Release notes from Erica Sadun:

First of all, this was not my idea. The inspiration was from GeeZuzz (I hope I got that nick right!) who figured out the big idea but it took several weeks of hacking to get the iPhone details working so I take a little credit too.

Download a copy of the Listen beta. It’s still *very* beta. Install it on your iPhone, get near music and run it. It will sample the music for 5 seconds and then attempt to contact the id server. If it succeeds, great, you’ll see the song, artist and album. If it fails, nothing happens. You just wait 30 seconds and if you haven’t gotten an ID, quit and restart the program.

Let me know how it goes.

http://ericasadun.com/?p=126

Caissa is a native Chess game for the iPhone.

Changes:

skin and add-on support fixed for pieces
crash bug #66 addressed (thanks HotStuff2 for catching this)

http://byteeasy.com/projects/wiki/Caissa

Saving Santa is an fast-paced, addictive mini game where you have to protect Santa on his journey around the globe during the Christmas Night. The dangers he faces are giant, monstrous snowflakes falling from the sky and you protect him by using your trusty magical bubble cannon.

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries

Ramming Santa is some sort of strategy/puzzle/action game where you have to give commands to you player in advance then watch how it plays out.

Your goal is to pick up the gift and deliver it to the sleigh, just watch out for the competition. Up to four players can play over WiFi, and a single player game with three AI’s is included for practice.

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries

Lily and the lost Angel is a Gameboy Advance shoot-em-up using mode 3.

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries

Blow on the microphone to activate SEKRIT POWERS…

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries

Fill the empty present boxes with toys and get the assembly line going. Fill toys into like-colored boxes to score points. Mismatching colors or trying to put a toy in an already filled box will count against you. Rack up enough errors and it’s Game Over. Consecutive fills without an error will result in an impressive combo Streak that further multiplies your score.

In addition to Normal Mode, there is Perfect Mode, where you must continue on without allowing a single error. Listen to two different wintery tunes and choose from 3 different starting difficulties.

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries

If you’re in need of a quick gaming break, why not take a Bauble Break?! Bauble Break is a puzzle game similar to Puzzle Bobble / Bust-A-Move. You must aim and shoot Christmas Baubles onto a playing field, trying to get groups of three or more to be connected, at which point they will break. See how many levels you can clear before your credits run out. See if you can get your name to the top of the high score list. When successful, hand off your copy of Bauble Break to a friend and let them try and beat your score. It’s hours of fun for everyone.

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries

The Christmas Turkey is a game where you have been given the task to look after a turkey (The plot is implemented in the game). It appears like a platform game where you control a turkey. The game contains four levels, the aim is to collect all the 100 seeds on each stage as quick as possible. Your score is based on how much time that is left after you have collected all the seeds. So basically try to beat it as quick as possible and get a nice score!;)

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries

This is an attempt to bring “Halo” to the Nintendo DS.

http://www.drunkencoders.com/compo/index.php?page=entries