great work
But you should make a "back to level" menu button in the pause menu.
I gave it 3 stars in the app store ;)

I haven't played the game yet so I don't know if the planks/strings move but one things you may be able to do is have a timer start counting once the character has stopped moving. I would say give the player maybe 10 seconds to try and determine if the player is in fact stuck or if they are just trying to plan their next move. There's a game called "Gravity Lab" that kinda does the same thing so that after you fire the character and he potentially can get stuck in some levels a countdown timer appears and as long as the character isn't moving it keeps going down until it reaches 0 which then called the game over screen.

:)
thank you (please do rate the app,and leave a review)
i could add the button linking to level select screen,
but then,if u implement so many options u ultimately end up making a mess,
if i add a "back to level select" instead of "back to main menu"
some1 else will be unhappy as he/she would like a direct link to main menu,
and if i add both of them,id end up cluttering the menu...its wise to keep the screen real-estate as clean as possible and also leave room for some features that may get added down the road...

wow! nice game!!
you could maybe also add in the pause menu, going to the level select screen :)

ima give this a try :) i see you're using level helper :) is it good?

hey thanks @tiggybouncer
but i dint see ure comment,which(country) store did u comment on?
maybe it takes a while to be published...

No worries! :)
I just sent a review, but it hasn't come up yet. Is that normal? :)

thanks tiggybouncer

:)

so next update :

1.reload gesture
2. bigger pause button

@seruK and @tiggybouncer,please rate it and comment on the appstore

thank you for playing the game and giving me feedback

I like the QR code, quite a nice touch in my opinion.
My personal thoughts:
-The start menu is rather nice
-When you go onto the Level select bit, having it more centralised would be excellent (but I don't know if this is just my iPod)
-The gameplay is rather simple as well.
-The pause button is a bit small, especially as I have a flip case on my device.

It is a excellent concept, and I love the graphics.
So its just generally great!

ok,so ive found a solution to the off screen issue, but not for the 2nd issue,thats differentiating between "the user has intentionally dropped the puchka
on some object and he plans to push it or bounce it somewhere else" vs "it is stuck somewhere and there is no way to finish the map"

also im thinking of having a reload gesture, that will keep the interface clean,the pause button still remains.
so if u want to quickle reload u can say do a quick 2finger scroll...how does that sound?

sigh...the problem is detecting such situations...
its part of the gamplay that puchka will bounce off screen a lot of times and drop somewhere,or the level starts with the puchka dropping from offscreen positions...
so i cant trigger gameover event if it goes off screen,
similarly many times you have to intentionally make it stop on a plank or a string etc...
so "complete halt" of the puchka also can't be considered a gameover situation...

im not sure how to differentiate when "the user has intentionally dropped the puchka
on some object and he plans to push it or bounce it somewhere else" vs "it is stuck somewhere and there is no way to finish the map"

maybe some people here can try to solve this...

Well, that is entirely up to yourself. With the reload button you sort tackle all situations, since when the player realises she can't do nothin' she'll find her way to the button by instinct. However, it will feel a lot less tacky if you, vishesh, tell the player that she has lost. Otherwise the player will have to sit and figure out herself is she has lost.

Er, this includes situations when the puchka has come to a complete halt, since there is no way to finish the map then.

hmm,i had got a similar feedback from another player,

actually i hadnt anticipated that it would be such a pain.
would a reload button on the game scene fix it? or should i try to tackle all the situations where it flies off screen?

I don't want to sound grumpy or nothing but I've played it for 10 seconds and my Pushka already went offscreen, without any lose splash or the game reloading the level. It's kinda painful to have to go to the menu to restart. It's cute though!

edit:
And it seems to be a recurring thing, you could've just had a restart button in the game scene. The general gameplay so far is solid, but if you suck as much as I do it's very tiring to have to go to menu over and over.

here's a qr code for quick download

hehe, thanks,
seems my brain had gone for a walk...lol
i dint even try html...anyway,

so here are the screenies, please play the game ppl, and do give me ure feedback,hope u guys like it :)

<*img src="your link here" /*>
Without the "*"

Pack the Puchka : Screenies and icon

hey ppl,
i just released my 1st cocos2d game,

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puchka/id494559951

AppName : Puchka

Description
puchka have escaped, get them back in their boxes before they succeed in their plan to take over the world.
Puchka is a fun physics puzzler,the goal is to pack the puchkas in the boxes.

app support : http://vishesh-app-support.blogspot.in/p/puchka.html

facebook : http://www.facebook.com/pages.puchka

please rate the game and leave your comments,
also if you have any suggestions and/or feedback
leave it on the facebook page

thanks and regards

vishesh

my sincere appreciation and gratitude to this wonderful community who help and support new developers

Hi everyone! I spent the last few months working on this game, Stir Fry, and I'm very grateful to the Cocos2D community for all the helpful resources out there. I couldn't have done it without you guys!

Developers will probably be interested in the animation techniques. I used 'CCEase's all over the place to give the game sort of a smooth, cartoony feel. I think these effects blended well with our animator's artwork. I'm sure you'll agree, the result is pretty adorable. :-)

Gamers are going to love the unique puzzle mechanic of this game. There's really nothing like it out there today. The controls and layout are designed for iOS from the ground up.

I hope everyone enjoys it! I'll post some screenshots and a video below, but the game is FREE, so you might as well just download it right now. ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81epls3PdgA

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Get it HERE: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stir-fry/id493886740?mt=8

I'd really appreciate some honest reviews on the App Store, and of course, please post any bugs here. Thanks! :-)

Aaron Barrett
Lead Developer
Final Wave Studios

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hi guys, thanks for comments and valid points.

@HeliApps the hardest part was to get ordering and difficulty of levels right. Some people found levels too difficult so receptiveness was good in that sense but seems it's not the case for more experienced players as they find it easier. We will definitely revisit ordering and add more difficult ones in later stages.

@breskit had a look at the CatNap some while ago and yes it's similar game mechanics. Now when we have the engine more or less stable we are thinking of adding new blocks and actions.

I guess it's mostly about catching player's attention from the start

Reminds me a lot of the CatNap demo by Ray Wenderlich. Looks well polished but I'm not sure how much game play there would be in it.

Agree with @HeliApps re: the repetitiveness.

Forgot link.... sorry:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fumbo-mini/id492004409?ls=1&mt=8

Fumbo Mini is a free, toned down, universal version of my Fumbo iPad app. My Son wanted to play Fumbo on his iPad Touch so I made this for him.

Leave a comment if you get any enjoyment out of it.

Regards,

I downloaded and played the free version. It's good work. Nicely polished menus and graphics. It definitely deserves to do better on the app store.
Only thing though, you are clearly skilled, but by the time I got to level 7 or so, I'd had enough. Not that it's not good, it is good, just too much of the same. Maybe mix up a few more elements in earlier levels ??

You can now try a free version featuring 20 unique levels

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-caveman-free/id492067521?ls=1&mt=8