Gratuitous Space Battles - (by Red Marble Games)

[sakinnuso]

Originally Posted by currymutton

Has the bug fix out or is there an ETA? Still on fence even after playing the Mac demo.

I haven't crashed anymore, and I never encountered the rotation bug. I'd say wait, though. There's another update coming soon.

[currymutton]

Originally Posted by sakinnuso

There's another update coming soon.

Hope you are right, and is the developer around here? <- Okay, I see it now...

[badmanj]

Originally Posted by currymutton

Has the bug fix out or is there an ETA? Still on fence even after playing the Mac demo.

I'm still crashing constantly and in several places during the game. This is on an iPad 3. Would be great if the devs could share a list of which crashes they've resolved so we can be sure the new update will fix everything we have seen problems with so far...

Jamie

[Royce]

Originally Posted by currymutton

Has the bug fix out or is there an ETA? Still on fence even after playing the Mac demo.

The update hasn't gone through yet, though they say it's submitted so probably any day now. I think the game has very high memory demands and that leads to most of the crashing people are experiencing. Even the crash on view stats after battle, which I encountered the first few times I played, seems to be a memory issue, or at least it's gone away for me (with no update) and I'm actually able to view my stats now. The only one that consistently crashes every time for me is the change race button on the deployment screen. Other than that I'm not convinced there are any actual crash "bugs", just a demanding program running on devices that people don't typically pay much attention to memory use on. Oh actually, if I save a ship design, then immediately change a module without changing the hull, it crashes, but those are the only two

[Fimb]

Yes, the game definitely has high memory demands, and they need to fix that asap to make it playable on all devices. Retina and stuff need to come after that. Itunes says it's compatible with (all) iPad (models) -- it just forgot to tell me that it crashes all the time. I want my pie charts, dammit!

[currymutton]

I finally pay the US$9.99 and try it out. It is not as bad as I thought but it still crashes mostly when I have done something with the ship design section. Since this rarely results in data loss, I can live with that for the time being.

I am thinking this game may get old a bit fast if there is no campaign in store. I insist this must be free add-on, making up for us who "suffer" due to the buggy initial release. :P

[Grimstone82]

Add me to the group that are experiencing frequent crashes. It's crashing on me all the time in ship design and literally every time I try to switch races on the deployment screen. Happening on my iPad 3 after a fresh reboot. A little upsetting, considering I paid $10 for a game that clearly was not tested nearly enough. I understand that there is an update already in the works to fix these issues, but they never should have been an issue to begin with. Also, retina support and the ability to zoom out to see the whole battle would be very welcome additions.

[DaviddesJ]

Originally Posted by Grimstone82

A little upsetting, considering I paid $10 for a game that clearly was not tested nearly enough. I understand that there is an update already in the works to fix these issues, but they never should have been an issue to begin with.

Your expectations are unrealistic. You must have noticed this happens a lot, most games are released with some bugs. If it's going to bother you, then just don't buy games in the first few days after release.

[mavere]

So this is a straight port of a PC/Mac game, yes? And it costs $10. And this is mid-April.

Why doesn't it support iPad-retina?

[MunkieSuthorn]

Originally Posted by DaviddesJ

Your expectations are unrealistic. You must have noticed this happens a lot, most games are released with some bugs. If it's going to bother you, then just don't buy games in the first few days after release.

Ridiculous mindset. Bugs that are not game crashing perhaps, but consistent crashes on multiple functions is not an average standard. I believe folks understand the misspelled word or the random crash, but the game cannot be played without crashing at all. The QC on this product plain sucked.

I love the game on the PC and on the iPad, but folks are very well within normal expectations to expect better than this.

Don't buy when an app comes out? Give developers that cushion, it is a dangerous precedent for the app market.