Phit Launches for iPhone

Posted August 1, 2008

After several years of Flash/web game production, for the first time ever Armor Games has launched a game… somewhere else!  Our first iPhone game, Phit, recently launched for the iPhone and iPod Touch.   Phit is a notch above it’s predecessor with over 100 levels of aggravatingly challenging puzzles and a nice facelift of graphics and features.

The premise of Phit is simple:  Drag blocks around the screen to fit them into the shaded region at the bottom of the screen.  This is simple at first with just a few blocks and a few different possible arrangements.  But as the blocks become smaller and more tangled it definitely becomes a challenge.  Personally, by level 22 I was beginning to feel the pressure.

On a personal note, it was really interesting to see the dynamic difference a touch interface can make for a game like this.  The game feels much more controllable with finger-based controls instead of the mouse, and being able to shove tons of blocks around with multiple fingers is much more intuitive.

Phit is avaiable via iTunes and works on the iPhone and iPod Touch.  If you have either, you can purchase the game for $1.99 via the iTunes Store (link).  It’s definitely a treat and something that works perfect on the iPhone/touch for bus rides or on your lunch break.  I’ve probably spent about an hour on it already just from small game breaks from doing my own programming.  I’m sure you’ll enjoy it :).

8 Comments so far

  1. Chuck on August 2nd, 2008

    Congratulations, John! I’m sure that Phit will be a hit on the iPhone. :D Hopefully, I can make some games for the iPhone myself soon. ;)

  2. Jikek on August 2nd, 2008

    if i had a iphone i would totally buy this.

  3. depretis on August 3rd, 2008

    Awesome…..That is so cool now when I get the Iphone 3g in a couple months I’m going to buy it.

  4. genkiller on August 3rd, 2008

    It seems to be a extra hard tetras game

  5. Estel on August 3rd, 2008

    Wow awesome! Too bad I have neither the iPhone or iTouch :( How come it can’t be bought for the regular nano?

  6. Carlie on August 5th, 2008

    The game looks awesome! I got it on my iPod Touch, and it works great :) Gets quite challenging after a while, I haven’t had the patience to beat it yet, hehe. But for the price, you can’t beat it!

  7. kaylan on August 12th, 2008

    i cant wait to get my iphone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  8. mek on November 2nd, 2008

    Amazing Game, any more games coming to the App Store?

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