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At the beginning of the week of WWDC22, Apple decided to give an award to last year’s outstanding developers.
On June 1, Apple announced a total of 36 apps that were shortlisted for the Apple Design Awards. They each have their own merits but are equally excellent. From icons to UI, they are very attractive and support the appearance of the App Store.
But a good app can’t be a vase, it has to have a universe inside. The final winners of this year’s Apple Design Awards focus on various issues such as society, environmental protection, and health, and subtly make users pay attention to the things around them in their daily use, arousing a sense of responsibility in people’s hearts.
An application that just wants to be a tool is not a good product, probably that’s what it means.
There are six categories, and two apps in each category have won this honor. The following will introduce the winning apps one by one.
Eclectic
The original intention of establishing this award is to encourage developers to launch more friendly applications, both for the general public and for niche groups.
Procreate
Procreate is an easy-to-use painting tool, and I believe our readers are not unfamiliar with it. I also saw a lot of wonderful works created with Procreate in the activity of “Good memory is not as good as a good pen”, which shows its applicability wide.
While serving the public, the Savage Interactive team from Australia did not forget to enhance the accessibility attributes for Procreate . They ingeniously used vibration, narration, and dynamic fonts to communicate with users.
This kind of thinking is countless on Procreate , which has earned it an overall rating of 4.5 stars in the App Store. You must know that this is a score scored by 30,400 people, so Apple awarded this award to Procreate . Well deserved, it deserves it.
Wylde Flowers (Apple Arcade needs to be activated, no country version)
Wylde Flowers is included in the original Apple Arcade game. The protagonist is a witch named Tara. She explores the secrets of the witch group in the village. The game combines puzzle solving, role-playing, simulation management and other elements, so that the play time can reach 60 hours.
The reason why the game won this award is not only because of its good picture quality on iOS devices, but also because Wylde Flowers broke the stereotype of NPC in traditional games, and there are a group of representative LGBTQIA+ characters in the village. , inclusive and rich in diversity, and inclusiveness is reflected in this.
Other finalists include: Letter Rooms, Navi, Noted. and tint..
fun
In this list of awards, whether the interest is strong enough is the first indicator of Apple’s inspection.
(Not Boring) Habit
You can feel the developer’s sense of humor from the name. In fact, all the apps launched by this team appear in the combination of (Not Boring) + a single noun, which is outstanding in style but extremely uniform.
The winner this time is (Not Boring) Habit is essentially an efficiency tool. Through eye-catching design and just-right tactile feedback, it strengthens the user’s positive feedback feeling every time he completes a task. The reward it gives to the user is bursting again and again. Special effects, want to see more? Just move on to the next task.
Overboard! (No Country Version)
Overboard! is a great detective game, but it unexpectedly puts the player in the role of a murderer rather than a detective. What the player has to do is to adapt to the situation, “fuck” the past in the questioning again and again, and finally get rid of the pursuit.
Its picture style is somewhat similar to FRAMED a few years ago, with a strong guide to players in the form of grid comics, but Overboard! ‘s tone is brighter and more pleasing, and the audience will naturally be wider.
Other finalists include: Chineasy, Peeping in a Cage, Please, Touch The Artwork and Waterllama.
Superior interaction
Excellent developers can use their wild imagination to make interaction interesting and not rigid. The award takes this quality seriously.
Slopes
Slopes helps users record every skiing exercise. This sport is so complicated that it cannot be easily tracked by the built-in monitoring function of wearable devices. Coupled with the popularity of ice and snow sports in recent years, Slopes are born at the right time.
To be honest, when you first see the interface of this app, it feels very hard-core, which will give most people the impression that it is difficult to use.
However, in fact, the GPS overhead image it presents can better help ice and snow lovers to cruise at fixed points. It also has the function of a sports wallet. Users can add information, photos, logs, etc. of their peers, and even see all peers. the traveler’s route.
Coupled with the key sports indicators collected on the iPhone or Apple Watch, this one app can hold all the information related to skiing, and the information is no longer scattered.
A Musical Story (No Country Version)
As a music game, A Musical Story ‘s superior interactive experience is the primary condition for it to win the award. Secondly, it combines the picture and the soundtrack organically. The musical note becomes the key for the player to solve the puzzle. Follow the pace of the plot and help the protagonist slowly Find yourself.
It is set in the 1970s, the golden age of rock and roll, and works well with the pop-style graphics, allowing players to quickly immerse themselves in the storyline.
However, according to some players and media feedback, the difficulty of the game is relatively high. Although the difficulty curve will automatically change according to the number of player failures, if you fail too many times in the early stage, it will inevitably be persuaded to quit.
Other finalists include: Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, Transit, Vectornator: Vector Design and What Remains of Edith Finch.
social influence
Apple has always maintained a high level of attention to social issues, so this award has been established since last year.
Rebel Girls
This is an audiobook app that tells the stories of great women. The development team uses exquisite audio-visual language to convey inspiring stories to users and the whole society. What is more valuable is that these stories have actually happened.
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (Apple Arcade required, no country version)
Gibbon is the English name for a gibbon. The gameplay of the game is a bit like Alto’s Adventure , and even the style of the screen is similar. Players keep flying and jumping to the right. On the way, they will encounter noisy industrial street scenes, tropical rain forests surrounded by raging fires, and deforestation. People’s awareness of wildlife habitat conservation.
The plot of the game is full of warnings. When we play the gibbon and grab the vines in the jungle, we will also think of the sadness when the habitat is destroyed.
During the development process, the game studio Broken Rules consulted a number of endangered animal protection agencies and organizations, learned about the habits and living conditions of gibbons and other information, and finally presented the relevant information to the players truthfully. They hoped that in this way, It can remind players to do their best to protect the wild environment while enjoying the game.
Other finalists include: Vitality Street, Empathy and Wylde Flowers.
visual image
Returning to the technical level, Apple hopes to help developers create good products that conquer users with vision, so this award can be regarded as a traditional project, which also means that there are many experts in this field, and finally an application and a game stand out.
Halide Mark II
Halide , launched by American developer Lux Optics, can be regarded as an old photography application in the iOS camp. Not long ago, we also talked about the experience of the second-generation product in the article.
Overall, Halide Mark II strengthens the role of computational photography based on the previous generation of hardcore usage.
The application interface is more intuitive and concise, and operations that can be achieved by a large number of gestures not only replicate the experience of film cameras, but also retain the characteristics of mobile phones. Most importantly, the film came out well, reflecting the team’s deep insights into the imagery.
LEGO® Star Wars 
: Castaways (Apple Arcade needs to be activated, no country version)
Lego, who is keen on co-branding, has understood the fan economy. Whether it’s a movie or a game, they all know what fans want: it’s not enough to just change skins, but also have deeply customized gameplay and expanded plots.
True, LEGO® Star Wars : Castaways did it. It is included in the Apple Arcade service. The game presents a very strong picture quality. Although the scenes are “built” with building blocks, the light and shadow effects are not bad. There are many kinds of flying vehicles in the game. For selection, the degree of restoration is quite high.
Taking a look at the development team, it turned out to be the Gameloft that launched “Asphalt” and “Assassin’s Creed Mobile Games”. Now this old-fashioned mobile game studio has retreated behind the scenes after being acquired by Vivendi, and it seems to be alive and well. Many of the good works in Apple Arcade are from their hands.
Other finalists include: Alien: Isolation, Behind the Frame, Mystery Clock, and (Not Boring) Habits.
Creative Thinking
Innovation is an advantage that Apple has always emphasized. Every year, a large number of unique applications emerge in the App Store. Early adopters will never get tired of it. This year is no exception. I believe that Apple will choose two winners from a pile of applications. Not easy.
Odio
Odio , from the Dutch studio Volst, is an audio app that wins with visuals. The picture will change with the sound effect, showing different appearances.
Of course, the main purpose of Odio is to display spatial audio. When listening to music with Apple Music, although I can feel the change of the sound field when my head is turned, it is not obvious.
However, Odio will use scenes such as deep sea to present more obvious spatial hearing changes. Users can also manually adjust the position and distance of different sound elements. It is an excellent spatial audio presentation software. Ordinary users can also use it as a White noise software to use.
MARVEL Future Revolution (No Country Version)
In the WWDC22 keynote, Apple introduced the Metal 3 API, bringing a more powerful game visual experience, but before that, Apple awarded the second Innovative Thinking Award to MARVEL Future Revolution .
Among the many Marvel mobile games, it chose the most difficult open world ARPG gameplay, which means that it also needs to take into account various factors such as picture, operation feel, character balance and so on. Bad review.
Fortunately, in the end, the Korean Netmarble studio used Unreal Engine 4 and Metal driver to create a 3A-level screen on the mobile phone, and it was guaranteed to run smoothly on iPhone X and above. This also allows developers and users to see the possibility of Apple’s entry into large-scale games at the same time.
In addition, the game has also won the honor of iPad game of 2021, and it is no surprise that this time it won the Apple Design Award.
Other finalists include: Vibrant Street, Noodle Focus, Procreate and Townscaper.
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Summarize
After playing all the apps, I was surprised that although the apps I open every day are just those old faces, there are still many treasures in the App Store worth exploring.
The Apple Design Awards have been held three times so far. Looking back at the winning applications in previous years, some may still be unknown, and some have become big revenue generators. Thanks to these developers for bringing us a steady stream of surprise experiences, it is the efforts of these countless developers that make smartphones meaningful.
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