{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Short Game","title":"11: Apple Design Award Winners 2014","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/3dadae98\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4999,"description":"Apologies in advance for the sound quality of this episode and for its late release. Your intrepid podcast host was moving cross country this week and our equipment and schedule did not cooperate as planned.\n2013-14 has been great for iOS gaming, and Apple has picked five great games to honor with Apple Design Awards at this year’s World Wide Developers Conference. We’ve played (nearly) all of them and share our impressions with you!\nThrees\nA tiny puzzle game that grows on you\n\nThrees on the iOS App Store – $2.99\nThrees on the Google Play Store – $2.99\nThrees on the Amazon App Store – $2.99\n\n*(Currently on sale for $1.99.)  *\nMonument Valley\nAn illusory adventure of impossible architecture and forgiveness\n\nMonument Valley on the iOS App Store – $3.99\nMonument Valley on the Google Play Store – $3.99\nMonument Valley on the Amazon App Store – $3.99\n\nBlek\nWatching it move is like watching magic\n\nBlek on the iOS App Store – $2.99\nBlek on the Google Play Store Out Now! – $2.99\nBlek on the Amazon App Store – $2.99\n\nDevice 6\nA surreal thriller in which the written word is your map\n\nDevice 6 on the iOS App Store – $3.99\n\nLeo’s Fortune \nA beautiful platform adventure game.\n\nLeo’s Fortune on the iOS App Store\n\nLinks for this episode:\n\nThe Apple Design Awards\nToribash\nWario Land 4 – Jeremy Parish reviews the game for 1Up in 2011\nNancy Morse’s review of Wario Land 4\nMario Maker\nThrees by Asher Volmer, for iPhone, iPad, Android, and soon Xbox One\nPuzzleJuice, also by Asher Volmer, for iOS\nWhy 2048 sucks and Threes is a Masterpiece\nThe “Threemails” – a publication of the complete  process of the game including design documents and emails between the creators, with a note on rip-offs\nVideo – Asher Volmer (developer of Threes) meets Alexy Pajitnov (developer of Tetris) and Henk Rogers (founder of The Tetris Company)\nThrees OST by Big Giant Circles\nWhale Trail\nCanabalt\nBlek trailer\nThe Room and The Room Two\nNine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors – an escape-the-room visual novel for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CxYZwjjs_4iLjyLDzLnaaznbL5170eSsi-gM7hls96Q/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYzFm/ZGZmOGU2NDYxOTZl/YzAzNTU2NWM4MzJk/NzBmNy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}