Today, we will look at Meruru no Atelier Arland no Renkinjutsushi developed by Creator’s Guild. This iPhone app was used to promote the PS3 game Atelier Meruru by GUST CO.

The version we will look at is version 1.0.1.

This app is a simple clock app. We have the time in 24 hour format & a battery meter. The clock can’t be hidden. The Information button exits the app & takes you to the game’s official website.

By tapping on the clock, you will enter the setting menu.

Surprisingly this is available in English settings. I think the language is set based on your iPhone’s language setting.

Anyways, it basically opens up the alarm settings & you can input your birthday as well. Meruru will probably say something special, but I’m not sure since my birthday was already past when I got this app. The “Second tick” function doesn’t seem to do much as it only causes the “:” between the hours & minutes to flash.

There is one function that I couldn’t understand or get to work. The “Message” function is basically putting text on something which I have no idea what it is. This is probably not functional yet or the English translation isn’t correct & it probably serves as a different purpose.

The app runs on the 2DLive engine. So you will have a 3D-like effect when you move your phone around. The background will appear more & you can see a bit of Meruru’s sides.

Meruru responses to your taps. Each tap you make, she will say something. Swiping doesn’t do anything.

Pinching in & out will zoom out & in respectively. Meruru looks very sharp when you zoom in. Surprisingly there are no blurs to be noticed.

When you leave Meruru alone, she will continue to move. Her movements will produce some ghostly effects where her arms would disappear from one position & reappear in another position. Plus, she will even speak when you do nothing. But if you have the iPhone’s power saving feature on, the app doesn’t disable it. So your screen will go black on whatever time limit you set it on.

This app is really a simple animated clock app. Nothing really special as it was used to promote the PS3 game at the time. But for zero yen, it doesn’t hurt to have this if you are a fan to the Atelier series.

Get the app for free from the Japanese iTunes App store here.