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[GAME] Paper Bridge

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Started 1 year ago by patrickC
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patrickC
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Hey everyone!
Happy to announce that my second game is now live on the App Store!
Paper Bridge is a bridge construction game made with cocos2d and box2d.
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Press Release
Featuring fully simulated physics, a colorful and unique visual style and a slick user interface, Paper Bridge puts the player in charge of designing successful bridges with adequate structure and support to hold the weight of passing vehicles.
Put your engineering skills to a test, enjoy the uniquely relaxing soundtrack by guitarist Doug Jamieson and immerse yourself in the life of a bridge designer.

Paper Bridge is the first "indie" title for iPhone platforms to boast a fully implemented physics system with breakable joints, realistically calculating weight distribution even in complex scenarios.

The initial release of Paper Bridge features 25 unique levels, and regular updates are certain to keep more content coming in at a steady rate.
The game also makes use of the OpenFeint network to keep track of your scores world-wide, unlock achievements and earn OpenFeint points.

Promo Codes
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YAE3MYEWT43N
3E6N9YYP4499
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T6NTLMWP6LP7

Thanks for taking a look and let me know your thoughts,
cheers
Patrick

Posted 1 year ago #
Techy
Member

Took 3E6N9YYP4499

It looks very fun! Can't wait to try it!

Posted 1 year ago #
jeff8500
Member

Looks pretty cool, I took T6NTLMWP6LP7.

Posted 1 year ago #
PhilM
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Congrats on the release Patrick!

Looking forward to playing through it over the next few days. Looks like you've added some nice touches since the beta, and a decent mix of levels.

Good luck with the release :)

Posted 1 year ago #
Dunc
Member

I had a similar idea recently, but nowhere near as good as this. Look forward to playing it!

Congrats :)

D.

Posted 1 year ago #
Knighty
Member

Congrats Patrick, will give it a try ASAP! looks fun

Posted 1 year ago #
patrickC
Member

Thanks, it's nice to finally see it on the app store ;)
Any fellow devs that feel like trying out the game [and perhaps leaving a review? :)] are invited to contact me by PM for a promocode :)

Posted 1 year ago #
Genji
Member

Congrats :) Reminds me of a physics workshop I had back in the day where we had to build the lightest and strongest bridge we could out of popsicle sticks. Can't wait to try it out.

Posted 1 year ago #
Techy
Member

Just played it! It is very very addicting! I love the game.. Ill post a review here soon!

Posted 1 year ago #
Dunc
Member

I'm stuck on Chapter 2 page 3 :(

Posted 1 year ago #
patrickC
Member

Hehe :)
Yes book2/page3 is where you get the first glimpse of "difficult" bridges that require proper structure to stay up :)

As a note, of the 2500+ people that are in the high score system (more than half are pirated BTW), only 6 completed the game so far ;)

If you search for "paper bridge iphone" the first few results are the cracked IPA, man you gotta love piracy ;)

Posted 1 year ago #
Dunc
Member

Guess I'm going to have to swat up on structural engineering!!

The piracy thing sucks. I would understand it if these apps cost $15+, but ripping somethign off that only costs a few dollars??

How are you tracking those which are pirated, and those which aren't?

Posted 1 year ago #
Dunc
Member

w00t! managed 2.3 with some kind of frankenbridge.

Posted 1 year ago #
patrickC
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Hehe good ;)

My estimates as to who is pirated and who is not is by comparing number of sales with number of individual openfeint highscores.

At the moment the ratio is roughly 1:3, so out of 3 people playing, 2 are pirated.
Still, not much we can do (actually, there's f*ck all we can do) so might as well have a laugh :)

Glad you enjoy the game so far, if I recall correctly the "hardest" level is 3-9.

Posted 1 year ago #
Tone
Member

Love it! I am going to get this tonight.

Posted 1 year ago #
patrickC
Member

Woot!
Just wanted to share my excitement, Paper Bridge just got featured in New & Noteworthy in US and Canada :)
It's actually ranked #10 in Puzzle Games in Canada, after it got mentioned on Canadian TV.

Posted 1 year ago #
alon7
Member

Really fun game!! You should do it for the iPad as well:)

Posted 1 year ago #
joefizz
Member

I've been stuck on book 3 bridge 7 for days now. Anyone have any tips that might see me in the right direction?

Other than this painful level its an awesome game.

Cheers

Joe

Posted 1 year ago #
Receptor
Member

Brilliant game! Congratulations!

Just a question: what software did you use to create the trailer?

Bye,
Etabubu

Posted 1 year ago #
patrickC
Member

@joefizz
I realize book3/page7 is very hard, it's actually the hardest level of the game at the moment. A good approach is to build a "double" arc type of structure so that lots of weight is distributed to the two left anchor points (you need to make use of the extra anchor on the ground to the left), and good support at the bottom is also important. Pay close attention to where the first beams snap during simulation, and also try not to have sharp angles between beams, as that badly distributes weight and is likely to cause too much stress on a joint and break it. (think arcs)
Lots of people get stuck at that level so I'll probably make it slightly easier (more ink) in the next update, and provide a screenshot of the solution to frustrated users ;)

@Receptor
Trailer was made using After Effects to cut it together+some effects, Screenflow to capture video from the simulator, and iSimulate to get multi-touch into the Simulator.

Posted 1 year ago #
AkumaStreak
Member

Nice patrickC!!!

Posted 1 year ago #
ratbum
Member

I love this game, though I'm not great at it (my earlier bridges are hideously inefficient).

I noticed you were getting a number of bad reviews from idiots who couldn't even figure out the first level so I posted solutions on my website (www.ratbum.com/walkthroughs) to increase your rating again.

P.S. Were you possessed by satan when you designed 3-7?

Posted 1 year ago #
patrickC
Member

Hey dude thanks a lot that's really neat.
If it's ok I'll link it from the main page of our site.

Happy to hear you like the game and thanks for taking the time to do all the screenshots ;)
I'm sure it'll help a few people that don't have the brain/patience to read the tutorial properly and give the game a try.
Still, there are quite a few flaws and I thought "well, people aren't THAT stupid", but I was proven wrong :)

I've been working hard on some new levels, porting the game for iPad and in general trying to improve the physics simulation and make it more consistent across device families (damn timestep...).

Book3-Page7 is good, about 3% of players got past that level but the ones who did started demanding even more challenging levels, go figure ;)

Again, thanks for all your help and support,
Patrick

Posted 1 year ago #
hactar
Member

Since the thread is still alive I thought I'd comment too.

Great game, really enjoy it, I have however encountered the following interesting problems on my iPhone 3G:

1) If you build a bridge that does not collapse when the vehicles go over it, but just barely, and you rerun the level but under heavier iPhone 3G load (e.g. email has arrived and the new mail sound is loaded, or you are listening to music and a new mp3 loads). The same bridge will now collapse, I think due to the change of FPS while the game is running (maybe do to with the physics being rougher when more time elapses between the recalculation calls?)
2) Book 3 Page 2: This one baffles me. You have two gaps you have to overcome. I created a bridge to overcome the first gap, worked fine, did not collapse. I then created a second bridge to overcome the second gap, but now the first part (which is in no way linked to the second part) collapses. I think this may again be due to the physics engine having more calculations to do and so two unrelated parts affect each other even though they should not.
3) Small one: The menu automatically selects the last book I was playing, it however does not select the last page I was playing, making me have to go through the pages again.

Hope you can squish these problems, as they're annoying in such a fun game :). If you need help testing on my device feel free to send me a message.

Posted 1 year ago #
patrickC
Member

Hey hactar, thanks for the feedback.
I've been working hard to stabilize the physics simulation and should have found a decent balance (and re-worked the box2d timestepping) so hopefully the next update should fix those issues.
3) Yep, that's also been taken into account ;)

Upcoming update will fix a number of UI issues, physics, add some more levels, and add in iPad support with universal binary.

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