On Saturday December 15th 2012, you will have the chance to square off against me, the developer of Battle Fleet. The player who beats me by the largest margin of points will receive an App Store gift card (US App Store only) and a Battle Fleet Admiral badge.

To participate, join us online between 1pm and 6pm PST on Saturday. Follow these steps:

1. Load up Battle Fleet on your iPad
   
2. Press Multiplayer
   
3. Select Online
   
4. Select Standard Game Mode
   
5. Press Start
   
6. In the Game Center window press Play Now
   

You can also invite iosstrategy as a friend in Game Center. If I'm not in a match I will accept all invites and start a match with you.

All match scores (against me) will be published on our new Facebook page, so make sure to check that out to see the top players.

If you play against each other, feel free to post those scores on the FB page as well. 

Battle Fleet just received an excellent review on the iPhone Life blog. Reviewer Nate Adcock says:

"If you want to get a whiff of the experience of commanding a fleet in the Pacific in a naval battle, this is your game. "


You can read the full review at iPhoneLife.com

I have just released the Free Lite (demo) version of Battle Fleet for the iPad. If you have friends who would like to try out the game, send them to the App Store at: http://bit.ly/battlefleetlite

The Lite version includes the first mission of the US Campaign and online multiplayer with limited ships and weapons options. If you have the full version you can also play against owners of the Lite version. 

I've recorded a video of the playthrough for the first mission in the US Campaign of Battle Fleet. Check it out if you're having a tough time figuring out the controls or want to see some tips on general gameplay. 

I'm pleased to announce that Battle Fleet is now available through the Mac Game Store, a really cool independent online game retailer for Macs. Check out their awesome collection of games and help support cool distribution platforms that give Mac users options outside of the Mac App Store.

Got a chance to go down to San Francisco last week for WWDC and besides meeting a ton of great developers and cool people, Toucharcade writer Brad Nicholson mentioned the upcoming changes to Battle Fleet on Toucharcade.com. Thanks Brad! 

For anyone else working on app development, don't underestimate the importance of getting out there and meeting people in the industry. If you have a chance to go to a conference or industry event, take it! I wouldn't necessarily recommend paying for a ridiculously expensive WWDC ticket but why not just go to the parties and other free events around the conference :)

We've just released a video playthrough for the Battle Fleet tutorial. If you haven't played the tutorial and just want to see everything you might have missed then check out this video. 

"Battle Fleet" has just reached a major milestone with the release of a feature packed update and a Mac App Store version. 

It's been a while since we've released an update to the game, but hopefully you'll agree that 1.2 was worth the wait. With the new Japanese campaign, large scale US campaign mission and playable Aircraft Carriers and Battleships, this is the most exciting update yet. 

One of the reasons for the long wait since the last update is because we were also working on converting the game to be compatible with the Mac App Store and at the same time replacing our internal UI system with a more versatile and efficient system. Although this has introduced a few small bugs, we're working hard to iron those out for the next update. Please leave a note on the forum if you find any issues with either the iPad or Mac versions of the game, or have any advice or suggestions for future updates.