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Read the analysisJump Lad
An isometric runner across Ireland for iPhone. Jump stone walls, slide under bunting, and mind the sheep.
Blockwright
Drop blocks on a 9×9 grid, clear rows, columns and 3×3 boxes, and chain the combos. Also on iPhone and iPad.
Dreamy Unicorns
Design your own unicorn on iPhone, colour every part, name it, and save a character card. Free on the App Store.
Signal Shield
Block the glitches, guide clean signals home, and keep the neon core online.
Snake
The pocket-phone classic on a little green LCD. Walls or no walls, bonus bugs and nine speed levels.
Footy
A small football game experiment with a bit of chaos built in.
Word4
A four-letter word puzzle for when five letters feels extravagant.
Gaelic Football Laochra
Gaelic Football Laochra is a new Irish sports game from Belfast studio Buck Eejit Games, published by Tru Blu Games. The community read so far is fascinating: people want it to work because Gaelic games have been missing from modern consoles for years, but early feedback is also pretty blunt about rough gameplay, dated visuals, and a launch price that some players feel is too high.
From the Reddit thread
Early preview