I made a brief page for the Cydia repository hosting my games and applications, now you can see the version number and modified time of applications in the repository:

http://apt.shinra-core.com/

Of course, this page is designed to be compatible with MobileSafari.

An abstract strategy game for iPhone / iPod Touch

Gomoku is a very old game, it originated in China and developed in Japan. I started to port it to iPhone in August 2008 and finally got a working version in the beginning of September 2008. During the development, I also tried to purchase iPhone Developer Program from Apple China (because I’m living in China), as the game is getting more and more mature, I still cannot receive my iDP, this is a frustrated story I’ll cover later.

However, then I decided to release the game for free via Cydia, I just wish more people would enjoy the game sooner. So, add http://apt.shinra-core.com/ to Cydia sources, and you’ll find Gomoku under Games section. One more reason to jailbreak your iPhone / iPod touch, huh. :D

Update on November: Gomoku is now available on iTunes Store. Download it here.

If you find any bugs, welcome to notify me via comments below and I’ll fix.

Wikipedia has got more on this game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomoku

Gomoku has a professional variant called Renju, it’s the rule used by World Championship every 2 years. I do plan to support it. Hope you like the game. :)

SHINRA-CORE is the studio name for games and apps developed by me and my friends, I’ll write more on it later.

p.s. There is another iPhone app provided in http://apt.shinra-core.com/, it’s a client for a SNS site in China, still in early stage. Feel free to try if you can read Chinese.