[LeftRight] Katchup! Our flicking, swiping and bottling game submitted to Apple!

[khangtoh]

UPDATED: Thanks to all our beta testers for testing and helping us refine the game. We're now ready to submit KatchUp to the appstore and if all goes well we should see Katchup in the appstore 2 weeks from now!

We're finally ready to unveil our next game to everyone here at TA!

First off, the game is called Katchup and you play as a bottler, if that's an actual word :) or occupation, HA! Your job is to bottle as many bottles of ketchup ( !! hint hint - the name katchup !!) and not screw up.

The game is easy to pick up and there's two parts to the main game, you start off by flicking stuff that doesn't belong in the vat off the top conveyor, as you collect more tomatoes, the vat meter goes up. When the vat meter is full, you flip the switch and off you go, the bottom conveyor moves and bottles start coming in.

The second part of the game requires you to fill up the bottles with ketchup as the bottles appear. Control the nozzle left and right by swiping left right, and dispense ketchup by pressing the dispense button.

We've also thrown in a physics engine that takes care of moving, flicking and knocking things around, beware of a propelling duck or TV and make sure that nothing other than tomatoes goes into the vat. Discover more fun objects as you bottle more & more and be the top bottler of the year!

We're starting to accept beta testing for KatchUp!, so anyone who is interested PM me with the following information, if you have participated in this thread, we'll PM you soon to get those information:

Email Address
Your Device ID
Device Type
Device OS
Also if you have a Twitter/Facebook account, that's even better!


New video updated!!
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Here's some screenshots!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1986

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1987

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1988

So we need your help, we've designed 3 renditions of the game icon and help us by telling us which icon you like most.

Icon 1:
http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1992

Icon 2:
http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1993

Icon 3:
http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1991
http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1994

We feel that this game has a very unique game play and is not like most iPhone game genres out there, TD, Line Drawing, 3rd people shooter, platformers, etc... This game will promise to be fun, entertaining and educational too (urg... maybe .. :) ) but if you are an avid iPhone gamer, we like you to help us make this game as fun and entertaining. "How can I help?". Well, we really appreciate everyone's participation in this thread discussion, comments, feedback, etc. And finally we need beta testers soon!

So here's the thing, we're gonna start reveal details to the game bits by bits for now, plus it will be fun just to have people take a shot at guessing what sort of a game it is, getting into the suspend and very thing.

As we progress, we will update this thread with more info, screenshots, video, etc. If you would like to beta test, participate in the discussion here and if we think you have the potential to be a kickass tester, we'll get you setup to be a beta tester.


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So without further ado, here's a screenshot!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1738

Here's another graphic for part of the game. First to guess how Rubber Ducky plays in the the game get a promo code for smackBOTS. So no one has correctly guessed how Rubber Ducky plays in our new game but no worries, here's another game object to play with. Same deal, guess how does the hammer play in the game, have fun!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1750http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1791


Adding another puzzle to the game! Introducing our newly built machine interface THE BOTTLE MASTER 3000!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1794

TouchArcaders are going wild with guesses on how these objects will play in the game and here's a few that we personally love the most - right or wrong!

Originally Posted by Diggins http://forums.toucharcade.com/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=540479#post540479)
If they had a cool squeak I would play that for hours.

Ok so you're a magician and you use alchemy to turn the duck into a hammer but really it's a dooms day device in disquise(or however you spell that) and you rule the world!!!!!!!!

[Fudgeboy]

hmm, a line drawing conveyor belt game maybe???

[khangtoh]

hmm, a line drawing conveyor belt game maybe???

"conveyor belt game" - Good guess but there's more ;)
"line drawing" - No and Yes, it depends!

[sic]

bottle factory time management game.

[khangtoh]

bottle factory time management game.

Bottle .. YES!
Factory .. YES!
Time management.. YES!

but there's more!

[iwantmoregames]

And why is this game fun?

[eggzbacon]

Okay so we know that this is a time management game....


All i needed to know

[khangtoh]

And why is this game fun?

Because. There's no aliens, zombies, dragons, stick figures , etc ...

Anyway we thought we would like to introduce to iPhone gamers a more unique gaming experience so stay tune as we reveal more game details.

[khangtoh]

Okay so we know that this is a time management game....


All i needed to know

Just a note it's more than just time management but if you're into time management, this game won't disappoint!

[khangtoh]

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1750

Here's another graphic for part of the game. First to guess how Rubber Ducky plays in the the game get a promo code for smackBOTS.

[Devilishly Good]

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1750

Here's another graphic for part of the game. First to guess how Rubber Ducky plays in the the game get a promo code for smackBOTS.

it makes the machine stop?

[skyye06]

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1750

Here's another graphic for part of the game. First to guess how Rubber Ducky plays in the the game get a promo code for smackBOTS.

Its hiding from Big Bird lol

[khangtoh]

it makes the machine stop?

Good try! but no it doesn't make the machine stop.

[khangtoh]

Its hiding from Big Bird lol

No big bird in the game.. yet.. sorry ;)

[sic]

its an alarm for something

[khangtoh]

its an alarm for something

Nope ;)

[LordGek]

The rubber ducky is perhaps a bonus item on the conveyor belt. Grabbing him will give you extra time?

[Fudgeboy]

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1750

Here's another graphic for part of the game. First to guess how Rubber Ducky plays in the the game get a promo code for smackBOTS.

He is on a package? is he the thing on the bottle? does he attack you?

[khangtoh]

The rubber ducky is perhaps a bonus item on the conveyor belt. Grabbing him will give you extra time?

"item on the conveyor belt" is partially correct, since there's 2 conveyor belt. But the rest is wrong. Keep trying! You're pretty close.

[khangtoh]

He is on a package? is he the thing on the bottle? does he attack you?

"does he attack you?" chuckling away.. sorry that made us laugh non-stop.. but no he doesn't attack, he's too cute to do that.

"He is on a package? is he the thing on the bottle? " - Nope, we love Rubble ducky, it's too cruel to bottle him.

[LordGek]

Your job is to bottle feed the poor little ducklings?

One conveyor belt has bottles and the other has little ducklings coming the other way?

[sic]

its a logo

[khangtoh]

Your job is to bottle feed the poor little ducklings?

One conveyor belt has bottles and the other has little ducklings coming the other way?



Bottle feed the poor little duckings? - Not sure what you actually meant but I'm guessing feeding the ducklings with stuff from the bottles? Nope.

"One conveyor belt has bottles and the other has little ducklings coming the other way?"

Sorta right, but pretty general so not really the right answer, but yes, the duckling rides one of the conveyor belts.

[khangtoh]

its a logo

No, not a logo. Rubber Ducky will actually be part of the game scene :p:p:p:p

[Devilishly Good]

"does he attack you?" chuckling away.. sorry that made us laugh non-stop.. but no he doesn't attack, he's too cute to do that.

"He is on a package? is he the thing on the bottle? " - Nope, we love Rubble ducky, it's too cruel to bottle him.

well here's some video showing rubber ducks are not always nice and harmless

I will list link to youtube video vs embedding since is does have the f-word in there and is not appropriate for TA :p (but the video is funny)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJgCFkixKSM

[khangtoh]

LOL, watched the video.. thanks for the link. Yeah, Rubber Ducky ain't always friendly :P

[pharmx]

I have no idea what the rubber duckie does, but I just wanted to show my support for a fellow indie dev :D

[khangtoh]

I have no idea what the rubber duckie does, but I just wanted to show my support for a fellow indie dev :D

Thanks for the support and I've been following your fuzion thread too :) it looks really good from those initial screenshots.

[khangtoh]

So no one has stake their claim to the "prize" for answering how does Rubber Ducky plays in the game, anyone else adventurously to take a shot?

[Fudgeboy]

um, he goes on another conveyor belt and you have to drag him so he destroys the bottles? im out of ideas :o

[khangtoh]

um, he goes on another conveyor belt and you have to drag him so he destroys the bottles? im out of ideas :o

Haha. Rubber Ducky doesn't destroy any bottles. Keep trying.. don't give up.:p

[Devilishly Good]

the duckie represents an extra life?

[khangtoh]

the duckie represents an extra life?

Nope, it does not give you an extra chance or life but you're getting close ... really close.. sort of like so close yet so far.. you know what I mean :cool:

[khangtoh]

By the way, is there anyway I can edit the Thread title? I tried to edit the original post title but the new post title wasn't updating the Thread title.

[iwantmoregames]

The duck is you the player and you are suppose to ride the conveyor to exit then you clear the level?

[khangtoh]

The duck is you the player and you are suppose to ride the conveyor to exit then you clear the level?

Very imaginative.. hahaha. but sorry no. there's no exit that Rubber Ducky needs to go to.

[Devilishly Good]

By the way, is there anyway I can edit the Thread title? I tried to edit the original post title but the new post title wasn't updating the Thread title.

you'll have to have a mod change it for you

[khangtoh]

you'll have to have a mod change it for you

Thanks! I PM'ed pharmx and he did helped me out, but thanks for responding, I was getting my hair all pulled out from figuring how to do it from the edit page.

[Claridosa]

The ducks are on the conveyor belt. You need to shoot or gather alike colors?

[khangtoh]

The ducks are on the conveyor belt. You need to shoot or gather alike colors?

The duck does ride the conveyor :p:p:p:p

but no you don't shoot them .... Good try though!!!!

Keep your guesses going you're close.

[khangtoh]

So no one has correctly guessed how Rubber Ducky plays in our new game but no worries, here's another game object to play with.

Same deal, guess how does the hammer play in the game, have fun!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1791

[derek420]

So no one has correctly guessed how Rubber Ducky plays in our new game but no worries, here's another game object to play with.

Same deal, guess how does the hammer play in the game, have fun!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1791
u smack the rubber ducks with the hammer :D lol

[Diggins]

you use the hammer to smash cracked bottles that you dont want?

[khangtoh]

u smack the rubber ducks with the hammer :D lol

Hahahaha.. Nope you do not hammer the rubber duckies.

[MetroGnome217]

to fix the machine!!

[khangtoh]

you use the hammer to smash cracked bottles that you dont want?

Nope :o.. not used to crack the bottles.

[khangtoh]

to fix the machine!!

Good guess... but it's not for fixing the machine :D

[derek420]

Hahahaha.. Nope you do not hammer the rubber duckies.
damn! i woulda bought it jus for that :p

[sic]

it destroys the machine!

[khangtoh]

damn! i woulda bought it jus for that :p

Taking that into consideration, we might make a special edition where you do hammer the rubber duckies :D

[khangtoh]

it destroys the machine!

Nope, doesn't destroy the machine, but it does "destroy" something!

[Jordanrracer]

Destroys and crashes the game!!!!!

[Diggins]

Taking that into consideration, we might make a special edition where you do hammer the rubber duckies :D

If they had a cool squeak I would play that for hours.

Ok so you're a magician and you use alchemy to turn the duck into a hammer but really it's a dooms day device in disquise(or however you spell that) and you rule the world!!!!!!!!

[khangtoh]

If they had a cool squeak I would play that for hours.

Ok so you're a magician and you use alchemy to turn the duck into a hammer but really it's a dooms day device in disquise(or however you spell that) and you rule the world!!!!!!!!

Man you've a great imagination! Wer're actually making all sort of cool sound effects for the game using voice memo on our iPhones and yes!!!!!! There is a cool ducky squeaky noise for rubber ducky.

On to your magician thing..., no... No magicians here but I'm loving your guesses.

[Diggins]

Man you've a great imagination! Wer're actually making all sort of cool sound effects for the game using voice memo on our iPhones and yes!!!!!! There is a cool ducky squeaky noise for rubber ducky.

On to your magician thing..., no... No magicians here but I'm loving your guesses.

Ha you should make duck sounds with Microsoft sam. Or the t-pain app.

Does the hammer destroy is it for repairing?

[khangtoh]

Destroys and crashes the game!!!!!

Hahahaha.. nope , but I'll try to keep the game as bug free as possible so it doesn't crash when rendering the hammer sprite!

[Diggins]

Ok hammers are for destroying polar bears who try to sneak in and steal bottles?

[spidey146]

Does the rubber ducky go back and forth on the conveyor and u throw bottles at him?

and does the hammer break rocks or something that get into the machine?

[khangtoh]

Ok hammers are for destroying polar bears who try to sneak in and steal bottles?

Diggins.. You're definitely going to be beta testing this when this game is ready!

[sinuyan]

ok, so the game is about a company that has different products.
you have you work the different functions of the assembly line. for exaample the rubber duckys go across and you have to make sure they are made correctly.
then if something breaks you use tools such as the hammer to fix them.
i hope im right!!! :D

[sinuyan]

duckys are youre rating like stars in guitar hero!!!

[sinuyan]

im gonna figure that ducky out. :cool:
so the ducky represents seconds going by?

[jak56]

does the hammer destroy the failed bottle/objects before they go off the conveyor belt?
maybe you can hit the ducky with it to make squeaky noises!:D
maybe the ducky squeaks when something is wrong?:confused:

[khangtoh]

im gonna figure that ducky out. :cool:
so the ducky represents seconds going by?

sinuyan, all great guesses, but ... the ducky does not represent seconds in the game, and


ok, so the game is about a company that has different products.
you have you work the different functions of the assembly line. for exaample the rubber duckys go across and you have to make sure they are made correctly.
then if something breaks you use tools such as the hammer to fix them.
i hope im right!!! :D


That's a good start! You do make some stuff which is pretty obvious ;) but you do not use the hammer to fix things in the game and you do not make duckys.. they just show up! and you do something with them!

[spidey146]

sinuyan, all great guesses, but ... the ducky does not represent seconds in the game, and



That's a good start! You do make some stuff which is pretty obvious ;) but you do not use the hammer to fix things in the game and you do not make duckys.. they just show up! and you do something with them!

YOU THROW THEM AT MAN EATING WALRUSES AND PEDOPHILES WHO STEAL YOUR EX-WIFE AFTER SHE CAME BACK TO YOU TO SAY SHE WAS SORRY

please tell me if im right;)

[Diggins]

you throw them at man eating walruses and pedophiles who steal your ex-wife after she came back to you to say she was sorry

please tell me if im right;)

hey walruses are docile creatures! It's those damn chiuauas we need to watch out for.

[khangtoh]

Does the rubber ducky go back and forth on the conveyor and u throw bottles at him?

and does the hammer break rocks or something that get into the machine?

Hahahah.. no you don't throw bottles at rubber duckies! they're too cute .. :):):) but good guess!

[spidey146]

hey walruses are docile creatures! It's those damn chiuauas we need to watch out for.

fine, you hit the chiuayas with hammers?

we both cant spell :D

in all honesty i think maybe it goes on the conveyor and you have to move the conveyor belt to face a certain basket and the ducckies fall in?

[Diggins]

fine, you hit the chiuayas with hammers?

we both cant spell :D

in all honesty i think maybe it goes on the conveyor and you have to move the conveyor belt to face a certain basket and the ducckies fall in?

ppfftt mayb yu cahnt spel buht i kan vary welll :p

i think the baskets with ducks are a bit easter-ish. its got to be some sort of power up or bonus points.

BTW is this going to have leaderboards/achievements?

[khangtoh]

fine, you hit the chiuayas with hammers?

we both cant spell :D

in all honesty i think maybe it goes on the conveyor and you have to move the conveyor belt to face a certain basket and the ducckies fall in?

spidey146.. pretty close.. duckies fall into something! rides the conveyor!

[spidey146]

spidey146.. Pretty close.. Duckies fall into something! Rides the conveyor!

boxes!

[khangtoh]

ppfftt mayb yu cahnt spel buht i kan vary welll :p

i think the baskets with ducks are a bit easter-ish. its got to be some sort of power up or bonus points.

BTW is this going to have leaderboards/achievements?

"got to be some sort of power up or bonus points." - quite the opposite :D

Yes there will be an online leaderboard but we're still thinking about achievements, how to make it extra special! Perhaps we'll get more ideas from beta testers and we definitely want you to beta test.

[spidey146]

"got to be some sort of power up or bonus points." - quite the opposite :d

yes there will be an online leaderboard but we're still thinking about achievements, how to make it extra special! Perhaps we'll get more ideas from beta testers and we definitely want you to beta test.

if they fall in the boxes u lose points

[Greensheep]

maybe you have to move and sort the bottles while avoiding death pits of rubber duckys and flying magical hammers whos purpose in life is to destroy your precious bottles?

[Diggins]

"got to be some sort of power up or bonus points." - quite the opposite :D

Yes there will be an online leaderboard but we're still thinking about achievements, how to make it extra special! Perhaps we'll get more ideas from beta testers and we definitely want you to beta test.

Lol thank you. Well I can't imagine you'd want rubber duckies at the bottom of your boxes (unless you're making cracker jacks or something). Im still totally lost on the hammer though. If it doesn't destroy duckies or messed up bottles what is left to destroy? Tacos?

Oh and greensheep I tried to put the magic idea out there but apparently magicians and alchemy just aren't cool enough to deal with hammers and ducks

[sinuyan]

This really is a tough one. But you wanna know what im most curious about?
in the screenshot it shows that the is a ridged wheel type thing that can be turned up and down. that must increase speed, correct? i wonder if that plays a role in the function of the ducky and hammer. :D

[khangtoh]

This really is a tough one. But you wanna know what im most curious about?
in the screenshot it shows that the is a ridged wheel type thing that can be turned up and down. that must increase speed, correct? i wonder if that plays a role in the function of the ducky and hammer. :D

Great observations! Yes that wheel dial was for controlling some sort of speed element in the game. We decided to not include the wheel dial for the moment, unless we hear more feedback that everyone really wants that

[sinuyan]

so does that mean that the ducky is on the top conveyor belt?
seeing as the bottom is the one that had the speed wheel.

[Devilishly Good]

you press on the duckie to let the game know you want to take a bathroom break???

[Fudgeboy]

you press on the duckie to let the game know you want to take a bathroom break???

lol that best pause button ever!

[khangtoh]

you press on the duckie to let the game know you want to take a bathroom break???

:eek::eek::eek: you just gave me a damn good idea for a menu/pause button for the game. You've earned my respect and you'll be one of the first to get a sneak peak and beta test the game.

[khangtoh]

maybe you have to move and sort the bottles while avoiding death pits of rubber duckys and flying magical hammers whos purpose in life is to destroy your precious bottles?

Hmmm interesting elaborate on what you mean by death pits of rubber duckies and flying magical hammer :) you might be on to something there but other than that ...You don't sort bottles, but you obviously do something with the bottles :)

[jak56]

do the appearing duckies mean youve got something good and you can tap it to acces a bonus stage where you can try to squeeze the ducky as many times as possible to et extra points?:confused:

[khangtoh]

do the appearing duckies mean youve got something good and you can tap it to acces a bonus stage where you can try to squeeze the ducky as many times as possible to et extra points?:confused:

Nope, the ducky does not give access to a bonus stage. But there will be a mini bonus game within the game itself, but we're not sure if we are going to submit with that later after version 1.0.

[Diggins]

Nope, the ducky does not give access to a bonus stage. But there will be a mini bonus game within the game itself, but we're not sure if we are going to submit with that later after version 1.0.

you know statistically minigames are more enjoyable when throwing hammers at ducks is involved

[khangtoh]

Adding another piece to the game! Introducing our newly built machine interface THE BOTTLE MASTER 3000!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1794

[spidey146]

Adding another piece to the game! Introducing our newly built machine interface THE BOTTLE MASTER 3000!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1794

what, is the game about trying to move conveyors so the bottle goes in a specific box and when its full u press didpence or else it over-flows?

[khangtoh]

what, is the game about trying to move conveyors so the bottle goes in a specific box and when its full u press didpence or else it over-flows?

Something like that, but there's more to the game and will definitely have more interesting elements for game play. But pretty much you run a production line using the awesome Bottle master 3000!!! Hahaha, what do you think ?

[spidey146]

Something like that, but there's more to the game and will definitely have more interesting elements for game play. But pretty much you run a production line using the awesome Bottle master 3000!!! Hahaha, what do you think ?

It sounds like....




























PWNAGE ALL THE WAY MAN

p.s. I'm reading a book and they just said "blow" :p

[khangtoh]

It sounds like....


PWNAGE ALL THE WAY MAN

p.s. I'm reading a book and they just said "blow" :p


Alright! IT's awesome to see such a reaction the game!

[Devilishly Good]

:eek::eek::eek: you just gave me a damn good idea for a menu/pause button for the game. You've earned my respect and you'll be one of the first to get a sneak peak and beta test the game.

awesome!!! :D

[khangtoh]

awesome!!! :D

I've been researching on Toilet signs and the stuff that shows up on Google just cracks me up!

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=toilet%20signs&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

[khangtoh]

maybe you have to move and sort the bottles while avoiding death pits of rubber duckys and flying magical hammers whos purpose in life is to destroy your precious bottles?
:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

All I can say is you move and sort "stuff" but not bottles! Hammers do fly! and so does rubber ducky

[spidey146]

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

All I can say is you move and sort "stuff" but not bottles! Hammers do fly! and so does rubber ducky

do they fly around and you try to smash them to pieces with a baseball bat?

[khangtoh]

do they fly around and you try to smash them to pieces with a baseball bat?

Where the baseball bat came from? hahahha!

But you're now officially beta testing this!

[spidey146]

Where the baseball bat came from? hahahha!

But you're now officially beta testing this!

haha awesome

[Devilishly Good]

I've been researching on Toilet signs and the stuff that shows up on Google just cracks me up!

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=toilet%20signs&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

...those are definitely funny

[jak56]

ive finally know what the ducky does! when you tap him as he flies across the screen randomly, you activate an ultimate frenzy mod and you have a range of tools such as a chainsaw and flametorch to destroy as many objects as possible!:D that would be so fun...:rolleyes:

[khangtoh]

...those are definitely funny

Here's the official pause button for our upcoming game thanks to Devilishly Good (http://forums.toucharcade.com/member.php?u=11595)!

http://forums.toucharcade.com/picture.php?albumid=315&pictureid=1846

[Devilishly Good]

cool...though I thought this one was pretty darn funny from the link you posted:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:fAUVfLqjrlp8gM:http://funniez.net/images/stories/weird-toilet-signs/weird-toilet-signs-03.jpg

[khangtoh]

cool...though I thought this one was pretty darn funny from the link you posted:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:fAUVfLqjrlp8gM:http://funniez.net/images/stories/weird-toilet-signs/weird-toilet-signs-03.jpg

Hahaha That was pretty darn funny indeed!

[sinuyan]

ok, so the ducky flies across the screen and you tap it to go into a bonus mode. the game pauses and the ducky freezes. you have to tap hammers that get thrown at the ducky to knock them off their paths. we dont want the awesome ducky getting hurt!!! :eek:

[Diggins]

ok, so the ducky flies across the screen and you tap it to go into a bonus mode. the game pauses and the ducky freezes. you have to tap hammers that get thrown at the ducky to knock them off their paths. we dont want the awesome ducky getting hurt!!! :eek:

...... I do :)

[sinuyan]

...... I do :)
they should make an option where you can let the ducky get hit just for you. XD

[Redpanda9]

The duck is for quackalacking and the hammer is for bangalangin.

[khangtoh]

ok, so the ducky flies across the screen and you tap it to go into a bonus mode. the game pauses and the ducky freezes. you have to tap hammers that get thrown at the ducky to knock them off their paths. we dont want the awesome ducky getting hurt!!! :eek:

Rubber Duckies will fly and squeak but tapping them doesn't make you go into any bonus mode. We're almost done with development and now just polishing up final details, incorporating an online leaderboard and the option of ipod library access :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: while in play!!!

I'm going to post some screenshots later in the week.

I'm also thinking if we should just keep the game play under cover and keep the suspense going :D:D:D:D:D

[Fudgeboy]

Rubber Duckies will fly and squeak but tapping them doesn't make you go into any bonus mode. We're almost done with development and now just polishing up final details, incorporating an online leaderboard and the option of ipod library access :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: while in play!!!

I'm going to post some screenshots later in the week.

I'm also thinking if we should just keep the game play under cover and keep the suspense going :D:D:D:D:D

No! i wanna see the gameplay and screenies :p

[Diggins]

No! i wanna see the gameplay and screenies :p

Lol ssssaame

[khangtoh]

Lol ssssaame

Yeah... But you'll not only see, you should have first impressions from beta testing the game. We're about a week away from the first beta binary build!!!!

[sinuyan]

i cant wait!!!
i hope i get to beta test. :3

[Greensheep]

Hmmm interesting elaborate on what you mean by death pits of rubber duckies and flying magical hammer :) you might be on to something there but other than that ...You don't sort bottles, but you obviously do something with the bottles :)

Sorry my Internet was down for a little bit.

Like I was thinking there was a barrel of ducks (because random barrels of ducks are just awesome) but you didn't want your bottles to fall in or you'd lose. And people are angry that you have a succesful bottle plant so they throw hammers at your bottles and you have to save them :D

[khangtoh]

Sorry my Internet was down for a little bit.

Like I was thinking there was a barrel of ducks (because random barrels of ducks are just awesome) but you didn't want your bottles to fall in or you'd lose. And people are angry that you have a succesful bottle plant so they throw hammers at your bottles and you have to save them :D

The concept is close, but not exactly. Good try! Stuff do go into a giant barrel but the ducks have some involvement too but not into the barrel :)

[spidey146]

The concept is close, but not exactly. Good try! Stuff do go into a giant barrel but the ducks have some involvement too but not into the barrel :)

they eat the bottles?

[khangtoh]

they eat the bottles?
Hahaha no... No bottles were eaten during the production or playing this game. ( read that fast in your head with the low tone voice that you always hear on tv disclaimers)

[khangtoh]

Lol ssssaame

So we're ready to unveil our next game Katchup! I've updated the thread with description, screen shots and icon designs, help us select the icon that will go with the game!

[drelbs]

Take icon #1 and change the white/red object borders to black as in icon #2

[Devilishly Good]

#2 for sure

the colors are more vibrant, I like the "shine" on the bottle, and the black borders really help make all the shapes stand out

#1 is too flat and washed out and #3 is just text, very boring

[Diggins]

I like the bottle way better on #2 but the tomato sorta looks like an apple

[khangtoh]

I like the bottle way better on #2 but the tomato sorta looks like an apple

Me like #2 too :) and that's winning in the poll. By the way, I updated the thread with a video of KatchUp so check it out and let us know what you think of the game!!

Poj99Bq-4js

[khangtoh]

We're starting to accept beta testing for KatchUp!, so anyone who is interested PM me with the following information:

Email Address
Your Device ID
Device Type
Device OS
Also if you have a Twitter/Facebook account, that's even better!

Time to bottle some ketchup!

[Diggins]

Nice :)

[Devilishly Good]

We're starting to accept beta testing for KatchUp!, so anyone who is interested PM me with the following information:

Email Address
Your Device ID
Device Type
Device OS
Also if you have a Twitter/Facebook account, that's even better!

Time to bottle some ketchup!

PM sent :)

[sinuyan]

pm sent. :D
i love the idea. cant believe i coudnt figure it out. haha. :)

[khangtoh]

pm sent. :D
i love the idea. cant believe i coudnt figure it out. haha. :)

Got your PM, glad to have you beta test. Actually you're guesses were pretty close and interesting too :)

We just finished Twitter integration last night, so the beta binary should be sent out to all beta testers in the couple of days.

[spidey146]

pm sent a little while ago :D

[craneballs]

The video looks funny! I like the idea of combining two aspect in it - sorting the tomatoes and filling the bottles.

I can imagine in later game session combining those two together :D

[khangtoh]

The video looks funny! I like the idea of combining two aspect in it - sorting the tomatoes and filling the bottles.

I can imagine in later game session combining those two together :D
@craneballs, Great game developers think alike :D:D:D:D:D if I may say......

That's coming in an update with 2 player Bluetooth co-operative.

[sic]

pm sent for beta. :)

Thanks.

[khangtoh]

pm sent for beta. :)

Thanks.

Got it, I just sent out the first beta binary ;) Check your PM.

[sic]

I got it. Thanks! So far so good.

[Fudgeboy]

i just tried to install, and it says the signer is not valid when i try to sync?

[khangtoh]

i just tried to install, and it says the signer is not valid when i try to sync?

Some of the testers had the same issue but yours was missing udid, i just updated the link with a new binary that should work for you.

[jak56]

look here all beta testers
i had a problem with the signer not being valid and her is what i did to fix it

:you dont have to delete the files from itunes before doing this:

1. select both the files(app and provision file)
2. drag and drop them into itunes
3.if itunes asks you if you want to replace the files, say yes
4.synch your idevice to itunes

it should work now

this is not a hoax- i actually did this and it actually fixed my problem

[sic]

Hello khangtoh,

What do you say you create a group for the beta-testers? so we can communicate with each other there? and trade some insights and whatnot :)

[jak56]

Hello khangtoh,

What do you say you create a group for the beta-testers? so we can communicate with each other there? and trade some insights and whatnot :)
he has
he just needs to invite us now

[sinuyan]

it still says signer is invalid! D:
help please?

[jak56]

oh
thats a shame
im not being sarcastic

[jak56]

i think this game is pretty fun however it is way too hard!
there should be a mode where you dont lose any lives, you just keep on going and play for the hell of it like the zen mode in peter und vlad.
i find the current mode a bit unforgiving .

[Jordanrracer]

The duck, it's for making sure to not get into the machines, so u got to take em out.
There. Promo code plox

:D lol

[spidey146]

im new to beta testing so i am very confused as to what to do, any help?

[khangtoh]

i think this game is pretty fun however it is way too hard!
there should be a mode where you dont lose any lives, you just keep on going and play for the hell of it like the zen mode in peter und vlad.
i find the current mode a bit unforgiving .

jak56

I got it, your feedback is very valid. I let my wife play it and she too thought it was a little hard. One thing that wasn't mentioned in the game tutorial is that you actually gain "lives" back when you reach certain scores :) and maybe one easy way is to increase the frequency of giving lives back. How's that?

By the way, I'm curious, what's your highscore? Mine is 40 so far http://twitter.com/LeftRightStudio/status/5118110402

[khangtoh]

he has
he just needs to invite us now

Yeah, I intended to add everyone tonight, everyone beta testing should have gotten an invite :)

Thanks again for posting your solution to bypass the signer invalid error

[LordGek]

@khangtoh

Good fun so far but, as you may already know:

1) The highscoreboard appears broken after receiving 10 scores, later better scores aren't added in their appropriate spots. It appears once the game records ten scores it stops counting. Quick question, how should equivalent scores with different times be treated? Is 3 in 2 minutes better or worse than 3 bottles in 1 minute (I'd assume lesser time is better as it would mean you're a more efficient worker).

2) The ratio of tomatoes to trash is very random or, perhaps, if meant to ramp up over time, is not properly resetting when the player starts a new game.

Thanks for including me in your beta!

[xFinch713x]

look here all beta testers
i had a problem with the signer not being valid and her is what i did to fix it

:you dont have to delete the files from itunes before doing this:

1. select both the files(app and provision file)
2. drag and drop them into itunes
3.if itunes asks you if you want to replace the files, say yes
4.synch your idevice to itunes

it should work now

this is not a hoax- i actually did this and it actually fixed my problem

didnt work for me :\ I still don't have this on my ipod.. bleh!

[jak56]

sorry to hear that

[sic]

my highscore is 15. its pretty hard. i dont know if you must not let an empty bottle pass by.

[LordGek]

my highscore is 15. its pretty hard. i dont know if you must not let an empty bottle pass by.

Yep. Empty bottles AND junk in the vat take lives.

[khangtoh]

didnt work for me :\ I still don't have this on my ipod.. bleh!

What error did you get? @sinuyan posted a solution to another problem he had. Join the social group to post your feedback and bugs there ;)

but here's what @sinuyan posted

(http://forums.toucharcade.com/member.php?u=27807)sinuyan (http://forums.toucharcade.com/member.php?u=27807) i think i found whats wrong. i found this:

I solved the problem. Just in case someone's searching for this later on down the road I wanted to post the solution. The issue was caused by the way Windows unzips files compressed using the Mac right click, 'Compress' command. The solution is to either not zip the completed binary, zip the binary with a program called BetterZip, or create a .ipa file instead of a Zip file. There are some instructions here on how to create a .ipa file:

Installing an Ad Hoc Distribution - iPhone How To Docs - innerfence


just wondering, did anyone with a windows computer get it working?

[Diggins]

What error did you get? @sinuyan posted a solution to another problem he had. Join the social group to post your feedback and bugs there ;)

but here's what @sinuyan posted

[URL="http://forums.toucharcade.com/member.php?u=27807"]
just wondering, did anyone with a windows computer get it working?

Yup me

[khangtoh]

Opening up 10 more beta test slots, anyone interested please PM. Thanks!

[khangtoh]

@khangtoh

Good fun so far but, as you may already know:

1) The highscoreboard appears broken after receiving 10 scores, later better scores aren't added in their appropriate spots. It appears once the game records ten scores it stops counting. Quick question, how should equivalent scores with different times be treated? Is 3 in 2 minutes better or worse than 3 bottles in 1 minute (I'd assume lesser time is better as it would mean you're a more efficient worker).

2) The ratio of tomatoes to trash is very random or, perhaps, if meant to ramp up over time, is not properly resetting when the player starts a new game.

Thanks for including me in your beta!

@lordgek thanks for the feedback, there's a bug that doesn't count time against even score and we'll will be introducing a global online leaderboard in an update. As for (2) the ratio of trash vs tomatoes should increase as your score increases and perhaps it wasn't that noticabke and so it felt random. But thanks for pointing it out because that got me thinking and I have some ideas on improving that :)

[xFinch713x]

I'll try again, hoping it works...

[khangtoh]

I'll try again, hoping it works...

What errors are you getting? Check out the social group for katchup testing, there are some posts that discussed errors with syncing. If you are on windows, use the .ipa file link instead of the zip file link.

[khangtoh]

Submitted to the Appstore!

Thanks to all our beta testers for testing and helping us refine the game. We're now ready to submit KatchUp to the appstore and if all goes well we should see Katchup in the appstore 2 weeks from now!

[Fudgeboy]

Submitted to the Appstore!

Thanks to all our beta testers for testing and helping us refine the game. We're now ready to submit KatchUp to the appstore and if all goes well we should see Katchup in the appstore 2 weeks from now!

Wow that was quick. Ive been testing and really like it.

[khangtoh]

Almost 7 days in the app review, hopefully we'll see this soon.

[eggzbacon]

Its out

[khangtoh]

Its out

ITS OUT!! We just realized that we did not change the release date, Apple approved it 2 weeks ago but we were preparing for an official release campaign.

Today is probably one of the worst release day since all major studios were having a sale. Let's do this as a preview release, we will bring Katchup down any moment, so grab it while its still available!

[eggzbacon]

Oh cool

[Grumps]

Who knew there's so much time to be waste, just bottling ketchups lol! Good time waster !

[khangtoh]

Who knew there's so much time to be waste, just bottling ketchups lol! Good time waster !

There's a mystery force in the our Katchup game and time just flies while playing KatchUp. Best of all, our score board shows you how much time you have actually wasted which is pretty awesome!

By the way, we're happy that Examiner.com mentioned KatchUp as one of the notable iPhone game released on Thanksgiving, so go forth and bottle! http://bit.ly/5QOsNI

[eggzbacon]

There's a mystery force in the our Katchup game and time just flies while playing KatchUp. Best of all, our score board shows you how much time you have actually wasted which is pretty awesome!

By the way, we're happy that Examiner.com mentioned KatchUp as one of the notable iPhone game released on Thanksgiving, so go forth and bottle! http://bit.ly/5QOsNI

Congrats!

[LordGek]

There's a mystery force in the our Katchup game and time just flies while playing KatchUp. Best of all, our score board shows you how much time you have actually wasted which is pretty awesome!

By the way, we're happy that Examiner.com mentioned KatchUp as one of the notable iPhone game released on Thanksgiving, so go forth and bottle! http://bit.ly/5QOsNI

I'm assuming you long ago fixed that scoring issue from the 10/24/09 beta? Where once the player had filled up the score board with ten scores no new, even if better scores, could be placed?

[khangtoh]

I'm assuming you long ago fixed that scoring issue from the 10/24/09 beta? Where once the player had filled up the score board with ten scores no new, even if better scores, could be placed?

Yes , the score issue was fixed in a later beta release version. So the scoreboard keeps track of your top 10 scores and scores are ranks by bottles then time.

How about a review for Katchup on Mobile Tech Review?

[LordGek]

Yes , the score issue was fixed in a later beta release version. So the scoreboard keeps track of your top 10 scores and scores are ranks by bottles then time.

How about a review for Katchup on Mobile Tech Review?

I'd love to but, sadly, now with a full-time job I'm semi-retired from this gig. If still interested I could ask around to see if some of the other reviewers would be interested but no promises.

[khangtoh]

I'd love to but, sadly, now with a full-time job I'm semi-retired from this gig. If still interested I could ask around to see if some of the other reviewers would be interested but no promises.

Definitely every review would be helpful, it's tough to get the attention of the people who runs this forum :P , (hint hint).... but we could use every help in getting more exposure for KatchUp and I'm sure many will love it.