The update hopefully addresses most of the main issues people were having with the game, including: a fix for the sound-related crash bug that some iPhone 4 users were experiencing during key card swipe and slider hold games; as well as including a few GUI tweaks and improvements, like a larger directional pad to hopefully make movement a lot easier.

Click here or on the image below to head over to the iTunes App Store to get the latest version.

In other news we have just submitted v1.1 of Prisoner 84 to Apple. This update will hopefully fix some of the issues people have been experiencing during the game, so if all goes well it should be live on iTunes very soon. As ever, we will keep you informed right here!

Reviews

We’ve collected a list of reviews, articles and giveways so you can see for yourself what many people are saying…

iFanZine.com (review, competition)
TouchArcade.com (review)
AppSpy.com (review)
iPhone.ru (review) *in Russian
orangeiphone.ru (review) *in Russian
TouchAholics.com (interview, review, preview)
PocketGamer.co.uk (review)

If you have a Prisoner 84 review, article or giveaway that isn’t listed here then leave a comment with the link or, if you prefer, send an email with your link to , and we’ll be sure to add it to this post.

Help/Faq

I have also recently added a Help/FAQ section to the main Prisoner 84 page which should help out anyone having trouble with the basic controls and concepts found in the game. If you have any questions that aren’t covered then please contact us on our support email and we can add them.

There’s also quite a discussion going on over at toucharcade, which we’ve also been posting on from time to time. And we are also happy to say that one of the post’s contributors (RttaM) has kindly set up a handy help thread for anyone who might still be stuck.

Thanks again to RttaM and everybody else who has contributed help to others on the toucharcade forums. We’d also like to thank everyone for their positive feedback and kind words over this past week!

To coincide with today’s release, we have also prepared a brand new trailer which will hopefully whet your appetite…

Prisoner 84 will be available on the App Store on Friday July 16th. We will have a launch trailer and gameplay video ready so check back tomorrow for all the goodies.

One feature in particular which we’re quite proud of is the basic gib system that we have on our enemies. The system allows random parts of the body to fly off when the enemy is shot at by the player, as you can see in these screenshots…

It’s not an amazingly detailed or complex system but it does add variety to enemy encounters, as it allows you to shoot the flesh off the torso, head, arms and legs to reveal the skeleton! It can get pretty intense when you have enemies chasing after you who are each showing different degrees of damage!

It’s been tough going — we set out to see what two people could achieve in their spare time in the space of six months (with no budget whatsoever!), and I think what we’ve ended up with will satisfy a lot of different types of gamers. That’s what we’re hoping anyway!

Here’s a little sneak peak at Prisoner 84 in action.

Update: Here are a few screenshots (you can find more here):-

So here it is for those who would like to listen to the music at their leisure.

Cabby Soundtrack

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