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Square Enix!!! Has come to android!!!!

AFLADKFADKL!!!!
Yes. I'm... insanely happy and I don't know why.
I am quite literally a Square Enix Fanboy and I am proud of it.
Long story short, Crystal Defenders is on the market! Just came within an hour ago!

Whoa. 7 bucks. Nice lol. I'll wait to hear a little more about it, looks awesome though
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Not fullscreen on galaxy tab. Uncool.
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Ashvsaod said:
Not fullscreen on galaxy tab. Uncool.
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Doesn't mean you should 1 star them.

I don't see this game on the android market
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Yes it does. It isn't right for my android device. If they fix it I will adjust rating. Seems perfectly fair to me.
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Ashvsaod said:
Yes it does. It isn't right for my android device. If they fix it I will adjust rating. Seems perfectly fair to me.
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Because they have no way to block it from showing up on the Market to a crippled Tablet running Froyo. 1 star the Android market for not allowing them to block your device completely. 1 star Samsung for probably never giving you Honeycomb which supports the "xlargescreen" in the Manifest.
The Android market is targeted at phones. Not tablets.
You know all that talk about fragmentation? Galaxy Tab (not a real tablet) users and HTC Wildfire (no GPU) users that 1 star apps because of their crippled phones screw with the ratings, thus making the fragmentation idea that developers have keeping them from developing for Android.

Yeah games are also about gameplay too. One-starring something because it doesn't work in the first place is not a proper review.
People affected should not even click on the ratings. They should email straight to the developer for support.

Anderdroid said:
AFLADKFADKL!!!!
Yes. I'm... insanely happy and I don't know why.
I am quite literally a Square Enix Fanboy and I am proud of it.
Long story short, Crystal Defenders is on the market! Just came within an hour ago!
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I remember playing this game on my iPod classic a few years back, thanks for the heads up

As a developer (one free game in the market so far) and an avid Android user I must say I'm inclined to side with Ashvsaod. One star is a bit harsh - maybe 2 or 3 tops is more suitable but I understand him nevertheless.
As a developer, if you can't make it work, you should at least point out in the description that it doesn't work with tabs, period. Even more so in a 7 bucks game!
But to be honest I don't think it's that hard to make it work either. My game supports 2.1 and up and it works full screen on the tab (there was basically one programmer working on it for a few months in his spare time - so it ain't the complicated). Even without the xlarge tags you can still query the screen size in the code and make adjustment. I don't think it's justified to blame the platform for their inability to make it work.
But that's besides the point. The main point is that ff a damn expensive app doesn't work on Tabs (which are a rapidly growing chunk of the android sales) it should be mentioned clearly.

Nice to see some bigger developers pushing out games for Android for once and not sticking with the iStuff

The ratings and comments should be used for reviews not bug reports.

I bought it for the sole fact that I can hope to see more, and hopefully original games from them on Android!

Anderdroid said:
You know all that talk about fragmentation? Galaxy Tab (not a real tablet) users and HTC Wildfire (no GPU) users that 1 star apps because of their crippled phones screw with the ratings, thus making the fragmentation idea that developers have keeping them from developing for Android.
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Nonsense, handling screen scaling is _trivial_ under android and has been since 1.6. Absolute sizing is just lazy iPhone-like development. Failing to take into account the best practices of the platform if precisely what low-star scores are for.

SilentMobius said:
Nonsense, handling screen scaling is _trivial_ under android and has been since 1.6. Absolute sizing is just lazy iPhone-like development. Failing to take into account the best practices of the platform if precisely what low-star scores are for.
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I suppose this is valid. However, I opt to contact the developer first before lamenting in a Reviews section that not a lot of them may care to review due to emotionally charged ratings anyway.
I've had a ton of success by contacting the devs. They're usually so courteous and modest, as well as thankful that I actually advised them of a bug as opposed to just leaving negative feedback. I've left only a few legit 1 stars before and retracted emotionally charged ratings in lieu of contacting the developer. So far, no one has ever turned me down. And I admit that a couple of bug reports were sent with an admittedly douchy tone as well lol

Huh?
This game seems pretty bad.
Terrible reviews from critics:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/crystal-defenders
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/crystal-defenders-r1
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/crystal-defenders
Average review of 60-ish percent.
Square Enix is great, but this game seems awful. And it's over $7.
Am I missing something?

seems the game is quite bad.........

Paul22000 said:
Huh?
This game seems pretty bad.
Terrible reviews from critics:
http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/crystal-defenders
http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/crystal-defenders-r1
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/crystal-defenders
Average review of 60-ish percent.
Square Enix is great, but this game seems awful. And it's over $7.
Am I missing something?
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Think it would make more sense to compare it the mobile version of the game on a similar platform. Like the version on iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crystal-defenders/id300186798?mt=8
It has 4 stars there as rated by users which I believe is more telling than reviews of the game on a home console. I believe the attitudes of users playing this game on a phone would make more sense than the attitudes of people that are playing a mobile game on a home console.

Paul22000 said:
Am I missing something?
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People expect more of a console game than of a mobile game?
(Those reviews are for 360, PS3 and Wii ports of an iphone game - of course they don't get fantastic scores!)

I played it on the Wii and did not enjoy it much, but yea, I guess it could be good on a mobile platform.

ReRave - New music game coming soon!!

ReRave is a new music game that just launched for iOS, and is quickly gaining steam and will soon be out for android. If your a fan of dance dance revolution, in the groove, stepmania etc, you'll love ReRave. Here are some links to check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK6QZ07Dr7g
http://www.rerave.com/flash.html

well, I hope that they will release it to android. I like games like this.
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iynfynity said:
well, I hope that they will release it to android. I like games like this.
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Yeah they are working on it right now. Didnt take them too long to finish the iOS one so hopefully it will be out soon. I've got it on my iPod and its awesome, cant wait to play on my X with that big ass screen lol.

In the meantime, you can always play "beats" in Osu mode which is pretty similar since both games are based on "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan" (known as "Elite Beat Agents" in the US/EU).
I'm glad to see ReRave being ported on android, and it will probably be a decent game, but the guys behind this game (Kyle Ward and Chris Foy) are really fun : They created In The Groove which was a copy of Dance Dance Revolution, got sued by Konami and lost the rights to the game.
A few years later what do they do ? a new original game ? No... They just create a new company and copy another game
I just hope they finish the Android version before they get sued by Nintendo or iNiS

We've got this covered though, with a patent and whatnots.
The android port won't take too long, just some iOS specific code needs to be rewritten.
Yes, I helped work on the game (I'm one of the graphics dudes ;D )

Good news then, thanx !

Looks like it could be fun

BlueScreenJunky said:
In the meantime, you can always play "beats" in Osu mode which is pretty similar since both games are based on "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan" (known as "Elite Beat Agents" in the US/EU).
I'm glad to see ReRave being ported on android, and it will probably be a decent game, but the guys behind this game (Kyle Ward and Chris Foy) are really fun : They created In The Groove which was a copy of Dance Dance Revolution, got sued by Konami and lost the rights to the game.
A few years later what do they do ? a new original game ? No... They just create a new company and copy another game
I just hope they finish the Android version before they get sued by Nintendo or iNiS
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I wouldn't say itg is an exact copy of ddr. sure, four panels and you hit arrows but if you have actually taken the time to play ddr (not just one game mind you) and played itg, itg has taken it to a whole nother level that ddr, even now, has failed to reach. so many people are still playing itg and ddr is dying out. it'll be fun to finally play this on my phone. looking forward to it lightning!

keep us updated.
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Konami/iNIS/Nintendo/Pentavision will sue.

Sue for what
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LightningXCE said:
We've got this covered though, with a patent and whatnots.
The android port won't take too long, just some iOS specific code needs to be rewritten.
Yes, I helped work on the game (I'm one of the graphics dudes ;D )
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The android port won't take long?? It's more than 1,5years now and still no release date..
Don't think this will ever come out soon.

[GAME] Legend of the Blue Dragon

2nd app release for me.. I used to play this great BBS game called legend of the red dragon (lord) and yes, showing my age on this one
Anyway, created an api, installed the game on my server and then created the app.
Its free too.. has 2 inapp purchases but not required for game play..(remove ads/buy extra gold)
Some details:
The premise of LORD is that a Red Dragon is wreaking havoc in a town where the player has recently arrived. Multiple players compete over a period of weeks to advance their skills and to kill the dragon. In order to achieve this goal, players must face combat to gain experience. Once they have gained enough experience, they must face their master at Turgon's Warrior Training and advance in skill level. Advancement presents stronger enemies and masters; a player must reach level 12, the final level, before challenging Turgon himself and attacking the dragon.
As a BBS game, LORD uses a text-only interface.
Market Link

I LOVED LORD! was my fav game from old BBS days (didnt think I was that old, but I guess so lol).. gonna give this a try!

mikeandjaimie said:
I LOVED LORD! was my fav game from old BBS days (didnt think I was that old, but I guess so lol).. gonna give this a try!
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does anyone remember Trade Wars from the BBS days?

mikeandjaimie said:
I LOVED LORD! was my fav game from old BBS days (didnt think I was that old, but I guess so lol).. gonna give this a try!
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Let me know what you think..
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does anyone remember Trade Wars from the BBS days?
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That was a great game... I would love to port that one too.

Any feedback guys?
thanks

So many fond memories of LORD.
Installing LOBD right now, will try it out on my lunch break
Recommendation for your next app: Swords of Chaos, another great fantasy BBS RPG
(Or alternatively, Planets - LORD in Space!)

We should be able to press/click on a players name and see some info about them. Whatever our character would see just by looking at them( if they are heavily armed, strong, fast...etc). Maybe an avatar too.

I was a lord master. I could rise to the top so quickly admin reset the server due to complaints I was 'hacking'.
I loved renaming the strongest weapon in the game to "a stick". Probably why people thought I was hacking. Loved lord and am now getting into this blue dragon game.

Keeps saying that my session timed out
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Im glad you like the game.
I just tested and the game seems ok for me.
thanks

Fun game. Finding the options are too small. I was fighting a higher level enemy and was almost about to win when I accidentally tapped run vs fight. They are too small and close together to easily select things. In the weapons and armor stores you have buttons. Perhaps buttons for fight and run in a row, then automatic options in the next row?
Pretty cool game. I like it. Its simple and I didn't want to put it down last night.
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Not avalible in your country prf... ( serbia)

Where i can download LOBD?

Loved lord. I was just a kid but that game was sweet! Looking forward to trying this one out
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BUMP
Is there a forum for this game? Strategy etc?

Sorry, no forum, that would be a neat idea though. Ill see what we can do on our end.

joey3002 said:
Sorry, no forum, that would be a neat idea though. Ill see what we can do on our end.
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Why has it been removed from market? I need it on my new phone...

TheBungle said:
Why has it been removed from market? I need it on my new phone...
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Google.. working to get it back in the market.. I am attaching it here for you though. This is also the newest version. I have started the process of putting most of my apps on amazon since google basically can close your account for zero reason and no recourse but send them email which will go unanswered.. sorry.. a bit pissed about the whole situation.

Before your reply i pulled the apk and emailed it to myself.
What's the difference between my ooold version and this?
(downloads before answer anyway)

TheBungle said:
Before your reply i pulled the apk and emailed it to myself.
What's the difference between my ooold version and this?
(downloads before answer anyway)
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I removed option to remove remove ads via purchase and the ability to buy gold both of which used inapp purchases but since google screwed me.. I am releasing it to amazon which does not support google inapp purchase.
Its been over a week that google killed my account and still no reply to my question of why.

[GAME][2.2+] Jelly-Joo 1.1

New unique Android puzzle game! Explode the bombs with fun!
Poor alien Jelly-Joo got lost on Earth, help him find a way out. Play more than 60 addicting levels, solve puzzles, find priceless surprises.
Homepage: jelly-joo.com
Link to the game in Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nyxbull.blowmeaway&hl=en
Review in XDA blog: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/jelly-joo-game-brings-alien-bombing-fun-to-android/
Promo video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lplOl31lss
Tutorial/gameplay video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha2L9YNK3zU

It's a free app, so it's legit, the OP just doesn't have enough posts to post a link, so I added it for him
Pax
FSM Android Apps & Games

game does look like I could spend a little time on it but I am going to down load for my kid!
Thanks for the free game!
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Anyway, we'll try to do our best when we release new version of the game.
Who said that old Nintendo graphics is bad?
What I'm interesting more is feedback on the gameplay, graphics can be improved easily but if the idea and gameplay is not good enough, then it is really not good.

Trolls playing Mods and getting it all wrong. Funny. Game looks alright to me. Its free. Get over it.
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chaos67731 said:
WOW I saw some people being happy this guy was back on XDA and working on a ROM or two...
After reading this hear, I tend to think he is a **** and most off all the type of person that brings a place like this down..
Report me or ban me, I don't care but Mazda needs to have a little bit more respect for people.
PS, game does look like I could spend a little time on it but I am going to down load for my kid!
Thanks for the free game!
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Thank you for playing Jelly-Joo. Let me know if you think we can improve anything.

ttukka said:
Trolls playing Mods and getting it all wrong. Funny. Game looks alright to me. Its free. Get over it.
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Thanks More free games are coming

I saw gameplay on youtube and game looks really great and addictive, will play it later but when I download it you will probably get 5 stars. Cheers!

Well.. i can't play it, i'm using a Optimus One so i'm blaming arm6
Anyway, game looks cool, but i would advice you to put some more info in the first post... game description, captures, or just some more general info

Thank you for the game. I love this "old Nintendo style" gfx though, I still use my Amiga computer to play games, too maybe that's why Wonder why you give it away for free.

windwarrior said:
Well.. i can't play it, i'm using a Optimus One so i'm blaming arm6
Anyway, game looks cool, but i would advice you to put some more info in the first post... game description, captures, or just some more general info
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I would love to post more info, including video and link to the game homepage, but unfortunately I have status "Junior Member", and all what I can post so far is text (I'm member of XDA since 2006, but I was more reader and ROM downloader before ). Some more activity in this topic and I will be able to enrich my first post

Finally I'm able to post links, first post updated with actual information (links in Google Play and YouTube).
Information about the game is now also in XDA blog. :good: Thank you, POORCOLLEGEGUY

jdb78 said:
Thank you for the game. I love this "old Nintendo style" gfx though, I still use my Amiga computer to play games, too maybe that's why Wonder why you give it away for free.
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I'm giving it away for free because the market is very tough nowadays, nobody will buy your game if you do not have already your own brand or/and huge amount of money for marketing. If Rovio releases new game they can sell quite well even if the game is quite usual because everybody knows them as "Angry birds" developers. If "no name" developer like me and my team is releasing even brilliant game, nobody will even notice it in 1.000.000 apps market. That's the truth of life.

Nyxbull said:
Finally I'm able to post links, first post updated with actual information (links in Google Play and YouTube).
Information about the game is now also in XDA blog. :good: Thank you, POORCOLLEGEGUY
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My pleasure sir, it was a fun little game

[GAME / MUSIC / DRUMMING] FLOW - A Space Drum Saga

Hey everybody,
I just wanted to tell you about my new awesome drumming game, FLOW - A Space Drum Saga. Unlike comparable games, where you just have to hit colored buttons when they reach the bottom of your screen, you really have to feel the rhythm to play the drums and master the game.
If you are talented or musical experienced you can take right off. If not the game might be a little hard in the beginning. Practise for a few games and play with headphones, the reward is twelve unique levels full of style, pathos and fun, and possibly the most incredible gaming experience for a long time. And you will learn to drum. Seriously.
Just give it a try, and tell me what you think. You can download it for free in the Play Store.
I would love to provide some screenshots but my account is too new :/
youtube.com/watch?v=d1-EV33lSYU
Thanks for your feedback, hope you enjoy my little masterpiece ^^
peace out

Where can i get it?
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-SlenderMan- said:
Where can i get it?
Sent from your backyard...
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Download it for free at the Play Store:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=spaceware.monkey.flow
or use google for alternate providers.
Sorry, can't post links yet.

aha, reminds me of Patapon.
i'll be sure to give this a try.

'good job,Dude!:good:

FloydFlowrider said:
Download it for free at the Play Store:
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=spaceware.monkey.flow
or use google for alternate providers.
Sorry, can't post links yet.
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Wow dude. Nice game. Tested it for 2 days and i like it. Perhaps make it more beat/battle game like patapon?
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When I remember, I will download this onto my Galaxy Player and give it a shot!
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Nice work. I added the Play Store link into the OP.

This is a great game. should have more downloads! Couldn't agree more with crotchfist reminds me of patapon too...
This is sent from the moon using a 100gbps connection

great gameplay! keep up dude

crotchfist said:
aha, reminds me of Patapon.
i'll be sure to give this a try.
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Me too gr8 app !!!
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UPDATE
Hey, thanks for your replies, everybody, I'm glad you like the game!
aha, reminds me of Patapon.
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All you guys seem to think that . Must be the minimalistic graphics, altough those of Patapon are way better. This and drumming is the only thing they might have in common.
However, I think FLOW is Patapon on steroids and has a much more intense and very different gameplay.
Perhaps make it more beat/battle game like patapon?
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I am planning to add a few more levels, maybe I can implement something like that. But it won't be like Patapon, FLOW is supposed to be unique.
This is a great game. should have more downloads!
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Thanks! Yeah, I don't get the Google Play Store. FLOW is ranked pretty badly although it has only good ratings. I guess too many people uninstall the game, because they can't win the first level, or maybe because I don't sell the app. I tried my best to make FLOW popular, but all the game mags and press guys I contacted ignored me or asked for money to write a review. Screw them, xda-dev is much better, and that's why you will get exclusive insights instead of them.
As soon as my other project is done I will start to work on the next FLOW update. If you have any ideas, please let me know. Those are a few things I want to add, but not everything will be part of the next update.
Noob difficulty:
Too many people fail. So the noob difficulty has to get easier. Maybe I will add visual beat indicators like in guitar hero to help beginners get started. This is something I really didn't want to implement, but noobs might need it. At the moment only the first four levels can be played on noob difficulty, the update changes it to the whole game, but the Special Drums will remain hard to be played.
Multiplayer:
Challenging each other online would be damn cool, right? I've got some ideas...
New Levels:
The story of FLOW will be continued. But I won't spoil anything yet.
Level editor:
It would be pretty awesome if everybody could create custom levels for FLOW and share them on the web. This is a LOT of work, and probably won't be part of the next update. But it will come. :fingers-crossed:
I will keep you up-to-date about the progress.

although google play says that can be installed, the app isn't working on samsung galaxy ace.
i try the google play version and the apk from other source.
says "not instaled" when you try to install.
it's for arm v7?

Matias.s said:
although google play says that can be installed, the app isn't working on samsung galaxy ace.
i try the google play version and the apk from other source.
says "not instaled" when you try to install.
it's for arm v7?
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Nope this is also for armv6. I have a galaxy ace ands it is working perfectly.
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Matias.s said:
although google play says that can be installed, the app isn't working on samsung galaxy ace.
i try the google play version and the apk from other source.
says "not instaled" when you try to install.
it's for arm v7?
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Darren is right. It's supposed to work on your phone. Requirements are SDK 8 (Android 2.2) and above. I have played it on a Galaxy Ace myself some time ago, so this is really weird. Does this happen with other apps too? Do you have enough space on your device? Maybe try a reboot... Sorry, but this is all I can help you with at the moment.
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I have made a public benchmark of FLOW I want to share with you guys:
pastehtml.com/view/cf2osimmc.html (sorry, still no links yet :/)
And the Winner is the good old Galaxy S II, thanks to the smaller screen resolution it beats the bigger S III at FLOW...
If your game is running slow, you should turn off some of the graphics settings, like antialiasing. This can help A LOT.

Played it, love it, it's a really nice fun game. Now excuse me, I'm space-drumming.

I am really enjoying the game on both a galaxy s3 and my nexus 7. I find that it can be a little jittery at times on both devices and I'm hoping that the next update smooths out the overall gameplay.

Doktaphex said:
I am really enjoying the game on both a galaxy s3 and my nexus 7. I find that it can be a little jittery at times on both devices and I'm hoping that the next update smooths out the overall gameplay.
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Actually it should run quite smooth on a galaxy s3. Maybe there are some background processes of other apps that start now and then and lower the performance of the game at times. You can try to use a task killer to shut down all your apps and then launch FLOW.
If this doesn't help or is too uncomfortable, you can turn off some of the graphics settings. Turning off Anti Aliasing improves the performance by 10 - 20%. If you turn off all the graphic settings the game will run up to three times faster, depending on device and level.

Fun game, very original!
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this game is awesome and pretty challenging