Description
"Galcon is a must. It's what you might call 'Space Risk In
Real-Time.'" - Penny Arcade
"Galcon offers fast-paced gameplay - just the thing for a quick bus journey but with solid enough strategy element to keep you coming back." - Kotaku
"Galcon had me hooked at the first game." - touchArcade
Galcon won the "Innovation in Game Design" IGFM Award
*** Also featuring ONLINE MULTI-PLAYER Action!!! ***
Galcon is an awesome high-paced multi-player galactic action-strategy game. Send swarms of ships to defeat enemy planets and conquer the universe!
-Online multi-player game (local and internet-wide) lets you battle 1000's of players worldwide!
-Rankings for all online players at Galcon.com!
-Plus five diverse single-player missions!
-Includes color-blind mode.
What's New in Version 1.7.1
Bugfix release:
- Re-enabled multi-touch gameplay
- Fixed large memory leak + crashes
- Fixed orientation bugs
- Fixed 2v2 teammate confusion bug
- Fixed percent-o-meter planet deselection
- Fixed percent-o-meter issues with drag-n-drop
- Fixed multi-player graphical quirks
- Made transitions quicker and more responsive
- Removed broccoli artifact on startup screen
- Tweaked difficulty selector
Also:
- 2v2 Servers now allow 1v1 and 1v2 games, so no more boring waits! Play more 2v2 games!
- You can now join a full server and observe the game - or join a friend and wait for an open slot!
Customer Reviews
Great game (but pricey)
This is the first game I've purchased that has actually held my interest for more than a few minutes (well, besides Enigmo) ... It's a lot of fun, and you'll find yourself tapping as fast as possible as the levels progress. I'm giving it 5 stars because it really is a fun game, and works very well on the iPhone - but I don't actually think it's worth $9.99. I think somewhere closer to $5 would be more appropriate. If you agree, I'd suggest voting with your dollars - don't buy the game until the developer decides to lower the price to something more reasonable. I'm sure if sales drop off, it'll happen sooner or later.
Addictive, so much fun!
Wow, this game is SO addictive! You basically try to conquer the map by taking over planets. To do this, you send ships to take them over. It takes a certain number of ships to take over a planet (the number on the planet). The challenge comes when you are battling the CPU for domination.
The graphics are top notch and there doesn't seem to be any slowdown even with a screen full of ships.
Control is solid with basic select and send activity.
As mentioned, this game is addictive and has been worth the price.
My only gripe is that there is no sound! I don't play with sound usually on my touch, but this needs to be remedied for iPhone and headphone gamers.
I still give it 5 stars for being a blast!
a perfect fit for the touchscreen!
Wow! I've loved Galcon on Mac/PC for so long, and was really surprised how effortless and fun it is to play with the touch screen!
In this iPhone version you get to play single-player missions of increasing difficulty. At the higher levels, you'll be tapping and dragging on your screen as fast as your fingers can fly.
This is a very smooth, well written and executed game. Absolutely worth $9.99 (half the price of the desktop version) to support this author's development of more great iPhone games!
I would like to see sound effects added, and maybe a way to select all planets with a gesture like double-tap or dragging a selection-box around multiple planets. And of course, a networked multi-player version would be to die for. But exactly as-is, this game will provide many hours of thrilling action.
- Category: Games
- Updated Sep 03, 2009
- Current Version: 1.7.1
- 1.7.1 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 6.0 MB
- Languages: English
- Seller: Hassey Enterprises, Inc.
- © 2008 Phil Hassey
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later.
