We have games on the App Store for your perusal and entertainment, including:
Pockster StrongArm
Stress affects people on a very basic level. While for most casual activities the changes might not be as noticeable, it still contributes to the overall state of health. And if you are dependent on fine motor control (anybody make trips to the rifle range on a regular basis or play hard core video games?), you may find that simple stress can affect you more than you realize.
Our nervous system and fine motor control state can be a good measure of our overall physiological state of being. It should not be surprising that our sense of control can vary each day depending on our health and outside influences.
Now, thanks to the mechanical abilities of the iPhone, you can measure your current ability of steady control. The challenge is to simply hold your iPhone in your hand with your arm outstretched and steady. If you can do this easy sounding task for one minute, you pass the test. However, if your arm moves too much, the count starts over. And over.
Once you raise your arm and have the phone in position, it will start announcing the count every five seconds. Until then, tones indicate that you do not yet have it level. Why level? Because that is the position that creates the greatest challenge with gravity.
Sounds simple enough, but the iPhone senses slight movement that you may not be aware of making. After a few count resets, fatigue becomes a large factor in your success.
Of course, there are some people who have a steady hand seemingly all the time, though few in number. If you are curious how you rank, one way to find out is to take the StongArm challenge. For an additional challenge, consider setting up a course to walk while trying to beat the clock. Simple movement adds another level of complexity to the process.
You can also check out the state of your friends and colleagues Now, we do not condone the use of StrongArm to help win arguments, nor do we suggest use it to prove a point, but we are sure that you can find creative ways to use this capability.
Pockster Crypto
Word games in general, and cryptograms specifically, are a great way to stimulate cognitive thinking. Pockster Crypto is a great way to challenge yourself on your iPhone, and it is designed for easy pick up and play operation.
The game automatically saves for those moments when you have to divert your attention to the outside world, and it auto-loads your position when you start the game back. Each puzzle saves its own state, allowing you to work on any or all of the 50 games in the collection as you wish.
The game load screen shows you a preview of the game in its current state before you load it, allowing you to find that game you want even if you cannot remember the game title.
The game has been designed to work in the touch environment of the iPhone, incorporating an automatic zoom feature when a selection is made. From this zoom screen the current selection is shown with its closest choices, along with a preview of the current line. This allows you to fine tune your choice, if required, and view it in context.
Pockster WordFind
A word search game challenges many aspects of cognitive thought, and it is a natural fit for a quick pick up and play game for the iPhone.
With Pockster WordFind we focus on this aspect of game playing. We have incorporated automatic saves to the game so that you can always get back to the game you were playing in case Life happens. The state is saved for each puzzle, which means that you can try one puzzle of WordFind, stop it and select another of the 50 available puzzle, and come back to it at a later date without losing your place on either puzzle.
The finger interface has been fully implemented with intelligent character selection. This simplifies selecting words across the puzzle in one of the major eight possible directions and limits finger drift onto the wrong cells.
Pockster WordFind provides for a satisfying game experience while exercising the mind. Cognitive escape is as close as your iPhone.
Bacon Ninja
This one is just for fun!
That legendary bacon wielding mysterious figure, the Bacon Ninja, has been called back into action. Drive back the hordes using your innate bacon slinging talents.
The game features over 20 levels of increasingly intense bacon slinging action, with such special items as super Ninja Bacon throw and tri-blade bacon attack. But watch out, the attackers are sneaky, and they will use decoys and special armor in their relentless attacks to stop you from bringing home the, um, bacon.
The game starts the action at a normal pace but increases with each level, making it a truly challenging experience. Each unlocked level has its own feature, ranking and score, letting each practicing Bacon Ninja perfect their individual accomplishments.
How strong is your bacon slinging? Find out today how many levels you can withstand as the Bacon Ninja!
