Async Corp.

Async Corp. is a 2011 puzzle game developed and published by Powerhead Games. In the game, the player must clear a pair of grids by swapping squares. Released on June 28, 2011, for iOS, the game had been nominated for Best Mobile Game at the 2012 Independent Games Festival. The game has garnered a positive reception.

Gameplay
In Async Corp., the player must prevent a rising meter from reaching the top of the screen. They must swap tiles from two separate boards to create bigger 2-by-2 squares termed "pallets". Outside of the main game, the player can choose one of three modes: Quota, Zoning, and ASYNC.

Development
Powerhead Games is a five-person indie studio based in New York City. They had previously created Glow Artisan, a puzzle game for mobile devices. Async Corp. was developed with UIKit. Ed Pereira, a programmer at Powerhead Games, developed a prototype for Async Corp. a year prior to development. Production took place over four months.

After his experience listening to "Star Guitar" by The Chemical Brothers, Matt LoPresti decided to implement the landscape nature of the iPhone.

Reception
The game has a "generally favorable" Metacritic rating based on six critics.

The game was well received.

Async Corp. was nominated at the 2012 Independent Games Festival for Best Mobile Game.