Flick Baseball by Freeverse

[salsamd]

Update : April 28 '10

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Coming out on May 3rd 2010

http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/28/exclusive-flick-baseball-preview-freeverses-baseball-game-is-almost-here/
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Flick Baseball is a full 3D baseball game that looks and plays a lot like a fleshed out version of Com2Us's Homerun Battle 3D [$4.99 / Free] with 3D players, tilt to aim batting, and some extra features such as being able to control your runners and where your outfielders throw the ball. Since Homerun Battle 3D is still one of my favorite iPhone games, I'm really happy with how Freeverse seems to have captured a very similar batting mechanic that works extremely well.

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See: Developer's remarks (http://forums.toucharcade.com/search.php?searchid=156146)

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"Flick Sports Baseball will be the newest entry in the Flick Sports series when it comes out sometime in February. Like the other FS games, this will focus mainly on the mechanics of the sport in question--batting and pitching, in this case. The game's producer mentioned that those controls are still under development, but will probably involve a finger-swipe mechanic to control batting.

FS Baseball doesn't have the MLB license, but you will be able to customize your league's teams, as well as individual players. Smith demoed this for us very quickly, applying pinstripes and various jersey colors to his player with a touchable palette.

The game will also feature multiple stadiums, as well as night and day play. Freeverse isn't sure whether a full season mode will make it into the game yet. -STP (http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/four-new-freeverse-games-coming-up)"

[dannys95]

Macworld Preview

YouTube: video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7PF12ooCys)

hehe; nice!! u beat arn.

[THEDeliriumTrigger]

Looks pretty awesome! Yay for more real sport titles!

[noah21c]

Sweet! Thanks dude.

[salsamd]

I hope it has the gameplay of Baseball Superstars (http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?threadid=2554), but with iphone quality graphics and intuitive mechanics...

[dcescott]

Freeverse makes great games. Have been a fan since the 90s. First thing that popped in my mind, other than purchasing the app, "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock, bustin' the running man. booom, yeah ---wah! yeah ---wah! booom, yeah ---wah! , yeah ---wah!

[STP_Steve]

YouTube: video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=M7PF12ooCys)

"Flick Sports Baseball will be the newest entry in the Flick Sports series when it comes out sometime in February. Like the other FS games, this will focus mainly on the mechanics of the sport in question--batting and pitching, in this case. The game's producer mentioned that those controls are still under development, but will probably involve a finger-swipe mechanic to control batting.

FS Baseball doesn't have the MLB license, but you will be able to customize your league's teams, as well as individual players. Smith demoed this for us very quickly, applying pinstripes and various jersey colors to his player with a touchable palette.

The game will also feature multiple stadiums, as well as night and day play. Freeverse isn't sure whether a full season mode will make it into the game yet. -STP (http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/four-new-freeverse-games-coming-up)"

LOL... text from me and video from Arn/Blake! I like it. We'll have video up soon too, as soon as I have a chance to edit it.

[HandheldGames]

Thanks so much for the video. It shows what the competition is up to. Great to know where we stand!! :cool:

Thx!
HHG

[salsamd]

Thanks so much for the video. It shows what the competition is up to. Great to know where we stand!! :cool:

Thx!
HHG

Hmmm, if you guys are also working on a baseball game that would be great!:D

[Raptor25]

has there been any word on an official game? i welcome all the unoffiical ones and that one looks cool and i imagine ill buy it, but i really want an official one too heh.

[brewstermax]

:(. Maybe I'm the only one disappointed, but I wanted Flick Hunting. iHunt is horrible, but I'd like to see something similar, but made better.

[ITrocks]

has there been any word on an official game? i welcome all the unoffiical ones and that one looks cool and i imagine ill buy it, but i really want an official one too heh.

Agreed! I want a game from EA sports. It'd probably be hard to do without a pasted on control pad like Baseball Superstars though. But that game really is an amazing and addictive game :)

On the other hand, the flick sports franchise looks promising, with flick baseball and i've heard rumours of flick football. Hopes up that the graphics are good and that they implement a system similar to Baseball Superstars 2009!

[adbjmb]

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"Flick Sports Baseball will be the newest entry in the Flick Sports series when it comes out sometime in February. Like the other FS games, this will focus mainly on the mechanics of the sport in question--batting and pitching, in this case. The game's producer mentioned that those controls are still under development, but will probably involve a finger-swipe mechanic to control batting.

FS Baseball doesn't have the MLB license, but you will be able to customize your league's teams, as well as individual players. Smith demoed this for us very quickly, applying pinstripes and various jersey colors to his player with a touchable palette.

The game will also feature multiple stadiums, as well as night and day play. Freeverse isn't sure whether a full season mode will make it into the game yet. -STP (http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/four-new-freeverse-games-coming-up)"
I like the sound of that. I just hope they make it a real simulation with nine full innings, a season and playoffs etc. Looking at the video the graphics don't look like they will be bad. By the way to the touch tennis team, I hope you guys do make a baseball sim too. Looking at touch tennis 09 the graphics look great. And competition is what makes America great.

[HandheldGames]

Thanks for the added details! It really sounds like Freeverse is focusing on Batting/Pitching and not the entire game of baseball. A quick game of baseball that can be played in 3-5 minutes perhaps?

From personal experience, building a state machine to deal with all the nuances of where to throw the ball, run down, etc... based on how the bases are loaded and where every fielder / runner and the ball currently resides is no cup of tea and is a many month process to get tuned and working.

AND if you go after this route... The resident iPhone baseball experts will never be happy. Will compare your product to EA Sports and 2K Sports... Will always want more... Out of a game that needs to be built on a budget that is less than 5% of what it would cost to develop on a DS/PSP.

Thx!
HHG

[rootbeersoup]

I don't think any game will get an official MLB license within the next few years, since there are so many legal battles over them with the consoles.

[salsamd]

Thanks for the added details! It really sounds like Freeverse is focusing on Batting/Pitching and not the entire game of baseball. A quick game of baseball that can be played in 3-5 minutes perhaps?

From personal experience, building a state machine to deal with all the nuances of where to throw the ball, run down, etc... based on how the bases are loaded and where every fielder / runner and the ball currently resides is no cup of tea and is a many month process to get tuned and working.

AND if you go after this route... The resident iPhone baseball experts will never be happy. Will compare your product to EA Sports and 2K Sports... Will always want more... Out of a game that needs to be built on a budget that is less than 5% of what it would cost to develop on a DS/PSP.

Thx!
HHG

That said, a lot of users appear happy with the gameplay of Baseball Superstars, notwithstanding the limitation of its graphics. As such, if Freeverse provides a game with comparable gameplay, but iphone quality visuals, and intuitive mechanics, I suspect they will do rather well, despite inevitable critics...

[HandheldGames]

I don't think any game will get an official MLB license within the next few years, since there are so many legal battles over them with the consoles.

The sheer problem in the license is the up front cost of the MLB / MLBPA to be incurred and recouped on a per unit basis by the publisher. There are so many fees associated with teams, player names, likenesses, etc... IMO, it's nothing to deal with legalities, its all about cost and the publishers ability to pay for the license fees and dev cost and their chance to break even or perhaps make a profit.

Thx!
HHG

[HandheldGames]

That said, a lot of users appear happy with the gameplay of Baseball Superstars, notwithstanding the limitation of its graphics. As such, if Freeverse provides a game with comparable gameplay, but iphone quality visuals, and intuitive mechanics, I suspect they will do rather well, despite inevitable critics...

From what the video shows, they have a stadium, players up and running around the bases, others at their position, not much more. No hint at AI.. Etc. and no talk from the producer about fielding - which implies AI and a true game of baseball. If its set to release in Feb.. There is a lot of work ahead of them.

Baseball Superstars, has been in development since 2004 and was initially released in 2005. Its been tweaked and polished many times since that date so I don't anticipate seeing anything close to that polish level.

Thx!
HHG

[rootbeersoup]

The sheer problem in the license is the up front cost of the MLB / MLBPA to be incurred and recouped on a per unit basis by the publisher. There are so many fees associated with teams, player names, likenesses, etc... IMO, it's nothing to deal with legalities, its all about cost and the publishers ability to pay for the license fees and dev cost and their chance to break even or perhaps make a profit.

Thx!
HHG

Well yes, but there are legal issues as well. 2K Sports is now the only publisher who can make 3rd party MLB games (meaning first party games are still ok, like Sony with MLB: The Show) So unless Apple makes their own, we won't see one on the iPhone

Now of course, there may be loopholes, because I don't know which systems apply, as it may not be a broadsweeping thing for all video games. So who knows. I think Craig might be able to give us some details on that since EA was a victim in the ruling (which totally sucks since they had the best games)

[HandheldGames]

Well yes, but there are legal issues as well. 2K Sports is now the only publisher who can make 3rd party MLB games (meaning first party games are still ok, like Sony with MLB: The Show) So unless Apple makes their own, we won't see one on the iPhone

Now of course, there may be loopholes, because I don't know which systems apply, as it may not be a broadsweeping thing for all video games. So who knows. I think Craig might be able to give us some details on that since EA was a victim in the ruling (which totally sucks since they had the best games)

In terms of baseball - EA got what they deserved. Since they have thje exclusive on NFL - which IMO should NEVER have happened. 2K taking down baseball is justice? Well - sort of - but the exclusivity of a sports license is really unnecessary and keeps great games from the market. While we all like madden... **COUGH** **COUGH** In many ways, 2K's football game was superior.

Back to the license issue... The scope would depend on the platforms specified in their licensing agreement. Since, at the time it was written, the world in terms of platforms have changed, there may be opportunity. Not just for apple - but anyone with the $$$. When that agreement was crafted, who knew digital distribution on iTunes would be where it is!

Guess that enabled me to grab a great license or two as well ;-)

Thx!
HHG

[rootbeersoup]

In terms of baseball - EA got what they deserved.

WHY??? Their game was superior to anything else anyone made... 2K makes bug-filled games and 989sports just wasn't on par to EA

There is a whole online community of people who still play MVP 2005. I even still play it to this day because it's still a fun game (I also don't need current rosters since my season mode is so far ahead every player is a no-name anyway)

It's still one of the best baseball games ever made. The game is STILL popular, 4 years later. Tell me one sports game that is THAT popular. How did they "get what they deserve"????

Are you another bitter dev jealous of their success? Jesus christ people... Yeah it's unfair that they have the NFL license, I agree, since competition would help everyone and the whole gaming community would benefit from it if it didn't exist (personally I don't like Madden very much, but that may be that I just flat out suck at any "realistic" game, which I'm assuming they aim for)

[salsamd]

Added another video. See First post (http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=52120&postcount=1).

[salsamd]

My guess is that potential customers will align themselves more strongly with game mechanics than with licenses. At least one will certainly not have the same degree of protests as with Real Football 2009.

[salsamd]

Interestingly, Ian Smith, founder of Freeverse says in the STP video (http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=52120&postcount=1)that one will have "all sorts of editing with stats, team logos, etc". Now this of course could merely mean that one can design random team logos, rather than use known MLB logos...

[rootbeersoup]

Wow, why no pitching mound?

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[HandheldGames]

WHY??? Their game was superior to anything else anyone made... 2K makes bug-filled games and 989sports just wasn't on par to EA

There is a whole online community of people who still play MVP 2005. I even still play it to this day because it's still a fun game (I also don't need current rosters since my season mode is so far ahead every player is a no-name anyway)

It's still one of the best baseball games ever made. The game is STILL popular, 4 years later. Tell me one sports game that is THAT popular. How did they "get what they deserve"????

Are you another bitter dev jealous of their success? Jesus christ people... Yeah it's unfair that they have the NFL license, I agree, since competition would help everyone and the whole gaming community would benefit from it if it didn't exist (personally I don't like Madden very much, but that may be that I just flat out suck at any "realistic" game, which I'm assuming they aim for)

When EA locked up NFL and shut down true industry competition and innovation in the sports arena... It's only fitting they did not have the opportunity to also lock up baseball.

I'm not bitter. I like EA, Activision, Midway, etc for what each of the companies has brought to the table. Not even close. What I don't like is the universal lock down of Sports IP to a single publisher who may or may not bring titles to a platform they own the rights to. Add to that the lock out of great game play, like you noted with MVP 2005.

Again - my reference to "They got what they deserved" directly relates to their lock down on NFL - preventing anyone else from bringing product to market. They just got some of their own medicine. ;-)

Thx!
HHG

[rootbeersoup]

When EA locked up NFL and shut down true industry competition and innovation in the sports arena... It's only fitting they did not have the opportunity to also lock up baseball.

I'm not bitter. I like EA, Activision, Midway, etc for what each of the companies has brought to the table. Not even close. What I don't like is the universal lock down of Sports IP to a single publisher who may or may not bring titles to a platform they own the rights to. Add to that the lock out of great game play, like you noted with MVP 2005.

Again - my reference to "They got what they deserved" directly relates to their lock down on NFL - preventing anyone else from bringing product to market. They just got some of their own medicine. ;-)

Thx!
HHG

I will agree that it does suck that any one publisher can get exclusive rights to making 3rd party games... I don't quite understand the incentive behind making those deals from a league/players association standpoint. I wouldn't imagine they are demanding more money from the publisher because then the publisher would back down... Although maybe they are and the publisher takes the deal assuming they will sell massive amounts of games that they'd make more money anyway... Who knows

[salsamd]

Notably absent is an option to select player skin color/ethnicity. :(

Hopefully, there are more pages of options...

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[HandheldGames]

Notably absent is an option to select player skin color. :(

Hopefully, there are more pages of options...

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Great catch on the missing pitching mound and skin color. Something I believe we hit on many of our legacy products. ;-) And regarding their comment saying this is the best sports animation on the iPhone. ** Cough ** **Cough ** Tennis anyone? :-P

Thx!
HHG

[STP_Steve]

Notably absent is an option to select player skin color. :(

Hopefully, there are more pages of options...

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The game's still a month or so away, so there's plenty of time to write into Freeverse and make sure that stuff gets in there :)

[salsamd]

Great catch on the missing pitching mound and skin color. Something I believe we hit on many of our legacy products. ;-)

Thx!
HHG

Well, I certainly hope HHG will be "stepping up to the plate", and capitalizing on their experience here to kick some of those legacy titles into 21th century iphone quality graphics and gameplay! That's what I'm talking about! Competiton rules!

[salsamd]

And regarding their comment saying this is the best sports animation on the iPhone. ** Cough ** **Cough ** Tennis anyone? :-P

Thx!
HHG

Every gorilla pounds its chest when it can...;)

[salsamd]

From: support@freeverse.com
Subject: [FV #GHV-54452-716]: re: FLick Baseball
Date: January 8, 2009 1:23:46 PM PST
To: salsa_md
Reply-To: support@freeverse.com

Hi Marc,

These are great suggestions, I will forward this to our development team for consideration.

Regards,

Paul

Hi,

Really excited about the upcoming FLick Baseball. Make sure you guys
add a pitching mound and option to select player skin color/ethnicity.

Thanks!

[salsamd]

"The game will also feature multiple stadiums, as well as night and day play. Freeverse isn't sure whether a full season mode will make it into the game yet."

Seems like one will also at least have:

1. A Homerun Derby, with farthest homerun distance calculated.

2. Playofffs

See images below

Click images to enlarge

[salsamd]

I am also looking forward to improved character animations compare to Flick Bowling and Motochaser. The head movement in those games seemed like the characters either had no cervical musculature support, or were tripping on drugs.;)

[HandheldGames]

I am also looking forward to improved character animations compare to Flick Bowling and Motochaser. The head movement in those games seemed like the characters either had no cervical musculature support, or were tripping on drugs.;)

Have to agree with ya Salsa MD 100%! Great to see you are a baseball fan.

Thx!
HHG

[rootbeersoup]

Salsa, I see you're from SF, you a Giants fan?

[salsamd]

Salsa, I see you're from SF, you a Giants fan?

Raised in NYC. Still a Yankee fan...

[rootbeersoup]

Raised in NYC. Still a Yankee fan...

Well I bet you are enjoying this offseason...

[salsamd]

"Don't worry, we are going to exhaust all possible options for the game. We want to make the best baseball game out there." -Hippieman

Hi,

Really excited about the upcoming FLick Baseball. Make sure you guys
add a pitching mound and option to select player skin color/ethnicity.

Thanks!

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[Hippieman]

Wow this gets around fast!

I love seeing the enthusiasm.

What we had on hand at Macworld (many many many miles away from our desks) was just a rough build on our CEO's Phone. Nothing is final so far (except that the Freeverse team will have those spiffy Yellow uniforms).

There was a lot missing, such as shadows, most of the audio and well, a lot.

I'd love to heard some feedback on this: We are very interested in implemented full seasons. But with each game taking 15 mins or so (a very short estimate) and 162 games, that's 40+ hours to finish 1 season. Would you feel cheated to know that if you only invest 20 hours into the game you'll never finish a season?

Or would you feel more cheated to have seasons removed/shortened?

Either way, believe me we are putting our full dev efforts into Flick Baseball. Also, as for MBL License, we went down that road but it was not right for us. I cannot get into the details, but we decided it would not help the game.

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[dannys95]

Wow this gets around fast!

I love seeing the enthusiasm.

What we had on hand at Macworld (many many many miles away from our desks) was just a rough build on our CEO's Phone. Nothing is final so far (except that the Freeverse team will have those spiffy Yellow uniforms).

There was a lot missing, such as shadows, most of the audio and well, a lot.

I'd love to heard some feedback on this: We are very interested in implemented full seasons. But with each game taking 15 mins or so (a very short estimate) and 162 games, that's 40+ hours to finish 1 season. Would you feel cheated to know that if you only invest 20 hours into the game you'll never finish a season?

Or would you feel more cheated to have seasons removed/shortened?

Either way, believe me we are putting our full dev efforts into Flick Baseball. Also, as for MBL License, we went down that road but it was not right for us. I cannot get into the details, but we decided it would not help the game.

please leave season; short or not. let me know if u need a beta tester. i let u know though twitter dm's. also; when will slotz racer come out?

p.s: lol! can u post a pic of one of u dressed in those yellow uniforms? :)

[Zwilnik]

. also; when will slotz racer come out?

:)

I uploaded the final GM of SlotZ Racer based on testing feedback today, so once it's gone through the final test pass it'll be submitted to the App Store :)

[salsamd]

Wow this gets around fast!


There was a lot missing, such as shadows, most of the audio and well, a lot.

I'd love to heard some feedback on this: We are very interested in implemented full seasons. But with each game taking 15 mins or so (a very short estimate) and 162 games, that's 40+ hours to finish 1 season. Would you feel cheated to know that if you only invest 20 hours into the game you'll never finish a season?

Or would you feel more cheated to have seasons removed/shortened?

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Definitely do NOT remove seasons. If it takes 40+ hours of smooth, well polished gameplay to finish a season, then so be it...as long as the game has a good save feature. Have a look at the some of the user responses to Gamevil's Baseball Superstars. (http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=2554)

[Raptor25]

Baseball superstars has a method you might be interested in. You can choose to play the last 3 innings, last 6 innings, or the entire game, with the other innings simmed depending on what you choose.

Offering options like a 32, 64, or 162 game season would also be fine.

In any case, there has to be some kind of season mode. I don't know what your plans are, but of course a homerun derby mode has always been used as a quickplay option.

If you want a baseball fanatic's opinions I'd love to test ;)

[rootbeersoup]

+1 for seasons

But if it's not genuine MLB licenses, then make shorter seasons available. But keep 162 as well please!!

[salsamd]

I don't know what your plans are, but of course a homerun derby mode has always been used as a quickplay option.


See here (http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=53820&postcount=34).

[STP_Steve]

"The game will also feature multiple stadiums, as well as night and day play. Freeverse isn't sure whether a full season mode will make it into the game yet."

Seems like one will also at least have:

1. A Homerun Derby, with farthest homerun distance calculated.

2. Playofffs

See images below

Click images to enlarge

Yes, I was told that a Homerun Derby mode was in the offing, but Freeverse was concerned that MLB owns the trademark for "Homerun Derby," so it may be called something else.

[dannys95]

I uploaded the final GM of SlotZ Racer based on testing feedback today, so once it's gone through the final test pass it'll be submitted to the App Store :)

k and what is the planned price? :)

[Zwilnik]

k and what is the planned price? :)

That would be telling (and make our marketing guy cry because we messed with all his plans) but I'd recommend buying it very quickly when it comes out ;)

[dannys95]

That would be telling (and make our marketing guy cry because we messed with all his plans) but I'd recommend buying it very quickly when it comes out ;)

lol! fair enough. i know this is unlikely; but would u trade a promo code for a wallpaper? lol. just wondering

[Zwilnik]

lol! fair enough. i know this is unlikely; but would u trade a promo code for a wallpaper? lol. just wondering

You'll need to talk to Hippieman or someone based at the Freeverse office for that. As they're our publishers they get all the spiffy promo codes :)

[dannys95]

You'll need to talk to Hippieman or someone based at the Freeverse office for that. As they're our publishers they get all the spiffy promo codes :)

can i just dm from twitter? who has that freeverse account anyway?

[salsamd]

That would be telling (and make our marketing guy cry because we messed with all his plans) but I'd recommend buying it very quickly when it comes out ;)

Recommendation: take the time to bring a truly polished baseball game, tantamount to Gameloft's Real Football (Soccer), value it at $9.99 and charge $4.99-$7.99 at its app debut. It will sell like hotcakes.

Nothing less than 4/5 wrt to the following will do:D:

• Gameplay
• Polish/Aesthetics
• Controls
• Engineering (bugs)

[Flunkie]

I want this to be a great game. If you spend more time polishing and adding features, I'll buy it at a higher price no doubt. Season Mode is a MUST.. maybe even franchise.

[dannys95]

p.s; when i asked about the price i meant about the price on slotz racer not baseball.

[Galley]

Options for 1/8 (20), 1/4 (40), 1/2 (80) and full (162) seasons would be nice.

[salsamd]

Today 08:40:35
hippieman
Ask me how to make curly fries (SERIOUSLY)

From: Freeverse HQ
Registered: 08-01-06
Posts: 1218
E-mail Website
Re: Flick Baseball


"We are going for the very heroic 1920s type players, but keeping the stadiums modern. So it'll have a very iconic classic feel, but not feel old."

[rootbeersoup]

Today 08:40:35
hippieman
Ask me how to make curly fries (SERIOUSLY)

From: Freeverse HQ
Registered: 08-01-06
Posts: 1218
E-mail Website
Re: Flick Baseball


"We are going for the very heroic 1920s type players, but keeping the stadiums modern. So it'll have a very iconic classic feel, but not feel old."

That is awesome!! Hopefully they'll have a Rogers Hornsby and Honus Wagner type players. That would be my double play combo :cool:

[HandheldGames]

Dont wan't to be a nay-sayer folks... But.... IF what they showed at MWE was the current state of the product.... I wouldn't count on a die-hard baseball game. I'd say its something more like a quick game of bowling ;-) with a few game modes. Baseball A/I does not grow on trees and takes time to develop and mature. There are so many circumstances to code for.... Man on 1st, Man on 3rd, fly to right field, where to throw the ball! Third base is decides to run back to 3rd but 1st base and the base runner are going full steam. DOH! Where is SS or 2nd. Whose covering 2nd! Then again - whose covering 1st? Is there a pickle? HAHAA!!

Each and every circumstance needs to be accounted for. I've written the AI and it takes a looooong time to get it right... And to code for errors, over throws, and the "Human" factor"..

A real baseball game of the caliber your talking about has a development cycle of 7-9 months inclusing a full test cycle of 2 months of a multi-man team....

Along those lines, what was shown would be considered a "prototype" and not even a 1st playable. Which would mean about a month into development at most considering their technology and pipeline.

Thx!
HHG

[rootbeersoup]

Dont wan't to be a nay-sayer folks... But.... IF what they showed at MWE was the current state of the product.... I wouldn't count on a die-hard baseball game. I'd say its something more like a quick game of bowling ;-) with a few game modes. Baseball A/I does not grow on trees and takes time to develop and mature. There are so many circumstances to code for.... Man on 1st, Man on 3rd, fly to right field, where to throw the ball! Third base is decides to run back to 3rd but 1st base and the base runner are going full steam. DOH! Where is SS or 2nd. Whose covering 2nd! Then again - whose covering 1st? Is there a pickle? HAHAA!!

Each and every circumstance needs to be accounted for. I've written the AI and it takes a looooong time to get it right... And to code for errors, over throws, and the "Human" factor"..

A real baseball game of the caliber your talking about has a development cycle of 7-9 months inclusing a full test cycle of 2 months of a multi-man team....

Along those lines, what was shown would be considered a "prototype" and not even a 1st playable. Which would mean about a month into development at most considering their technology and pipeline.

Thx!
HHG

I don't expect a full fledged console-esque baseball game. And honestly, I don't really want one for the iPhone.

[salsamd]

Dont wan't to be a nay-sayer folks... But.... IF what they showed at MWE was the current state of the product.... I wouldn't count on a die-hard baseball game. I'd say its something more like a quick game of bowling ;-) with a few game modes. Baseball A/I does not grow on trees and takes time to develop and mature. There are so many circumstances to code for.... Man on 1st, Man on 3rd, fly to right field, where to throw the ball! Third base is decides to run back to 3rd but 1st base and the base runner are going full steam. DOH! Where is SS or 2nd. Whose covering 2nd! Then again - whose covering 1st? Is there a pickle? HAHAA!!

Each and every circumstance needs to be accounted for. I've written the AI and it takes a looooong time to get it right... And to code for errors, over throws, and the "Human" factor"..

A real baseball game of the caliber your talking about has a development cycle of 7-9 months inclusing a full test cycle of 2 months of a multi-man team....

Along those lines, what was shown would be considered a "prototype" and not even a 1st playable. Which would mean about a month into development at most considering their technology and pipeline.

Thx!
HHG


From the developer, See here (http://forums.toucharcade.com/showpost.php?p=57374&postcount=41):

"What we had on hand at Macworld (many many many miles away from our desks) was just a rough build on our CEO's Phone. Nothing is final so far (except that the Freeverse team will have those spiffy Yellow uniforms).

There was a lot missing, such as shadows, most of the audio and well, a lot. "

[HandheldGames]

I don't expect a full fledged console-esque baseball game. And honestly, I don't really want one for the iPhone.

Guess I was reading into Salsa's email a bit much! Then again - everyone has a take!

Thx!
HHG

[salsamd]

Baseball A/I does not grow on trees and takes time to develop and mature. There are so many circumstances to code for.... Man on 1st, Man on 3rd, fly to right field, where to throw the ball! Third base is decides to run back to 3rd but 1st base and the base runner are going full steam. DOH! Where is SS or 2nd. Whose covering 2nd! Then again - whose covering 1st? Is there a pickle? HAHAA!!

Each and every circumstance needs to be accounted for. I've written the AI and it takes a looooong time to get it right... And to code for errors, over throws, and the "Human" factor"..

A real baseball game of the caliber your talking about has a development cycle of 7-9 months inclusing a full test cycle of 2 months of a multi-man team....

Thx!
HHG

So, when do we get to see a preview of HHG's iphone/IPT baseball title??:D

[salsamd]

I don't expect a full fledged console-esque baseball game. And honestly, I don't really want one for the iPhone.


But, I do want a quality game I can be pleased to have on my iphone. Baseball Superstars stays on my old cell phone alone...in its box in the closet...collecting dust...

[rootbeersoup]

But, I do want a quality game I can be pleased to have on my iphone. Baseball Superstars stays on my old cell phone alone...in its box in the closet...collecting dust...

I agree. I want a quality game. But I don't want a game that I'll have to spend a lot of time on in one sitting.

[salsamd]

I agree. I want a quality game. But I don't want a game that I'll have to spend a lot of time on in one sitting.

Therein lies the essential iphone value of save states and varied gameplay options.

[Hippieman]

I agree. I want a quality game. But I don't want a game that I'll have to spend a lot of time on in one sitting.

This is the core item we are addressing. You nailed this perfectly.

As for HHG, he's right, we won't have every single aspect of Baseball in, somethings will be taken care of for you. But we've been making games for a very long time, we know a thing or two about AI and what not.

And fortunately Baseball has very defined specific rules.

I can't go into detail as we are refining and changing almost daily (we move very fast here for a small number of people).

I will say our primary focus is Pitching and Batting as they are the more glamorous parts of baseball. But we didn't forget about the Center Fielder (even if everyone else did).

[salsamd]

As for HHG, he's right, we won't have every single aspect of Baseball in, somethings will be taken care of for you.

But we didn't forget about the Center Fielder (even if everyone else did).

Yes, I hope you don't, as that was my position in college/high school!

Also, hopefully the "things will be taken care of for you." will be based on player specific attributes, eg, stealing a base effectively, beating out a ground ball (player speed); homerun, strike out probability (player strength), etc.

Consider throwing in a couple of switch hitters, if possible–then I can really place my self in the game.:D

[rootbeersoup]

then I can really place my self in the game.:D

Don't worry, I'm sure there will be a "create a spectator" option :D

One thing I would like to stress that Baseball Superstars failed in so many ways, is the pitch timing. PLEASE make this right.

[HandheldGames]

So, when do we get to see a preview of HHG's iphone/IPT baseball title??:D

All things happen in good time!

Thx!
HHG

[salsamd]

Don't worry, I'm sure there will be a "create a spectator" option :D


Excellent repartee! ;)

[salsamd]

All things happen in good time!

Thx!
HHG


That one is indeed forthcoming, based on inferences derived from remarks within this thread, is very encouraging...

2009 will be a great year!!

[salsamd]

Today, 05:43 PM
Hippieman
Senior Member

Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 111
Re: Flick Baseball : How goes the progress?

It's going very well. There's a lot to go into a game like that. I'm sure we'll be posting video or screenshots soon, just not sure when.

[Hippieman]

I have no problem updating you guys on stuff.

I think there's going to be some Developer diary info coming out soon. Right now all the major work is in finishing up the AI and sequencing of the game. It's a lot of console output right now.

[salsamd]

http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/markandersson.jpg

See Front Page discussion (http://toucharcade.com/2009/03/06/dev-corner-mark-andersson-on-freeverses-flick-baseball/#more-1992) for full story

http://toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/image-3-1.png

In the following movie example, using little monoliths for the players, the batter hits the ball towards the shortstop, who fields the grounder, lobs the ball to the second baseman who then turns and quickly throws it to first base for a double play. There are about 30 sequencer commands right now to implement this sequence, although there are few extra ones to simulate a pitch right now. About a third are dedicated to camera movements and timing.

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The red boxes are the inactive fielders, while green indicates fielders that are doing something, either moving, waiting for the ball, or just facing the ball in the case of the third baseman for example. The yellow boxes are the active runners.

_____________________

@Mark (hellosh)

How have you implemented fine user control over batting. For example swinging for a high vs medium vs low fastball? Also, how is the pitching controlled? Gestures for different pitches? Menu selections?

Thanks

[hellosh]

Recently I’ve been doing some lower-level infrastructure work and moving the sequencer code into Xcode to run sample plays right in the simulator, so I’m taking a look at how those run and adding some of the animations of the players. We needed some lower fidelity models for the players far away to save some polygons so I’ve been working on that too.

Fine tuning batting is something we’re going to take a look at next week as I really get into that, but I’m not sure if we’ll really be able to add aiming for the ball more than trying to get the right timing and the inherent skill of the player. You’ll be able to make a choice of whether to do a more defensive grounder-type swing and a going for the fences type of swing. If you try that with your pitcher at bat chances will be higher that you’ll miss completely.

All batting and pitching will be done by gestures and timing will also have some effect for batting so you could swing early or late if you get that wrong. At least those are my thoughts right now and we’ll see in practice how it shapes up and what is fun and easy enough to play. In any case we’re trying to avoid a menu or button selection to specify the pitch as I feel that slows the gameplay down a bit and most people probably want faster action.

[skimmer221]

So any recent news on this game. I haven't heard anything.

['Jeep]

How did the fine-tuning of the batting go, and what kind of gestures are you leaning towards using for pitching and batting? Look forward to hear how you're progressing on this one. :)

[dannys95]

Any news on this? :(

[theone1007]

Any news on this? :(

Yeah, really. When is this coming out? To me, seems like Flick Basketball is coming out first, and I hate basketball. It's all about baseball when it comes to sports games even though I'll probably get basketball for the heck of it.

[HardcoreEricXXX]

I'm also super curious about top gun

[FearlessFreep]

Is this EVER coming out?

Baseball season is just about 1/4 over. If they're going to release something, they should do it before football starts to take over (Madden, etc.)

[dannys95]

Let's go Freeverse let's go!! *stumpstump*

[rik555]

when is it coming out? What happened to it?

[jchampl]

never.

either one of 2 things happened:

a)
it was stolen out of freeverse's lab by a pack of ninjas. they destroyed it in a ritualistic bonfire, and it will never see the light of day. sorry.

b)
everytime someone posts this same exact thread, a line of code gets deleted from the game. everyday the code just keeps disapearing more and more and more.

[rik555]

never. it was stolen out of freeverse's lab by a pack of ninjas. they destroyed it in a ritualistic bonfire, and it will never see the light of day. sorry.

what?? i didnt hear about that! darn

[jchampl]

yup it's a real sad story.

[rik555]

yup it's a real sad story.

the ninja thing makes sense i guess but why woukld they ruin their own game just because people post!??? theyr elosing money that way!

[jchampl]

ask the app store gods, they are sadistic and cruel. i don't know what to tell you rik.

[rik555]

ask the app store gods, they are sadistic and cruel. i don't know what to tell you rik.

ok well thanks for letting me know....so when is it coming out?

[jchampl]

another line of code deleted from the game. at this rate, NEVER.

[WellSpentYouth]

another line of code deleted from the game. at this rate, NEVER.
Games have thousands of lines of code. Stick Escape has about 7,000 lines of code and many games have more code. I guess all those threads zipped right passed me then.

[bosox412]

i want to buy the game sooo bad, :( :)

[eggzbacon]

It was supposed to come out February.
Google it.

[salsamd]

From Slide to Play (http://www.slidetoplay.com/story/freeverse-wwdc-roundup)

We first reported on Flick Baseball all the way back at Macworld, when the game was still in the concept stage.

It's grown up a lot since then. There's now a full complement of 35 (faux) teams to choose from (we played as the Atlanta Peaches against the Los Angeles Superstars), and the gameplay's all in place, too.

There are different timing-based touch mechanics for pitching, batting, and fielding, and they work really well, from what we could tell during our limited playtest.

When pitching, you choose a pitch (fastball, curveball, change-up, or slider) and then touch the screen when a rapidly shrinking ring matches up with a circle. Batting is a matter of holding your finger on the bottom of the screen, and then swiping upward as the ball crosses the plate. And in fielding, you must watch carefully as four glove images fly towards each other from opposite corners of the screen, touching right as they superimpose over one another.

Flick Baseball will be out in late June, probably at the $3.99-$4.99 price point .

[Hippieman]

It might go to 34 teams, only because Even numbers are nice in the UI. (There are extra player created team slots so no content will be cut).

Expect to see more Baseball in the next few weeks. What we had at WWDC was missing a lot of the graphic polish and style.

[Chiller ONE]

Is this game ever coming out or is it Vaporware?:confused:

[Hippieman]

Is this game ever coming out or is it Vaporware?:confused:

Yeah. It'll be this summer. We'll announce an official date when we are a bit closer. There's a lot going on in Flick Baseball.

[salsamd]

Yeah. It'll be this summer. We'll announce an official date when we are a bit closer. There's a lot going on in Flick Baseball.

Summer officially ends in September...:(

I hope it will include multiplayer (hitting vs. pitching) via Bluetooth? :D

[colorsound]

Yeah. It'll be this summer. We'll announce an official date when we are a bit closer. There's a lot going on in Flick Baseball.


So wait...does that rule out June?!?

Everything I ever read said the game was to release in June.

This summer is very vague - You might as well say TBA 2009



Sorry to be a grouch about it, but I wish developers would stop spitting out release estimates that they can't meet.
I would be perfectly fine if it was always said to launch sometime this year...from the beginning.

There is a lot that goes into developing games and I understand that it sometimes is unpredictable to foresee issues / problems.

[DaveMc99]

There is a lot that goes into developing games and I understand that it sometimes is unpredictable to foresee issues / problems.

You answered your own post.. months ago they thought it would be June now it will take longer because of whatever.. so?

[Fluxdev]

Looking really good. Should be nice on my iPod.

[upsidedown]

This looks good. I cant wait!

[GloBaller]

So wait...does that rule out June?!?

Everything I ever read said the game was to release in June.

This summer is very vague - You might as well say TBA 2009

Sorry to be a grouch about it, but I wish developers would stop spitting out release estimates that they can't meet.
I would be perfectly fine if it was always said to launch sometime this year...from the beginning.

There is a lot that goes into developing games and I understand that it sometimes is unpredictable to foresee issues / problems.

I'm confused, does the game come out the end of this month or later during the summer

[upsidedown]

Hope this comes out soon!

[yournothere]

this game looks so good. i cant wait for it. I have been waiting for AWHILE!!!

[Chiller ONE]

Yeah. It'll be this summer. We'll announce an official date when we are a bit closer. There's a lot going on in Flick Baseball.

Awesome!
While I'm waiting for this, is there another baseball game you guys would recommend? Baseball Slugger looks great but it is not a fully featured baseball game or is it? :confused:

[salsamd]

hFG0Mu_RUMk

Please add animations to the outfielder throwing before app store submission!!

"What we had at WWDC was missing a lot of the graphic polish and style."



There are different timing-based touch mechanics for pitching, batting, and fielding, and they work really well, from what we could tell during our limited playtest.

When pitching, you choose a pitch (fastball, curveball, change-up, or slider) and then touch the screen when a rapidly shrinking ring matches up with a circle. Batting is a matter of holding your finger on the bottom of the screen, and then swiping upward as the ball crosses the plate. And in fielding, you must watch carefully as four glove images fly towards each other from opposite corners of the screen, touching right as they superimpose over one another.

[GloBaller]

YouTube: video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=hFG0Mu_RUMk)

Please add animations to the outfielder throwing before app store submission!!

"What we had at WWDC was missing a lot of the graphic polish and style."



these couldn't be the graphics they're releasing. If they are then all this time freeverse was wasting their time.

[theone1007]

The design looks good. I'm sure they're gonna add facial details and stuff like they did to their basketball app. Animations for the characters should be added and will most likely be added. Pretty sure Freeverse knows what they're doing.

[TRIPLE BEAM DREAM]

Wow, that video sucks. Almost laughable, I hope that was posted as a joke.

[5duc29]

I think I'd rather stay with 9 Innings and Baseball Superstars.

[salsamd]

Well hopefully all is as stated:

"What we had at WWDC was missing a lot of the graphic polish and style."

[Big Albie]

Well hopefully all is as stated:

"What we had at WWDC was missing a lot of the graphic polish and style."

I'm sure that's the case with the video. But having said that, I probably would've buried that video. You definitely don't want any misconceptions out there before a release.

Yeah, the video looks awful.

[FearlessFreep]

Well, I had high hopes for this game, but it looks really disappointing. It seems like it's essentially been abandoned by Freeverse, and maybe that's a good thing. I really would like a great baseball sim, but there just isn't one with the complete package out there yet.

[AttackOfThePwned]

Well, I had high hopes for this game, but it looks really disappointing. It seems like it's essentially been abandoned by Freeverse, and maybe that's a good thing. I really would like a great baseball sim, but there just isn't one with the complete package out there yet.

They haven't abandoned it as it is at the forefront of their release schedule. Freeverse is tying for a late June or more likely July release. If it is anything like the SNES title Baseball Stars it should be fun.

[Hippieman]

This is exactly why game companies hate showing stuff off early. So much changes so fast, it's impossible stay in sync.

Baseball is plowing ahead nicely. That video was missing so much, from the correct 3D models to the uniforms, etc...

But people wouldn't believe us when we said we were working on it. We would get accused daily of lying that we were working on it. So in a gesture of good faith, we showed that the game was heavily being worked on.

Expect to see a lot more as the game moves into Beta and all the assets are final.

[salsamd]

And order returns to the universe...;)

[bosox412]

any updates?

[HardcoreEricXXX]

Will we see this before the end of baseball season? I thought the Flick sports games had been pretty successful, I thought we'd see a few more of 'em.
How many times has Flick Fishing made it back up to the top of the charts after dropping off?

[ericxd]

Will we see this before the end of baseball season? I thought the Flick sports games had been pretty successful, I thought we'd see a few more of 'em.
How many times has Flick Fishing made it back up to the top of the charts after dropping off?

I'm done with freeverse I hate all the games I bought of them.

[Brazilian Rider]

Where the hell is this thing?

[bosox412]

emailed them and got a quick response back
First off, thanks for your interest! I do not know when this game will be released as we're still working on adding features and enhancing the game overall.

Please stay tuned.

Thanks,

Paul Irizarry
Freeverse, Inc.

web: http://freeverse.com/support
tel: (212) 929-3549

[salsamd]

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Freeverse's upcoming baseball game, Flick Baseball is looking even more impressive than when we first saw it at WWDC. In the past few months the developers have been adding all kinds of functionality to the game, creating an amazingly complete baseball experience for the iPhone.

Different game modes are included ranging from exhibition games to a full 165 game season mode where you play from opening day to the championships. If you don't want to commit to quite that much baseball, 11, 33, and 66 game seasons are also available. There's even a multiplayer homerun derby mode.

Flick Baseball has a lineup of 34 teams to choose from, each with different rosters and statistics. The game doesn't have MLB licensing, but you can customize absolutely ever aspect of the teams from names to jersey colors. If playing as the Cubs is important to you, and you're willing to spend the time to build the entire team, there's nothing stopping you.

[NYCrooner]

The gameplay graphics look pretty horrific. I have a hard time believing that the iphone can't produce better player models than this.

If the N64 could produce this:

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4616/asb2001790screen001.jpg (http://img515.imageshack.us/i/asb2001790screen001.jpg/)

I don't see why the iphone can't produce something similar.

[salsamd]

I too am somewhat disappointed by the graphics, which appear scaled down from prior builds..

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[FearlessFreep]

This thing is vaporware. Isn't this the same kind of stuff they teased with a long time ago? Note to Freeverse: baseball season is just about OVER. And in that entire glitzy video, you only saw about five seconds of ACTUAL GAMEPLAY. Color me skeptical that this will amount to anything.

[dannys95]

This thing is vaporware. Isn't this the same kind of stuff they teased with a long time ago? Note to Freeverse: baseball season is just about OVER. And in that entire glitzy video, you only saw about five seconds of ACTUAL GAMEPLAY. Color me skeptical that this will amount to anything.

it's a teaser / preview trailer. ;)

[Squirt Reynolds]

The gameplay graphics look pretty horrific. I have a hard time believing that the iphone can't produce better player models than this.

+1.. I don't know if anybody else played Flick NBA Basketball, but it was an absolute atrocity, and this looks to be about the same.

Freeverse has gone completely downhill since Moto Racer.

[Mr. Charley]

it's a teaser / preview trailer. ;)

Teaser's are supposed to make you want to play the game...I don't think this is going to accomplish anything in terms of building anticipation other than to see it crash and burn... :eek:

[The Game Reaper]

LMAO at "these are the best player animations for an iPhone sports game".

[dannys95]

LMAO at "these are the best player animations for an iPhone sports game".

Compare them with MLB's official 3D baseball game and well.....Freeverse is a god compared to those

[bosox412]

........... ummmmmmm freeverse....

[eggzbacon]

........... ummmmmmm freeverse....

Exactly.

[bosox412]

Exactly.

..... your P!SSING me off freeverse... this better be worth the wait

[sizzlakalonji]

I thought I remembered them dropping this from development.

[bosox412]

link?

[turakm]

So is this done? Or whatever happened

[kmacleod]

So is this done? Or whatever happened

It looked like garbage, they knew it, and they decided to take more time. Let's hope they make it decent, because they have some serious competition now.

[bosox412]

ITS NOT DEAD!!!

after contacting freeverse, i receive this response
Hi ________

We appreciate your interest in Flick Sports Baseball. We are still actively working on the game and although we do not have a firm release date, we are looking at making it available very soon.

Regards,

Paul Irizarry
Freeverse, Inc.

web: http://freeverse.com/support
tel: (212) 929-3549



On Feb 7, 2010, at 3:35 PM, alpha411@usa.com wrote:

>
>
> people on touch arcade are saying you have axed flick sports baseball. Is that true? if not, do you have any ETA on when it will be released. i have been looking forward to this game for a long time, and am a huge freeverse fan...
>
>
> thanks for you help!!!

[Derochea72]

It looked like garbage, they knew it, and they decided to take more time. Let's hope they make it decent, because they have some serious competition now.

What competition are you talking about?
Is there another real baseball game coming out?

[doodlejumper]

What competition are you talking about?
Is there another real baseball game coming out?

I think he's most likely talking about Derek Jeter Real Baseball.

[Derochea72]

I think he's most likely talking about Derek Jeter Real Baseball.

Is that actually good?

[bosox412]

no it is not

[doodlejumper]

Yeah, but it's the closest thing to Flick Sports Baseball that's currently on the store.

[strato g]

What are you talking about? The main thing Derek Jeter Real Baseball is missing is an MLB license. There are some other features that it lacks, for a full scale baseball game, but it's no doubt the best and most realistic in the app store.

[bosox412]

the version i played the hitting was terrible.. You hit a grounder that gets to the outfielder, and he throws you out at first

[qasim]

This thing still isn't out!? It's been over a year! Holy crap!

[Derochea72]

Well they said soon 2 months ago and the baseball season has already started and it's still not here. I think it's safe to say that soon to a developer means a really long time.
Hopefully they are making a 3gs specific version

[ImNoSuperMan]

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Releasing on May 3rd

http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/28/exclusive-flick-baseball-preview-freeverses-baseball-game-is-almost-here/
........
Flick Baseball is a full 3D baseball game that looks and plays a lot like a fleshed out version of Com2Us's Homerun Battle 3D [$4.99 / Free] with 3D players, tilt to aim batting, and some extra features such as being able to control your runners and where your outfielders throw the ball. Since Homerun Battle 3D is still one of my favorite iPhone games, I'm really happy with how Freeverse seems to have captured a very similar batting mechanic that works extremely well.

.........

[New England Gamer]

Yay this wasn't abandoned! Can't wait.

[Hippieman]

Sorry for all the delays. The game really went through some radical and major changes.

In addition to total re-writes to the control systems, an entirely new player AI system went into the game. It's an amazing game right now.

I know a lot of people thought it was dead and forgotten, but we have been hard at work over the last year on it.

[frogtorch]

Great news! Thanks for taking your time and doing it right, instead of releasing an unremarkable (or even unplayable) game. This is going to be awesome.

[Aspargusman]

im happy this is getting released, but whatever happened to the buggy free version of flick bowling 2?

[Hippieman]

im happy this is getting released, but whatever happened to the buggy free version of flick bowling 2?

It's being re-worked. The current ad networks kind of suck and were causing the game to crash. So the team is working on a better version of it.

[exalep]

How much will the game cost?

[lydia]

We are expecting Flick Baseball Pro to cost $2.99.

[Osujxu]

If i had to buy one should I get flick baseball or flick bowling?

[SpartanTom84]

Baseball for sure.

[Will090]

From the video it seems like you have no control over the fielding besides what base you want to throw to. Do you get to control the fielders to move under a pop fly, in front of a grounder, etc?

[bosox412]

i am wondering also, can we control the fielders?

[Crimsonic21]

i am wondering also, can we control the fielders?

You can't run the fielders around but are required to help them catch the ball for some hits as well as get it to the appropriate bases (trying for double and triple plays.) And there's still things like pitching and managing/picking off runners that you need to keep an eye on as well.

We also don't limit which base you can throw to so it's possible for you to throw to the wrong base and let a runner score so some strategy is required when fielding the ball correctly (as it is in real life.)

We considered allowing users to control a fielder running around the field but the controls on the small iPhone screen just never felt right; and when asked what part of baseball games people liked the least fielding constantly came up as #1.

Once you play the game I think you'll find that the amount of control is really rather deep.

[salsamd]

Is the fielding similar to this old video?:

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You can't run the fielders around but are required to help them catch the ball for some hits as well as get it to the appropriate bases (trying for double and triple plays.)

[Derochea72]

Should be only 1 day left to wait through as long as it's already been approved and waiting for Sunday night. I feel like I have been waiting around for a yeay and a half for this one. Hope it's worth the wait.

[Cifuang]

Mmm only a few hours till it's on in NZ, can't wait!

[Will090]

Is there multiplayer, cause it would be amazing

[Derochea72]

Is there multiplayer, cause it would be amazing

I believe they said no multiplayer

[bosox412]

how do you know its submitted

[Derochea72]

how do you know its submitted

They announced just the other day that it would be available on may 3rd, that wouldn't be able to say that if it wasn't already approved

[New England Gamer]

Errr I was expecting a post from I'm No Superman this morning saying it was released in NZ by now!!!! (if indeed the May 3rd release day is true!)

Freeverse's website has this game's status as available on the App Store - so it can't be very long now!

[qasim]

If it's supposed to be out May 3rd, maybe it'll be a midnight release.

That's what Tapulous did with Riddim Ribbon

[Cifuang]

I hope it'll be out today, but why isn't it out in NZ?

[bosox412]

any update?


can you add an RPG part to the game in a future update, kind of like a RTTS type thing, like b-ball Super stars?

[salsamd]

from front page (http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/28/exclusive-flick-baseball-preview-freeverses-baseball-game-is-almost-here/):

Flick Baseball should be available May 3rd, so keep an eye out for a full review and another video of me (hopefully) hitting nothing but home runs with my tricked out custom baseball team. So far I'm really enjoying the game a lot, and look forward to getting deeper in to it.

[ImNoSuperMan]

from front page (http://toucharcade.com/2010/04/28/exclusive-flick-baseball-preview-freeverses-baseball-game-is-almost-here/):
If it was to release on May 3rd, it would have shown up in the NZ store already. Probably not approved yet.

[bosox412]

If it was to release on May 3rd, it would have shown up in the NZ store already. Probably not approved yet.

thats why i was wondering if there was any updates

[New England Gamer]

If it was to release on May 3rd, it would have shown up in the NZ store already. Probably not approved yet.
Precisely why I was puzzled this morning not to see a post from you. I guess I thought May 3rd was a firm release date. I overlooked the word "should" apparently in that post!

[Cifuang]

Nothing on their Twitter, i don't think it'll be out today.

[Derochea72]

It's the 3rd all day today so let's hope they can come through for us.

[exalep]

I really hope they don't dissappoint...

[lydia]

Just dropping in to say that unfortunately Flick Baseball is still in the process of being approved by Apple. It was submitted last week within our usual submittal process and it appears as though they must really be backed up. We're just as upset that it's not available when we thought it was going to be, so please be patient! We've all seen this happen before, when submisions are racked up and the App Store gets overwhelmed, so it could drop anytime.

Thanks again for understanding, we're excited you guys want to play baseball so much! We are also excited for it to finally go live. ;)

[bosox412]

tell us when its approved please

[BazookaTime]

Just dropping in to say that unfortunately Flick Baseball is still in the process of being approved by Apple. It was submitted last week within our usual submittal process and it appears as though they must really be backed up. We're just as upset that it's not available when we thought it was going to be, so please be patient! We've all seen this happen before, when submisions are racked up and the App Store gets overwhelmed, so it could drop anytime.

Thanks again for understanding, we're excited you guys want to play baseball so much! We are also excited for it to finally go live. ;)

Thanks for the update. I will be buying this as soon as it is released. The approval process seems to be taking much longer lately as I have noticed the delays with several games that I am waiting for.

[bosox412]

i will also be buying it ASAP. i was following this all the way through during the times where there was no news at all and everyone thought it was canned

[Derochea72]

I thought it was canned

[iVaro]

Should this game be added to the "Announced Long Ago But Will Be Coming In A Long Time" group with Splinter Cell and Mirror's Edge?

[strato g]

She's absolutely right, guys. I was just thinking about all this yesterday. You can' really blame the game developers, for delays. Apple is the real source of everyone's frustration. That's the one thing you can say about the console games is that when a release date is given, that's the date. So, maybe when the idevices are taken more seriously in the gaming world, this will change. I say this because the customer base will be much greater and less tolerant of such delays.

[heffdog116]

Will an iPad version of this be released eventually or just buy this and 2x it?

[bosox412]

dont the mods/admins, have the power to delete these posts, this thread became very messy and with many arguments, cant the mods just delete those posts?


and to those of you wondering when it will be out, follow freeverse's twitter, they will announce it on that most likely

[Hodapp]

dont the mods/admins, have the power to delete these posts, this thread became very messy and with many arguments, cant the mods just delete those posts?

We'll get a new thread when the game is released, not much sense in attempting to cull this release rage now.

[ImNoSuperMan]

Hi,

Moved the highly educational posts by professor Natron onto another thread. Didnt want his ideas to be restricted to only those who bothered to check this game. Hopefully the whole of Appstore dev community will learn a thing or two now, not just freeverse :)

http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=53941

And no more offtopic posts in this thread. Its a thread for Flick Baseball. Please keep your posts limited to queries about this game only and not about how a dev should market his/her game and what should he/she chose to share with the gamers.

Thanks.

IMNS

[sizzlakalonji]

We'll get a new thread when the game is released, not much sense in attempting to cull this release rage now.

Damn, and I was taking copious notes for a possible Doctoral thesis on app store marketing. How can I continue without those masterful business nuggets?

[Big Albie]

Damn, and I was taking copious notes for a possible Doctoral thesis on app store marketing. How can I continue without those masterful business nuggets?

Nuggets of something, that's for sure.

Anyway, looking forward to Flick Baseball. Hopefully it's out soon. :rolleyes:

[Harpgliss]

Hi,

ImNoSuperMan, great job with moving the posts over to its own thread.

My apologies for adding to the content moved, hopefully this thread will go on in a civil way.

David

[heffdog116]

Out!!

[ImNoSuperMan]

Out!!
Yup.

iTunes Link : http://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/flick-baseball-pro/id331940814?mt=8

TA thread : http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=53987