Incoboto - (by Fluttermind)

[deanmary]

Originally Posted by Dene

Wow. Nope. No idea. Never heard of that before. Even if the game 'runs out of sounds' it has elegant ways to recover. I'll look into it.

Thanks for looking into it Dene. I just got to the DreadThought system and the same thing -- for a *split* second the sound effects seem to start, then nothing. BTW, I *love* the game!

[Dene]

Okay, so I'm having no luck reproducing this. I've just played right through 60 stars (KindWord) without a hitch.

All I can suggest is toggling the sound on and off from the pause menu and seeing if that alters it. This is a weird issue, to be sure. If you're not running any other sound apps or music, I can't think what could cause it.

Yuck. And sorry. But mostly yuck.

[syntheticvoid]

Just so it's known... I haven't experienced any sound issues since the update (or beforehand), on my iPad2, running iOS 5.01. I did just update to 5.1 today, and will try and play through the game tomorrow.

[deanmary]

Originally Posted by Dene

Okay, so I'm having no luck reproducing this. I've just played right through 60 stars (KindWord) without a hitch.

All I can suggest is toggling the sound on and off from the pause menu and seeing if that alters it. This is a weird issue, to be sure. If you're not running any other sound apps or music, I can't think what could cause it.

Yuck. And sorry. But mostly yuck.

I toggled both the sound and music on and off a couple of times and it worked! Not only can you make a great game, you can troubleshoot it!

[Dene]

Originally Posted by deanmary

I toggled both the sound and music on and off a couple of times and it worked! Not only can you make a great game, you can troubleshoot it!

Phew. Glad it all worked out! Also very glad you're enjoying the game. It's always lovely to hear when people like your work - especially when it was so darned hard to make.

[Dene]

Okay - as promised, the (far too long to be financially viable) introductory offer period is now over. Expect a price rise pretty soon. I know this runs counter to the usual financial models, but these days I feel price-drops are a bit of a kick in squishies for early adopters.

Instead, I can say: congratulations to all of you who got a version early on, and thanks for your support. You may now bask in the fact that you got Incoboto cheaper than anyone else*

Dene


*bar pirates**, of course, who would still pirate if I made it 99c.
**we should find another word for them, really. 'Indie dev killers'? It's certainly more accurate.

[Pantech1500]

I just completed the game, and the ending was amazing.

[gucciipad]

Gateway system
How do u get that grey box
Screenshot: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/img0166m.png/

Thanks

[writingsama]

Originally Posted by Altaem

Haven't got that far. Stuck on Fate, Sunshine system.
Oh well, back to chucking stuff at these targets.

%##€¥£%#! I've got to be doing this wrong. There's no way I'm meant to throw 2 orbs within a nanosecond of each other. After 10ish tries I've managed to hit both targets, but the cool down is way too fast for me.

Wouldn't mind the challenge if it wasn't such a bastard of a task to keep replacing my green orb.

Update: Solved it. I was doing it totally wrong.

http://m.xkcd.com/979/

All I need to say is said there. :-( I got stuck at that place and haven't picked it up since

[squarezero]

Originally Posted by writingsama

http://m.xkcd.com/979/

All I need to say is said there. :-( I got stuck at that place and haven't picked it up since

Well, the guy you quoted managed to figure it out. You might, too, if you think differently about the problem .

Here's a great interview with Dene from PocketGamer.