Filed under: General, Products | Tags: app store, apple, game, hiqup, iphone, ipod, logic, peg, puzzle, sdk, solitaire, touch
So, it’s time to “fess up” and let you all in on what I’ve been doing for the past 6 weeks or so. I’ve been developing a game for the iPhone / iPod Touch for release on Apple’s iTunes App Store. It’s called Hiqup and it’s a logic puzzler with the basic premise being the same as peg solitaire (jumping pegs to remove them from the board.) But there’s a whole heap more to it than that including teleports, bombs, jumpers and blackholes. And there are several different types of board to play:
Pieces – Remove as many pieces as possible from the board.
Time – Complete the board in a given time limit
Special Spaces – Complete the board by ending up with pieces on the special marked spaces on the board.
The final version will have 40-50 different boards so there’s plenty to tax the brain 
Each board has a gold, silver and bronze medal to achieve and you need to get a medal to open up the next level.
Plus there’s a “Classic” mode with 10 different standard peg solitaire boards for those that want an original feel.
More information can be found at http://www.hiqup.co.uk and you can join a release notification mailing list if you want to know when it’s finally released (hopefully sometime in September with any luck.)
Oh yeah, and it’s only going to cost $1.99
