iGame Radio

The folks at Sandlot Games are prepping for their new game Cake Mania: Lights, Camera, Action! But they are in a bind. Jake and Jill Evans need a name for their baby, but Sandlot doesn’t have any ideas. Do you?

Sandlot’s upcoming game will feature a new addition, so the developer has started a Name the Baby contest. Just submit your entry via their Facebook page, and your entry could be the winning name used in the game.

Entry into the contest requires that you be 13 years of age or older, but you get to enter both boys and girls names. All entries will be judged based on creativity and originality and adherence to the Cake Mania brand of games and the Sandlot Games brand. Two winners will be chosen, and they will also get a free copy of the game, and a $50 gift certificate to Sandlot Games.

The contest ends on May 28th, and the winners will be announced after June 20th.

On another note, one should always read the terms of service of anything one signs. For example, I didn’t know that $103.87 is less than $69.99.

Okay, the past couple of days have been iGame Radio design and logo contest stuff. Time to talk games! Three more Mac games released in the past few days to talk about:

Sandlot Games’ Tradewinds Caravans, released for the Mac by Red Marble Games. Take on the role of one of six different characters, each with his or her own back story, strengths, and weaknesses, as you travel from city to city along the famous Silk Road. You can buy and sell goods, go on quests, and fight battles with bandits along the way. Second in the Tradewinds series, you can download the demo here, or buy it for $19.95.



Virtual Programming releases Reel Deal Card Games 09, so you can fish while you deal your cards. Okay, no there’s no fishing involved. I have no idea why it’s called “reel”. Unless someone doesn’t know how to spell. And based on some of the card choices, that may not be far off:

2009 brings over 79 card games including All Fives, Cuckoo, Golf, Hand & Foot, Pedro, and Pisti.

I mean, who plays a card game called “hand & foot”, or “pisti”??

Unlockable slot machines, mini-games, an all new prize vault, side bets, cheats for games, new backgrounds, new music, new player movies, and new card backs; all of which make playing cards more entertaining than ever!

The addition of three new characters brings together a cast of fifteen animated and hilarious personalities to play against. Progress through the secret areas of the Prize Vault and Mall to unlock hundreds of items and surprises!

Lastly, Virtual Programming has also released The Golden Path of Plumeboom for the iPhone. I don’t even want to know what a plumeboom is.

Plumeboom the Peacock of Orniland found an ancient map that leads to the treasures that are kept in secret caves, and it is the player’s task to help Plumeboom uncover them.

Oh, Plumeboom is a peacock. Because all peacocks read ancient maps and travel to secret caves…

Claim the treasures hidden behind each of a hundred magical magnetic locks of every possible shape. Shoot colored orbs and be thrilled by the advanced physics system in the game. When there are three orbs of the same color aligned, they will burst. The more orbs you burst in one blow, the higher your score. The lock is opened, when there are no orbs left.

There’s a lot of exploding going on here. With a name like “Plumeboom”, I’d be worried with all that bursting and blowing. And now I have a bad ripoff game in my head…

You can pick up a lite version for free or get the full version for $.99 on iTunes.

Remember me complaining about Sandlot Games bringing Cake Mania 3 to the iPod and iPhone, and not to the Mac? We didn’t even have Cake Mania 2 for the Mac then. Now we do! Thanks to Red Marble Games (bless them), we can smell the yummy goodness of the cake, and eat it too!

From the press release:

The newly-released Cake Mania 2 invites you on an all-new journey of baking and frosting madness, across 204 levels. Lots of new characters will be beating down your door to order new cakes, and this time with a story or two. You can choose to help your friend Jack, down at the heels in his underwater theme park, or your glitzy friend Risha in her posh rooftop bakery. The game has six different possible endings and a branching storyline.

You now have 18 new customers, ten cake styles, 50 unique kitchen upgrades, and a new Endless Mode to go with the original Career Mode. Download the demo, or buy the full game for just $19.95.

As a follow-up to my post about gaming today, I also just got in the mail yesterday Feral Interactive’s Black & White 2! Definitely looking forward to installing that game and trying it out. I suspect that more and more my extended desktop is going to get a workout. But geez, the recommended graphics are already slightly over my Macbook Pro’s system specs. So, now I’m gonna have to look into upgrading again soon. Do I look into another Macbook Pro, or ditch my beloved G5 and get a Mac Pro. Ah, decisions, decisions.

I also got a press release about Cake Mania 3 for the iPod…the classic iPod, no less…from Sandlot Games. I veered over to their website to check it out. I mean, if they’ve got it out for the classic iPod, then surely they’ve got a Mac version and I just didn’t hear about it. Nope, my ears didn’t deceive me. They have an iPhone version, and now an iPod version, but still no Mac. C’mon, Sandlot. What’s the deal?