Ivory released for iPhone & iPod Touch!
(4.24.2009)
We are extremely proud and excited to announce that Ivory is now available from the iTunes App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Ivory is for sale at a price of $1.99, and has 10 game layouts and 2 custom made tilesets, with more to come in the future.
There is also a free version of Ivory, however it is still in the App Store review process. Ivory Free includes just one layout and one tileset, but will give you a good idea of what the game is like, in the hope that you will buy the full version.
Wondering why we chose to set a cost for the iPhone version of Ivory when the desktop app is free? Mainly for two reasons: one is that it actually cost us money to develop Ivory for the iPhone, while it only cost us time to develop for the desktop. The other reason is that we invested a lot of blood, sweat and tears in developing Ivory for iPhone to make what we think is the best version yet.
Can’t wait for the Ivory free to hit the App Store, but not sure if you want to fork over the $1.99 for it? Give the desktop version a try. It’s free, and will always be free, and you can get a sense from it of the quality that we continue to strive for in all versions of Ivory.
Give it a try, and if you like it, tell your friends!
“Ivory is a clean-cut mahjongg game that has great 3D graphics. As far as mahjongg games go, it can be difficult to achieve uniqueness, but is about as close as you’re going to get. Surprisingly, Ivory is cross-platform, but still has a fully native Mac version (which is quite unfortunately uncommon). The controls are simple, and the camera movement shows off the smooth, 3-dimensional aspect of the game. If you don’t like the look, of the tiles, there are several replacement sets available. This is how mahjongg should be.”