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The Official iPhone/iPod Touch Gaming Thread
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Mario said:
wondermega
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While we are on the topic, I want to mention that this thread has been especially useful in helping to design my game (to steer it towards being a better experience) and the feedback I've got has been invaluable, which I otherwise would not have had access to.
TouchArcade is great and all, but gaf represents a broader (and more mature, even) type of gamer and it's so important to get that kind of perspective as well.
Apologies for pimping a bit, mind you it's pretty harsh being a very small-time dev (unless you have a lot of money or a big name, the world's general opinion is "no one cares about your little dumb game!") so when one can find a place where there can be a little dialogue about it, it makes all the difference
TouchArcade is great and all, but gaf represents a broader (and more mature, even) type of gamer and it's so important to get that kind of perspective as well.
Apologies for pimping a bit, mind you it's pretty harsh being a very small-time dev (unless you have a lot of money or a big name, the world's general opinion is "no one cares about your little dumb game!") so when one can find a place where there can be a little dialogue about it, it makes all the difference
I actually love the pimping that goes on here.wondermega said:While we are on the topic, I want to mention that this thread has been especially useful in helping to design my game (to steer it towards being a better experience) and the feedback I've got has been invaluable, which I otherwise would not have had access to.
TouchArcade is great and all, but gaf represents a broader (and more mature, even) type of gamer and it's so important to get that kind of perspective as well.
Apologies for pimping a bit, mind you it's pretty harsh being a very small-time dev (unless you have a lot of money or a big name, the world's general opinion is "no one cares about your little dumb game!") so when one can find a place where there can be a little dialogue about it, it makes all the difference
k0ji-wd said:
Thanks. We wanted to do something a little different as there are a few goal kicking games out there - tapping into people's childhood memories seemed like a good path to go down. All in all, the graphic and audio presentation has come together really well if I do say so myself.
There should be a trailer up at launch. Not sure how much of that will be live action versus game footage, but chances are you'll get to see more of the game in action.
Diablohead
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Nice timing for the world cupMario said:
also football > that weird egg americans kick into the air.And grats in making a bigger iphone team, looks like you people are earning a profit in that case, which is good!
adamsappel
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Absolutely. I can't believe that anyone is complaining about the actual developer announcing their games here. It's a lot better than some thinly-veiled shill post.mrkgoo said:
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
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Put me down for dev shilling as well. There are so many games I never would have even heard of if not for the devs posting screens and summaries of them.
wondermega
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I was interviewed on a podcast (Videogame Outsiders B-Team) recently, discussed a few things such as creation of our game, moving from big studio to small studio gamedev, a bit of controversy as far as what goes on in both scenes (and why I'd like to stay independent, but may not). It's a little longform (I'm new to that stuff) but if you are interested in what goes on behind the scenes of game development (large and small), you may dig it..
LINK
LINK
red shoe paul
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MrCheez said:Wanted to give everyone a heads-up that I've got a game in development, and I'm SUPER excited about it!
And a quick description:
It's Indie in every sense of the word, so I could really use some GAFfer support in building up some pre-release hype! Check out: http://www.grumpyfacestudios.com
Thanks a bunch guys!
Game dev on GAF? It'll be supported by me, and many others. A plus is the art style, very nice.
mrklaw said:
Cheers. I got a bit freaked out when I read the complaint about the devs posting. I read Neogaf a lot more than I post, but I've been here a long time. Definitely don't want to rock the boat.
This is a sequel to Super Search 60 and an attempt to give it a fresh start. It goes for 90 seconds now, a new list of objects, the game board "staggers" to make it easier for newcomers and more challenging at the end of the game.
Funny you mentioned iPad as I just ordered one yesterday. I'd been holding off buying one as I haven't really had a proper paycheque in a few years. But things picked up with Doodle Find hitting #1 in a few territories, so I figured - what the hey.
So - once it arrives, I'll be uprezzing Doodle Find and friends to crispy iPad resolutions. Also iPhone HD resolution also.
radiantdreamer
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Wow, Apple has been taking a little longer for their approval process than before.
They were doing approvals like within days of submission, but now they're up to a week. We had to delay our game release but it looks like Mouse Porno has finally been approved for release on June 8th! (wahoo!)
Tytree, if you're reading this, PM ME. You get a free copy of our game for suggesting an awesome name like Mouse Porno. And you get to play it before everybody else! FUCK YA!
They were doing approvals like within days of submission, but now they're up to a week. We had to delay our game release but it looks like Mouse Porno has finally been approved for release on June 8th! (wahoo!)
Tytree, if you're reading this, PM ME. You get a free copy of our game for suggesting an awesome name like Mouse Porno. And you get to play it before everybody else! FUCK YA!
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I've been playing Assassin's Creed again, since I lost my previous save.
I know a lot of people hate analogue sticks and buttons, but this game is actually really, really good. Nice platforming, controls definitely work well and it's actually not a bad game.
£3 for a DS game - how can you say no?
http://itunes.com/app/assassinscreedaltairschronicles
I know a lot of people hate analogue sticks and buttons, but this game is actually really, really good. Nice platforming, controls definitely work well and it's actually not a bad game.
£3 for a DS game - how can you say no?
http://itunes.com/app/assassinscreedaltairschronicles
Mario said:
Looks cool... I enjoy the Flick Kick FieldGoal game. I just wish you guys would put out an update that fixes the annoying detection bug. There are so many field goals I kick that are at the poles (and don't bounce off them) or just inside them but the game counts the kick as a miss.
OneEightZero
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RPS37 said:
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FlashFlooder
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Porthos said:
agreed, I love the game but this problem is annoying.
How was this already not posted?
Robot Unicorn Attack is out.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/robot-unicorn-attack/id374791544?mt=8
Robot Unicorn Attack is out.
http://itunes.apple.com/app/robot-unicorn-attack/id374791544?mt=8
Diablohead
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Music fully in tact too, excellent.
Oh seems there is a world at war: zombies II, I guess activision felt they needed a bump in sales again :lol
Oh seems there is a world at war: zombies II, I guess activision felt they needed a bump in sales again :lol
I wanted shining force also, and I hope sonic cd does show up as it would be a great ice breaker before sonic 4's release at the end of the year.kinn said:
SuperPac
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mrWalrus said:
Nice! Finally! I have played so much of this game in the last month as we did final tuning on it. Anxious to see what people think of it.
BTW, we are planning to update it and add leaderboards and achievements. If you have any ideas for that sort of thing...you know where to find me.
SuperPac said:Nice! Finally! I have played so much of this game in the last month as we did final tuning on it. Anxious to see what people think of it.
BTW, we are planning to update it and add leaderboards and achievements. If you have any ideas for that sort of thing...you know where to find me.
Any plans for an iPad version or making this universal? I'll buy this one either way.
EDIT: You probably can't answer that. No worries. I'll purchase it as soon as I get home. It's too big for 3G.
Porthos said:
We looked into that extensively and determined that the issue is primarily a depth buffer/draw order sorting issue that creates the illusion of success when it is actually a miss.
Either way, yes, we need to find a way to resolve it because the experience is flawed.
We have a loose plan to revisit all the legacy Flick Kick games with recent optimisations and new functionality once Flick Kick Football is out, and trying to resolve this specific issue is on the list.
Grabbed RUA, looking forward to getting my Erasure on.
Gamevil says Soccer Superstars will be up real soon now:
As someone who burned too many hours on the original Baseball Superstars, and knowing the World Cup is coming up, I am screwed on this one.
Gamevil says Soccer Superstars will be up real soon now:
As someone who burned too many hours on the original Baseball Superstars, and knowing the World Cup is coming up, I am screwed on this one.
SuperPac said:Nice! Finally! I have played so much of this game in the last month as we did final tuning on it. Anxious to see what people think of it.
BTW, we are planning to update it and add leaderboards and achievements. If you have any ideas for that sort of thing...you know where to find me.
I'm not a fan of OpenFeint. I'm just one guy though. I know most people love it for some reason.
RelentlessRolento
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OMG Aero said:
Game of the year confirmed
wish my ipod was working now.
If anything I could live a life with an ipod touch and just Robot Unicorn alongside Canabalt and I'd be happy.
Well I can't get it going on my 3G, I'm guessing a restart will fix that...but I shouldn't have to do that!SuperPac said:Nice! Finally! I have played so much of this game in the last month as we did final tuning on it. Anxious to see what people think of it.
BTW, we are planning to update it and add leaderboards and achievements. If you have any ideas for that sort of thing...you know where to find me.
It works fine on the iPad at least, main thing I want (from a lot of iPhone games really) is the option to flip the screen orientation (or auto rotate with tilt I guess). With the Apple case in the low raised position most iPhone games default to the opposite orientation, it's pretty obnoxious.
Otherwise maybe make the slide gesture recognition more sensitive, or adjust the jump/dashing rules to compensate if they don't already. The problem with the gesture controls is that you always do a jump before the dash so if it doesn't compensate for that it's at a disadvantage compared to the buttons.
And I guess a general non game question, how are the games created? Originally all Flash then you have to port from there or is there some other original code base to work from?
Just bought Robot Unicorn Attack, The Quest Gold (35% sale) and Undercroft.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
OpenFeint sucks because it kills performance. You end up with a micro-stutter-infested game. Any game that was OpenFeint-free, and then added it in an update, has performed noticeably worse, post-update.
Only reason any devs use it is because it's an easy way to implement leaderboards and achievements.
Only reason any devs use it is because it's an easy way to implement leaderboards and achievements.
Just bought this. Couldn't resist with visuals like that.Remy said:
Has anybody found any "collectible" card game apart from Orions (and its terrible, terrible campaign) and to a lower degree Strongholds
Melhisedek
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I see that The Quest has a lot of expansions... What I wonder is how does it work, you buy all the expansions and have to play them one by one or are they automatically enabled into the main game when you have them installed? It seems pointless to have like 5 icons for same game. Anyone can clarify it for me please?
eBoy's FixPix is out!!!
I have loved the eBoy art for years, and I just found out that they did an iPhone game!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eboy-fixpix/id371977953?mt=8
I have loved the eBoy art for years, and I just found out that they did an iPhone game!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eboy-fixpix/id371977953?mt=8
Highborn looks freaking good as a HoMM-type game, and the toucharcade review is pretty much extatic
Plus it looks full of humor. Special price of $3 right now.
Plus it looks full of humor. Special price of $3 right now.
wondermega
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cjelly said:
Disagree, openFeint works fine if implemented properly! It's definitely not perfect, but it's made life a lot easier for everybody, and I've seen plenty of games where it's not hampered performance at all.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
wondermega said:
i can't think of a single openfeint game that doesn't have that initial stutter after the game boots up, a few seconds later, when your openfeint sign-in completes itself. at least none of the ones i own, anyway.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Well, now with upcoming OS 4 and all, OpenFeint has to compete with whatever Apple's come up with. So whether or not you _could_ hypothetically integrate it well, the guys most likely will have to step up their game to stay competitive because often enough, it _isn't_ integrated well, and I suspect that that won't be one of Apple's thing's problems.wondermega said:
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