Universal Tap Army - The First Lane-Based Arcade Shooter (BETA TESTING)

Hello!

Have this a shot on my 5S, and it ran great. No stutters or bugs or anything

The arts great, all the pixel-y explosions are charcaters are nice and fun

As for the gameplay, it seems to be walking a strange line. This game is reminded me more of a shmup than anything else. So the question is, are you hoping to make this a one-off quick arcade game? Are you looking to expand the game into something bigger?

If you're planning on the quick arcade experience, then the game is fine, looks great, plays great, simple to understand and a blast to play.

If you want to make the game a bit deeper, I would suggest to make it so that there is only 1 soldier who hops between the 4 lanes, allowing for dodging.

 

Fair enough, it's perfect for that

And at the moment it's 217 (in the version with the SMG)

I actually never got the revolver, what was it like?

And the SMG is similar to the starting weapon, just faster shooting, right? That's what it seems like.

 

Cool!

Do you guys have any more plans for weapons? A sniper that's like a cross between the starting weapon and the laser would be cool

Oh, btw, I found a bug where if you tap 2 characters at the same time, they'll both shoot. But the second one will only shoot for a split second

 

Ahhhh, okay. In that case, that's a really smart way to do it

 

Haven't read anything about the game outside of the PMs so my impression will be fresh.


The game's core play is solid. Tap a button to shoot down that lane, hold to auto-fire. Only one finger at a time. Various enemies come down each lane with different hit points and speed. You start each round with a revolver and can pick up other weapons that have different shooting properties. There's the fast firing mini gun, a strong laser, and the medium range imba flamethrower. A new weapon will randomly drop every so often and will replace whichever you currently hold. You get unlimited ammo so you can hold down the button to your heart's content. Just don't hit the random bombs or it's game over!

The control scheme is very simple. Only one lane can be firing at a time but tapping on another will fire instantly to compensate. There were times when I failed to fire because of the size and position of the buttons in relation to a comfortable grip of my device (iPhone 5). There are some improvements I'd like to suggest:
- Allow sliding your finger across buttons to fire.
- The above feature may require allowing each lane to become hot zones (i.e. dividing the screen vertically into 4) for firing instead of limiting them to buttons. At least implement this if you'd like to keep it a tapping game.

The guns have different attack power and firing rate. I may have lost the most number of times while having the mini gun equipped than any other weapon, including the revolver. My last game ended at 299 when I suddenly picked up a mini gun. Suggestions for weapons:
- Mini gun: The firing rate may need to be improved or just a point more of damage.
- Laser: crazy powerful. Maybe a longer cooldown per lane?
- Flame: Sick. The short range means nothing. Make it shorter? Finite ammo? haha
- Revolver: Spot on.

I can imagine new weapons but hopefully they're balanced to provide the same DPS or have interesting mechanisms. Limited use per pick up could be one thing.

I can imagine adding a reeeally slow uber mech enemy type with a ton of HP. Maybe even one that teleports forward or to the side like hit it once, it moves somewhere else.

Overall, it's a fun game. I just don't like that random factor for those sick strong weapons. If you manage to get only lasers and flame for some reason, you're golden.

Thoughts on upgrades and bombs?

 

That's what it is and does - ultra fast, congrats on that.

I like the new build way better. Exactly the few pixels we talked about and the right amount of speed is taken away.
Result: score is up from 225 to 271.

I thought about flicking a grenade. Every fifty kills gets you one, wipe them off the screen...

Which route are you going: paid or free ?

 

So I just sat down and played this for literally a half hour staring, but my high score is still only at 221

I just wanna say that this really is super addicting, and definitely captures the "one more go" gameplay. I let my girlfriend have a go and she enjoyed it a lot too

If this does well, I'd love to see a deeper spin off with upgrades etc.

 

Broke past 300 but my tap on a specific lane wasn't working again and killed it for me. Whatever wrong thing that happens appears to disable an entire lane (not entirely sure). Having trouble reproducing it but I use 2 thumbs to play.

Pause button?

Really hate the mini gun. Hate channeled attacks in general. Diablo 3 burst >>> channel lol

 

Im on the latest build and I'm having some responsiveness issues with the 2 middle lanes occassionally.

I think what's happening is I'll be holding on one of the middle lanes, then when I go to tap the other middle lane, my thumb lands a teeny bit on top of my other thumb, so it doesn't register as a new press, it merges with the old one. That's my assumption

 

Looks so fun. May I be a tester?

 

Looks like piano tiles on crack >:0 Cant wait for it to launch