A fast, easy to use, free, and community supported 2D game engine
Osiris
Member
SPIRUS was accepted this morning and is now in the AppStore.
A Huge THANK YOU to all the people in the forum that put up with my noobie questions and helped me get to this point. SPIRUS was my first real programming endeavor and I am very happy with it.
Here are some promocodes:
KRR74F779ALJ
6MAL4KH9XTKA
M66FPXLNLAEF
MTTLWTTNHWHF
FKPX4NTYAYAK
and you can get SPIRUS from the AppStore here
good luck with the sales. But please, don't create a new thread for each Spirus news.
All the best with sales Osiris. I had one question. How did you do the loading animation. That is, getting it to animate as the resources are loaded? My understanding is that it's not that straightforward and requires using some of the regular UI toolkit?
Aaron
Osiris
Member
@Aaron - Async loading is what I used on that version.
http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/1816#post-11409
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Good game Osiris. I used one of the promo codes, 6MAL4KH9XTKA, I think. It's a very solid game and the controls are actually pretty nice. I gave it a good review in the app store.
I have one problem with the game really. The movement is way too fast for me. My advise is to add options and allow the user to change the sensitivity of the movement buttons. So the user can set a speed that is comfortable to them.
I used a code too, sorry don't remember which one :-(
Great start and here's my review
*** "Very unique game play, takes a bit to get used to the controls but offers power-ups and the fact that you run out of ammo adds to the game play so you can't just hold down the fire button. The graphics are very well done."
^^ Let me know if you want it posted in iTunes.
Suggestions:
iTunes:
Add something / anything about the next update, I know I am much more likely to purchase if I see an upcoming feature and something of a commitment from the developer.
Settings:
Include Settings to toggle sound and adjust movement speed as already suggested (my feeling is a player should never have to "get used to game controls", the game should adjust to the player).
Help screen:
When you first open it and then press the green arrow it lags a bit and if you press the button a second time it jumps to the 3rd panel and there is no back button. It would also help to put some type of page counter so I know I'm done. Could be as simple as " 1/5" or even some phony dots (although you should implement swipe if you use dots).
Game flow / timing:
It just seems off to me. Perhaps change it to allow the player to tap when he/she wants to continue not after a timed amount. The end of the game (which I experienced often ;-) ) takes way too long. I just f@#ked up but now I have to wait like a whole 6 seconds before I can play again! :-)
On-line scoring:
I've just got to know where my score of "70" sits in the world! :-D
These are just MY thoughts, by all means do with them what you will... :-)
Good luck in the store
CG
Osiris
Member
@Cybergreg - yes, thank you!
We will be posting about 1,1 later today in itunes.
Settings: 1.1 does offer easy/normal/hard play settings. Might offers an "auto" also that checks the hit ratio and adjusts the speed automatically.
Help: Yes. It does that on my old Gen 1 Ipod also, but not as much on a couple of other iphones. Its the async loading of a couple background iimages - easily correctable.
Game flow - we will be adding [skip] to the cut scenes.
Scoring: We are integrating AGON right now. Almost have it 100%. It offers a really good world leaderboard system.
I really do appreciate your thoughts and most are directly inline with what we have seen in playtesting.
Again, thanks!
n/p and you got it! I'll post the review in iTunes right away.
PS I'm pretty sure you can edit the description in iTunes at any time so if you are committed to an update my thoughts are get that out there now.
Note: I'm usually a bit hesitant in posting my reviews because I try very hard to be honest and would want / expect the same when I finally get around to putting an app on the store.
:-)
PS In my testing game I too have been using AGON for a couple of months now. I like it but don't over look Open Feint, jd makes some very good points especially for smaller games and exposure.
Osiris
Member
Just got our first review - Woohoo! - http://appstruck.com/2009/10/iPhone-App-Review-spirus/
Osiris
Member
@Codemattic - I had sent promocodes to about 20 reviewers, including them. I know a couple of others are in the process of reviewing it, but Appstruck was apparently the first one out the door or at least the first I was notified about.
@jd - nope, other than the promocode and reading their reviews a couple of times, I had never had any dealings with them, but i'm not looking any gift horse in the mouth at this point!
Congrats Osiris for this game. The "What's hot" spot in the general app store section, is the one to be in, because it's shown on iPhones too. The 'what's hot" in game section is not shown on iPhones (or not clearly shown because I've not seen it). Good luck with the sales!
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