I never attended a “launch conference” that had to shout and talk to the other party. p>
However, rather than a launch event, Apple ’s celebration of annual apps and games is more like a party. p>
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Developers around the world always influence and change our culture and life through various innovative apps, which bring us endless inspiration, and this year is no exception. The award-winning entries for the 2019 App Store’s best apps and games reflect a global desire for communication, creativity, and fun. p> blockquote>
Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of global marketing, said in a press statement. p>
Maybe because of this, this year ’s annual selection of apps and games has changed from the previous online release practice to a two-story space in Lower New York City, presenting this year ’s selected Games and apps. p>
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Flower of the Year “Cure” Featured Game of the Year h3>
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div>In the upper space, Apple has set up an experience area for the annual selected games. Playing along the way, I found that although the visual styles of almost every game are very different, most of them are notOften “cured.” The games that won the game of the year this year are as follows: p>
- iPhone Game of the Year-“Sky: Children of the Light” li>
- iPad Game of the Year-Hyper Light Drifter li>
- Mac Game of the Year-GRIS li>
- Apple TV Game of the Year-“Wonder Boy: The Dragon ’s Trap” li>
- Apple Arcade Game of the Year-“Sayonara Wild Hearts” li>
ul>“Light and Encounter” and “GRIS” play and relax and “cure.” The visual language of both games is light and clear, giving players a sense of soaring. Interestingly, the teams on both sides unexpectedly listed Disney and Pixar as inspiration when they mentioned visual design, hoping that players can immerse themselves in the emotional experience brought by animation in a relaxed mood. p>
The iPhone game of the year “Light · Yu” is another work by Chen Xinghan, the producer of “Wind Journey”. In this game, players can soar through the sky with a child character and collaborate with friends to explore the fantasy world. p>
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In the experience, the person in charge often emphasized that this is a game that emphasizes cooperation. There is no tit-for-tat competition in the game. Only holding hands together can unlock the friendliness of the wider world. p>
The annual Mac game “GRIS” is about the gradual recovery of the protagonist from the pain. “Gris” means “grey” in Spanish, which represents the status of the character, and the initial level of the game is also black and white. p>
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Although the dominant hue of each level represents a different mental state during the recovery process, the development team did not say clearly in the game that only the feeling that players really experience in the game is the most important. p>
“Hyper Light Drifter” and “Goodbye Wild Heart” tell the story of self-salvation of a severely ill traveler and a heartbreaking girl, respectively. p>
Hyper Light Drifter of the Year iPad game is a 16-bit pixel-style adventure game. Developer Alex Preston said that the game design was inspired by “Cedar” and “Diablo”. An adventure story about a traveler suffering from a serious illness. p>
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Although it was first released in 2014, the iOS version of Hyper Light Drifter was only launched this year. In addition to changing the handle operation to touch screen control, the iOS version also adds some new content. p>
Goodbye Wild Heart of the Year Apple Arcade game is a music game. Although the main line of the story tells the heartbroken girl looking for herself, the game vision and music are both very cool. p>
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Apple Arcade is not yet available in China, and is available for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch with iOS 13+. p>
Fantastic Kid: Dragon Trap’s Apple TV Game of the Year is a 1989 remake of the game of the same name. p>
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In addition to the classic games with more modern and exquisite animations, one of the major features of this game is the ability to switch between “modern” / “retro” with one click, bringing you back to childhood with nostalgic 8bit and music. p>
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App of the year, all models are super sharp tools h3>
In the annual app experience area on the lower floor, I once again felt that “Everyone uses an iPhone, but others justThe idea of being able to make big movies is crushed. The works that won the annual application this year are as follows: p>
- iPhone app of the year-Spectre Camera li>
- iPad App of the Year-Flow by Moleskine li>
- Mac App of the Year-Affinity Publisher li>
- Apple TV App of the Year-The Explorers li>
ul>Among the crowd in the dim light, two boys are always the most eye-catching, because they always swing around with fluorescent light beams or bright lights. I took a closer look and realized that this was the experience of the annual iPhone app Spectre Camera. p>
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▲ The two players with the highest mood in the audience p>
div>Spectre Camera is a photography application based on artificial intelligence algorithms. Users can complete interesting long-exposure photos with only one hand. p>
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Do you think that long exposure can only shoot the river of city lights? As soon as I walked over, one of the little brothers said to me, “Do you want a pair of wings?” So he used a lamp post to draw a pair of halo behind me. p>
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The annual iPad application “Flow Presented by Moleskine” has already won the Apple Design Award at WWDC this year. Tonight is also one of the most people in the audience to experience. p>
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I always thought that this app was mostly used for taking notes. I never thought that it would become a creative tool in the hands of illustrators, leading everyone to take turns to line up for portraits. p>
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▲ The illustrator’s me p>
div>App designer Ben Hamey told me that when designing Flow Presented by Moleskine, they were doing more subtraction and creating a less threatening creative experience as intuitively as possible. p>
Affinity Publisher for Mac is a professional typesetting tool often called “typesetting artifact”. It can complete image editing, vector editing and book typesetting in the same software, and the interactive interface is more friendly. Of course, you can use it to design a party invitation even if you don’t have a publication. p>
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The Apple TV app of the year “The Explorers” is a collaborative app that allows photographers, scientists, institutions, and amateurs to participate and contribute to the creation of a visual database of the earth whenever they want. p>
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App and game trends in 2019 h3>
In addition to the annual selection of games and applications, Apple has also released annual applications and games trends that reflect current trends in life in recent years. p>
The game trend for 2019 is “Classic Freshman”. p>
Classic games are good games that dad has loved and son wants to play. This year, many developers around the world have injected innovations to reinvent those classic games that are unforgettable on iOS devices. The works selected for the annual trend game are: p>
- Three Kingdoms · Strategy Edition li>
- Fantasy Simulation li>
- Xuanyuan Sword Dragon Dance Cloud Mountain li>
- Radiation: Shelter Online li>
- Official Racing Edition of Go-Kart Racing li>
- Final Fantasy: Revelation of Courage li>
- “Assassin’s Creed: Kashihara” li>
ul>The app trend in 2019 is “The story is told by you.” p>
When we are trying to express ourselves, nothing is more frustrating than thinking that we have nowhere to start. Fortunately, more and more apps are now helping users lower the barrier to creation and let everyone tell their stories with ease. The works selected for the annual trend app are: p>
- 《VUE》 li>
- WIDE Short Video li>
- Quick Hand li>
- 《Spark Camera》 li>
- Spicy 24 li>
- FlipaClip: Cartoon Animation Studio li>
- Tayasui Sketches li>
- 《Unfold》 li>
ul>How many of these hand-picked apps have you used? p>