It took almost ten years, but GL Golf has an actual golfer model! We’re tweaking all of the visuals now, but it’s essentially done for the 2.35 update coming next week for the Mac, and later this month for the iPhone.

Barnyard Blaster has been updated to version 1.02 on the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Users can update through the iTunes and Mac app stores. Shareware users and anyone who wants to give Barnyard Blaster a try can update at https://nuclearnova.com/barnyardblaster.zip

Barnyard Blaster Product Page

1.02 (Mac)
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Added gatling gun and stun grenade weapons
Added Fullscreen (Lion) and custom resolutions
Fixed blood mode preferences not working after first launch

1.02 (iOS)
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Added gatling gun and stun grenade weapons
Speed optimizations
Fixed blood mode preferences not working after first launch

Pinball Massacre has been updated to version 1.01 on the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Users can update through the iTunes and Mac app stores. Shareware users or anyone who wants to give Pinball Massacre a try can update at https://nuclearnova.com/pinballmassacre.zip .Pinball Massacre Product Page

1.01
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Improved Paddle/Ball Physics
Added landscape mode option (iOS)
New HUD with Mission/Level/Time info
Improved easier to follow camera
Ball Shadow
Better ball collision particle effects
Easier ball leveling
Four object fixes
Speed optimizations, specifically older iOS systems (iOS)
3 Minute instead of 2 minute demo (Lite)
Fixed a bug where top scores would not be submitted after the 2 minute demo limit (Lite)

Check out this video, created by Ryanoceros, showing a theoretical 44 under par! All eagles and double eagles

Rocket Golf has been updated to version 1.07 on the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Users can update through the iTunes and Mac app stores. Shareware users or anyone who wants to give Rocket Golf a try can update at https://nuclearnova.com/rocketgolf.zip . Please not that In-App Purchases on the Mac App Store may not work for a day or two until everything propagates through Apple’s servers.

Rocket Golf Product Page

1.07 (iOS)
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Updated several holes to be more fair
Fixed a bug in the demo/lite version where the first click will not drag/aim

1.07 (Mac)
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Added in-app purchasing for Lion (Mac App Store)
Added fullscreen mode for Lion
Game window is now resizable
Removed Sparkle Framework
Fixed a bug in the demo/lite version where the first click will not drag/aim
Updated several holes to be more fair

Today I’ve been working on the physics system for the new golf game, which has acquired a working title of “Nova Golf”. This system should be a big improvement over GL Golf. Everything including wind, backspin, fade/draw, different surface lies, lie angles, surface firmness/speed, and more are all accurately modeled. The game will still be enjoyable for the casual golfer, but the pros are going to have a much more difficult time consistently shooting double digit under par rounds as compared to GL Golf.

Here are some of the current flight paths, though I still have some tweaking left to do!

We’ve been busy with Pinball lately, but we haven’t forgotten about golf! Today work resumed on the sequel to GL Golf. The new game will be rewritten from scratch with more modern graphics and a more realistic physics system, while maintaining the ease of play found in GL Golf. Speaking of GL Golf, the next update in mid-October will have an actual golfer model! So far we have some of the terrain, water, and sky rendering along with the menus, but there is still much work to be done. Stay tuned for more updates and a screenshot or two.

ASCII Art for the iPad has been approved for the iPad and is available immediately through the iTunes App Store. Check it out today!

ASCII Art – iTunes App Store

ASCII Art Product Page

ASCII Art has been ported over from the Mac to the iPad and is under review from Apple. Check back in a week or two and it should be available on the App Store

The Pinball Massacre team didn’t go on permanent vacation after being approved on the app stores, we’ve actually been hard at work on the second table and fixing some bugs for the September 1.01 release. Check out this early developer screenshot to get an idea of what the table will look like. We’ve learned a lot from the first table, expect this one to be even better!