Frocket ★★★★★ "One Rocket, One Front, Loads of Fun" - The iPhone App ReviewFrocket is the most pulse-poundin… $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details★★★★★ "One Rocket, One Front, Loads of Fun" - The iPhone App ReviewFrocket is the most pulse-pounding, fire-flying, jet-packing game starring a swamp creature since... EVER! So strap on your rocket and crank your awesome notch to mach-chicken!➤ Blast-off to solve puzzles, explore levels, and zap past danger to capture finely frosted cupcakes! Cupcakes? Mmm!➤ Capture the 3 big, bad, shiny stars in each insane level to unlock even more insane levels and entire freakin' worlds!➤ Oh and there's fireflies out there too! Trade these sizzling insects for death-defying power-ups to keep Frocket rockin' it all day long!➤ Finally, compete with friends by earning achievements and crushing their pathetic records in the addicting Score Attack Mode.Stay tuned for more levels, worlds, and cupcakes! Frocket don't stop!☆☆ YouTube Trailer ☆☆ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFIv3Uji05s☆☆ Twitter ☆☆ https://twitter.com/FrocketGame™, © 2012 GANZ. All rights reserved. Information Seller: Genre:Action, Arcade, Puzzle Release:Dec 10, 2012 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (3) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal nightc1 Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2012 4,362 0 0 AL #2 nightc1, Feb 11, 2013 How big of a demand are the "firefly" consumables that are available as IAP? Capricornman Well-Known Member Dec 8, 2011 2,993 0 0 #3 Capricornman, Feb 11, 2013 Thanks for the heads up! Will give it a spin Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #4 Connector, Feb 11, 2013 Pretty cool game, definitely worth downloading, plays a lot like an old game I used to play, man, I forget the name, let me look in my game log, Can't find the name, maybe someone can refresh my memory, but it's decent enough. Worth the time to download for sure. AnarKitty Well-Known Member Oct 10, 2010 3,654 0 0 Minneapolis, USA #5 AnarKitty, Feb 12, 2013 Looks like this one is a go! Thanks for the thread. Habakuk Well-Known Member Dec 11, 2008 4,779 9 38 Vienna, Austria http://rossau.wordpress.com #6 Habakuk, Feb 12, 2013 This I would like to know as well. Hard (better: impossible) to recommend a game when the dev doesn't care to add any explanations on IAPs. So until anyone has finished the game we won't know. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Gunlock Well-Known Member Dec 13, 2010 472 0 16 #7 Gunlock, Feb 12, 2013 After a couple of levels I have to say this is a game worth downloading. It has some slowdowns occasionally on my 3GS, but nothing game breaking. I think it is Land-a Panda, the game mechanics is very similar to this one. CygnetSeven Well-Known Member Feb 6, 2010 7,581 28 48 #8 CygnetSeven, Feb 12, 2013 Or Puffle Launch. Snooptalian Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2009 1,938 8 38 #9 Snooptalian, Feb 12, 2013 Cool game. Kinda short though only 15 swamp levels and 3 desert levels. Says more coming soon. No worries about the in game purchases. You need the Viking helmet to get some stars, and everything else is really optional like freeze stars and slow time. You get currency easily so no major grinding needed. Finished most of the game with all stars except level 13 of the swamp seems glitched where 1 star is. Anyone manage all 3 stars for this level? nkarafo Well-Known Member Mar 2, 2011 860 9 18 #10 nkarafo, Feb 12, 2013 A Donkey Kong Country clone somehow perhaps. bradkeys Member Dec 18, 2012 9 0 0 Founder of Rebel Hippo Inc. Canada http://www.rebelhippo.com #11 bradkeys, Feb 12, 2013 Thanks for the compliments guys. I'm the lead designer of Frocket. Currently we're working on an Android release and more levels for the Desert. I'll answer some of your questions. The barrel shooting mechanic was heavily inspired by Donkey Kong Country. It was one of my favourite games growing up. The 3GS and iPad 1 are the lowest supported devices. Like you said, it runs fine on them, but it will run better on newer devices. I play it on an iPad 2 the most. I agree it's frustrating that the power ups and purchases aren't explained in-game. Unfortunately we ran into a file size barrier (50 MB) preventing us from adding that to the UI. One of our focuses right now is finding better ways to communicate the point of the game and how the power ups work. It will just require a bit of restructuring the UI. It would be good to have them explained at least on our website however. So I'll get those changes made ASAP. Thanks for the feedback. To complete the Swamp with all the stars you will need to buy the Viking Helmet (a permanent upgrade), which allows you to bust through barricades (boarded walls). I also find the Freeze Stars power up extremely useful on some levels. It makes it so the stars won't disappear for that play. A full play through of the Swamp (for me at least) gives me about 2000 fire flies. That's enough to get the Viking Helmet, but then you have to go back through about half of the levels to use it. If you would rather get all 3 stars in every level as you play through the first time, then it is worth buying extra fireflies right off the start to get the Viking Helmet. bradkeys Member Dec 18, 2012 9 0 0 Founder of Rebel Hippo Inc. Canada http://www.rebelhippo.com #12 bradkeys, Feb 12, 2013 I will look into that. Thanks for the feedback. bradkeys Member Dec 18, 2012 9 0 0 Founder of Rebel Hippo Inc. Canada http://www.rebelhippo.com #13 bradkeys, Feb 12, 2013 It appears that a wall collider was too close to one of the barrels. This happened when we did some tweaks on the levels in our last update. We'll get this fixed for the next update. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for pointing this out! awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #14 awp69, Feb 12, 2013 I noticed on your website it says "free to play" so is this not really a sale, but the game has gone freemium? If so, has the balance been changed to now require IAPs to complete the game? bradkeys Member Dec 18, 2012 9 0 0 Founder of Rebel Hippo Inc. Canada http://www.rebelhippo.com #15 bradkeys, Feb 12, 2013 Last edited: Feb 12, 2013 I suppose the wording on the website is a bit confusing. There is a free version called Frocket Lite, which has a limited number of levels and will not get any future content. This sale is for the full, paid version, which is free only for this week (regularly $0.99). Habakuk Well-Known Member Dec 11, 2008 4,779 9 38 Vienna, Austria http://rossau.wordpress.com #16 Habakuk, Feb 12, 2013 Thanks. Recommended! Pretty fun actually. Perfect mobile casual game. CygnetSeven Well-Known Member Feb 6, 2010 7,581 28 48 #17 CygnetSeven, Feb 12, 2013 I was not expecting much from this but being a huge fan of games like Bouncy Mouse, Puffle Launch, Parachute Ninja and Rayman I had to give it a try. I played the first four levels and thought the graphic quality was nice and fun to play but although the timing mechanisms were interesting it hadn't challenged me... yet. Then level 5 reared back and slapped me hard. Wow, still working on it and glad I stuck with it. When I play games like this or One Tap Hero I like to get all three stars before I move to the next level. This one is definitely a keeper. Whether new levels come as a free upgrade or as iap, I'm there. Thanks for the added stress in my day as I try not to throw my phone out the window. Nicely done! Thanks! Anyone enjoying this freebie should add an itunes review to help an active developer. Will gift it to a friend once the sale is over. bradkeys Member Dec 18, 2012 9 0 0 Founder of Rebel Hippo Inc. Canada http://www.rebelhippo.com #18 bradkeys, Feb 12, 2013 Thanks Cygnet, glad you're enjoying it! We appreciate any help with ratings and reviews. We released the game in December and to be quite honest although it has received very positive reviews from users and critics alike, it has unfortunately gained very little attention. I hope this free promotion will increase its presence in the App Store (something we've found incredibly tough to do). But it's really you, the fans, that can make this possible by sharing and rating it. The more successful it is, the more content we'll be able to create, and the more likely it will be that we can create other awesome games in the future Snooptalian Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2009 1,938 8 38 #19 Snooptalian, Feb 12, 2013 Cool. Glad you was able to find it. Really is a fun game, hopefully it catches on and brings you guys some well deserved success.... Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #20 Connector, Feb 12, 2013 Ding ding... Yup this is the one. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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Pretty cool game, definitely worth downloading, plays a lot like an old game I used to play, man, I forget the name, let me look in my game log, Can't find the name, maybe someone can refresh my memory, but it's decent enough. Worth the time to download for sure.
This I would like to know as well. Hard (better: impossible) to recommend a game when the dev doesn't care to add any explanations on IAPs. So until anyone has finished the game we won't know. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel
After a couple of levels I have to say this is a game worth downloading. It has some slowdowns occasionally on my 3GS, but nothing game breaking. I think it is Land-a Panda, the game mechanics is very similar to this one.
Cool game. Kinda short though only 15 swamp levels and 3 desert levels. Says more coming soon. No worries about the in game purchases. You need the Viking helmet to get some stars, and everything else is really optional like freeze stars and slow time. You get currency easily so no major grinding needed. Finished most of the game with all stars except level 13 of the swamp seems glitched where 1 star is. Anyone manage all 3 stars for this level?
Thanks for the compliments guys. I'm the lead designer of Frocket. Currently we're working on an Android release and more levels for the Desert. I'll answer some of your questions. The barrel shooting mechanic was heavily inspired by Donkey Kong Country. It was one of my favourite games growing up. The 3GS and iPad 1 are the lowest supported devices. Like you said, it runs fine on them, but it will run better on newer devices. I play it on an iPad 2 the most. I agree it's frustrating that the power ups and purchases aren't explained in-game. Unfortunately we ran into a file size barrier (50 MB) preventing us from adding that to the UI. One of our focuses right now is finding better ways to communicate the point of the game and how the power ups work. It will just require a bit of restructuring the UI. It would be good to have them explained at least on our website however. So I'll get those changes made ASAP. Thanks for the feedback. To complete the Swamp with all the stars you will need to buy the Viking Helmet (a permanent upgrade), which allows you to bust through barricades (boarded walls). I also find the Freeze Stars power up extremely useful on some levels. It makes it so the stars won't disappear for that play. A full play through of the Swamp (for me at least) gives me about 2000 fire flies. That's enough to get the Viking Helmet, but then you have to go back through about half of the levels to use it. If you would rather get all 3 stars in every level as you play through the first time, then it is worth buying extra fireflies right off the start to get the Viking Helmet.
It appears that a wall collider was too close to one of the barrels. This happened when we did some tweaks on the levels in our last update. We'll get this fixed for the next update. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for pointing this out!
I noticed on your website it says "free to play" so is this not really a sale, but the game has gone freemium? If so, has the balance been changed to now require IAPs to complete the game?
I suppose the wording on the website is a bit confusing. There is a free version called Frocket Lite, which has a limited number of levels and will not get any future content. This sale is for the full, paid version, which is free only for this week (regularly $0.99).
I was not expecting much from this but being a huge fan of games like Bouncy Mouse, Puffle Launch, Parachute Ninja and Rayman I had to give it a try. I played the first four levels and thought the graphic quality was nice and fun to play but although the timing mechanisms were interesting it hadn't challenged me... yet. Then level 5 reared back and slapped me hard. Wow, still working on it and glad I stuck with it. When I play games like this or One Tap Hero I like to get all three stars before I move to the next level. This one is definitely a keeper. Whether new levels come as a free upgrade or as iap, I'm there. Thanks for the added stress in my day as I try not to throw my phone out the window. Nicely done! Thanks! Anyone enjoying this freebie should add an itunes review to help an active developer. Will gift it to a friend once the sale is over.
Thanks Cygnet, glad you're enjoying it! We appreciate any help with ratings and reviews. We released the game in December and to be quite honest although it has received very positive reviews from users and critics alike, it has unfortunately gained very little attention. I hope this free promotion will increase its presence in the App Store (something we've found incredibly tough to do). But it's really you, the fans, that can make this possible by sharing and rating it. The more successful it is, the more content we'll be able to create, and the more likely it will be that we can create other awesome games in the future
Cool. Glad you was able to find it. Really is a fun game, hopefully it catches on and brings you guys some well deserved success....
