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Started 2 years ago by Clain
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Clain
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Hey guys,

Alien Holiday was released yesterday. It's a good old shoot'em up (I guess we say shooter nowadays). It was started with cocos2d 0.7.0, then 0.7.1 and updated to 0.7.3 just before submission for the App Store. But it doesn't use the latest features of cocos (there's not even a single AtlasSprite in it I guess). There are 2 different ships that you can upgrade with your points. There are 4 different environments (+ a bonus level), with a boss at the end of each.

Sorry, there's no video. You can see more screenshots on the game page or on the AppStore :
Game homepage : website
AppStore page : iTunes link

Here are some promo codes if you want to try (if you use one, please reply to this thread and tell us which one you used) :
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(Please leave a review if you like it)

FYI, the game was submitted on June 22 and approved on July 5 (14 days). Thanks again to Riq and the cocos2d community.

Clain

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
Moderator

Bought and reviewed it. Love the artwork. Did you paint it and then scan that it - or was it all drawn in software like Painter or Photoshop? I wish the controls were more analog.

I also bought and reviewed "Prison Break" which is terrific! Not sure why games like iShift are hits and PB doesnt get recognized. In PB it would be great if you could solve the levels in each prison out of order - so if I get stuck on one level I could go on to another one and come back to where I got stuck later. Maybe submit an update, and get pushed to the top of the new section, and give customers another chance to see PB.

Also, is there any way to pause your games? And I wish games would auto-save if I quit mid-game.

Posted 2 years ago #
riq
Key Master
nice game.
here goes some feedback:
- + nice graphics!
- + nice sounds
- = controls: I like them. But sometimes I have problems with the accelerometer.
- - it takes a while (ipod touch 2nd gen) to load the different scenes of the game.
- -- continue menu: I frequently press the 'yes' or 'no' buttons before the dialog appears. Perhaps you should disable the touches until the menu finishes the scale action
Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
Member

@riq :
Thanks for your feedback. I agree the ship is a bit hard to control at first. You need a little while before you get used to it. We're going to work on that for the next update. I don't think the game is that long to load (we tested and had it tested on both 1st gen and 2nd gen iPhone and iPod touch). Maybe it's because you need to tap anywhere on the splash screen to run the transition to the title screen. As for the continue menu, we'll do something about it.

@Codemattic :
Thanks for your feedback and review. We really need to work on the accelerometer control... As for the artwork, everything was drawn and colorized in software. No scanned paintings, sorry (but thanks, it's a great compliment to our graphic designer).

Regarding "Prison Breaker", well, first, thanks a lot for your review ! Second, I wish we had made this game a couple of months later so we could have used cocos. It would have been much easier... Anyway, PB is a puzzle game, and it's a hard one. Unlocking the levels one by one is part of the gameplay (you do something in the last level of prison 1 that will allow you to make a new move in prisons 2 & 3). We could give it a second thought. I'd like to keep it that way and not let the player choose whatever level he wants to play until it's been unlocked. I know it's kind of frustrating when you're stuck on a level for days, maybe weeks. But when you finally get through, you're more than happy.

There's no pause and no auto-save in both AH and PB. Pause wouldn't be a problem on AH thanks to cocos. It's another story in PB. And I guess adding auto-save now would be a pain but we'll look into it for a future update of AH.

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
Moderator

In PB Im stuck at #14 in prison 1, so now Im extra eager to get through level #15 and see what I need to do to get to prison 2! OK - I get it - no jumping around levels. You know what you could do - make the level icons show a mini version of the actual level instead of just a generic icon. PB needs another shot at getting noticed. And I love the animation when you move across a buzzsaw.

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
Moderator

I know Im turning this thread in to the Prison Break thread - but I just got that terrible ball and chain off my leg - ahhh feels good - on to prison 2. Floating platforms! Huzzah!

Posted 2 years ago #

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