The Breakroom

For anyone who’s familiar with the popular board game Carcassonne, Christmas came early to App Store this year. Last week the long-awaited iPad version of the hit game from The Coding Monkeys was released as a universal download. Based on a strategic board game originally from Europe, Carcassonne for iPhone has been taking the App Store by storm since it’s arrival in June. Voted as one of the platform’s best games of 2010 by Macworld Magazine, the Iconfactory is pleased to have been able to contribute to Carcassonne in the form of interface and character design.

In order to help celebrate Carcassonne’s arrival on the iPad, artist Anthony Piraino has released an all-new icon set you’re sure to love – Carcassonne Meeple & People. Based on the game tokens and AI players from Carcassonne, this icon collection is available today as Mac or Windows desktop icons as well as a handy, searchable Candybar iContainer. We hope you enjoy having a tiny slice of Carcassonne on your desktop and urge you to check out the game this holiday season. Remember, the table is your friend!

If you’re a fan of H.G. Wells and Jules Verne and love the thought of turning your computer desktop into a stylized steampunk machine, we’ve got good news for you. Iconfactory artist David Lanham has hand-crafted a set of desktop hard drive icons that are sure to tickle the fancy of steampunk fans everywhere.

Steampunk Storage is a highly-detailed set of internal and external HD icons positively brimming with textures and materials that’ll make you wish it was 1850 all over again. Add to the mix a set of desktop pictures and textures designed to work perfectly with the icon set and you have a brass, iron and wood makeover of epic proportions.

Don’t dawdle, head on over and download Steampunk Storage for your Mac, PC or as a cool Candybar iContainer today. You won’t be disappointed.

As any gamer can tell you, high scores are only half the battle. Modern video games offer multitudes of additional challenges in the form of achievements. Astronut’s achievements range from the easy to the near impossible, but all are loads of fun to try and collect.

Iconfactory artist David Lanham is pleased to bring the familiar iconic glyphs of our new game, Astronut, to your Mac and PC desktop. This week’s freeware icon release is available for download now and goes great with the Astronut wallpaper pack available on the game’s home page. Make the giant leap over to the freeware page and download Astronut Achievements for Mac, PC or as a handy Candybar iContainer. Then blast off to the App Store and try the game Macworld calls “A whole lot of clever, well-designed fun.”

Without a doubt, one of the best parts of Halloween is donning crazy costumes and pretending to be something we’re not. For one night we transform ourselves into spooky ghouls, superheroes or childhood favorites.

This week’s freeware release, ATV Drives, from Talos Tsui is a fun way for both you and your computer to get in the Halloween spirit. Go as the lovable Buzz or Woody from PIXAR’s Toy Story or suit up and become Marvel’s heroic defender of justice Iron Man. These bold drive icons look great on Mac or PC desktops and can also be downloaded as a handy CandyBar iContainer for easy organization and searching. They’re almost too much fun. Happy Halloween everyone!