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[antispin]

If this is the wrong place to ask then just say, but I have been slowly working on a racing game app since last year and while the challenge is very tough, I have been looking for someone who can code. If anyone here is interested to help I would love to hear from you (I know how slim it is to find someone with spare time or the will to help!)

I have a thread on TA about it here, and also have my vision for the game in video form nearly complete, hoping that it will help attract some help on the coding side of things

All the best in your search with this. As to your other query --

My network has always been modem to router to whatever connects to it, regular setup most places would use.

I think I know what's happening here. Correct me if I am wrong about your setup first:

1. Your ISP line goes to a modem, ADSL, I assume, through a phone line

2. The modem then connects to the router

3. The router gives the rest of your network the IPs via WiFi

If this is your setup, or close to it then the issue might be:

1. The modem and router have the same local IP. This is usually 192.168.1.1

2. Your phone connects via DHCP and it's told by the router than the router IP is 192... but then so is the modem's

3. In this scenario the phone will connect for a while but eventually lose the connection

Fix:

1. Access the router settings, but first switch off the modem and remove its line from the router

2. Login to your router via 192.168.1.1

3. Change its range from 192 to 172.168.1.1

4. Restart router, connect modem, set iPhone to DHCP

5. Make sure the modem is connected to the WAN port of the router

It should work now. Hope this helps.

 

[toastyToast]

YAY I'm the last person in my family to get an iPod touch/iPhone

What are the must haves? From fiddling with my sisters iPhone I've realized I hate things that simulate analog input.

This thing is pretty sweet so far.

 

[japtor]

YAY I'm the last person in my family to get an iPod touch/iPhone

What are the must haves? From fiddling with my sisters iPhone I've realized I hate things that simulate analog input.

This thing is pretty sweet so far.

If you have a 3GS or 3rd gen touch (32/64GB) get Espgaluda II, the hell with anything else.

(*List of "anything else" here)

edit-Sword of Fargoal now free.

 

[OneEightZero]

Sword of Fargoal is free for today.

Probably the best Roguelike on the iPhone. A must have. ^_^

 

[Costanza]

Sword of Fargoal is free for today.

Probably the best Roguelike on the iPhone. A must have. ^_^

was hoping the ipad version would be free too

 

[antispin]

was hoping the ipad version would be free too

The ipad version is worth buying. Then download the iPhone version and pretend that you got a universal app for $8

 

[japtor]

Pac-Man CE got updated with...Facebook:

New Feature! Facebook connectivity!
NEW! Compete with your Facebook friends in ONLINE TOURNAMENT mode!

* Every week, a different stage hosts a tournament-mode competition.
* Rankings are reset at the start of each weekly tournament.
* Even "Expansion Pack" stages may occasionally host ONLINE TOURNAMENT Mode competitions!
* FRIEND RANKING can be viewed inside this application. Access Facebook site to view GLOBAL RANKING, featuring scores from players around the world.

 

[tetrisgrammaton]

wow sword of fargoal is by far my favorite iphone game.

The ipad version is worth buying. Then download the iPhone version and pretend that you got a universal app for $8

this is costanza you're talking about

 

[McBacon]

Edit: Gah, new page!

 

[OneEightZero]

The ipad version is worth buying. Then download the iPhone version and pretend that you got a universal app for $8

And if you're unable to live without a Roguelike on the iPad, but are lacking in funds.

NetHack HD

 

[antispin]

And if you're unable to live without a Roguelike on the iPad, but are lacking in funds.

NetHack HD

And look forward to 100 rogues. Which is looking mighty fine. Mighty fine indeed.

 

[McBacon]

New App Recommendation! Hoggy

It looks like Kirby, and steals ample ideas from Mario (and a sound effect from Sonic), but its a fun little puzzle platformer.

It feels like those puzzle areas in Wario Land 4, remember those? It's just filled with really tricky mind benders that you have to both figure out how to accomplish, and then actually pull it off with great timing and skill.

Controls are perfect - tilt the iPhone to move left and right, and tap the screen to basically swap gravity, so you fly from floor to ceiling.

Don't let the childish graphics or blatant asset theft put you off, this is one cool iPhone game.

Hoggy £1.79 (Lite)

Please keep your recommendations coming people. With 50,000 games on the store, its very easy for great games to slip by the GAF collective. If you find something fun, let us know!

 

[whatevermort]

Somebody recommended a game to me recently, and I have completely forgotten what it's called. Maybe one of you can help? It was apparently a bit Canabalt, a bit Doodle Jump, and featured a man in a backpack jumping and running through some levels - I think one might have been a jungle. I realise that this is vague, but that's what I've got.

 

[OneEightZero]

Somebody recommended a game to me recently, and I have completely forgotten what it's called. Maybe one of you can help? It was apparently a bit Canabalt, a bit Doodle Jump, and featured a man in a backpack jumping and running through some levels - I think one might have been a jungle. I realise that this is vague, but that's what I've got.

It wasn't Hook Champ, was it? Here's the demo for it. ^_^

 

[japtor]

Controls are perfect - tilt the iPhone to move left and right, and tap the screen to basically swap gravity, so you fly from floor to ceiling.

So does it play like VVVVVV (flash game) kinda? Like is the gravity switch the only other control input?

 

[345triangle]

Somebody recommended a game to me recently, and I have completely forgotten what it's called. Maybe one of you can help? It was apparently a bit Canabalt, a bit Doodle Jump, and featured a man in a backpack jumping and running through some levels - I think one might have been a jungle. I realise that this is vague, but that's what I've got.

you might be thinking of ABOVE, which is kind of like doodle jump

i like it a fair bit! really nice visuals.

 

[taku]

you might be thinking of ABOVE, which is kind of like doodle jump

i like it a fair bit! really nice visuals.

Those are some pretty tasty visuals!

Edit: Found a video. Does it play as slow/sloppy as it looks?

 

[mrklaw]

The ipad version is worth buying. Then download the iPhone version and pretend that you got a universal app for $8

$4, it's on sale

 

[Tony Rocky Horror]

So does it play like VVVVVV (flash game) kinda? Like is the gravity switch the only other control input?

Yep, that's the basic premise. I like it.

 

[Diablohead]

All the best in your search with this. As to your other query --



I think I know what's happening here. Correct me if I am wrong about your setup first:

1. Your ISP line goes to a modem, ADSL, I assume, through a phone line

2. The modem then connects to the router

3. The router gives the rest of your network the IPs via WiFi

If this is your setup, or close to it then the issue might be:

1. The modem and router have the same local IP. This is usually 192.168.1.1

2. Your phone connects via DHCP and it's told by the router than the router IP is 192... but then so is the modem's

3. In this scenario the phone will connect for a while but eventually lose the connection

Fix:

1. Access the router settings, but first switch off the modem and remove its line from the router

2. Login to your router via 192.168.1.1

3. Change its range from 192 to 172.168.1.1

4. Restart router, connect modem, set iPhone to DHCP

5. Make sure the modem is connected to the WAN port of the router

It should work now. Hope this helps.

Thank you for that reply but I feel that it's not the problem, my ipod always connects to 192.168.0.104 and it never clashes with the laptop and two pc's in the house (I been checking quite often in my quest to fix this) but I will give this a go. BTW my cable internet comes from a line out in the street, no phone line used.

One problem seems to be that the wifi on the devices doesn't like mixed b/g mode sometimes, someone on a google search fixed his drop outs by changing it to G mode only but I can't do that, my router only allows mixed or b/g/n only.

So annoying, it's just apple's shabby wifi software causing this neck ache.

 

[Xater]

Has it been mentioned that Cobra Command is free right now?

 

[whatevermort]

you might be thinking of ABOVE, which is kind of like doodle jump

i like it a fair bit! really nice visuals.

And that's the one. It was a briefcase, not a backpack, so well done with that. Bought, and I'll get back to you all.

EDIT: Oh, yeah: I would pay proper money for VVVVVV on the iPhone. Even more for the iPad, I suspect.

 

[JimtotheHum]

Can someone tell me why Devils invasion is so damn hard?

 

[methodman]

Can someone tell me why Devils invasion is so damn hard?

Co sign. I quit the game before I inevitably lose to not stain my record lol

 

[taoofjord]

you might be thinking of ABOVE, which is kind of like doodle jump

i like it a fair bit! really nice visuals.

As a rule I now tend to avoid any games with sleazy marketing. In this case, the use of the subtitle "INSANELY ADDICTIVE". Not only directly stealing from Doodle Jumper, but it's such a trashy way to market the game. Doodle Jumper's marketing is obnoxious enough, now we have to deal with not only consumer's reviewing EVERY game as "highly addicting!", but the developers too.

 

[McBacon]

Ozone is blah blah bla

I like words blah blah blah

Edit: App Store Link

Did anyone try out Ozone? I adore this game, if you like

You may like this game!

 

[345triangle]

Those are some pretty tasty visuals!

Edit: Found a video. Does it play as slow/sloppy as it looks?

the slow response is basically the gameplay hook - you tap the screen to charge your jumps. it takes a while to get used to, but i dig it because there's more margin for error than in doodle jump or canabalt.

and sure, the AV presentation doesn't hurt.

 

[Gamecocks625]

Anyone recommend Touch Racing Nitro? I'm looking for a top-down racing game in the same vein of RC Pro AM.

 

[Citizen K]

Anyone know what to do if an app just keeps redownloading. I got astro ranch for free and the download just keeps looping so it never actually gets to my applications list. It downloads then the progress bar resets and it starts over... Ive tried deleting it and getting it again from the store. Has this ever happened to anyone?

 

[McBacon]

Just had to post this. The coincidence was just too funny.

 

[RetroEd]

Did anyone try out Ozone? I adore this game, if you like

You may like this game!

Yup, I did. It's great.

Thanks for the heads-up. I bought this earlier and am just over half way through the Earth stages. It looks and sounds great, and it plays super well.

It reminds me of Soul Bubbles.

 

[jiffy38]

Angry Birds. Best 99c I have ever spent. Soo good

 

[Mario]

Bird Strike Gold Edition has been released via an update, which includes

- new items
- new levels
- new achievements
- deeper OpenFeint integration including challenges

Trailer for is it here.

 

[Costanza]

Bird Strike Gold Edition has been released via an update, which includes

- new items
- new levels
- new achievements
- deeper OpenFeint integration including challenges

Trailer for is it here.

nice

 

[cRIPticon]

Does anyone know a work around for the wifi dropping completely every 30 minutes to my router? from spending like 3 days trying to find a fix by trial & error and google searches it seems that the way the device uses wifi is just buggy sometimes, and can cause problems where other wifi items like laptops and computers never have a struggle.

My problem is that when playing an online game my wifi completely drops off after 30 minutes, only coming back when I revisit the touch springboard to allow it to reconnect, then it's fine again for 30 minutes.

is it a dhcp problem or something? I have tried everything under the sun, and I just can't go out and buy a new router, no spare cash and already on my 2nd router in 6 months, same problems. I also know it's NOT the touch that is broken.

This is a well documented problem of the iPad having issues with routers that are set to multiple frequency. Most likely, your router is set for b,g and n. Just select one (g as most devices are g capable) and no auto select and presto! No more drops

 

[SmashBrosAwesome]

Anyone know what to do if an app just keeps redownloading. I got astro ranch for free and the download just keeps looping so it never actually gets to my applications list. It downloads then the progress bar resets and it starts over... Ive tried deleting it and getting it again from the store. Has this ever happened to anyone?

I would also like the answer to this question- this is happening to me with Cobra Command :/

EDIT: I think I found a solution- syncing my iPod seemed to do the trick for me.

 

[KevMurda]

Can anyone recommend some games similar to Tetris Attack or Luminees?

Im drop7'ed out.

 

[mrwilt]

Has it been mentioned that Cobra Command is free right now?

Thank you for that. I remember playing this game on my SEGA CD. All they need to do now is port Road Avenger.

 

[RPS37]

Can anyone recommend some games similar to Tetris Attack or Luminees?

Im drop7'ed out.

Unify?

 

[Costanza]

Sword of Fargoal is incredible. I even bought the iPad version.

 

[noirebanana]

you might be thinking of ABOVE, which is kind of like doodle jump

i like it a fair bit! really nice visuals.

I really like this game's visuals and art style.

 

[seady]

I played many many iPhone games, but there are only three games that I keep coming back to: Drop 7, DownToZero and Sword & Poker.

 

[Tony Rocky Horror]

Sword of Fargoal is incredible. I even bought the iPad version.

I like it, but half the time I don't have a clue what i'm doing.. Any tips?

 

[tetrisgrammaton]

I like it, but half the time I don't have a clue what i'm doing.. Any tips?

try to get to floor 20 without dying, find the sword, then go back up.

if you see something that looks scary, run like hell.

i don't particularly go out of my way to level up_ just as long as the monsters and gold are giving me significant returns_ and have made it pretty far, though not to the back up part.

 

[teekun]

Sword of Fargoal is incredible. I even bought the iPad version.

I've been playing this and I like it, but am I right in thinking that the only equipment you get is shields? Seems a bit odd for a rogue-like.

 

[RelentlessRolento]

don't know if this is good but it went free... looks nice:

http://itunes.apple.com/app/jailbreak-voice-onrush/id355664630?mt=8

also, Tyrian is now .99 and is a steal at that price. just be sure to set controls to relative.

 

[japtor]

Can anyone recommend some games similar to Tetris Attack or Luminees?

Im drop7'ed out.

Well Lumines (and lite) is like Lumines. I know there's some Tetris Attack clones but I can't recall their names.

 

[RelentlessRolento]

Bird Strike just went OpenFeint gold

Chromixa is also free today only... pretty awesome IMHO

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chromixa/id335480027?mt=8


also new iphone game The Incident looks fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjW9n6m7PQ


one more also... this looks fucking great... might get:

http://vimeo.com/10998293

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pew/id365042707?mt=8&affId=1671662&ign-mpt=uo=6

 

[RelentlessRolento]

sorry to double post, but the iPhone 4G is looking damn good. I'll prob jump on board once 4g releases.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/18/iphone-4g-proof/

 

[benita]

try to get to floor 20 without dying, find the sword, then go back up.

if you see something that looks scary, run like hell.

i don't particularly go out of my way to level up_ just as long as the monsters and gold are giving me significant returns_ and have made it pretty far, though not to the back up part.

So is it wrong that my OCD is compelling me to uncover every inch if every floor before moving down?