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It's already out.
It's probably incompatible with your device if it isn't showing up.
If it is listed incompatible, maybe try out Amazons app store?
I don't have an Android device but I'm just wondering does that mean if you have a rooted device you're forced to pirate it?
What kind of stupid shit? They don't want my money then.
You don't need a rooted device to install pirated apps. You can side-load them via USB or SDCard and all you need to do is tick an option under settings that allows the installation of non-market apps. A lot of devices (such as the Kindle Fire) were released with this option hidden in an attempt to prevent piracy, among other things.
On the flip-side though, you do need root access to actually pull the .apks from the device's system/data/etc partitions and, well, "distribute" them.
By the way, piracy severely frowned upon 'round these parts. Tread lightly in the subject.
I Certainly enjoy jungle run, but its no where near origins level to me!
Nope. Airdroid supports copying APK's from your phone on non-rooted devices. I use it often when I'm copying old non-market apps from my phone to my tablet.
I have a GSIII.
It's fucked up how I couldn't find it on my phone by typing the search term "Rayman Jungle Run." Yet, on the online/web store -- as you've linked me now -- it shows up fine. Thanks! c:
And then this happened:
I have a GSIII.
It's fucked up how I couldn't find it on my phone by typing the search term "Rayman Jungle Run." Yet, on the online/web store -- as you've linked me now -- it shows up fine. Thanks! c:
And then this happened:
Why not try the Amazon App Store then? Otherwise don't be too sad, it's not the next coming of Jesus or anything
That and a willingness to install software that's likely been modified with dubious malware. We've had at least one person suffering from that around here.
Seriously.
Yeah, I'm not sure why you'd bother considering what's available on Android anyway (most stuff is free to pay anyway and the few games that cost money to buy and are good are usually by basement developers that need all the money they can get and even then it's like 2 at most). The app situation here is bad enough already, don't make it worse!
It's still completely idiotic to use replaced firmware as some sort of "piracy detector".
I guess in addition to recommending good games we should also warn people of duds.
So my dud of the day is Air Navy Fighters. The developers previously made F-18 carrier landing, a whole game about the worst part of any air combat game. It shows. In addition to having way more simulation detail for the landing process (the game has no rudder at all but it lets you activate air brakes, flaps and whatnot in a whole different control screen) than any part that actually matters it makes you land a LOT. Like a mission consists of shooting four things in the most boring fashion possible (you just fly closer until it's marked red, you hardly have to point at what you want to shoot with a missile) and then a landing. Or another mission consists of shooting down a helicopter, then landing on an airfield before taking off again and landing on a carrier. I haven't managed landing once, it seems rather arbitrary about when it allows your wheels to touch the ground and when it just kills you so I just consider a mission successful if I've smashed the plane into the airstrip. Missile dodging also seems to consist only of spamming your unlimited flares.
The other two I didn't like today were Puppet War and Solar Warfare, mostly because they don't support my Xperia Play's controls (ANF does but it's rather inconsistent with how e.g. the right trigger works, whether it switches to missiles or to landing mode). SW is the worse of the two because it uses tilt controls and I don't know what kind of environment some devs of portable games think portables are used in but tilt controls fail utterly when you're on a train or in a car which is the primary use case for portable games.
So my dud of the day is Air Navy Fighters. The developers previously made F-18 carrier landing, a whole game about the worst part of any air combat game. It shows. In addition to having way more simulation detail for the landing process (the game has no rudder at all but it lets you activate air brakes, flaps and whatnot in a whole different control screen) than any part that actually matters it makes you land a LOT. Like a mission consists of shooting four things in the most boring fashion possible (you just fly closer until it's marked red, you hardly have to point at what you want to shoot with a missile) and then a landing. Or another mission consists of shooting down a helicopter, then landing on an airfield before taking off again and landing on a carrier. I haven't managed landing once, it seems rather arbitrary about when it allows your wheels to touch the ground and when it just kills you so I just consider a mission successful if I've smashed the plane into the airstrip. Missile dodging also seems to consist only of spamming your unlimited flares.
The other two I didn't like today were Puppet War and Solar Warfare, mostly because they don't support my Xperia Play's controls (ANF does but it's rather inconsistent with how e.g. the right trigger works, whether it switches to missiles or to landing mode). SW is the worse of the two because it uses tilt controls and I don't know what kind of environment some devs of portable games think portables are used in but tilt controls fail utterly when you're on a train or in a car which is the primary use case for portable games.
alf717
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Anyway to access other region Play stores? I'm tired of waiting and want to play FF Dimensions already, well the prologue part that is free. No matter how hard I try to go to Google play Japan I get boot back to the American store. Sometimes I even get the US store with Japanese text.
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Jotamide
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Google "MarketEnabler" and set your carrier to DoCoMo.
Get a Japanese SIM card if you do not want to root your phone. I think that's how they detect it.
Fox Mulder
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Funny, since that's how you install the amazon market on phones.
sakipon
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Might be a dumb question but how is this most easily achieved (getting foreign SIM cards)?
Bard's Tale is 50% off
1.7GB game though
mmm in sale at around the same price on steam
and after installing it on my phone, 1.8 GB, but there is an option for 3.6 GB hi def textures (for tablets they explain, but u can put tehm on your phone)
ExplosiveShuriken
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Bought Chaos Rings yesterday and it's really good. Really like the systems in place. Does anyone know how long it lasts? Are Chaos Rings II and Omega better?
I'd like to know about Neptunia as well. I'm not buying another iPod after my 2G became obsolete and unsupported in -one- generation.
Guardian Cross is also supposed to be iOS/Android and is also iPhone only at the moment. Ugh
ExplosiveShuriken
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Apparently Chaos Rings got updated and now works on rooted devices. Apparently.
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Jotamide
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Yeah, the update is live. I hope this is not a new trend for Squeenix on Android.
The Friendly Monster
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Look out for Total Pool as Amazon's free app of the day tomorrow. I'll be sure to be back to remind you. x
truthiness
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I'm curious - do you think having the game as the free app will end up increasing sales for you? I've heard arguments on both sides of the fence.
I already own the game on the Play store, but it will be good to double dip "just in case."
The Friendly Monster
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I have no idea. To be honest I'm not expecting much but it can't really hurt to try. At the moment I get 0-2 sales on Amazon and 5-10 sales on Play per day. The vast majority of my income comes from ads on my free Snooker game on Google Play. I've also been offered to have Total Snooker as a free app of the day but am holding off to see the response from this.
And cheers for the sale!
Truespeed
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Is there a reason you've never had a sale on the Play store? And if you have then when's the next one?
The Friendly Monster
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It's already only $1.29, the cheapest price I could set is $0.99 and it's not possible to transition to a free app and then a paid one again.
Sapphire Dreams
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IS Chaos Rings worth the price of admission ? 13USD is a bit pricey for a mobile game.
If you're rooted, don't bother.
gato_busta
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I'm rooted, they updated the app so that rooted users can play.
I'm not very far in but it is way better than your average Android game. Is it worth $13? If you like PS1 era RPGs it is.
Wasn't going to pick up it until I saw this. Always up for supporting GAF.
The Friendly Monster
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Yeah still not quite sure how it's supporting me, but I asked for it! So thanks.
I got 103k downloads on the day from Amazon, Google Play sales for Total Pool went from 3 to 8, obviously yet to see the impact on Amazon sales but not expecting much.
If things don't get better on Amazon soon I'll be taking my apps off there.
spindoctor
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Just in case this hasn't been posted before, the Play store now has a wishlist function which is pretty handy.
Link to your play store page? I'd like to see what other apps you've made.
This is a game changer. Goodbye MarketMarks.
The Friendly Monster
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Friendly+Monster
Nothing except a Snooker game and a game I made in a day at a game jam last year at the moment.
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Jotamide
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FUCKING FINALLY!
good !
but nothing on the web version of the play store (or I cannot find it)
which is sad since I mostly use it for browsing the apps
I got you "total pool" fpr free in the amazon.de app store yesterday. It is great and also has a 5 of 5 stars rating in the amazon app store
edit: oh, I see it has 4.8/5 in the play store too xD
great job
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