cocos2d for iPhone

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   Farb
   Member

   Hello all,

   My second iPhone game, Mayan Madness, has been released on the App Store. It's a retro coin catching game similar to Kaboom! with a Mayan theme. It uses OpenFeint to provide achievements and a high score leader board.

   http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mayan-madness/id348443242?mt=8

   Here's a gameplay video:

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   Finally, here are some promo codes. All I ask is that you leave a review of the app on the App Store if you redeem a code (and try to be kind) :-)

   Thanks!

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   MXYHNJJ3NNJP
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   9AH96RY6RKKK

   ->Dan

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   SwizzerSweet
   Member

   My friend is a professional game developer, and we've talked a lot about various subjects in game design. So please don't be offended or discredit me:

   2 Areas of improve that I see:
   -When the coins hit the basket, there isn't a sprite drawn to indicate that you've caught the coin, in that way, it could be more responsive. But on the plus side, you've squeezed an achievement system, which adds to fun for many players.

   -The difficulty scales kind of strangely. Remember that a human can only react at the absolute fastest time of about 150ms. This is extremely fast, and someone with such reaction speed is likely to be "in the zone". Your game tends to push that reaction time limit too soon, so my advice would be to scale the difficulty differently.

   Very solid theme though! The music and the graphics work well together.

   Warm regards,

   Jon

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   Farb
   Member

   Thanks for the constructive feedback, Jon!

   1. It has been a challenge to keep the game running at a solid 60 fps. I originally had some sprite feedback when a coin was caught but it appeared to be contributing to the game stuttering (dropping frame rate). I've done a lot of code optimizations since then so it might be time to revisit whether the catching feedback is workable.

   2. I've spent a lot of time experimenting with the difficulty ramp-up (the game was finished for about a month while I was still experimenting with different things). Based on play tester feedback, the current approach is the best compromise I've found so far. I'd be interested to know specifically where you think the game becomes too fast. That would allow me to determine how I could scale the speed ramp-up differently.

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   Farb
   Member

   All of the promo codes have been redeemed and there's only two reviews on the app store. C'mon, help a guy out :-)

   Posted 1 year ago #

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