Needs comments on our VIRGIN app game

Guys,

Some devs share their designing experiences of games. It is very interesting, and I want to do so.

I will keep it short as usual and let the pics talk.

We’re fresh as an APP developer, so ur comments on our game are highly appreciated.


Here I’d like to shortly introduce our game. When u’re playing this game, u will use a small black BALL to go through the path and come over the obstacles to reach the end.

At first, we wanted to use this background.



However, we tested it on iTouch, and found out that it was too dark. The whole atmosphere and tone was not so appealing, so we gave it up.

Then we considered the following backgrounds and finally chose the ones in the red circle.



But we also found it was still too dark in the iTouch screen, so we gave it up too.

With hundreds of times of modifying, we chose this background at last. We found that the rectangle things were really dumb, and then we came up with a new shape. Is it cool?



Now let’s talk about the art style.

There are different kinds of obstacles in the game. For example, the gears on the pic can shrink and expand.

When the ball hits the end, the whole path will ooze black ink as the pic shows.

Pic 1 Before the ball reaches the end



Pic 2 When the ball reaches the end



We have also considered to use other style like the following.

Pic 3


pic 4


Pic 2, 3, 4 which one do u think is best?

 

Yeah, a little bit. But we mainly based on Chinese ink art style.

 

All these pictures are original. You mean an original Chinese style?

 

Do you guys think this "classic" image will be hit in US?

 

Yeah, it is. Do you guys think this "uncommon" style will be accepted by APP players?

actually we decided to use pic 2 style

 

We do think the pic 2 is the best. Our teams are working on the design of every level.