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Lost Paddle just released today, here are the app store screenshots.
Here's the app store link : http://bit.ly/ebfl4A
it's 99 cents.
There's also a demo/free version 'Lost Paddle Prologue' released a few weeks ago.
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----- Also some PROMO CODES for you awesome people.
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If you missed these, I'll be posting more periodically via twitter (@itsjfletch)
Also here's the app store link again : http://bit.ly/ebfl4A
I enjoyed this game today.
Wow, some great news, thanks everybody.
Sabshire, I was just wondering who got that crazy high score, nice job! And thanks for the awesome review.
Shogan, thanks, and looking forward to it.
ruben301, interested to know how your game's coming along. I'll have to check it out when you finish.
I was going to reset the price a bit earlier today, but wasn't even home to do so. I'll just leave it free for the rest of the day I think.
If you've liked it so far, you'll definitely like the new Survival Mode and 2 Player Duel Mode I'm working on. I thought it would be awkward to have two players playing on an iphone's screen but it's working out rather well.
fletch, would've been higher, but i slipped and didn't move far enough to the left.. could've broke 500, i think. That's my next goal anyways :-)
Based on the description and screenshots I would've probably never bought this, but the free download intrigued me, so I got it. After playing though, I would have missed out on a great game.
How does the duel mode and survival modes work? Sounds interesting.
Yes having two players on one iphone screen works great, i have a two player mode in my game, it works very good (but it's unfinished).
I really like the controls for this game. Mine's just a simple "tap left half of the screen to move the paddle left and the right half to move the paddle right"
Sorry for stealing your thread a little ^^
I can't wait for the update to come out!
Plus, i also have a survival mode in my game (one of the first modes i made)
In that you have three lifes and as you progress each round it gets thougher and thougher, can't tell you more but there's a lot of surprises too ;D
sabshire, it sounds like I might need to up the difficulty to slow you down haha.
The duel mode will have two paddles, one on each side, deflecting the blocks back and forth, increasing in speed, until one player can't keep up anymore and misses too many blocks and dies.
The survival mode, well, it'll require you to survive, similar to the extended practice mode, you try to get as far as possible, but a lot more factors will get thrown in, and be a bit crazier. You'll have to wait and see.
Also, any suggestions on stuff to add to the description? Thanks
ruben, quit teasing us, lol kidding, can't give everything away. The controls for your game sound cool. I had an idea at first that would allow touching and accelerometer controls where, if you're touching, the accelerometer would be disabled, and when you let your finger off, it would be re-enabled, but I just couldn't get the accelerometer controls to work the way I liked. Maybe you can perfect them. :)
I have paddled. And lost.
Apparently, my brain is to slow to understand this game.
I was absolutely carried away with the intro. The few intriguing lines. The pixels. The promise for more.
And then ...
I was never even able to get past level 1 <- ( LEVEL ONE )
I tried for a solid 30 minutes, and never made it.
Either I am missing something, or this thing is crap.
Sorry to hear it Birkemose. Perhaps you're not catching on as quickly as others. I had my brother try it and the same thing happened to him. But then there are other players that are far better at it than I could have imagined.
Try out the practice mode for a while. It lasts 60 seconds.
MisterX
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I tried the free version. The graphics must be pushing my iPad 1's processor to its limits! Seriously though, I appreciate the blocky graphics. The look of your game is appealing to old men like me and Birkemose.
Birkemose, your a funny guy, I have had more than my share of laughs from reading your comments on this forum.
I had thought about doing a pong type game as a first game, a while back, but I don't like sliding my finger around the iOS screens, matter of fact I hate it. It was because of this I scrapped my pong-like game idea. For brief touch and drags it is ok, but after a little while, and it doesn't take long, my finger tips will start to perspire a little and then it is friction city as I try to keep the finger on the screen and continue sliding back n forth.
For this reason I strongly disliked "Flight Control". It was a disappointment to discover this friction drag issue back when I first got my iPad. I need to wear a very thin white cotton glove, kinda like Michael Jackson, so that my finger doesn't build up a bunch of friction on the screen as I try to move it around.
Otherwise, what I played of your game was fun. Lost Pong, the Juggler. The free version is like trying to juggle blocks. And dropping most of them in the process lol. Friction fingers don't help with that though.
I picked this game up yesterday too, the discussion had me curious.
First, I want to say that I think you've executed something very unique here and done a great job. Visuals/text/music - they are all simple but fit very well. I think the music really brought things together especially. Without the music the gameplay would feel a lot more bland.
I agree that this game is pretty damn hard. The first level I beat after a few tries, but it took a level of attention/concentration/exertion that seems excessive for a level 1. I'm on level 2 now, and between the giant laser that's an instant kill and the "skull droppings" which are also an instant kill, I'm having trouble staying alive.
Difficulties aside, the story has my curiosity even though I question my capacity to make it to the end. Great work!
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Lol Mister X, I totally understand what your saying about the finger slipping. I'll keep it in mind for my next game.
ruben, Nice! Now you need to dethrone sabshire in the leaderboards before he gets 1,000% :)
spadict, Glad you're liking it and I think you're moving at just the right pace through the game so keep it up. Also I can't get the term "skull dropping" out of my head now, so that'll be their official name from now on.
I'm almost done with the update too.
Someone on another forum was nice enough to make a gameplay video : http://youtu.be/rXIK7Gltvdg
Great update, i love the survival mode so much more than practice+ since i seem to fail at that, alot.
The only negative things about survival is the occasional delocation "buzzes" which annoys me but i guess that it's there for difficulty and that the background is so dark that the lethal black blocks are VERY hard to notice (but it might be that i ha e the lowest brightness on my phone atm ;D).
Everything else is great!
Oh and i haven't been able to work on my game for a time now so no news on that yet.
OMG *cries down the keyboard* I tried 1.1, and now realizes, that I will never see level 2.
Apart from your game being unforgivingly hard, and apparently designed for a coked up rave party, I actually said in first post that I liked what it got from it. That wasn't much, but at least I admitted that it could be me missing out.
Having tried it again in 1.1, it still think it has a lot going for it, and I noticed that your lite is prequel. There is much coolness in that. So I get this feeling that this game is clever. Not just based on fancy graphics, but on a story. Something else. More than the rest. And then it is DAMN annoying that I apparently is to old to be part of the gang.
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