Harbor Master Finally Joins The Game Center Crowd
April 8, 2011
Harbor Master has seen some very positive reviews over its nearly two year existence in the App Store, which seems to imply users aren't requiring huge new features to make the game satisfying. However, an occasional freshening up with a new feature or two and some improvements every so often are certainly welcome to any title. In that spirit, Harbor Master v2.1 brings Game Center leaderboards and achievements, plus a feature for those occasional "D'oh!" moments.
Game Center integrations offers 38 achievements to earn, worth 840 total points, and 10 leaderboards. There's a leaderboard for each of the seven maps, plus one for Best Score on Any Map, Lifetime Cargo Shipped, and Multiplayer Wins. For anyone wondering; Harbor Master HD did not get updated with Game Center and the multiplayer remains restricted to Bluetooth with no online matchmaking.
The other -- and perhaps bigger -- feature addition to Harbor Master is the ability to do rewinds, or otherwise known as undos. Rewinds are possible once per game, and more are earned as you pass cargo shipped quotas. Depending on how much you play, it should influence you to make that decision only when on the verge of breaking a high score or nearly reaching an achievement. The option is available in the bottom-right of the game summary screen, titled "Undo Crash."
Harbor Master is designed for iPhone and iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or later, and available in the App Store for $1.99.
