The developer’s of iBlast Moki, a very cool physics puzzle game, are holding a level creating contest. The ten best levels will be selected and will be included “in their own dedicated world with new graphics for the next iBlast Moki update.” The winners will also receive a $25 iTunes gift card. Below is more info about the context.

If you haven’t check out iBlast Moki yet, you will want to take a look at it. It remains one of my favorite games. For more info about the game, check out my review HERE.

iBlast Moki Contest

The rules
- You will have to create totally new levels with original puzzle ideas using a variety of items.
- We will select the 10 best levels we receive and include them in their own dedicated world with new graphics for the next iBlast Moki update.
- You can win multiple times and will get a 25$ iTunes gift card for each of your levels that is selected and published.
- You will also get your name in the credits if your level is selected.

How to participate
- Create a level with the level editor in iBlast Moki for iPhone/iPod Touch.
- Try to create complex and difficult level using a wide variety of items in the nature environment.
- You level name should start with XX so that we can identify it for the competition.
- Upload it using the online sharing feature in iBlast Moki.
- Take a screenshot of the solution and email it to contest at godzilab-games dot com
- All levels should be uploaded before midnight on Sunday 8th November 2009
- We will select the best levels, and you will receive an email if your level is chosen

Notes
- We won’t accept existing or similar levels to the ones already uploaded or in the game, so please make sure your levels are completely new with original ideas.
- The levels should be using the standard physics (not the water physics).
- We would like to see complex and hard levels using a wide variety of items.

We recently found out that Flipbook is running a contest. If you are not familiar with Flipbook, it is an animation application that allows you to create your own flipbook. Because I know many of you really like this application, I thought I would let you know about the contest…maybe you could win!! They are currently running a contest for the best Flipbook creation. The contest started December 25th and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on February 8th. Below are entry details and what the prizes will be as well as a demo video of what is possible with Flipbook! Check it out! Oh, the best part is that Flipbook is also on sale for $4.99 (regularly $9.99)!

How to Enter: “To enter, review the requirements posted here, and upload an original flipbook to flipbook.tv during the Contest Period. The content of the flipbook must be family-friendly (i.e., if it were a movie, it would be rated G, PG or PG-13). All content of the movies must be the entrant’s original work and creation, executed solely by the entrant. The content of the movie must not be subject to the rights of any third parties, other than Sponsor. The content may not be offensive or otherwise unsuitable for Sponsor, as determined in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Entries not complying with these requirements will be disqualified. By participating in the Contest, you are granting Sponsor an irrevocable right and license to publish, use, edit and display any or all of the content in your submission, without future approval, without territorial, time, or other limitations, for any and all purposes, including, but not limited to, marketing, advertising, and promotional purposes. All movies or portions thereof used by Sponsor, will be credited to the original author.”

Prizes: “We want to see how well you can animate with FlipBook, whether you draw your movie by hand or capture it frame by frame with a camera. The best movie will receive $500 USD, 2nd place will receive $250, 3rd place will receive $100, and there will be 2 Honorable Mentions, receiving a $25 iTunes gift certificate. Upload your movie to flipbook.tv, and you’ll be automatically entered.”

For more info about the contest check out the website.

Demo Video:

There are quite a few cool new things going on over at Ocarina.com as well as with the application itself. For those of you who are not familiar with Ocarina, it is a musical instrument that uses the microphone to detect breath and then uses the iPhone’s touch screen to play different notes (similar to a flute or recorder). Check out THIS POST for more info.

In the last day, Ocarina was updated to version 1.2 adding a very cool, and much awaited, feature…the ability to record your music! Below are the specs we received from Smule and my how-to on how to use the new features.

Update Includes:
• Users can record personal libraries of their music
• Smule will host your personal libraries http://ocarina.smule.com/, allowing users to link to their own music from their favorite pages
• Users can share their recordings with non-Ocarina users and even non-iPhone users over email
• Just in time for the holidays, users can now record their favorite holiday songs and send one-of-a-kind musical greetings to friends and family
• New default “Staggered” finger-holes resolves the dreaded “Multi-touch” fingering bug! For those intrepid “Square” fingering layout users, you can still select “Square” finger-holes from the preferences pane.

Once you have updated Ocarina via the AppStore on your iPhone…you can open the application and go into the Settings (gear icon on the lower menu bar). You will now see the option for the new Staggered layout or the Square layout. You will also see the option to “record and share your melodies.” To record your melodies, you will need to select the Manual option. But, before you record anything, you will want to set-up an account.

To do so, select the Account Settings option in the upper right corner and create an account. Once you have sent the request email, you will receive an email in your inbox that has an activation link (it takes a few minutes to get the activation email). When you select the link, you will be able to set-up your username (Handle) and password. Once you have that set-up you can go back into Ocarina and the Account Setting and it will automatically log you in. If not, just enter your Handle and password.

Once your account is set-up, and you have selected Manual, you can go back into the main play screen. You will notice that it has added a menu bar to the top of your screen. To record your melody, tap the record button…this will add a blinking red dot at the bottom of your screen indicating that it is recording. You can then begin to pay. Once you are finished just tap Stop on the upper menu bar. You can then choose to archive the melody or to send it via an email. Archiving the melody will upload it to the Ocarina website in which you can then sign-in and see/hear your recording. You can also give the melody a title, enter the artist of the melody and select a genre for the melody. You can also download the audio file as an AAC file. If you choose to email the melody, it will send an email (a very pretty email) with a link to the melody on Ocarina’s website where they can then listen/download the file. If you receive the email on your iPhone, you can select the link and then select the Download AAC File option and it will play right on your iPhone. See screenshots below.

There are also a few cool new things on Ocarina’s website…Smule.com. You can download a PDF of Holiday melodies which include the a score on how to play each song including the correct finger positions, new note instructions, note practice guide and music theory information. It is very detailed! The Holiday songs include; Good King Wenceslas, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Up on the Housetop, Joy to the World and Deck the Halls.

Another cool thing going on is they are having a contest right now. It is a video contest in which the top ten videos will each win $1,000. Below is a video about the contest and how to enter. You can also visit – ocarina.smule.com/contest But, I would suggest watching the video!

Last but not least, the introductory price of $0.99 ends December 31st. So, if you are still looking to purchase this application, you will want to do it quick before the price goes up.

Screenshots:

I’m SURE you guys are familiar with the app “BubbleWrap”, right? If not, it’s a really addicting, yet pointless app of popping bubbles on bubble-wrap (I’m sure it’s something EVERYONE enjoyed doing as a kid). Well, meet their big sister. This app is from the same company and has the same gameplay, but with a twist: if you get the highest score, you win MONEY. Here’s how it works: the app records your high score on a huge list, and it displays the top 10 high scores when you record yours. The coolest thing about it is that contests NEVER STOP. Once one contest ends, another one begins. And they’re fairly long, usually a week.

The current contest prize is $100, with a high-score of 454!! That’s CRAZY high! And the last contest’s prize went as high as $500! The overall gameplay adds one new feature that BubbleWrap does not have. If you select an empty space, a buzzer sounds and you lose one point. In the original version, when you tap an empty space, it does nothing. This app is fairly cheap as well, sitting at a mere $1.99, but can bring you huge rewards. My high score is currently 224…what’s yours?

You’re proud of the work you’ve put into your iPhone SDK application. Show us what you did. Email your entry to tips@gizmodo.com with the subject “iPhone SDK App Contest: Name of App” with the name of your app there. Each entry should include screenshots (as many as it takes to properly illustrate your program) as well as a 1 paragraph description telling us what it’s all about. We’ll showcase the best ones here for the world to gawk at.

We also know that there are tons of very cool applications such as Sling that might not even be approved by Apple as an official SDK app. That’s why we’re taking entrants for unofficial (jailbroken) apps as well. Send those in to tips@gizmodo.com with the subject “iPhone Unofficial App Contest: Name of App”. Essentially, we’ll be getting a weird kinda sorta head-to-head that pits bigger name companies/development teams against hackers.

However, I’m not sure why it is labeled a contest. I did not see any reference to prizes. Though, the best applications will be displayed on Gizmodo’s website. So, if you are a developer, it might be something worth checking out.

Full article HERE.