In celebration of the launch of iPhone 4, we are putting Propaganda Lander on SALE until 11:59pm Sunday, June 27th, 2010. It is 40% off at $2.99. Get it now if you haven’t already! It might make a nice gift for a friend who just got their shiny new iPhone 4.

Here’s our press release if you’re into that stuff.

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EXCITING SPACE ADVENTURE GAME PROPAGANDA LANDER CELEBRATES IPHONE 4 WITH LIMITED SALE!

NEW YORK, NY, June 24, 2010 – In celebration of the launch of iPhone 4, SMASHWORX is lowering the price of Propaganda Lander from $4.99 to $2.99 starting on Thursday, June 24th 2010 through Sunday, June 27th, 2010! No other game of it’s kind can compare with Propaganda Lander’s charm, style, and buttery-smooth space-flight controls. It’s the unforgettable iPhone experience you haven’t had yet. Experience it now by visiting the App Store and purchasing Propaganda Lander at 40% off before the sale ends!

Propaganda Lander fulfills the dream of piloting an alien spacecraft through hazardous exotic environments. Players will need to develop some serious skills to survive an onslaught of missiles, giant sea serpents, and molten lava pits. Players will also have to put up with the ultimate jerk of a boss that doesn’t seem to mind putting the lander in precarious situations but, that’s the price of admission. Propaganda Lander is an iPhone experience you won’t find anywhere else. This highly polished and innovative game is normally priced at $4.99 but with the excitement of the iPhone 4 launch we couldn’t help ourselves but offer a sale to the Apple community.

Propaganda Lander is scheduled for a massive update in the coming weeks with new planet-themed music, leaderboards with AGON, easy and hard modes, survival mode, and more! Get Propaganda Lander before it returns to it’s original price!

PRAISE:

“Propaganda Lander isn’t the only Lander style game available for the App Store, but almost none can claim as much charm and style as ‘The Rickster’ on his universal campaign of glory.”
-Andrew Nesvadba, AppSpy (4 out of 5)

“You will have to bring your A game in order to get through the 20 levels currently included… This $4.99 game is universal and looks beautiful on any sized screen.
-Michelle Lopez, The Portable Gamer iCasual Podcast

“Propaganda Lander: simple idea, unlikely hero, amazing game!”
-Emiliano Contarino, iPhoneItalia.com

FEATURES:

- The best motion-controlled flying in any game on the App Store.
- 20 levels that will kick your butt and that’s before the boss battle.
- Each planet features a short movie that’s more South Park and less Dora the Explorer.
- The baddest final boss you’ve faced on iPhone; so badass, he doesn’t fit on one screen.
- If you aren’t into dark humor, you won’t find any part of this game funny. Too bad for you.
- We have some hard to obtain achievements. We like achievers.
- Listen to your iPod while playing.
- Brag about your achievements on Facebook.
- Rule the galaxy!

Get Propaganda Lander Now!: http://www.smashworx.com/buypropaganda

About SMASHWORX
SMASHWORX is housed in NYC, the only city that could possibly withstand its chaotic force. SMASHWORX is here to to shake, not stir, the pot. We are made up of code breakers, delirium takers and the type of people your ma’ warned you about. Our intention is straight-forward: bash gamer’s heads in by ignoring the rules set by marketing cronies and corporate geezers. We take no prisoners. SMASHWORX has had enough with terms like “bleeding-edge.” We promise to produce addictive games that bring a little rock n’ roll into the gamer lifestyle. We are the folk that spent most of our time in detention. We are the stick in your spokes. We are SMASHWORX!

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Hello friends! Jess here with an update on two new modes for Propaganda Lander: Remix: Survival and Easy Mode.

Remix: Survival is a sensory assault of epic proportions. Players will attempt to survive as long as possible while we throw every nasty enemy known in Rickster’s Universe at them. In order to create this new mode, Tommy has had to re-haul our level editor to offer even more customization. We can now control waves of different enemy types through timing, random amperage ranges and frequency. Therefore, I’ve spent the last couple of days tweaking and testing to create an hyperactive experience. The types of issues I’ve run into mainly deal with offering an experience that has peaks and valleys instead of an experience that amps up only to plateau. What we’ve decided is to offer a sort of three steps forward, one step back mechanic that allows the player to feel like they’ve accomplished a great feat for surviving a particularly hard wave and to facilitate an innate feeling of tension and drama. Also, one other issue I’ve had to deal with is beating Tommy’s high score, but that’s more of a personal policy. The last bits that we have to deal with is optimization for all devices and implementing the soundtrack.

For all you folks that find the Lander to be a little too punishing, we’ve started on an Easy Mode. Easy Mode is exactly what it sounds like, fewer enemies, more power-ups, and less damage make it easier for the casual player to really enjoy Propaganda Lander. I’d have to say that the most difficult part of creating Easy Mode has been striking a balance between making things easier but still retain the challenge. I tend to make levels pretty difficult, look at hardcore mode for example, and it’s been a practice in self-control to really loosen things up a little. We still need to do some testing before we release Easy Mode but I think it’s totally worth it to invite casual gamers into the fold.

Here’s a little sneak peek for the upcoming Remix Survival mode! Enjoy!

So we are just a couple of days short of Propaganda Lander being released for a month! We haven’t been sitting on our hands watching the money flow in. We’ve kept an eye on what people are saying about the game and what features you’d like to see.

We’ve mentioned an endless mode on Twitter and that is coming. Our internal play tests indicate that it’ll be as fun as the rest of the game so we can’t wait until you guys get to try it! The idea is to survive for as long as possible while pretty much every obstacle you’ve seen in the game comes around to mess you up.

Being the competitive group that we are, this endless mode is no good without a leaderboard for bragging rights. We’ve decided to incorporate AGON into Propaganda Lander. This opens up a leaderboard for the new endless mode and for the main game.

We’ve also been told that the game is too hard for some. We want as many people to be able see and enjoy the little movies we made featuring the Rickster. So, the next update is going to include an Easy and Hard mode. The mode you have now is the Hard mode.

There will also be new music for every world. We’ve worked hard to create varied music to work in the game and hope you’ll enjoy that too.

On top of these new features will be improved playability. Some of you may have experienced a bit of crashing if you owned an older iPhone or iPod Touch. We are going to diminish as much of that as possible. We’ve also added a few small tweaks that will improve framerate for older devices. We want all iPhone or iPod Touch users to enjoy Propaganda Lander.

We are aiming to have all of this done and ready to go within the next two weeks. Personally, I can’t wait to compete with the rest of you on the leaderboards!

ThePortableGamer’s iCasual Podcast for today featured Propaganda Lander! You can get the podcast here. Thanks to Michelle Lopez for the review!