Mobile Pie

Last week I called you all aboard the B-Boy Beats hype train and we chugged off on a whistle stop tour of Buildupsville. And here we now are, our final destination: B-Boy Beats is out (iTunes link) and in the hands of eager and critical gamers. So, is it all change or full steam ahead? Has the hype engine been further stoked or been derailed? And how much longer can I keep making train anologies? Whoo… whoo…

One of the most accurate thermometers of the iPhone gaming climate is the Touch Arcade forums where many a knowledable and refined gamer doth dwell. Some choice words from the official B-Boy Beats thread:

“I love this game… The finger mechanic is awesome and makes more sense score-wise than the just-released Riddim Ribbon… In a span of mere moments this has become my fav music game on the iDevices. This makes me happy to have such a platform. It’s exciting to know this type of development is possible. TAG Games, you have my utmost respect for this. BRAVO!” – russiaone

Wowee, russiaone! I’m sure you meant Mobile Pie when you said Tag Games (our publisher), but we’ll let you off on that one. You’re on our Christmas card list for sure this year. Some other bite-sized chunks of wisdom:

“I really like it. Very well made and unique.” – asd921150

“A lot of fun” – Hodapp

“This is top of my birthday shopping list” – ‘Jeep

Even down at Apple’s App Store people are feeling the funky-funky-thang of BBB:

“This will top all other music games” – Funky Chunky Munky

“Excellent rhythm based game… A nice change from the usual tap to the beat games. Really enjoying this and love the hip hop soundtrack” – Makaveli-8

“OMG, it’s awesome! Within minutes my fingers were breakdancing away and I had a HUGE smile on my nodding head… The dancing gameplay is really unique… loads of fun once you’re in to it! Would recommend this to anyone – nice graphics, funky tunes and a lot of fun. It’s well worth the money – just buy it!” – BristolZoo

“The tracks are awesome… a lot of fun” – Mickeyjtothed

“What a great game. Totally addictive and really fun. With a fantastic soundtrack and genuinely new gameplay. It’s so exciting to play a game that just isn’t the same thing all over again, but is new, fresh and really engaging. I highly recommend it” – Gingertom_UK

“Plenty of humour… Up there among my favourite iPhone games” – Precutted

“If you like Tap Tap… you’ll love it.” - ChuckyNorris

But what about them pro journos reviewers? So far we only have one review in, but it’s from the awesome, fair and balanced dudes over at Touch Gen. What they say? They say:

B-Boy Beats doesn’t have any flash 3D graphics, but it oozes charm through cartoon characters and graffiti style elements that capture the essence of the hip-hop dance scene.

This is all about the music. And for hip-hop lovers this doesn’t disappoint. Sure, the music doesn’t feature the creme-de-la-creme of hip-hop stars… but what it does do is sound great and, most importantly, gets your toes tapping (or in this case your fingers).

B-Boy Beats then is a fun little dance game. While it doesn’t have the brand power of the DDR series, it can stand toe-to-toe (or finger-to-finger) with it in terms of gameplay.

3.5 stars / 5

So there we go! B-Boy Beats has been a true, but often tough, labour of love for us here in The Oven and it’s really overwhelming to see such positive response from the world, making what we do so worthwhile.

If you have any comments about BBB then contact us and let us know – we love to hear your thoughts and suggestions!

The actual B-Boy Beats hype train

If we all believed the hype we’d be riding around on Segways, playing Nintendo Virtual Boys and listening to Jedward. That isn’t a world I’d like to reside in. But sometimes, like when Mobile Pie make a game, it’s time to listen and get yourselves very excited.

Following the launch of the teaser trailer, the Internet has gone totally loco and almost completely jammed itself up with fan gushing about our upcoming hippty-hop rhythm action extravaganza B-Boy Beats. Are these people right to be excited? Yes, they are.

AppGamer.net said that “Mobile Pie’s upcoming rhythm action title is seriously dope” which of course is very true. A discerning reader of the site, a gent or lady known only by the moniker jopper456, commented that the teaser trailer “looks mental!” We hope that’s a good thing, Jopper.

The funky and righteous robo-dudes over at Appboy reckon “B-Boy Beats is probably going to keep you entertained for a while” and that “visually, the game looks exciting”. Right on, brother!

But, what did the acclaimed journalists at iPhone Review 2.0 think?. Well, they reckon we’re “aiming to show the other music games how it’s really done.” While MustTap added that BBB is going to be a “different style of rhythm game”. Very insightful and accurate, MustTap and iPhone Review 2.0.

The industry site, CausalGaming.biz, thinks that “B-Boy Beats [is] set to ‘break’ the iPhone”. Not literally we hope. It has been extensively QA’ed.

Pocket Gamer reckons it’s “looking and sounding mighty funky” whilst site reader hopp56 think it “looks the business” and “could provide a decent DDR experience on iPhone for the first time after the dissapointment of Rock Band and the mediocre Tap Tap games.” Wowzers!

Meanwhile YouTube and other video sharing sites have been awash with articulate comments including: “Clever idea!” from RedShirtTheory, “looks great” by Th3AppStoreReview and “looks cool” from dr-mcd00d. Mean while the forums are jam packed with: “Darn, this is kooool” (wonderlandy), “it looks real cool” (‘Jeep) and, of course, “lolwut” (loves2spoon).

And finally always-on-the-beating-pulse-of-the-capital London-centric news site Your Local Guardian bolstered the hype by saying bold claims “might well prove to be justified when the game is released in the App Store on February 14.”

Don’t know about you, but I’m about to explode with excitement!