Today's AGF includes a gorgeous dual-stick shooter, a colorful adventure game, an app that allows you to create presentations while on the go, and much more.
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iPhone:
Thum vs Thum ($.99 -> Free): A game that pits your right and left thumbs against each other. Each side of the screen has towers with icons on top, and you must tap the missile icons to fire one at your opposing thumb. However, if you miss a missile and tap a thumbs up or down instead, your tower will be damaged. The thumb with towers left standing wins.
Thum vs Thum is available for free today only (01/14). It has a four-and-a-half-star rating and a total of 17 ratings.
Last Line of Defense ($.99 -> Free): Pilot a small drone using dual-stick or accelerometer controls and defend your base from a wide variety of enemies in this beautifully rendered arcade game. It features five different maps, power-ups, special weapons and gear, and Game Center integration.
Last Line of Defense is available for free today only (01/14). It has a five-star rating and a total of five ratings.
Derby Poker Mini ($.99 -> Free): Instead of being dealt cards, you must catch them as they fly by the screen to create the perfect poker hand. Hands can consist of the usual pairs, straights, flushes, etc., but there are also special hands and cards that can score you more points. You must think on your feet, because time is limited.
Derby Poker Mini is available for free today only (01/14). It has a three-star rating and a total of nine ratings.
FX Toy ($.99 -> Free): Interact with fluid particles in a variety of ways to create unique images. The app features a wide rage of effects, including multiple fire effects, fountains, star fields, fireworks, and much more.
FX Toy is available for free for a limited time. It has a three-star rating and a total of 27 ratings.
Keypoint ($1.99 -> Free): Create high quality presentations while on the go by using 10 different themes, seven slide animations, and inputting your own text. Presentations can be played right on the iPhone, or you can publish them online, share them via email, or export them to PDF or Keynote.
Keypoint is available for free for a limited time. It has a three-star rating and a total of 76 ratings.
Virble ($.99 -> Free): A colorful word puzzle game that features three different game modes, local leaderboards, and a bunch of different power-ups.
Virble is available for free for a limited time. It has a three-and-a-half-star rating and a total of 33 ratings.
Match Maker CS ($.99 -> Free): Match as many like-colored pieces as possible before time runs out by tapping on them to rotate them. Each match will add a small amount of time back to the clock. The game includes OpenFeint integration.
Match Maker CS is available for free for a limited time. It has a three-star rating and a total of 26 ratings.
Universal:
Super Yum Yum: Puzzle Adventures ($.99 -> Free): Guide Leon through 48 puzzling levels in order to save his babies and reclaim his precious fruit. This colorful adventure game requires you to eat the fruit in your path to reach the exit at the end of each level, but Leon can only eat fruit that is the same color as he is. When he eats a fruit, he will change to the color the leaves are. The game features Retina graphics and OpenFeint integration as well.
Super Yum Yum: Puzzle Adventures is available for free today only (01/14). It has a four-star rating and a total of 42 ratings.
iPad:
Jules Verne's Return to Mysterious Island - Deluxe Edition ($4.99 -> Free): Explore a mythical island in order to solve complicated puzzles so you can escape. The game features eye-popping pre-rendered graphics, hours upon hours of gameplay, and a unique scoring system that rewards creativity.
Jules Verne's Return to Mysterious Island - Deluxe Edition is available for free today only (01/14). It has a four-and-a-half-star rating and a total of 15 ratings.
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