Space Miner HD - By Venan

[Venan]

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=407861961&mt=8

[Paradiso]

Yes! Buying again even though I beat it twice already :)

[Eli]

aaaaaaaaaaaa no ****in' way

[MeteorFlare]

arghhhhhhhhhhh... my wallet, it cries!!

I've already beaten this!

[JazzFlight]

Bought so hard. Love the iPhone version and wished I could play it properly on the big screen. This is going to be one long night of game purchases...

[Paradiso]

aaaaaaaaaaaa no ****in' way

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[Seishu]

aaaaaaaaaaaa no ****in' way

Exactly.

All I can add is FINALLY!!

[Paradiso]

Exactly.

All I can add is FINALLY!!

It did take them forever, but anyone that played it before can tell you it's worth playing again. And again.

[MeteorFlare]

It did take them forever, but anyone that played it before can tell you it's worth playing again. And again.

and again.

[Paradiso]

and again.

...and one more time just to find all those parts :)

[missalexis]

Really wish they would add Game Center support.

[MeteorFlare]

...and one more time just to find all those parts :)

and another, just to fool around with your shiny guns.

[KoolKing]

Wow. I didn't even know this was coming. After all the releases today you still found a way to surprise me.

[araczynski]

It did take them forever, but anyone that played it before can tell you it's worth playing again. And again.

Perhaps, but still feels like a kick in the balls for them wanting people to buy it again, should've been an update to the original.

Passing the next one till it goes on sale :(

[jeffyg3]

Aside from World of Goo, i think this the best ipad release today. Hell ****in' yeah!

[pluto6]

This is one game that I can honestly say that I don't mind double dipping. Lots of hours of fun on the iPhone, and looking forward to doing it all again on the iPad. Congrats on the release.

[DotComCTO]

Finally! It took a *really* long time for this to get out. Looks like Venan finally figured out some workarounds with getting better graphical performance out of the iPad.

Thanks guys! Bought and installed.

:cool:

--DotComCTO

[Smartbomb]

My bank account wants a divorce

O.o anything else I should be aware of? This is silly times, I should be buying presents for other people...

[Squeaker]

I cannot take anymore new releases I swear..

Venan you are forcing me to drop my other intended game purchases today, you evil space robot.

[Paradiso]

My bank account wants a divorce

O.o anything else I should be aware of? This is silly times, I should be buying presents for other people...

My must haves are:
This
Aralon
Real Racing 2 (when the HD version comes out)
World of Goo
And Zombie Smash HD (my favorite iOS zombie game)

[pluto6]

I cannot take anymore new releases I swear..

Venan you are forcing me to drop my other intended game purchases today, you evil space robot.

Yeah - I bought a bunch tonight -and I still plan on purchasing several of the R K. board games that just came out a few days ago. Gotta jump on the sales though, as the R. K. games don't move much on the price....

[Eddie]

Cmon guys, you added GC support to SM:Blast, you can add it to this game as well... Maybe an Xmas update ? :)

[madman73]

Bought this again... well, it's awesome so why not. :)

[Venan]

Finally! It took a *really* long time for this to get out. Looks like Venan finally figured out some workarounds with getting better graphical performance out of the iPad.


Yeah, we did. Mostly just learning more about how to make OpenGLES 2 play nice. You can actually thank Epic Citadel, since when I saw that it confirmed my sneaking suspicion we were just doing something fundamentally wrong based on the performance they were getting. Which we were. Then we just needed some spare bandwidth to get it done.

Anyhow, glad to hear you are all excited about it! It definitely makes the effort worthwhile.

[gatizo]

Now that's what I call an early Christmas present, and cheap, too! Thanks, Venan! :D

[WilliamG]

Couldn't resist this, either, despite owning the iPhone version. :D

[Bad Hat Harry]

Same here. Beat the iPhone version twice but can't wait to go back for round 3 on the iPad. :D

[TheClaff]

How enhanced is this over iPhone? Is it really much improved or more just w polished hidef version?

[Tritone]

I just bought this to support Venan, despite knowing I might not have time to play with it, because the originaL iPhone game was one of my favorites!

[RodmanSan]

Thanks to this topic and all positive comments i tried the (iphone) Lite version and caved in and bought this game.

So far this is on of my favorites on my iPad...hopefully the game does not end soon. :)

[tochan]

bought it.. my second double dip after Monkey island.. and even after double dipping MI, I still havent even play them past 20 mins!!

must stop buying games that I'd never play...

[ImNoSuperMan]

99cents

[mrkgoo]

99cents

Dammit! I guess I lose this time (in regards to getting a game on launch and then it going on sale not long after). Well, at least I played the game this time.

[WilliamG]

Dammit! I guess I lose this time (in regards to getting a game on launch and then it going on sale not long after). Well, at least I played the game this time.

This kind of behavior is so common, now. Release at X price and drop the price only a day or two later. I find it maddening. Got hurt on this and others this week.

[FPE]

I also lost money on it ...or did I?

we pay what we think fair for a game ... then sales arrive since everybody else goes on sales or because the game isn't selling well. But we still paid what we thought fair ... so we lost a good opportunity more than lost money.

[tochan]

hmm oh well.. I got lotr for 0.99 and I love this game on iphone, so I am paying the fair price to the dev :)

[Surfheart]

Loved this game on the iPhone and the iPad version at 99 cents is a no hesitation purchase for me.

But I don't know that I am liking this recent trend of massive price drops so soon after release. I got burnt badly on some games in this last big avalanche (hi EA) and that experience has taught me to never buy games at release again.

Not sure if this is good thing for the App store or not...

[FPE]

Loved this game on the iPhone and the iPad version at 99 cents is a no hesitation purchase for me.

But I don't know that I am liking this recent trend of massive price drops so soon after release. I got burnt badly on some games in this last big avalanche (hi EA) and that experience has taught me to never buy games at release again.

Not sure if this is good thing for the App store or not...

I learnt to buy the one from devs I want to support or I really want,and wait for the rest. Especially now tta I have 50Gb+ of games to play!

[mateofalcone]

I agree 100%. I've only got a couple release titles this month. This was one of them, but at least it wasn't a huge cost at launch. Perhaps I could have done without the launch sale rhetoric, but it's not on the level of Sim City. AppShopper will light the way forward for many smart consumers. If the devs take anything away from this season, I hope it is to avoid burning their early adopting customers so much.

[Qordobo]

Myself I bought the iphone version full price about one or two month ago so I was quite hesitant to make the double dip. So this sales is very welcoming for me. :)

[araczynski]

also bought, even if i never get to play it for another year, at this price at least i can give a little bit of support for them to finish up the sequel :)

[TheClaff]

Really plays well on iPad. I can see myself playing it again after finishing iPhone one last winter. Just wish there was a bit of new content. Now how about Space Miner Blast as a universal app? :)

[andsoitgoes]

I need to bump this. This game is one of the best I've EVER played and the fact that it got so much grief being the TA top game frustrates me.

I've never enjoyed a game on my iPhone or iPad as much as I have Space Miner. The story is good, funny, but the gameplay and EVERYTHING else about the game, the RPG/upgrading system...

It's something I talked about before, but I cannot stand asteroids. There was just something about it that didn't sit well with me, but that wasn't the case in space miner, and I'm so glad I took the risk and bought it.

I put 8 hours into the first play through. EIGHT HOURS. for $2.99 that is huge for me. Sure, I put a lot into games like Angry Birds, but this one has a different sort of incentive to propel me along, it's a fully polished story driven game that makes you want to go through and 100% the areas, fully upgrade everything in the ship, try the harder difficulties. It's forgiving and challenging all at the same time.

It's worth it at full price, it's great if it's on sale. I am planning on buying it for my iPhone just to play it when I'm not able to get my hands on my iPad, but if you miss out on picking this up after looking at the gameplay and the various reviews, unless you absolutely hate this type of game, I think you'll regret it.

Can't wait to see what else these guys produce. Thanks for giving us such a kick a** game.

[Oxynidus]

Any game would have gotten that much grief. I think the response was reasonable, especially with all the hype surrounding other games. I'm really glad this game won, and I'm thoroughly impressed with the developers' standards. I've found the iPad version significantly more enjoyable than the iPhone version, and that's saying something.

[DavidGQ]

I just finished this game and love it. Are there other games for IPad similar to this one?

[ovalprocess]

I just finished this game and love it. Are there other games for IPad similar to this one?

I don't believe there is, until Venan makes Space Miner 2. It really is a one-of-a-kind game.

You have the free Space Miner Blast, I assume?

[Sanuku]

HD Gameplay Trailer (iPad):

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Note:

First 15. Minutes of Gameplay.

[PraetorianX]

Free!!!!

[RodmanSan]

Get it while you can...very great game !!
(finished it twice now) :D

[araczynski]

Free!!!!

yay for supporting devs...

[crunc]

I had it for iPhone and grabbed the HD version while free. Nifty!

[PraetorianX]

yay for supporting devs...

now what?