iCreate - UK (2020-02)

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• honestly, check out the reviews on
  the App Store. Hyper Light Drifter is a
  dazzling, action-packed reimagining of
  classic 16-bit adventure games that blends
  fantasy exploration with edge-of-your-
  seat survival. Well worth the £4.99 price
  tag. Devolver/Nomada Studio’s Gris, an
  emotional puzzle-platformer, triumphed
  in the Mac category, while Wonder Boy:
  The Dragon’s Trap by DotEmu won the
  Apple TV award. As for the gaming trend
  of 2019, that was named as Blockbusters
  Reimagined thanks to the emergence of
  gaming heavyweights like Mario Kart,
  Assassin’s Creed and Call of Duty on iOS.
  That developer giants like Nintendo,
  Ubisoft and Activision Publishing are now
  staples on iOS goes to show that as device
  capabilities become better and better,
  apps will continue to perform advanced
  tasks that you could only dream of just a
  few years ago. As Apple continues to pour
  funds into the health sector, it’s worth
  noting that apps can be life-changing too


• as well as fun. All in all, we can’t wait to
  see what developers have in store for 2020.

extent that it’s like writing on paper. A big

thumbs up from us. Meanwhile, the Mac

award went to Affinity Publisher from

Serif Labs. This magazine is created with

Adobe’s InDesign, but Affinity Publisher

does a great job at reaching professional

levels – that’s the biggest compliment we

can give the app – and at a one-off £33.99,

it’s way cheaper than Adobe monthly

subscription model.

Apple announced ‘Storytelling

Simplified’ as the app trend of 2019.

In a statement, Apple says: “In 2019, a

groundswell of apps helped us fill the

proverbial blank page with our memories,

dreams, images, and voices – and did so

with more power and personality than

ever,” before listing Anchor, Canva:

Stories & Video Maker, Unfold, Steller,

Spark Camera, Over and Wattpad for

special mentions.

In the gaming categories, Sky: Children

of the Light by thatgamecompany took

home the iPhone award, while Hyper

Light Drifter, developed by Abylight

S.L., was a deserving winner for iPad

Flow is a new way to create anything from a simple drawing to a complex work of art

Spectre is an iPhone camera app that uses
AI to create stunning long exposures