The best place for any advice is our forum as there are hundreds of experienced player there - www.slitherine.com/forum. There is a game wiki here with some of the basics : http://www.slitherinebravo.net/GameWiki/doku.php The help button on the iPad main menu also takes you to a help page with a bunch of basic tactics.
. Beat the first mission after several tries, starting to understand it a bit, cool game, retina update was noticeable and I thought it looked decent to begin with. Controls are smooth, I picked it up pretty quickly once I got going. I've probably spent 100 bucks max on all apps for my iphone and iPad over the past couple years and I'm not sure I could tell you it's going to be worth it in the long run but I'm going to keep at it and hope I become a better player with time. I can see why a game like this cost $20, think its about the max I'd pay for any game on an idevice, still wish it was $10, but a solid game I think I'll enjoy more as I play it. If you have an interest in WWII history/games, give it a shot if you got a spare $20 in your app store budget.
I'm having a blast so far, very well worth the price. This types of games are perfect for the Ipad and this will be the app i would keep for a very long time.
Just put a review on the UK Appstore. Now I'm three missions in, impressions are a absorbing stragety game in which you have to think about what you are doing. A great game and full credit to the devs for porting this game across from pc / mac. My question to slitherine is have got any plans bring more of your games to IOS and are you planning anymore expansion packs?
A note from those who purchase, for your consideration. Although I paid 20 for this game I'm not sure I could justify it again in future. Consider going with a ten dollar price point going forward, as I think you could put off those who would look forward to your future titles.
A late warning for those who are low on free space on iPads with ios5: the latest BA update erased all my campaign proceedings, and I think it happened because of low disk space (at least I hope so - it would be nasty to lose campaign status just because updating). My iPad is constantly hovering at 2gb free space (some large games and a lot music making apps eat the space), and the new memory management "feature" which came with ios5 is stupidly aggressive. To be fair, Battle Academy is not the only app suffering from lost data & iap content when storage space gets low, but I wish it would get fixed.
Umm my save file is gone. Is it auto save? Are all campaign missions available from the start I'm slightly confused. I played about 3 missions including the tutorial. Do I replay them or jus start where I left off.
Don't worry about your progress being lost, as you can play any scenario at any time. Achievements and save games are most likely gone forever, though hopefully an update will keep this from happening again. I'm also hanging around 2gb of free space, and I think all my saves etc. vanished when I dipped below 1.7 or so.
Sorry about the lost data guys. As you say, the data sweeps seem to be a lot more aggressive than past experience or the docs seem to suggest. We are going to fix this in the next update. I'm not sure how deleting a few Mb of saves is a vital task when you get below 2Gb of space, but iOS knows best! . Cheers Pip
It looks as though It still shows I have completed those missions because I have a check mark on the stars. Im guessing completing missions and the save file are two separate things. What can you save? Like maps and multiplayer stuff? Thx
Thanks! It's not a critical problem, but nice to hear a fix is coming. BTW, Battle Academy is my top game on iPad at the moment - I'm a long time board/computer war gamer, but getting older is taking its toll (nearing fifty here) and the "serious" war games feel a bit too long winded and taxing nowadays. Slitherine has hit the sweet spot with Battle Academy, Panzer Corps and Field of Glory, which I enjoy playing on PC. Any possibility of porting these other games to IOS too? iPad is an excellent platform for turn based strategy games.
Yeah that's what I was getting at, or perhaps the flip side where you could potentially attract more than twice the amount of purchasers. All I'm saying is build hype with reviews based on the quality of this port, then hit the ground running with a game of the same quality for the half the price. I think it's a great strategy
It seems counterproductive to me. You're going to cannibalize ongoing sales of the existing game that you've built a strong reputation for, if you undercut it on price with your own game. One of the most important things on the App Store, if you're going for a high-price strategy (as opposed to a 99 cent strategy) is to keep the income stream going, all of the additional sales by non-early adopters are pure profit. What could work great is giving discounts to people who buy several games. Unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow any of that.
