Pocket God
Is the man getting you down? Ever wished you could call the shots? Pocket God is here to fulfill your dreams. This new game from Bolt Creative allows you to be the god of a small island nation. And by “small” I mean small — only six pygmies to an island, folks.
More specifically, only six pygmies to an island at any given time, which makes sense, because there’s just not much space. (The island is also home to a palm tree and some sort of stone idol.) The good news is, users have a seemingly limitless supply of pygmies to bring on to the island, because Pocket God provides myriad ways to kill the little guys. After all, you’re a god, remember?
Of course, you don’t have to kill them. You can simply let them wander around the island, if you’d like. You can simply change day to night and watch them all go to sleep (push the sun down into the horizon and watch the moon pop up) and feed them coconuts (you have to drop them on a pygmy’s head to break them open), if that’s more your speed. You can also pull the sun down so it’s partially below the horizon, which turns the sky to a gorgeous, vibrant sunset and leaves your pygmies quite hilariously entranced (see screencap!).
However, the real fun of Pocket God is giving your pygmies a hard time. You can easily pick them up and levitate them, drop them from great heights, or throw them right in the water. Flick your finger at them from below to send them sailing off into the distance. (It’s the best when you get them into the volcano…see what happens when you toss a few pygmies in there.)
You can also tilt your iPhone to make your Pocket God pygmies slide, or even upend gravity entirely by turning the phone upside down, and watch them cling to the island for dear life. If you feel like a natural disaster is the way to go, you can even shake the iPhone and see how they survive an earthquake. Or if you prefer, slide the clouds in the sky to the side until you get storm clouds, then trace a path for lightning with a finger.
From checking out the Pocket Blog, it’s clear that there are other “secret” features and abilities I have yet to find, and many updates in store (it appears that the developers plan on weekly improvements), which should keep the geeky types happy. Also, the graphics for the game are really cute, which keeps people like me happy. I look forward to discovering more hidden features of Pocket God and seeing what future updates have in store.
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March 10th, 2009 at 7:13 am
I love the app. I love the weakly update!
March 13th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
The stone statue is called a Moai. They’re found on Easter Island.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:30 pm
[...] Pocket God, from Bolt Creative, is sitting comfortably in the top 10 best-seller list in the App Store, because of the game’s unique concept, entertainment value and it’s $0.99 price tag. We caught up with busy developer Dave Castelnuovo, to see how he’s managing to keep up with PG’s weekly updates. [...]
April 1st, 2009 at 3:52 pm
its really cool, i love pocket god !! if in the night you hit many times t the left of the volcano, a bat appears and changes one dude into a vamp !!! then the vamp goes wild and kills every other dude !!
April 1st, 2009 at 5:09 pm
[...] Pocket God, from Bolt Creative, is sitting comfortably in the top 10 best-seller list in the App Store, because of the game’s unique concept, entertainment value and it’s $0.99 price tag. We caught up with busy developer Dave Castelnuovo, to see how he’s managing to keep up with PG’s weekly updates. [...]
April 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
[...] story combined with the great graphics make this well worth every penny.For more information on Pocket God or to read more in-depth reviews of iPhone apps visit AppCraver today. AppCraver is dedicated to [...]
April 9th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
[...] story combined with the great graphics make this well worth every penny.For more information on Pocket God or to read more in-depth reviews of iPhone apps visit AppCraver today. AppCraver is dedicated to [...]
April 25th, 2009 at 2:06 am
Incredibly demeaning to Pacific Islanders…imagine this with Jewish people in a concrentration camp…or African Americans as slaves? That would not be ok at all, in fact would cause international outrage. So why is it ok to blatantly depict Pacific Islanders? Is it because as an ethnic group they are not as ‘well known’ as others??
May 4th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
#4, u have to hit the moon to get the vampire bat
May 13th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
[...] Pocket God: What Kind of Ruler Are You? [...]
May 18th, 2009 at 7:56 am
The name of the islanders has been changed to Oggs to prevent potential racial difficulties. But even before that, they were just random islanders, not specifically pacific islanders. The easter island-type stone head was just to make people understand that it was an island in the middle of the ocean.
Regardless, though, it is fun to mess with the little buggers.
May 21st, 2009 at 10:13 am
Really pi**ed off with your guys on new version try pressing on statue thing loads for a hidden surprise.
May 27th, 2009 at 2:56 pm
you guys rock the hizzy but the uptdates are taking way to long. I like the five day update better. you shouild be able to rip the islandes in half. there should be alittle more blood. put some cannable action in there to dogs. I want the old rock back alsdo. what the h-ll is an astroid doing there?
you guys are dowt. peacer out gid.
July 6th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
holy sh*t this is fun!!!!!!!!!!! the second the update comes i get it!
August 1st, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Amazing application! It never get boring. Even though I am one of the kind Pocket God rulers. I still find it very interesting, *glances down at iPod* Oops! Klak just got eaten by a shark! Lol!
August 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
I’m having trouble with pocket god, it won’t start up. I downloaded the update and now it won’t start. Please help. Contact me at silverstone7001@yahoo.com
August 20th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Mine won’t work either! It worked fine until I got the update. Now it won’t load! Please help! Email me at blahblahblah95@live.com
August 20th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Sames… downloaded the update last night and now it wont open…. that and my iShoot app crashes which it has NEVER done before. This blows…
August 22nd, 2009 at 7:29 am
mine won’t load either – devan, brock, and oni – do you have 3.0? i was thinking it might be bc i dont have 3.0
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:34 pm
I think they fixed it. So the next update will have 2 new things. And no I don’t have 3.0. It crashes on anything that isn’t 3.0
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Yea – I dont have 3.0 also. Saw an update today that backdated it to the prev version and is working now
October 1st, 2009 at 5:22 am
iwant pocet god for iphone
October 20th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
[...] Pocket God is another fun, but useless application for the iPhone. You reign over a small island that only fits six small people at a time. If the people around you in life are getting you down, just get out your Pocket God application and kill one of your pygmies. You can easily pick up the pygmies and drop them in the water, flick them into the volcano a bit of a distance off, shake the iPhone for an earthquake, or create a storm and blast someone with lightning. This application is a new way of relieving yourself from a stressful day at the office, or just avoiding murdering an actual person. [...]