Caylus for iPhone and iPad

After a really, really long time (sorry for that, guys) Caylus update is finally available. AI will no longer cheat, you’ll be able to switch between Castle and Map view and if you own the New iPad with Retina Display with this update you’ll see how great Caylus looks on this device (yep, all graphics have been redone).

Here’s a full list of new features and fixes available in this version:

• Retina iPad support
• private games with GameCenter
• online lobby chat
• minor improvements UI
• added toggle Castle view button
• minimum zoom scale changed
• AI no longer cheats
• game no longer hangs up when having a lot of resources

As always with an update comes a sale! You can get all our games cheaper and save even $15 total!

• Neuroshima Hex $2.99 (normally $4.99)
• New York army $0.99 (normally $1.99)
• Neojungle army $0.99 (normally $1.99)
• new Smart army $0.99 (normally $1.99)
• new Vegas army $0.99 (normally $1.99)
• Neuroshima Hex for Android $0.99 (normally $2.99)
• Neuroshima Hex: Puzzle $0.99 (normally $2.99)
• Army of Frogs HD – !!! FREE !!! (normally $2.99)
• Caylus $2.99 (normally $4.99) (www)

And if you happen to be a Neuroshima Hex player here’s another good news for you – we just added to new armies! Learn more about them on official Neuroshima Hex for iOS website.

It’s been only a day since Caylus premiere and it’s already in top 10 board games in almost every App  Store. Thank you very much for your support!

What’s less fortunate is there is few bugs that became apparent after the premiere.

First thing is the iTunes showing that this game is translated to many different languages. But it’s not. iTunes build-in logic did a bit too much work and misinterpreted the package we’ve sent for approval. We will try to fix this in the upcoming update.

Another problems is game crashing due to low memory. This happens mostly on first generation iPads and is connected with iOS 5.0 using much more memory than it’s previous version. A temporal workaround is quite easy and you are advised to try it. Please reboot your devices (hold down the lock button, the slide to power off and power on the device again) and start the app again. It should work without any problems for much longer.

Last common problem is the app crashing due to an AI making an invalid move. This is something we’re fixing right now and will also disappear after the next update.

Once again, thank you for your feedback and support. It’s what keeps us doing the things we really love to do. We hope that you’ll enjoy Caylus even more after these problems will be fixed.

The update will be send to Apple next week.

Good news, everyone: Caylus development is finished!

Finally, after multiple rescheduling this game is finished. If everything will go as planned, we will send it to Apple for approval on Monday, so it should be available for purchase about a week after that. How cool is that?

What’s also quite cool is this – we included ourselves with this game. Yes, you got that one right – for $4.99 you can buy a very good strategic game with 4 real persons in it. OK, they are all AIs to be honest, but if you believe it enough, they may look familiar to four devs responsible for making this game Here’s a score board showing how good they did playing with each other:

Try to beat them once the game will come out

First of all, welcome on Caylus for iPhone and iPad official website! For those of you who don’t know what Caylus is – it’s a famous strategic and economic board game by William Attia, published by Ystari games. In Caylus you embody a master builder who uses their team of workers to build King’s Philip the Fair castle and a city that grows around it.

We’re aware of the fact that Caylus’ premiere was rescheduled few times by now, but all of this was only for one reason – we want to make this game as great as we can, so we couldn’t convince our selves to send it for approval when we knew there’s still something we can improve. We know we made you all wait a bit longer than promised, but we want to give you a game you can fully enjoy.

So here’s a list of (awesome) features Caylus will came with:

• Pass&Play mode for playing on one device with your friends
• multiple AI players, every with a different strategy
• asynchronous multiplayer with push notifications
• Universal App – buy once for your iPhone and iPad
• King’s Philip the Fair portrait (!)

We hope we can still ask you for few weeks more of your patience in spending $4.99 on this amazing game. Did I mention King’s Philip the Fair portrait is included?

Also, while waiting for the release, you can check out screenshots of this amazing game in the Press Kit section. Can you spot King Philip the Fair?