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[Game] mentalBlock for iPad

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Started 1 year ago by stromdotcom
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stromdotcom
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My new game, mentalBlock for iPad, is out now. If you are looking for something that demonstrates pretty much everything cocos2D has to offer (sound, music, physics, iPad development, particle engine, etc), this is it.

mentalBlock is a physics puzzler. The rules are simple: get rid of the red blocks without losing the green blocks. The physics and gravity is what makes it tough.

mentalBlock is also unique, I think, because it includes the full level editor I used to make all the levels for the game.

It also has a unique ambient style that I don't think has ever been tried on the iPhone/iPod/iPad before.

Here is a video demonstrating the game (level editor shown at 1:40):

More screenshots and info at Glowdot Productions.

Both a full version and a LITE version are available now:

Full: iTunes Link
LITE: iTunes Link

Hope you enjoy it!

Posted 1 year ago #
Codemattic
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Nice. The level editor looks really fun too!

Posted 1 year ago #
stromdotcom
Member

Some news on this:

148Apps wrote a very nice review of the game, which you can see here: http://bit.ly/9EODvT

If you look at the screenshots they posted with the review, Cocos2D gets a nice nod ;)

Also, the iPhone/iPod version of mentalBlock is out, called mentalBlock Mobile

Posted 1 year ago #
pgpprogram
Member

Gratz on the review!

Posted 1 year ago #
pfg2009
Member

Woohoo! And up the charts you climb :)

Posted 1 year ago #
stromdotcom
Member

Thanks guys! :)

I'm definitely curious to see what kind of effect a review like that has. So far, All three versions of the game (full, lite and mobile) are in the What's Hot listings. So we shall see....

Posted 1 year ago #
drPedro
Member

very nice! I really enjoy the ambience of the game (especially sound design).. Even my 4 years old daughter is fascinated (she has created its own game rule which goal is not very clear, but it is not to solve the game)
Just one little point of usability (but very very little t's just to say something) : when "tap on restart" or "tap on next" is displayed (for example after a success or failure). You could just have put a button instead of the text
BTW, of do you achieve the graphic noise background effect ?
Good luck with the chart!

Posted 1 year ago #
stromdotcom
Member

Thank you :)

The issue with the next/restart button has been fixed in the 1.2 update. Stupid oversight on my part, almost everyone says they wish they could just tap the text.

As for the static/noise: it's just an overlay. I made an animation sequence of a small, mostly transparent tile with the scanlines and random noise, then tiled them over each scene, and set them to animate. VERY simple to do, actually, and there are a lot of ways you can go with it, to simulate all sorts of effects (fog, rain, dust, etc).

Also more news: mentalBlock Mobile LITE is out today (for the iPhone/iPod).

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