This is in the TV Section too but will be coming out on iPad / iPhone very soon (prob Nov 17). This has nothing to do (control wise) to shark eaters. So don't compare. Its top down - dpad, 360. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
YES! Maybe this is the one I've been waiting so long for! I thought Shark Eaters was gonna be the one, but in the end, it was not intuitive at all control-wise, and no matter how much time I put into it, I could never get good and never got very far into it. It became a lot of frustrating work instead, and sadly I ended up not playing it anymore. It IS beautiful, and the graphics seriously rock and are super fluid, though. This looks similar, but from the top down, but mostly I'm hoping it controls better and that's what I'm looking at and what really matters to me when it's all said and done! I can't wait to play this! One more thing--is there gonna be an Android version too?
The art style is gorgeous! I think cell-shading works wonders, and the color palette is soothing yet vibrant at the same time. The animation is as fluid as it was on SharkEaters, which is to say- astounding Controls, i can't help but feel that this is how SharkEaters should have controlled from the beginning (i think i brought you the 2-d axis only idea on the forums) Some ideas i immediately have for you are : 1) add permanently unlockable animals that handle differently after bandit, not once per 12 hours etc. 2) add cosmetic unlockables that could give bonuses, ie a tracer that adds the map, a magnet to attract fish, a coin necklace for bonus coins etc. 3) add different goals in the missions, maybe an escort of young dolphins and you have to protect them? protect a dolphin "nest" from constantly invading sharks? etc And of course, pleaseeeee bring it to iphone/ipad, i will buy it immediately! Good luck with everything, and if you need an extra tester / idea giver, i'm here
Heard you all with controls. We will go wider this time with platform. Microsoft surface definitely (which is an awesome device imo). Steam, Xbox, Playstation.. depend on the logistics of getting sdk's etc. Maybe android- not sure yet. It will be probably be free - with maybe a pay wall for the last level or 1/2 way through, or just for skins. Suggestions anyone ? Something like that so you can pay some small fee to unlock the whole thing but 90% free. Do you want a roam mode ?
we are will shortly be on the app store.. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bandits-shark-showdown!/id1052531874?ls=1&mt=8
