Tap Tap Revolution to be sold by Tapulous, called Tap Tap Revenge

Here is a fairly complete review of the App itself:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/makeuseof-your-iphone-tap-tap-revenge/

I downloaded Tap Tap and tried it out for about 2 weeks some time ago. It's pretty and kinda fun in its way but I can't get excited about because it just seems like a good way to speed the advancement of carpal tunnel syndrome. My fingers/wrists starting aching pretty quickly.

Sorry for the double post, folks... :(

Tapulous is the name of the company run by the guys who make 1Password, it is their "iPhone" company.

@Bizzle: Here's the link.

http://www.tuaw.com/2007/08/31/dock-gets-a-spiffy-new-update/

That head-to-head looks like a lot of fun! Two player games have no hold in this market, and I hope that we see more of this type of thing. I might buy it just for that!

Matthew

I completely appreciate and respect the tremendous amount of work and development that must have gone into this game, (and any development project for that matter). I will openly say that I have downloaded the game, as well as Nate's super finder for the iPhone. I have used both and made sure to give both "applications" the proper time that they deserve before making any judgments.

The super finder is definitely cool for novelty purposes, and if you are a heavy iPhone multi-tasker (browsing the web while talking on speaker phone, writing notes and emailing you tube links), it might come in handy. But it takes a tad bit of getting used to. If Nate needed a donation to keep development going for his apps I would help him out. But, I wouldn't personally buy the super finder as mini-applications like this should be free for the general public. There is no major innovation that goes into an app like this, merely some tweaking and (in the developers opinion) an enhancement or minor improvement to what Apple thought the best route would be.

I downloaded Tap Tap Revolution through the installer.app on a jailbroken iPhone about 6 weeks ago, and (frustratingly) played it for about 3 weeks before rapidly removing it from the iPhone. I respect the casual-gaming industry which has skyrocketed into a multi-billion dollar a year industry. I understand that people need to have casual games and other options beyond full-out games like Crash Bandicoot, Super Monkey Ball or Spore, but Tap Tap Revolution seems forever lost in conceptualization. The user experience is a big step backwards for the iPhone, and applications for the iPhone in general. While Apple has made a tremendous leap forward with releasing the iPhone SDK and the App Store, games like seem more like an old-school Atari trial at touch screens. Some games and applications are meant to be for the iPhone, Tap Tap Revolution is not.

Just because the SDK exists and the App Store exist doesn't mean you have to narrowly focus on developing for the iPhone. I'm sure with Nate's talent, creativity and ability to turn a game from an idea into an assortment of files that work together, he will be able to develop and launch wonderful additions to the iPhone/Apple community. But these two applications are definitely a miss, and a big one at that.

I hope Tapulous has some major plans to overhaul the design and functionality of Tap Tap Revolution. Because if they don't, it's only a matter of time before people discover how downright unusable these applications are.

Games like this is why I don't complain all the time about Apple putting restrictions in the App Store. I don't want to hunt through crappy apps just to find something useful!

I'd love to know how much Nate was paid for this.

It was an alright game for free. It wasn't accurate enough though. But I doubt I'll buy it.