game anytime, anywhere.
A taste of the game, Kaloki Free, will be launched alongside Kaloki Adventure for free. Additional stories in the Kaloki universe will be released later as the expansions Kaloki War and Kaloki Love.
Tags: iPhone, iPod Touch, Mobile