Already free in some international stores. Should go free in the US at 11pm if not sooner. BlastTrax 148Apps.com“Seriously, the minimal sparseness of the graphics combined with the visual effects at high levels makes… TouchArcade Rating: $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details148Apps.com“Seriously, the minimal sparseness of the graphics combined with the visual effects at high levels makes the game a visual treat – something that isn’t really said about the programmer art in Jayenkai’s games!”-=-=-After battling swarms of alien invaders, it's time for our hero to travel through the space lanes to his next destination. Unfortunately for him, even the space lanes are swarming with deadly alien creatures!-=-=-AppAdvice.com“Limber up your best thumb because this retro-themed action-arcade game is going to hit you with plenty of old school-style entertainment.”-=-=-Guide your vessel along the route, dodging the enemy creatures, and avoiding the destructive forces of evil.Blast all the aliens away using your trusted blue light phaser.Will you reach your destination with your health intact?-=-=-SentralGamer.com“you need to experience the smooth one-touch control system, fun, challenging and addictive experience for yourself and let me tell you, it’s even better than it looks!” Information Seller: Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Aug 26, 2013 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (5) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal syntheticvoid Well-Known Member Jun 20, 2010 14,504 124 63 Musician & factory worker. a[V-O-I-D] http://apparentsymmetry.bandcamp.com #2 syntheticvoid, Sep 7, 2013 Damn. Sucks to see this go free. It's a great arcade styled shooter that has a bit of depth the more you play and understand the game. I have no regrets having bought it, and actually wish it had an IAP so I could support the dev even more... But it's one of very few hitting the store these days that's completely devoid of extra income after the original purchase. =o/ Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #3 Connector, Sep 7, 2013 Wow, that went free super super fast. Kinda a shame, cause this is a good game, but guess sales weren't going it's way. Sorry to the people that I just got to buy it recently, but it is a good game, I sure hope this isn't adding ads or going freemium. Too bad the appstore is coming down to this and games just going free so fast, but this game is a really good game. Bronxsta Well-Known Member Oct 10, 2012 4,698 6 38 http://indiegameenthusiast.blogspot.com/ #4 Bronxsta, Sep 7, 2013 Last edited: Sep 8, 2013 This game is great, deserves more attention. Here are my impressions: Bronxsta Well-Known Member Oct 10, 2012 4,698 6 38 http://indiegameenthusiast.blogspot.com/ #5 Bronxsta, Sep 8, 2013 Oh, really? Didnt know that. Thanks for the heads up. Changed the post oooooomonkey Well-Known Member Jan 15, 2011 6,307 0 0 Forge World #6 oooooomonkey, Sep 8, 2013 That's lame, this hasn't been out very long Jayenkai Well-Known Member Jan 17, 2011 254 0 16 Erm... Bum! Bolton, England Http://AGameAWeek.com #7 Jayenkai, Sep 8, 2013 Peaked at 40 sales in a day, averaged 10, last couple of days have been 1 and 3. Given the HUGE number of reviews this game has gained over the past couple of weeks, I honestly thought it would do a smidgen better than that, and am really let down that it hasn't. So, it's free for one single day. Sunday 8th September 2013. Get the word out, and try to get some interest in this game in a vague attempt to keep me interested in it!! oooooomonkey Well-Known Member Jan 15, 2011 6,307 0 0 Forge World #8 oooooomonkey, Sep 8, 2013 That doesn't seem like very many sales and I certainly had my 69p worth of fun, and I suppose this is the way the App Store goes these days. Great game for 69p even better for free awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #9 awp69, Sep 8, 2013 Last edited: Sep 8, 2013 Really hope this helps! The Spike Dislike games were always among my favorite retro-ish games and this one earns high marks as well. It is really sad how there's so many crap games out there that make buttloads of money and an indie dev with talent can't get noticed. Bought this after seeing it got some GoTW votes from people I trust and then realized it was by the same Dev as Spike Dislike. You know what. I just realized I don't have Sheep Goes Left. I'm going to pick it up to give you some support. Talent deserves to be supported. mrbiggles Well-Known Member Jul 3, 2012 3,691 0 0 Like retired USA #10 mrbiggles, Sep 8, 2013 support devs or wait next time... up to u Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel mrbiggles Well-Known Member Jul 3, 2012 3,691 0 0 Like retired USA #11 mrbiggles, Sep 8, 2013 FREE now free usa Capricornman Well-Known Member Dec 8, 2011 2,993 0 0 #12 Capricornman, Sep 8, 2013 Last edited: Sep 8, 2013 Thank you dev for this game it is fantastic! I've bought your games Spike Dislike and Sheep go Left when they came out. BlastTrax is an incredibly talented effort and as soon as I started playing I knew this is a keeper. I like even on easy mode how as you progress the intensity of battle ramps up and so does the strategy aspect come into play. Controls and graphics are excellent too. Can't wait to see how intense the tougher modes are...should be a blast....trax! Breinstein Well-Known Member Sep 27, 2012 527 5 18 The Netherlands #13 Breinstein, Sep 8, 2013 Can't believe the sales are so bad. I really like this game, brought back soms good memories from eighties ( my top and favoriet gaming years) . I ammonia to buy sheep Goes left to show the dev some extra support. Hard some good T things about that game. nightc1 Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2012 4,362 0 0 AL #14 nightc1, Sep 8, 2013 I gave this some time and I've got a few criticisms. 1. Controls are somewhat frustrating to use. I've manage to do ok in the highscore charts but half the battle is the controls. I didn't find any alternate controls to try. 2. Speaking of controls, the movement of the ship is pretty limited. There doesn't appear to be anything but moving forward and turning left or right. So it's more like driving a car than a spaceship. Strafing would be nice. The fine movement required to go slower is also hard to dial into on the small screen. 3. Bugs! If you go into GC from the link in te game and then return you'll be on the credits screen. Sometimes it'll crash the game if you touch the wrong place trying to figure out how to get out of these unintitive screens. 4. Highscore bugs. I won't say how publicly, but there's a way to have an everlasting game and this as big a score as you want. If the dev is interested how, he can Pm me. When there are holes like this in a highscore game though it breaks the purpose I have to play. 5. One nitpick. There's no music soundtrack. Maybe that's intentional? Capricornman Well-Known Member Dec 8, 2011 2,993 0 0 #15 Capricornman, Sep 8, 2013 Yes the more I play I can see what you're meaning about struggling with the controls...sometimes I sense I'm struggling and all of a sudden my thumb is in the middle of the screen. I actually don't mind there's no music but it wouldn't hurt to have something! Very good game though Jayenkai Well-Known Member Jan 17, 2011 254 0 16 Erm... Bum! Bolton, England Http://AGameAWeek.com #16 Jayenkai, Sep 8, 2013 Last edited: Sep 8, 2013 1. You aren't the first to complain about the controls. I've tweaked them a little for the next release, and included an option for a twin-stick mode, but also tried to keep things balanced.. Complex! Update should arrive by the end of the month. Lots to add! 2. Yes, it is a bit like a car on a track, isn't it!? Almost like that was the original plan!! Linkage 3. That's a "known bug" with the language I'm using. It's slightly annoying, but thankfully it only ever happens at that one place, and I try my hardest to ensure that all my games reload in an instant. I need to update and tweak my language tools, and hopefully the language developers have sorted it, but .. It's one of those annoying bugs that only seems to pop up once the final version's in the AppStore! Stupid thing doesn't seem to happen when using the test-edition. Grrr! SpikeDislike2, Hoppy Bobby and this all have this bug. It's an occasional glitch, and hopefully I can fix it in the future. Sorry for any issues!! 4. Yep, found a couple myself, too. PM me, and we'll compare possible cheats 5. Although I do like to make music, I don't currently have a nice working way of getting small music into my games. It'd be great to have an oldskool mod player working, but the language I'm using allows for so many different system targets that it makes mod playing a tricky thing to do. My only real option is to use mp3s or OGG files for music, and those tend to get kinda big after a while. Add just a simple Titlescreen tune and a single ingame piece of music, and you've got about 3Mb added on to your game, and those are incredibly repetitive! For BlastTrax I'd need a pretty large soundtrack, and that takes huge amounts of data. Sheep Goes Left has a proper soundtrack, and is over 50Mb! Eek!! Instead, I opt to leave it out. You have an iDevice, and I ensure all my games play nicely with any and all background music, so choose your favourite soundtrack, and get blastin'! nightc1 Well-Known Member Oct 19, 2012 4,362 0 0 AL #17 nightc1, Sep 8, 2013 Sent a pm about the highscore bug. All in all its not a bad game, but its not as fun to me as say a full screen retro styled shooter since the path is not very wide and there's little enemy variety. Jayenkai Well-Known Member Jan 17, 2011 254 0 16 Erm... Bum! Bolton, England Http://AGameAWeek.com #18 Jayenkai, Sep 8, 2013 The track width was a tricky thing to get right, due to the differences in device resolutions, and orientations. On iPhone5, especially, there's not an awful amount of width to play with.. If it's any consolation, it used to be half as wide!! As for this vs a classic Galaxians/space invaders. Yeah, I love those, too. You can't beat a well made classic space shooter. Warblade is a crackin' example. Love that game! This is simply another example of my AGameAWeek ethos. Take something, tweak it, and see if it's good! Because when you're doing things at a rate of AGameAWeek, you tend to have the ability to throw away bad ideas. But you'll never truely know what's a good or bad idea until you dare to try it. Sometimes the craziest ideas, the ones you think will never work, do indeed seem to be much more playable than you'd imagine. Hoppy Bobby (free in the AppStore) is another great example of this. Most developers would reject such a stupid and simple idea, but I gave it a whirl, and the result was a nice playable game. As AGameAWeek continues, I've stumbled upon a fair number of these, and whenever I do, I tend to bulk them up and do proper iOS releases. It makes for a curiously odd mix of games, but they're all nicely playable, and should keep you entertained for a few minutes at a time! Jayenkai Well-Known Member Jan 17, 2011 254 0 16 Erm... Bum! Bolton, England Http://AGameAWeek.com #19 Jayenkai, Sep 9, 2013 Depending on your timezone, BlastTrax's day of freebieness is now over. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for grabbing the game, and am hopeful that they continue to spread the word about this great little game. Meanwhile I'll build it up, and get that Arcade mode finished off. More to come. Hope you enjoy it. Freebie Finished! Thanks to all! awp69 Well-Known Member Oct 30, 2009 8,249 0 36 Greenville, SC #20 awp69, Sep 9, 2013 Funny you should mention that I had promised to get SGL to help give you support but opted for NeonPlat due to it's small file size (not that 54 MB is "big" but I've got my device jammed packed.) Anyway, hope this sale brings more sales for this game. Definately looking forward to the update - particularly the Dual Stick option. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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Damn. Sucks to see this go free. It's a great arcade styled shooter that has a bit of depth the more you play and understand the game. I have no regrets having bought it, and actually wish it had an IAP so I could support the dev even more... But it's one of very few hitting the store these days that's completely devoid of extra income after the original purchase. =o/
Wow, that went free super super fast. Kinda a shame, cause this is a good game, but guess sales weren't going it's way. Sorry to the people that I just got to buy it recently, but it is a good game, I sure hope this isn't adding ads or going freemium. Too bad the appstore is coming down to this and games just going free so fast, but this game is a really good game.
Peaked at 40 sales in a day, averaged 10, last couple of days have been 1 and 3. Given the HUGE number of reviews this game has gained over the past couple of weeks, I honestly thought it would do a smidgen better than that, and am really let down that it hasn't. So, it's free for one single day. Sunday 8th September 2013. Get the word out, and try to get some interest in this game in a vague attempt to keep me interested in it!!
That doesn't seem like very many sales and I certainly had my 69p worth of fun, and I suppose this is the way the App Store goes these days. Great game for 69p even better for free
Really hope this helps! The Spike Dislike games were always among my favorite retro-ish games and this one earns high marks as well. It is really sad how there's so many crap games out there that make buttloads of money and an indie dev with talent can't get noticed. Bought this after seeing it got some GoTW votes from people I trust and then realized it was by the same Dev as Spike Dislike. You know what. I just realized I don't have Sheep Goes Left. I'm going to pick it up to give you some support. Talent deserves to be supported.
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Thank you dev for this game it is fantastic! I've bought your games Spike Dislike and Sheep go Left when they came out. BlastTrax is an incredibly talented effort and as soon as I started playing I knew this is a keeper. I like even on easy mode how as you progress the intensity of battle ramps up and so does the strategy aspect come into play. Controls and graphics are excellent too. Can't wait to see how intense the tougher modes are...should be a blast....trax!
Can't believe the sales are so bad. I really like this game, brought back soms good memories from eighties ( my top and favoriet gaming years) . I ammonia to buy sheep Goes left to show the dev some extra support. Hard some good T things about that game.
I gave this some time and I've got a few criticisms. 1. Controls are somewhat frustrating to use. I've manage to do ok in the highscore charts but half the battle is the controls. I didn't find any alternate controls to try. 2. Speaking of controls, the movement of the ship is pretty limited. There doesn't appear to be anything but moving forward and turning left or right. So it's more like driving a car than a spaceship. Strafing would be nice. The fine movement required to go slower is also hard to dial into on the small screen. 3. Bugs! If you go into GC from the link in te game and then return you'll be on the credits screen. Sometimes it'll crash the game if you touch the wrong place trying to figure out how to get out of these unintitive screens. 4. Highscore bugs. I won't say how publicly, but there's a way to have an everlasting game and this as big a score as you want. If the dev is interested how, he can Pm me. When there are holes like this in a highscore game though it breaks the purpose I have to play. 5. One nitpick. There's no music soundtrack. Maybe that's intentional?
Yes the more I play I can see what you're meaning about struggling with the controls...sometimes I sense I'm struggling and all of a sudden my thumb is in the middle of the screen. I actually don't mind there's no music but it wouldn't hurt to have something! Very good game though
1. You aren't the first to complain about the controls. I've tweaked them a little for the next release, and included an option for a twin-stick mode, but also tried to keep things balanced.. Complex! Update should arrive by the end of the month. Lots to add! 2. Yes, it is a bit like a car on a track, isn't it!? Almost like that was the original plan!! Linkage 3. That's a "known bug" with the language I'm using. It's slightly annoying, but thankfully it only ever happens at that one place, and I try my hardest to ensure that all my games reload in an instant. I need to update and tweak my language tools, and hopefully the language developers have sorted it, but .. It's one of those annoying bugs that only seems to pop up once the final version's in the AppStore! Stupid thing doesn't seem to happen when using the test-edition. Grrr! SpikeDislike2, Hoppy Bobby and this all have this bug. It's an occasional glitch, and hopefully I can fix it in the future. Sorry for any issues!! 4. Yep, found a couple myself, too. PM me, and we'll compare possible cheats 5. Although I do like to make music, I don't currently have a nice working way of getting small music into my games. It'd be great to have an oldskool mod player working, but the language I'm using allows for so many different system targets that it makes mod playing a tricky thing to do. My only real option is to use mp3s or OGG files for music, and those tend to get kinda big after a while. Add just a simple Titlescreen tune and a single ingame piece of music, and you've got about 3Mb added on to your game, and those are incredibly repetitive! For BlastTrax I'd need a pretty large soundtrack, and that takes huge amounts of data. Sheep Goes Left has a proper soundtrack, and is over 50Mb! Eek!! Instead, I opt to leave it out. You have an iDevice, and I ensure all my games play nicely with any and all background music, so choose your favourite soundtrack, and get blastin'!
Sent a pm about the highscore bug. All in all its not a bad game, but its not as fun to me as say a full screen retro styled shooter since the path is not very wide and there's little enemy variety.
The track width was a tricky thing to get right, due to the differences in device resolutions, and orientations. On iPhone5, especially, there's not an awful amount of width to play with.. If it's any consolation, it used to be half as wide!! As for this vs a classic Galaxians/space invaders. Yeah, I love those, too. You can't beat a well made classic space shooter. Warblade is a crackin' example. Love that game! This is simply another example of my AGameAWeek ethos. Take something, tweak it, and see if it's good! Because when you're doing things at a rate of AGameAWeek, you tend to have the ability to throw away bad ideas. But you'll never truely know what's a good or bad idea until you dare to try it. Sometimes the craziest ideas, the ones you think will never work, do indeed seem to be much more playable than you'd imagine. Hoppy Bobby (free in the AppStore) is another great example of this. Most developers would reject such a stupid and simple idea, but I gave it a whirl, and the result was a nice playable game. As AGameAWeek continues, I've stumbled upon a fair number of these, and whenever I do, I tend to bulk them up and do proper iOS releases. It makes for a curiously odd mix of games, but they're all nicely playable, and should keep you entertained for a few minutes at a time!
Depending on your timezone, BlastTrax's day of freebieness is now over. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for grabbing the game, and am hopeful that they continue to spread the word about this great little game. Meanwhile I'll build it up, and get that Arcade mode finished off. More to come. Hope you enjoy it. Freebie Finished! Thanks to all!
Funny you should mention that I had promised to get SGL to help give you support but opted for NeonPlat due to it's small file size (not that 54 MB is "big" but I've got my device jammed packed.) Anyway, hope this sale brings more sales for this game. Definately looking forward to the update - particularly the Dual Stick option.
