POSTED BY

Brandon Boyer

AT 8:23 AM
Tuesday March 3, 2009

iPhone

Ngmoco's Word Fu, Topple Too getting asynchronous multiplayer

I've been working my way up the belt-ladder on ngmoco and Demiurge's spelling battler Word Fu since its release late last week, and it's quickly beat out the letter-press competition with a much more compelling power-up system and arcade-like reflexive pace. What I haven't been able to do, though, is properly test its multiplayer, which is limited to local ad-hoc networks.

That may soon change, though (at least, in part), as ngmoco announce via twitter, that a forthcoming Word Fu patch will bring the asynchronous multiplayer capabilities of its upcoming Topple sequel (Topple Too) to Fu as well.

Just what that means for either isn't fully clear -- whether it'll simply be score challenges, ala competitive Facebook games -- but, as I've said a few times, any moves toward socializing the iPhone (especially in light of the collapse of the Onyx project) are greatly appreciated.

Word Fu home [ngmoco, twitter feed]

Previously:
Ngmoco promise Word-Fu, more Topple by mid-February - Offworld
Touch me I'm slick: the iPhone's top Lite versions you shouldn't ...
Ngmoco: Rolando sequel coming, Touch Pets Dogs announced - Offworld
ngmoco shows off iPhone's Dr. Awesome, Dropship - Offworld
Touch me I'm slick: ngmoco/Hand Circus's Rolando - Offworld

1 Comment

Adam Stanhope

#1 – 6:27 AM March 14, 2009

I'm two weeks into owning an iPhone.

WordFu has sucked me in more than any other application/game.

Even though I have some minor complaints about it, it is application that I recommend first and most emphatically to anyone who cares to hear my opinion.

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