Above & Beyond Air Combat - SUBMITTED! (w/ gameplay vid)

[jshmrsn]

Finally! After 10 months, I am extremely excited to announce Above & Beyond has been submitted to the App Store and is awaiting approval. Here's hoping for a smooth process.

App Store price will be $2.99

In celebration of the submission, I'm releasing a new gameplay trailer!


Machine guns, lasers, missiles, n' 'splosions yay!




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Original Trailer


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Engage in action packed air-to-air and air-to-ground combat with enemy aircraft, battleships, and turrets as you battle for control of island strongholds.


With an armada of customizable combat aircraft at your disposal, you are challenged to explore and conquer the fully 3D, open-world environments of Above & Beyond Air Combat.

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::: Features Summary :::

- Explore and conquer over 60 islands in a fully 3D, open-world environment.
- Customize 12 advanced combat aircraft
- Upgrade your aircraft with over 15 different weapons and numerous thrusters, shields, and other enhancements.
- Engage in 3 unique battle modes: Gauntlet, Survival, and Conquest.
- Share Highscores and Achievements via the fully integrated OpenFeint 2.1 service.
- Enjoy *your* music with in-game music library integration.
- Several options to calibrate and tune controls to your personal preference
- Initial loading times are very quick, and there are rarely any loading times during gameplay

[pharmx]

Awesome, congrats Josh! Now, the wait begins...

[The_Running_Man]

Sweet. I will be buying this when it comes out (hopefully soon). Looks awesome:D

[Coral]

Insta-buy. It looks great, has lots of features, and seems to be severely under priced. I hope you have good luck with your game.

[Aldex Oun]

Trust me, this game is a must buy. The game is extremely responsive and there's plenty of replay value. Beta testing this game was definitely a fun experience, I can tell you that much.

[mrWalrus]

Huge Congrats!

I can't wait to check Above & Beyond out.
It looks like a lot of fun. :D

[Sierra275]

I am definitely going to buy this. I'm setting aside money for this, along with Dungeon Hunter. DARN I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jshmrsn]

Thanks guys! I've been awake for some 30 hours now, so I'm going to sign off. I'm thinking I might create another mini trailer tomorrow to show off some of the features I didn't get into in the last one.

That'll help pass the time, at least :-)

[ktfright]

good job josh, i hope this goes to the top ten list. its already on mines.:)

[Squirt Reynolds]

This game looks friggin' awesome, and although I enjoyed SciFly, this is head and shoulders above it in every way. Insta-buy for me

+1 to hoping the approval process is quick and painless

[Krypto]

Game looks great! I will definitely buy this day one of release!

[Der-Kleine]

Don't worry guys, you will only LOVE this game! :( (:D)



It's pretty amazing to see how different Beta 1 is from the newest Beta (I think It's beta 6... ;))
The game speed increased alot and runs extremely smooth now! :)
The controlls where always great! :D
And most of the other bugs got fixed,too!

I just looked at our 110 page long Beta testing group and noticed that the group had only started on the 26.8.09 (some people wright it 8.26.09.)

Must have been alot of work fixing all those bugs in 12 days :eek:.

Enjoy your wait! :D I hope this made it harder for you! http://united.tm-exchange.com/smiles/angry.gif

[roostersully]

This truly is a great game. It's got it all polish, depth, and great graphics. The only thing I could say it's lacking is a story mode but with everything else it more than makes up for it.

[Johno]

Yep this game is a great buy. I greatly enjoyed the beta. You guys won't be dissapointed.

[Sierra275]

Now is the worst part of any game development: waiting for lazy 'ol apple to approve it. I hope some guy has heard of this game already, is freaking hyped about it, and decides to go and jump the queue.

[error]

josh i hate you :mad: because i cant get any money for itunes cards too xmas and dont ask why because its a long story

[٩๏̯͡๏)۶]

Will it have online play at any point?

[jshmrsn]

Will it have online play at any point?

I am hoping to create a multiplayer Above & Beyond one day, but still in the designing phases.

[Forcecomando]

Wow this game has come far from Sci Fly. A definite buy for me. Can't wait!

[Brazilian Rider]

Wow, only $2.99? By the amount of content in this game, you're getting ripped off jshmrsn!

This game SHOULD be $6.99, as it'll last you hours and hours of gameplay, but $2.99?

E-Gad!

First iBlast Moki goes at a ridiculously low price, then this? AWESOME!

[randomdude]

Congrats Josh and people I am proud to put this game under my belt as one of the best game I tested so far but it get boring if you have to play this game like 20 times due to the number of betas Josh was pumping out to get 2.2.1 compatibility :D also be prepare for my score to reach the top people :)

[Der-Kleine]

I hope Apple isn't having a really slow month again! :o

[jshmrsn]

I hope Apple isn't having a really slow month again! :o
Seriously, I hope so too! I doubt it will, but I'm hoping it'll come out before the 18th so I can show it off at GDC :-)

[Der-Kleine]

Seriously, I hope so too! I doubt it will, but I'm hoping it'll come out before the 18th so I can show it off at GDC :-)

before the 18.th... let's just hope and pray! :o

[jshmrsn]

Heading to GDC Austin in a few hours. Might be getting some new hands-on videos there.

[Fudgeboy]

So is this online or not? Sorry if mentioned before

[nielololek]

It doesn't have online multiplayer, but it has got Leaderboards and chat via OpenFeint.

[Fudgeboy]

It doesn't have online multiplayer, but it has got Leaderboards and chat via OpenFeint.

Ok thanks. Still an instant buy though.

[nielololek]

I promise you that this game is so cool even without a multiplayer. But maybe in the future update there will be multiplayer, but you have to ask about that the developer, jshmrsn .

[Vester]

hey, congrats on your game, hope it is approved soon and from gameplay and the discription $2.99 looks like a steal! good luck!

[SarcasticGamer]

I promise you that this game is so cool even without a multiplayer. But maybe in the future update there will be multiplayer, but you have to ask about that the developer, jshmrsn .

Every game will have a multiplayer update!

[upsidedown]

Josh said that multiplayer is very expensive, and the only way it would get that is if the game did REALLY well.

[jshmrsn]

Josh said that multiplayer is very expensive, and the only way it would get that is if the game did REALLY well.

Yeah, that's pretty much the issue. Servers would be needed to do multiplayer right and that can cost a lot of money. I'd also need to hire someone to do the server side work. Although, there are some tools which are still in development which might help with this later on. We'll see...

Still waiting for approval...

p.s.

A&B was front page'd http://toucharcade.com/2009/09/14/a-preview-of-upcoming-above-beyond-air-combat/ :)

[The_Running_Man]

I hope this gets approved soon before school starts.