wow, just see the frontpage story on toucharcade...the game looks GREAT!! BTW, how to get a beta tester? I would love to try this one out!
I can only agree. This looks pretty awesome. I think there is a lack of really good jump-and-run games for the iPhone. This one looks fast paced and I like the physics element. Looking forward to it. Any words on how many levels/worlds?
How about the guy who did Canabalt music. That guy is good and the music is half of the draw to that game IMO. http://dbsoundworks.com/ PS. Love the look of the game!!!
Just wanna chime in again: This looks like it might indeed be that "fix" I'm needing: a side scrolling action/adventure game in the vein of the Metroidvanias. That said, one aspect does hinder my excitement: the controls It's known I'm not a fan of virtual dpads and buttons, but that's not my primary concern here. Rather, my concern is the limitation imposed by have the "aim" stick and "move" stick be one and the same. The area of the gameplay vid you showed, where the player character is going up appearing "steps" and has to fire at those giant mosquito creatures troubles me a bit. I can see that navigating the steps and shooting seems...off...somehow. In order to shoot upwards you must constantly be in motion, afterall. So my fear is that such controls may cause players to inadvertently fall off of platforms or right into attacks (as I believe that part of the vid, as well as the "boss fight", showed). That would be quite frustrating. Nintendo solved the issue by implementing the shoulder buttons in Super Metroid for diagonal aiming. You don't have such a luxury on this platform. Konami solved it by making attacks and movement totally separate from one another - in Castlevania games when you attack you cannot move at the same time, thus you're able to attack in diagonally without fear of falling off of platforms or running right into attacks. However in a game with shooting combat this may prove more confining than with hand weapon combat like in Castlevania. Maybe this is one time where aping the controls of another game are in order. If so, may I suggest perhaps looking at the controls implemented in Abuse Classic/Alien Abuse*. Those games utilized dual circular pads, the left side a virtual dpad/joystick, with the right a "wheel" used for aim/shoot (ala Dropship, iDracula, etc.). Abuse Classic uses the dpad for jumps while Alien Abuse used a tiny separate jump button right above the aim/shoot "wheel". The Alien Abuse scheme avoids accidental jumps, and as you already have a jump button "all" you'd need to do is remove the shoot button and replace it with an aim/shoot wheel. I think such a scheme might fit this game better, allowing for better aiming. As your game doesn't seem to have ammo limits for any of the weapons, letting off shots while aiming (as is the case with all the "wheel" shooters) shouldn't be a big deal. So...think about it.... *(long story about copyright, but Alien Abuse was taken down and afterwards the licensed Abuse Classic went up on the store - but the rights issue is in question and controversial)
Also, you MUST have screen orientation flip/toggle. Remember that iPod touch and iPhone have their respective headphone ports placed differently, so screen flip is necessary to maximize the comfort of ALL users. I also wouldn't mind an opacity setting for the onscreen controls, especially if you go with the control idea I mentioned in my post above.
Game looks better than the real mega man already out any ideas on when it might be released or on the price
BTW, possible titles I've come up with (feel free to take 'em...though a small "thank you" in the credits would be nice ): Lunar Defender Lunar Defense - you can substitute Moon for "Lunar" if you wish...although, tbqh, either way sounds like tower defense games. These, IMHO, are better: Lunar Phase Dark Moon (I suggest NOT using Dark Side of the Moon. Rights issues) Critical Moon Lunadroid LunaDrone
Looks damn good! Some suggestions for names could be: Quantum, H4CK3D, H4CK, PRIM3, Primal Darkness, i got plenty more too...
Ummm, I'm actually new to the forums and I think this is my first post. I only skimmed the thread so forgive me if anybody's said this already. I think the buttons would work better if there were just two pads. The first one would be for moving and jumping if you tilt it up (like in super smash bros. if anybody's played that) and the second one would be used to aim and activate the weapon (like in iDracula/Minigore). There could also be an option to use a separate button for jumping like there is now for those who don't like to use one pad for moving and jumping, but i think a separate pad for aiming is necessary. Did anybody understand that? The game looks great and I'm definitely going to buy it. If you are in need of beta testers I'd do it immediately and give it a critical run down of gameplay, music, graphics, and glitches. Hope you take my button arangement suggestion into consideration.
Man, this looks amazing. I can't wait for it to come out. For your aimnig troubles, perhaps you could use tap to aim, like in Gang$tar, where you tap an enemy and it locks on? Just a suggestion. Also, for a name, how about Shippou Moon? (Shippou = Silver in Japanese.) or Crescent Night (As in, the moon is sometimes seen as a crescent and when you think of outer space it is dark as night) Or Crescent Knight, because your a Knight dude on the moon.
Oh, sorry I didn't see that post. But I still think it would be good if the movement wheel could be used for jumping too (like in super smash bros.) because it's sorta annoying to move the thumb back and forth and that way you can jump and shoot.
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Hey I sent a PM about Beta Testing and haven't gotten a reply yet! Please tell us more! I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS!!!!
