7/16/2012

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Mon Jul 16, 2012 1:00 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Crazy Kangaroo from creators of Monster Shooter and Doodle Fit now free - Published on 07/16/12

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Gamelion announces today that Crazy Kangaroo is now available for free for iOS. The super cute casual game, where players control Barney the kangaroo by tilting forward and backward, and left and right. Featuring zany graphics and animation, Barney is seen from an overhead view as he hops from lily pad to alligator to stone trying to get home. Evading hunters, collecting stars, scoring power-ups, avoiding drowning by hopping from one waterborne object to another.

Cupertino, California - From the creators of Doodle Fit and Monster Shooter, Gamelion Studios is pleased to announce today that Crazy Kangaroo 1.1 for iOS is available as free download for limited time only on the iTunes App Store! The super cute casual game, where players control Barney the kangaroo by tilting forward and backward, and left and right. Featuring zany graphics and animation, Barney is seen from an overhead view as he hops from lily pad to alligator to stone trying to get home. Evading hunters, collecting stars, scoring power-ups, avoiding drowning by hopping from one waterborne object to another, Crazy Kangaroo includes more than 50 missions.

Feature Highlights:
* 3 fantastic worlds
* Eye-candy graphics with Retina support
* Easy to learn gameplay
* Hilarious power-ups including Sugar Rush and Multi-Score
* Over 50 missions
* Leaderboards and ranks
* GameCenter support
* Universal build for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad

Poachers have captured Barney the kangaroo in the Australian outback, and they have packed him in a crate. Luckily, the crate falls out of the plane soon after takeoff, and Barney lands safely. The game begins with Barney's trek back home. Players control his speed and hopping distance by tilting their iDevice forward and backward, while control of movement left and right is accomplished by tilting the device appropriately. Players can calibrate device "level" at the start of each game.

Depending on their strategy players may want to hop slowly or quickly, and can even hop backwards. For example, when hopping across a river using alligators as stepping stones, players may choose to slow down to earn the Bonus points available for hopping 5x on an alligator. Native hunters are right behind Barney, so a moderate average rate of speed is necessary.

Power-Ups:
* 1x, 5x, 10x Holy Interventions: save the kangaroo from trouble and beat everyone's score
* Magnet: pulls in all the stars and goodies
* Life Preserver: gives the kangaroo one-time protection from drowning
* Shield: one-time protection from enemies and land obstacles
* Sugar Rush Dessert: extends rocket flight duration
* Bomb: collects nearby stars
* Multi-Score: multiplies points by 2x
* Multi-Power-Ups: lets Barney use two power-ups simultaneously

Crazy Kangaroo is filled with movement, as each world is filled with creatures, plants, and objects that are animated. Hopping on a lily pad creates concentric circles in the water, and crossing the river opens the eyes of each alligator along the way. The exaggerated perspective from the overhead view is dizzying as Barney hops up, becoming much bigger, and descends, shrinking back to normal. The tilt controls are smooth and responsive, and experienced players can achieve perfect control, even when Barney is in the air.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* Universal app optimized for display on all iOS devices
* 30.5 MB

Pricing and Availability:
For limited time only, Crazy Kangaroo 1.1 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

Gamelion: http://www.game-lion.com
Crazy Kangaroo 1.1: http://game-lion.com/kangaroo.php
Download from iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/app/crazy-kangaroo/id516908531
YouTube Video (Trailer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b7bTKMlyPw
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Located in Cupertino, California, Gamelion is a creative studio focusing on casual games for all digital distribution gaming platforms, committed to creating success for its world leading customers. Since 2002 Gamelion has created engaging entertainment products for leading game publishers, media houses and handset manufacturers. The team creates entertainment with high production values and has a track record of delivering critically acclaimed titles based on well-known corner franchises of the global gaming industry. Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Gamelion. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Sebastian Szczygiel
CEO
United States
sebastian@game-lion.com

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/gamelion
Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/gamelion

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Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:00 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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New BaseElements version 4.0 for FileMaker Pro 12 Released - Published on 07/16/12

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Melbourne-based FileMaker solutions provider, Goya Pty Ltd has released BaseElements 4.0, an update to their incredibly popular developer tool. With BaseElements, developers can easily analyze and document FileMaker solutions. BaseElements provides a cross reference of every element in a solution and helps developers find and fix errors, track issues, document changes, and plan future development. Version 4.0 adds new features as well as being updated to the new FileMaker Pro 12.

Melbourne, Australia - Goya Pty Ltd today is proud to announce the release of BaseElements 4.0 with new features and a file format change to the new FileMaker Pro 12. BaseElements is a FileMaker developer tool to analyze and document FileMaker database solutions. BaseElements provides a cross reference of every element in a solution and helps developers find and fix errors, track issues, document changes, and plan future development.

BaseElements 4.0.0 is now in FileMaker Pro 12 format, and adds support for a Database Design Report generated in FileMaker Pro 12 to its existing support of every version of FileMaker since version 7. You can now use BaseElements 4.0 to analyse any solution created with any version of FileMaker released in the last 8 years.

Once again BaseElements is helping FileMaker developers keep up with the latest in FileMaker Pro technology like no other developer tool.

"FileMaker Pro 12 is a huge release with lots of new functionality and we're really looking forward to working with it. Having access to a range of new layout tools, plus the new container field functions and other additions make this new release an exciting update to work with. We're pleased that we can provide a FileMaker Pro 12 native release of BaseElements so quickly after it's available and developers like ourselves can get straight into the new version and know that their favourite developer tools are up and running." said Nicholas Orr of Goya.

BaseElements version 4.0 is a paid upgrade for anyone who has a licence to BaseElements 3.x or later. It runs in FileMaker Pro 12 and includes fmp12 files or a runtime version. New user licences are available and a cross grade option from a competitors product is now available.

About BaseElements:
BaseElements is a FileMaker developer tool to analyze and document FileMaker database solutions. BaseElements provides a cross reference of every element in a solution and helps developers find and fix errors, track issues, document changes, and plan future development. BaseElements is an essential tool for anyone who works in FileMaker Pro as it helps you make decisions about the effects of changes before they're made, document those changes, and provide alerts if something is broken.

BaseElements Pricing:
A single user license of BaseElements is $499 (USD), and a site license is $1299 (USD). Both licences will run on FileMaker Server for hosted access with only the site license allowing access by more than one user at a time. Developers may try BaseElements completely unlocked for 30 days using a registration code available from the website. Upgrades are $249 for the single user licence and $649 for a site licence.

Goya: http://www.goya.com.au/
BaseElements 4.0: http://www.goya.com.au/baseelements
Download BaseElements: http://www.goya.com.au/baseelements/download
Purchase: http://www.goya.com.au/purchase

Goya is an Australian based software development company specializing in FileMaker Pro solutions for large and small businesses. For over 12 years now, we've been developing custom solutions that are tailored to your company's workflow that make managing all of the details of your business efficient and accessible. There aren't many Australian FileMaker based companies with such a long history and a comprehensive set of development experience. Goya is one of only seven Partner level FileMaker Business Alliance members in Australia and one of the few that have multiple developers certified in every version of FileMaker. We are recognized worldwide for our expertise and proficiency and our ability to develop productivity tools for every customer. Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Goya Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

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Nicholas Orr
Owner
0425 758 280
Australia
nick@goya.com.au

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Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:01 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Fun Sudoku Game HD 1.0 for iOS - Elegant Sudoku Challenge from Russia - Published on 07/16/12

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Agalag Games today introduces Fun Sudoku Game HD 1.0 for iOS, another in their growing catalog of iOS games from independent developers around the world. Featuring a Japanese fine art motif, the elegant game eschews the various "features" of other Sudoku games. Instead, it offers a clean, minimalist, 9 x 9 grid of cyan, on a white background, with sans serif black numerals. There are no aids, hints, or alerts; just pure Sudoku puzzle pleasure with touch control of cell and number selection.

Rogers, Arkansas - another in their growing catalog of iOS games from independent developers around the world. Featuring a Japanese fine art motif, the elegant game eschews the various "features" of other Sudoku games. Instead, it offers a clean, minimalist, 9 x 9 grid of cyan, on a white background, with sans serif black numerals. There are no aids, hints, or alerts; just pure Sudoku puzzle pleasure with touch control of cell and number selection. Because these are purely logical puzzles, working on their solution improves memory, concentration, and step-by-step thinking. There are no mathematical operations, such as addition or subtraction, involved.

Feature Highlights:
* Classic number placement game in a 9 x 9 grid
* Developed in Russia, Fun Sudoku Game HD incorporates and elegant GUI
* Puzzles are at a medium to hard level of difficulty
* Pure Sudoku pleasure without added "features"
* Every puzzle has a unique solution

Agalag Games, a division of McLeod Agency, Inc. was founded as an app publisher in 2011, and they immediately began seeking outstanding apps from independent developers around the world. Fun Sudoku Game HD is the company's tenth app, and was chosen based on its universal appeal and outstanding design. Created in Russia, the game's puzzle generating algorithm produces games at a medium to hard level of difficulty. Each puzzle is designed to have only a single solution. A digital timer is included as a convenience, but there is no scoring or time limit.

Pronounced soo'-dough-koo, the international gaming favorite is a number-placement puzzle, rather than an arithmetic puzzle. However, as studied by combinatorics, it is of significant interest to mathematicians. According to Wikipedia, "The objective is to fill a 9�9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3�3 sub-grids that compose the grid (also called "boxes", "blocks", "regions", or "sub-squares") contains all of the digits from 1 to 9." Historically, Sudoku fans have solved puzzles in newspapers or puzzle books using a pencil to enter erasable numbers into the grid. With touch devices, players can much more conveniently try candidate numbers.

"Fun Sudoku Game HD is a return to the fundamentals of Sudoku gameplay," stated Jeff McLeod of Agalag Games. "There are no distractions, no added features."

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* Requires iOS 4.0 or later
* 6.0 MB - iPad
* 4.4 MB - iPhone

Pricing and Availability:
Fun Sudoku Game 1.0 is $1.99 (USD) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Review copies are available on request.

Fun Sudoku Game HD 1.0: http://www.agalag.com/Products.html
Purchase and Download (iPad): http://itunes.apple.com/app/fun-sudoku-game-hd/id538010451
Purchase and Download (iPhone): http://itunes.apple.com/app/fun-sudoku-game/id537943808
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Based in Rogers, Arkansas, Agalag Games, dba; McLeod Agency, Inc was founded by Jeff and Teresa McLeod in 1987. Agalag Games is an independent video game studio. Their aim is to create innovative and casual games. Just recently, they decided to use their professional experience to make games that they, themselves, really liked and wanted to play. At present, they concentrate on producing iPhone and iPad games. Copyright (C) 1987-2012 Agalag Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Jeff McLeod
CEO
United States
jeff@agalag.com

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Agalag/261823287266979
Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/AgalagGames

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Mon Jul 16, 2012 3:01 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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OndeSoft Announces Release Of Onde iTunes Converter - Unlock DRM Music - Published on 07/16/12

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OndeSoft Corporation today announces the release of their new media converting software Onde iTunes Converter 1.01.5 for Mac OS X. Designed to unlock DRM protected media, Onde iTunes Converter allows users to play and share their purchased material across any and all of their media devices. Users may convert to all the most popular file formats, including: MP3, AAC, AC3, and more. Not limited to DRM protected media, the app provides the ability to convert any file to its many supported formats.

Kaysville, Utah - OndeSoft Corporation today announces the release of their new media converting software Onde iTunes Converter 1.01.5 for Mac OS X. Designed to unlock DRM protected media, Onde iTunes Converter allows users to play and share their purchased material across any and all of their media devices.

OndeSoft stated that users will be able to convert to all the most popular file formats, including: MP3, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, M4A, M4R, and MKA. And Onde iTunes Converter won't only be limited to DRM protected media, this new release will also include the ability to convert any file to the formats listed above, giving users a complete media converter in one simple, easy to use program.

Ondesoft claims their main focus with Onde iTunes Converter was to address the problem of moving DRM protected media across playback devices. They have even included the ability to extract the audio from iTunes protected videos and convert it to unlocked, accessible audio files (in any format listed above). CEO Sean Lee stated, "It's time for Mac users to be able to access their media in the format that is convenient for them, and with Onde iTunes Converter, they can do just that."

Another primary goal when creating the software reportedly centered around giving users all the options necessary to make Onde iTunes Converter the only conversion software they needed. So, developers included the ability to convert all file types, not just DRM protected media. And, in order to assert Onde iTunes Converter's dominance in the competitive world of online software, it had to be fast. Developers made sure recording speeds could reach up to 12x that of playback in order to ensure the fasted converting speeds available. And while developers wanted to make sure any Mac user could easily convert media files, they also claim they didn't want to alienate more advanced users by limiting the amount of control over conversion options. Advanced options include customizing the bitrate, sample rate, codec selection and the number of channels in the converted file. Lee says he is proud of the work his developers have put in to Ondesoft's newest addition to their software catalogue
and that "Onde iTunes Converter will have something for every type of user, no one was left out when we were building this application."

System Requirements:
* Requires Mac OS X 10.6.0 - 10.7.4

Pricing and Availability:
Onde iTunes Converter 1.01.5 will be available for purchase for $39.95 (USD) from all popular Mac Software websites. Interested users and Ondesoft fans are encouraged to visit OndeSoft online for more information on software functions, requirements, and pricing.

OndeSoft: http://www.ondesoft.com
Onde iTunes Converter 1.01.5: http://www.ondesoft.com/itunes_converter/index.html
Purchase: https://secure.avangate.com/order/checkout.php?PRODS=4566800&QTY=1&CART=1
Download: http://www.ondesoft.com/download/oditunesconverter_mac.dmg
Screenshot: http://www.ondesoft.com/itunes_converter/images/itunes-converter.png
App Icon: http://www.ondesoft.com/itunes_converter/images/itunesconverter_main.png

OndeSoft is a flourishing supplier providing screen capture,recording program,online measuring tool field. Our product portfolio focuses on high-quality and powerful tools running on the Apple's Mac OS X environment. The products are available worldwide in English. We are ready to develop new editions in Japanese. Copyright (C) 2012 OndeSoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iTunes, Mac OS X, and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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John Smith
Marketing VP
801-682-1966
United States
sales@ondesoft.com

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