Description
"one of the best games available for the platform" - Gizmodo
Winner of Most Innovative Game 2008 - Best App Ever Awards
Skate like a pro in this first real multi-touch skateboarding game ever.
Just like in real skateboarding or fingerboarding, Touchgrind is a game of skill that takes 10 minutes to understand but weeks of lectures, boring meetings and family dinners to master. Learn the tricks and impress your buddies.
The innovative finger controls together with true physics simulation let you pull off tricks like ollies, shuvits, kickflips, heelflips, impossibles, 5-0, 50-50, crooks, smithgrinds, boardslides, tailslides, darkslides etc in endless combinations.
Built on experience from the massive hits Labyrinth and iPint, Illusion Labs now brings you this killer game that will keep you boarding for hours and hours.
FEATURES
- True physics
- Innovative multi-touch controls
- 12 unlockable boards with different abilities
- Warm Up, Jam Session and Competition game modes
- Tutorial videos
- Stunning 3D graphics
- Realistic sound
keywords: multi touch grind rail board skategame skateboard fingerboard illusionlabs
What's New in Version 1.2.1
- iPhone OS 3.0 iPod Media access (choose your songs from within the game!)
Customer Reviews
Fun but needs to be improved
I thought this game wasn't going to be worth it, it turned out as one of my best buys. It's hard when you first start but if you give it an hour you learn the gameplay and combinations. This game has allot of boards to choose from, but you have to unlock them and you start off with either a noob board logo or official touch grind logo. Their is one skate park that is pretty big but lame because it doesn't have a maps feature yet, so it's kinda hard to navigate certain things. You can zoom out and view the park, but to me it doesn't help much even though everything is marked with an icon.
Here's what I think this game can use!
1. More tricks such as manuals, powerslides, control over your board in mid air.
2. Deck creator and image uploadable. This would be great because if you can't obtain a license for real boarding companys, people could just get the image off the internet and make it possible to have a real board. People will also be creative.
3. Custom grip tape and color choosable
4. Wheel color change
5. Truck color change
6. Mini map to navigate the skate park.
7. Diferent views because the default one may not work for every so they may need to make their board appear bigger or shorter. Some zooming control.
8. Skate park creator
9. A no boundary park with no ramps or rails so people can just practice tricks without running into walls.
10. Pedal to move.
These are just my wishes, if you agree please post.
Listen to our suggestions! Please!
Great game. I'm kind of a stingy guy but this was definitely worth the money. Easy to learn, but it's definitely a challenge to master it.
User xBlackPearlx had some stellar suggestions of this game. First and foremost, I completely agree that a mini-map to navigate the park is a must have. This would make lineing up with ramps and rails so much better and easier. Something like the mini-map from Skate on Xbox 360. Also, custom decks, wheels, and grip tape would be really nice. Uploading your own images to each part would be even better. More tricks like manuals, powerslides, and control over the board in mid air. A no boundary park could be a really easy free skate option. Lastly, I think an ingame menu to control iTunes would be sooo awesome. I would really like to see some of these developments come through. Oh, and instant replays. Keep up the good work!
If you agree with these suggestions, please repost. Hopefully we will see them come through in an update.
- Instant Replay
- No Boundary Park
- Custom Decks
- Mini-Map
- Create a Park
- More Tricks
- iTunes Synchronization
Please listen to us Illusion Labs!
Great with even Better Potential
As everyone has said, this game has amazing game play, graphics and physics. It sounds great with the audio at a higher volume, and I love that I can play my music in the background if I want to. I have spent hours playing this awesome game and have already unlocked the 'ZEN' board (1,000,000 points). I simply love this game!
Here are a few features I think could make the game even better.
1. Some solution to the tight camera view so you have a better idea of what you're approaching.
2. A session marker, or somehow a way to put your board in front of an object to 'session' it. This would really be helpful in the Zoom Out mode.
3. I saw on the website that a park editor is in the works. I can't wait for this! Hopefully this update will include some other pre-built parks to skate. *crosses fingers*
4. A score archiver.
5. A record mode! Can't stress this one enough. Maybe the recorded vids could go to the iPod media player, that way they could be uploaded to the net.
6. Story mode.
7. Something that gives Competition mode more of a competition feel. (maybe like crowd sound effects in the background, or cheering when a high-scoring trick was landed)
8. Custom Board Graphics.
9. Manuals!
10. A score multiplier in the Jam Session
I'm sure there are some great updates that await this game. I can't wait to see what comes from all the reviews and feature requests. Once again, amazing work Illusion Labs!
- Category: Games
- Updated Jun 14, 2009
- Current Version: 1.2.1
- 1.2.1 (iPhone OS 3.0 Tested)
- 5.9 MB
- Languages: English
- Seller: Illusion Labs AB
- © 2008 Illusion Labs AB
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iPhone OS 2.0 or later.
