Comments on: Blue Defense! (formerly Defend!) A Simple but Effective $0.99 iPhone Shooter

By: ‘Blue Defense: Second Wave!’ Trailer Unveiled and Release Date Announced | GoPDA Windows Mobile(Windows Phone) Blog

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 04:34:24 +0000

[...] [$1.99] back in late 2008 and the game was both well received by our forum members as well as in our actual review. Since then, Kooistra formed Cat In a Box Games which went on to develop both Red Conquest! [$3.99] [...]

By: John Kooistra and Cat in a Box Games Reveal Upcoming Action RPG ‘Fastar!’ | Top One Music Pda Blog

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:03:56 +0000

[...] Kooistra's games have been long time favorites around here on TouchArcade, with both Blue Defense and Blue Attack the topic of discussion during episode #5 of our podcast where we had Kooistra on [...]

By: MeshMash » ‘Red Conquest’ Trailer and Walkthrough Videos Released

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:42:03 +0000

[...] month we had John Kooistra on our podcast to talk about Blue Defense!, Blue Attack! and his upcoming game, Red Conquest. Unfortunately, Red Conquest had some extremely [...]

By: MeshMash » ‘Red Conquest’ – An Upcoming RTS Set in Space

MeshMash » ‘Red Conquest’ – An Upcoming RTS Set in Space — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:43:35 +0000

[...] is the developer behind some of our early App Store favorites Blue Defense! and the follow-up title Blue Attack!. Both games were set in a new universe of Red and Blue forces [...]

By: ultimo

ultimo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:34:31 +0000

Wait a Min...
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By: ultimo

ultimo — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:34:00 +0000

Wait a Min...
aren't sperms fastr ?

By: MeshMash » TouchArcade Podcast #4: Ravensword

MeshMash » TouchArcade Podcast #4: Ravensword — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:02:51 +0000

[...] Blue Defense! [...]

By: Mick Sullivan

Mick Sullivan — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:04:54 +0000

A great game - having played a lot, I have the following gripes:

Rather repetitive screens - it shouldn't take too much work to generate more styles of screen. A few new types of attacker, or a few more formations.

Some screens are MUCH harder than others - I invariably lose on the sideways held snakes screen - they are really hard.

Much faster regeneration of population - so that surviving with a small population for a few levels might actually make an appreciable difference.

By: Mick Sullivan

Mick Sullivan — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:04:00 +0000

A great game - having played a lot, I have the following gripes:

Rather repetitive screens - it shouldn't take too much work to generate more styles of screen. A few new types of attacker, or a few more formations.

Some screens are MUCH harder than others - I invariably lose on the sideways held snakes screen - they are really hard.

Much faster regeneration of population - so that surviving with a small population for a few levels might actually make an appreciable difference.

By: ‘Blue Attack!’ Shooter is Another Winner

‘Blue Attack!’ Shooter is Another Winner — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:19:01 +0000

[...] November, we profiled a $0.99 game called Blue Defense! [App Store] which we praised as a “simple but effective [...]

By: Domingo

Domingo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:54:12 +0000

I bought it a couple of days ago. Great game! Infinitely better and playable than all the stuff that top the AppStore list.

I enjoy a lot the 360-degree maneuvers (without headphones..)

Good luck with the game, Mr. Kooistra!

By: Domingo

Domingo — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:54:00 +0000

I bought it a couple of days ago. Great game! Infinitely better and playable than all the stuff that top the AppStore list.

I enjoy a lot the 360-degree maneuvers (without headphones..)

Good luck with the game, Mr. Kooistra!

By: Digital Brainwaves » Blog Archive » Fun time-wasters on the iPhone/iPod touch

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 05:00:24 +0000

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By: CT

CT — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:04:23 +0000

I bought it recently, for the iTouch (and before the name change . I'm pretty well addicted to it. Great use of the accelerometer to keep gameplay basic enough but still highly engaging. (And yes, having headphones attached makes the 360-degree maneuvers interesting...)

I wouldn't enhance the gameplay in terms of extra guns, powerups etc. -- there's beauty in simplicity. No sound either, as I prefer to listen to my own music while playing most any game. The only thing I would suggest: Better representation for when your planet gets hit -- the current tremble isn't always noticeable. Maybe a color-flash for when one of the sperms hit the target...

By: CT

CT — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:04:00 +0000