Infinity Field

Infinity Field
Infinity Field
	App icon for iPad version
Developer(s)	ForzeField Studios
Publisher(s)	Chillingo
Programmer(s)	Manuel Martinez-Almeida
Artist(s)	Manuel Martinez-Almeida
Composer(s)	Chris Chudley
Platform(s)	iOS
Release	iPad; 27 January 2011; iPhone; 25 August 2011;
Genre(s)	Shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Infinity Field is a 2011 shooter game developed by the Spanish studio ForzeField Studios and published by Chillingo. After creating a high definition port for his first game, Abstract War 2.0, Manuel Martinez-Almeida was inspired to develop Infinity Field while in high school. The game was released for iOS on 27 January 2011, and it was received positively.

Development and release

Infinity Field was developed by Manuel Martinez-Almeida, a self-taught game developer from Valladolid.^[1] After getting an iPhone from his father in 2009, Martinez-Almeida released his first game for iOS, Abstract War 2.0, in February 2010.^[1]^[2]

Martinez-Almeida developed Infinity Field while he was a 16-year-old student in high school.^[3] The inspiration to start development came from wanting to create a "much more ambitious shooter" after making a high definition port for Abstract War 2.0. The neon graphics of the Geometry Wars series served as the main inspiration for the game's visuals.^[4]

After establishing ForzeField Studios, he contacted Chillingo, whose co-general manager, Chris Byatte, approved Infinity Field for publishing. Martinez-Almeida worked alongside Chillingo's production team to polish the game before releasing it for the iPad on 27 January 2011^[4]^[5] under the name Infinity Field HD. The game was released for the iPhone in August 2011.^[6]

Reception

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	86/100^[7]

Review scores
Publication	Score
Edge	8/10 (iPhone and iPad)^[17]
Eurogamer	9/10 (iPad)^[3]
GamePro	85/100 (iPad)^[14]
IGN	8.5/10 (iPhone);^[8] 8/10 (iPad)^[9]
Jeuxvideo.com	16/20 (iPad)^[13]
Pocket Gamer	4/5 (iPad)^[10]
TouchArcade	3.5/5 (iPhone);^[11] 3.5/5 (iPad)^[12]
Belfast Telegraph	88% (iPhone)^[15]
Multiplayer.it	8.3/10 (iPhone)^[16]
Slide to Play	Must Have (iPad)^[18]

The game has a "generally favorable" Metacritic score based on 11 critics.^[7]

The game was well received.^[11]^[12]^[8]^[9]^[19]^[10]^[3]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^{[excessive citations]}

References

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^ "Infinity Field disponible sur iPhone" [Infinity Field available on iPhone]. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Reed, Kristan (7 March 2011). "Mobile Games Roundup". Eurogamer. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Martinez-Almeida, Manuel (2 February 2011). "Infinity at 16: An Interview with 16-year old Infinity Field developer Manuel Martinez-Almeida" (Interview). Interviewed by Jim Squires. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
^ "Infinity Field Blasts its Way to iPad". IGN. 27 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "Contre Jour and Infinity Field Now Live on the App Store". IGN. 19 January 2012 [25 August 2011]. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Infinity Field". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Lee, Stephanie (8 September 2011). "Infinity Field Review (iPhone)". IGN. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Buchanan, Levi (15 February 2011). "Infinity Field iPad Review". IGN. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Erickson, Tracy (31 January 2011). "Infinity Field". Pocket Gamer. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Ford, Eric (29 August 2011). "Infinity Field Review – Forze Field's Retro Shooter Debuts on the iPhone". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Nicholson, Brad (8 February 2011). "Infinity Field For iPad Review – A New Take on Geometry Wars?". TouchArcade. Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Infinity Field". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Ruhk, Thomas (27 February 2012). "Infinity Field HD im Test - Der Rausch der Highscore-Sinne" [Infinity Field HD in the test - the rush of the high score senses]. GamePro (in German). Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Games roundup: Resistance 3, Space Marine and Dead Island". Belfast Telegraph. 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Pugliese, Tommaso (19 September 2011). "Geometry chi?" [Geometry who?]. Multiplayer.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Infinity Field review". Edge. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Rattray, Tim (7 February 2011). "Infinity Field iPad Review". Slide to Play. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ Hayward, Andrew (19 February 2011). "iPad reviews of the week: Grim Joggers, Infinity Field, Pac-Man Battle Royale, Rooms: The Main Building, Resident Evil 4". GamesRadar+. p. 1. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2024.