[Game] Helm Knight - Android Apps and Games

Helm Knight is a 2D side scrolling action/adventure platformer, named after the helmet-headed protagonist. Help Helm Knight defeat the evil tribe from taking control of the magic crystals and bringing chaos to the lands.
Guide Helm Knight through 15 challenging levels by helping him run, jump, hack, slash and cast magic to avoid the various dangers that await him and secure the crystals to save the lands.
Fight different types of enemies which include goo-monsters, snakes, carnivorous plants, blobs, ice monsters and the evil tribal warriors.
Collect potions to replenish health and magic points.Collect gold coins to unlock spells like fire, poison and snow and make Helm Knight strong enough for the final showdown against the evil lord of the tribals. An option for tilt controls has also been included in case you experience trouble with multitouch on your phone.
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Helm Knight is available free on the android market. Please rate and comment.
Thanks
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Market Links:
market://details?id=rnarang.android.games.helmknight
https://market.android.com/details?id=rnarang.android.games.helmknight
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GetJar link:
http://www.getjar.com/Helm-Knight

Nice! Reminds me of retro games...
I just downloaded and tried it on my LG Optimus One...
It's quite satisfying actually, feels like an Action RPG, although its just a platforming game.
However, its pretty punishing at times -- kinda reminds me of Demon's Souls!!
And my phone has a semi-multitouch screen, so... it gets really hard to control, even with the accelerometer..
Anyway..
Thanks for a great game!
P.S. Gave you a 5-star rating on the Android Market

Thanks for the feedback and the rating

My only complaint is that it is pretty hard to see whats coming at you. The overlay of the attack/jump buttons are on the same level as the ground. I see that you can see through them, but I felt that wasn't enough.
I found myself hitting enemies without even knowing they were there, so I found myself moving a little forward and stopping, moving some more and stopping. Which I don't think is how you intended to have the game played.
I would suggest finding a way to handle this, maybe a different layout on the screen, right now it seems the buttons make up 30%+ of my screen(I have a G2). I notice some games make the buttons completely invisible after a time, reasoning being is that you learn where to press the screen. (although those games usually have less buttons then you do).
Overall it was a pretty smooth game, nice graphics and animations. Good job!

Thanks for your feedback. I'll solve this problem in the coming update.

Pretty frustrating game haha.
Could there be checkpoints in the game?
And sometimes when you get hurt and you're flashing, pressing the jump button doesn't execute the jump. I've died a couple of times to this.

Can I ask what game engine are you using?

soul3n said:
Pretty frustrating game haha.
Could there be checkpoints in the game?
And sometimes when you get hurt and you're flashing, pressing the jump button doesn't execute the jump. I've died a couple of times to this.
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Hey thanks for your feedback. I have been asked to keep checkpoints by another user too. I'll try to do something about that. I did not notice the jumping while flashing issue before. I'll definitely look into that. Thanks for your feedback. Can you please leave a rating on the market if possible?
May I also know what phone you played the game on?
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Can I ask what game engine are you using?
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Hey. This is my own custom engine/framework

-I gave the game 4 stars its not bad for a free game, but the controls are kinda in the way while playing. It ran flawless on my glacier.
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d12unk13astard said:
-I gave the game 4 stars its not bad for a free game, but the controls are kinda in the way while playing. It ran flawless on my glacier.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
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Thanks. Do you think that the in-game buttons are unnecessarily big on your phone? Or is it just that the layout gets in the way?
Right now the buttons scale along with everything else in game based on the size of the device's display. So on a tablet it would be really blown up and kind of far apart I guess.
I am thinking of keeping it a standard size irrespective of the device's display size. In other words, the in game buttons would be the same size on a huge screen and a small screen.

Just set the scale to half of its size then we'll tell you if it's ok. I like the graphics and sounds of your game.
I remember your mini games, now you're game is really well designed!
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Thanks. Glad you liked the game.

hi there! i will try the game now but i think you're probably making a mistake when you ask people to rate the game at the market.
i'm saying this because i think it will hurt your future downloads. if people dont give the game 5*s because it is still buggy (i dont know if it is, i just saw some posts) others wont try it because of the lower feedback. I know it is crappy the way it works but i think you should try to send to the market the game as close as possible of final! =)
Good luck for the game and i will try it now!

maybe it just me or my nexus one but i have a problem :|
if i keep a arrow key pressed and i try to hit the attack button lots of times it will jump some of them :| i noticed it when i was trying to hit some enemies. again. it can be my mobile
i dont have much time now but i will try to test it more later

nutweevil said:
maybe it just me or my nexus one but i have a problem :|
if i keep a arrow key pressed and i try to hit the attack button lots of times it will jump some of them :| i noticed it when i was trying to hit some enemies. again. it can be my mobile
i dont have much time now but i will try to test it more later
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Hey
Thanks for your feedback. If I am not mistaken Nexus One doesn't have "proper" multitouch along with a few other phones like LG Optimus One.
When you press multiple points on the screen there can be a misregistering of the touched points.
I did put in tilt controls in my game so that the game could be played on such phones although I won't say I prefer them. It was a kind of a late decision to add in the accelerometer controls and I'll admit the game isn't really designed to be played that way.

The graphics are messed up on my rooted Nook Color (CM7 nightly 172). There's alot of empty white blocks on the screen.
Too bad, it looks like a fun game.

I'll look into this issue. Thanks.

great game the only thing i find that you could change for future updates is:
once you reach the end of a certain level just continue on to the next one
and the controls i don't understand why you have up and down arrows i'm guessing they will be used alter on in future levels. (correct me of i am wrong)
but overall its a fun action rpg

Hey,
Thanks for the feedback. I am working on an update right now and yea i am going to put a "continue" to the next level button. I did not put it cause i thought maybe people would prefer to come back to the level select screen and then select if they want to go to the shop or maybe replay an older level. However I have been asked to keep a continue button by quite a few users till now so I will be doing that.
The up down buttons will be used to change the spells that you buy from the shop

I also thought it could be the problem from the multi touch. Still, i can play other games without problems that i remember. Maybe if rhe buttons could be a little further from each other
I also vote for a continue button at the end of the level.

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[GAME] Horror Run! A new game we published just now.

Hey everyone.
We're currently working on a cool little game, first version is already out in the market. It's called 'Horror Run!' (name is a bit meh, but it works..).
There are a lot of ideas floating around to improve the game and we'd like your help for more ideas!
You can read about the game in our blog, or download it from the market to try it out (it's free).
Let me know what you think, any comments and criticism are welcome, and the negative are surely better put here and not in the market itself
We're especially looking for ways to make it more addictive and a bit more versatile. Right now a global high score system is our first priority for next version
But any idea is welcome, and if you like the game and think something is missing don't hesitate to post
Thanks!
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UPDATE: An update was just released to the market. It adds OpenFeint support for global leaderboards - we feel that was the most sought after feature so we used the (very) little time we had to work on that and it's finally done.
Again we're like to thank everyone here at XDA for supporting us and downloading the game, as well as providing invaluable feedback. keep it up
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This is our blog
Some screenshots:
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300 views and not a single reply?
Some feedback could really help us improve and let us start and keep a stream of quality material into the market....
i'll check it out at the market and i'll get back to you later on...
downloading now will report back.
Downloading and will try..
Really fun game!
G2 Rules!
I cant figure out the controls it wont allow me to jump over the "demons" ive looked at the tutorial twice and still no luck
jonny68 said:
I cant figure out the controls it wont allow me to jump over the "demons" ive looked at the tutorial twice and still no luck
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u can actually do double jump by press jump twice.. or jump+roll to make it dash while jumping.. u can also try double jump and roll which usually result in suicide..
nitzanj said:
300 views and not a single reply?
Some feedback could really help us improve and let us start and keep a stream of quality material into the market....
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it's an okay game.. definitely not 1st of its kind but the added graphic makes it nicer than some others similar game.. but the problem is its getting pretty boring after awhile... maybe u could give more type of obstacle like consecutive "double demons" or add obstacle that needed to be double-jumped to get through. or u can make a combo obstacle that won't allow the player to relax (after roll then the player must quickly jump then follow by double jump or whatsoever). of course it should be after a while the game started to added more difficulty...
i'm thinking an extra dash button would be nice to add.. adding more possible gameplay. so jump+dash would replace jump+roll.. jump + roll could be another action (such as immediately roll after jump). well, i'll leave it to ur imagination =p...
Great graphics but gets tiresome for me cause I keep dying
One touch and dead from a bat is a little harsh but the game is very challenging, lol. Really good job though just not my preferred type of game.
Downloading it now on my Galaxy S!
Awesome game, has a lot of potential. Runs great on my phone and graphics are good, only thing i'd change is the Menu graphics, make it a bit more pro .
But still, for a first release i'm impressed. I would change the 1 hit 1 die rule too, and add more levels/maps/objectives etc.
It's so fast I keep dying so quick lol
Fun game - good graphics.
Took me just 2 tries to figure out the controls. Not the most obvious icons, but they are in a obvious location ;-)
Looks awesome i will try it
Similar to Free Running (search Market) but more challenging and has more features. Also like Robot Unicorn Attack (see Facebook/Adultswim, I'm addicted to this game) in terms of game play.
Suggestions: background sound, sound effects, balance the game a bit (in terms of difficulty, sizes of enemies)
Downloaded the game.
First impression was nice graphics !
Personally i think the gameplay is to quick, i keep dieing, maybe a easy - normal - advanced setting ?
Your Game is ok but noting pretty special but it runs pretty fast on my Milestone 2.
Besides what about adding items e.g run faster or invisible.....
looks great and runs nice, im sure you will work out the little things, i wish i could program in java, my games would run much smoother, lol ive been using appinventor, i can get them to look pretty god, but gameplay sucks balls
Downloading now will report back soon
Phew, lots of comments after the nothingness of the first couple of days
Thanks for all the replies, great feedback, this is just what we need!
To the actual points:
I didn't realize it was that diffucult, I guess when you're the one making the game things seem easier
And Of course I'm well aware that the thing is repetitive to the point of being almost mundane - This is indeed a first version and a form to 'test the water' sort of speak. There are several ideas cooking to make it a bit more diverse.
Some things that will definitely make it into future versions:
1) Multiple lives before game over (already working)
2) Make the starting speed a tad slower (already working).
2) Add an easier difficulty level (probably main/only difference will be the starting speed to be even slower).
3) global highscore system using Feint or the likes, to make it a bit more social (Probably separate board for easy/hard).
Things I want to add if I overcome some obstacles (silly pun intended ):
1) More enemies and background pictures. Currently I'm having some memory and performance issues, trying to work it out. Might switch to OpenGL
2) Achievements, using Feint system probably - things like get 10K points without rolling a single time, get 10K points w/o collecting a single treasure item, get 10K points while collecting every single treasure item etc.
3) Bonus with special effects. Right now I'm thinking a shield and a special fly mode, but we'll see...
I'll try to professionalize the menu, but it's not easy when graphics it's not your profession
I'll release partial updates in the following weeks (at least the lives and easy mode are already mostly implemented so they could easily make it).
Hopefully the part time job and being a full time student won't hinder the progress too much and I'll be able to get some more meaningful updates soon after the exams are over (i.e. near the end of February).
Thanks again for all the input!
Really like the game, really addictive to break your own score, currently at 5030.
Works very well and stable, doesn't lag at all!
really like the sounds in the game.
Maybe an online scoreboard would be a nice feature?
I'm also wondering in what language this is programmed, just in Java with like a game development SDK?
Keep the games coming!!

[GAME][2.2+] Jack N' Jill - A retro one button platformer

Jack N' Jill is a retro one button platformer. Help Jack find his way to Jill in 60 levels spanning over 3 different landscapes.
You control Jack only by tapping the screen and performing moves like jumps and wall jumps. The game has retro music and monochrome pixel art graphics which were a characteristic of the class gameboy era games. So if you enjoy those kind of games, you will like Jack N' Jill too.
Screenshots:
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Google Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rnarang.android.games.jacknjill
Hope you all enjoy playing the game! Thanks!
Here's a video of the game:
Just downloaded this and its great have you thought about adding a tiny bit colour to it on certain things like the coins etc and I thought it would be an easy game but I was surprised how tricky it got a few levels in lol great work this should do good I think also rated it on gplay too
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Thanks! I am glad you liked the game!
I did get that suggestion from 2 - 3 other people too, but I decided not to because I thought it might end up making the game look a bit odd.
Started playing and next thing I know, BAM, I'm at world 2. Loving this little game, it's well done and the retro style is well emulated.
There's a few annoying little quirks though, such as when there's let's say a block then right after a forward pointing spike in the same row (ground level), if you barely walk over the spike you die, even though more than half of the character is still touching the solid safe block (and thus technically you aren't touching the spike, since you can't fall because you are on the block).
The coins and points you rack up seem somewhat useless too. There's no incentive to collect the bigger coins over the smaller ones if only for the good feeling of getting more points that give nothing down the road.
Overall I hope there will be even more levels, I could play these type of games forever.
Thanks for playing the game and the feedback!
Your criticisms are completely valid. The issue with the spikes you described is because I am using a simple rectangle to rectangle collision detection. Hopefully I can figure out a better approximation for it. The coins don't really serve much of a purpose as you pointed out. Maybe if I invest some time into implementing a leaderboard and/or an achievements systems, there could be a better reason to collect them.
EDIT: World 2 and 3 are more challenging, so I don't think you might breeze through them as easily as world 1
The_R said:
Thanks for playing the game and the feedback!
Your criticisms are completely valid. The issue with the spikes you described is because I am using a simple rectangle to rectangle collision detection. Hopefully I can figure out a better approximation for it. The coins don't really serve much of a purpose as you pointed out. Maybe if I invest some time into implementing a leaderboard and/or an achievements systems, there could be a better reason to collect them.
EDIT: World 2 and 3 are more challenging, so I don't think you might breeze through them as easily as world 1
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I'm done already, so I think you got the wrong impression about my retro platform games playing skills!
As I said, can't get enough levels of it.
polobunny said:
I'm done already, so I think you got the wrong impression about my retro platform games playing skills!
As I said, can't get enough levels of it.
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Me too I need more levels
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polobunny said:
I'm done already, so I think you got the wrong impression about my retro platform games playing skills!
As I said, can't get enough levels of it.
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brewy said:
Me too I need more levels
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I have to say thats really quick! I did not see that coming
I'll start working on new levels as soon as possible. Thanks again!
This game is really sweet I love the pixel art/retro style and the gameplay as well.
Which engine did you used to create this little piece of art?
Thanks!
Its my own little game framework, written in C++
Updated the game to v1.0.1
- Fixed a bug that causes a crash while exiting the game in some cases
- Tweaked the audio
- Message prompts don't reappear on restarts
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Updated the game to v1.0.1
- Fixed a bug that causes a crash while exiting the game in some cases
- Tweaked the audio
- Message prompts don't reappear on restarts
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Is this pushed automatically or manual update ? what's next with your future updates, maybe new powerups baddies etc ?
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This version supports auto updates, i.e it doesn't need to be manually updated unless you've chosen that option.
Yeah, I will be adding new content to the game, but I cannot say when. I'll need some time for coming up with new ideas and implementing them.
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This version supports auto updates, i.e it doesn't need to be manually updated unless you've chosen that option.
Yeah, I will be adding new content to the game, but I cannot say when. I'll need some time for coming up with new ideas and implementing them.
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Absolutely Love the game!
Maybe we could use a few more worlds?
Yes, I'll be working on that shortly

[Game][3.2+][Free] New Android defender game: Nightmare Defender!

Hi guys! My name is Daniel, I am part of an small (two man) indie game dev team called DJantel Ware.
We released our first game two weeks ago and wanted to present it to you. Any kind of feedback is highly appreciated!
So to the game:
Nightmare Defender is (kind of) a tower defense game, but it brings some fresh ideas into the genre! The main idea here is that you are defending your castle against waves of monsters. Your main weapon to do so is your bow. There are quite a few attributes you can put your gold and experience points into to get stronger or be able to cast mighty magic spells. The biggest difference to other defender games is that you have guards. Guards are creatures that help you against your endless battle. Share your experience points with them and they will get stronger and evolve. All guards have unique skills, some of them act on their own (attacking and casting spells), others will wait for your commands.
You can get it for free in the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.djantelware.nightmaredefender
Here is a trailer:
A screenshot:
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For the ones who care: We used AndEngine as our game engine. All graphics are made by me (using Inkscape), almost all sounds as well (two or three public domain ones are also there). Music was made by Kevin MacLeod.
We also have a facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/nightmareDefender
And a landing page
https://sites.google.com/site/nightmaredefender/
If you want to read what reviewers wrote about us:
http://indiegamemag.com/igm-forum-f...r-gives-a-boost-to-traditional-tower-defense/
http://www.techulator.com/resources/14031-Nightmare-Defender-Towser-defense-game-review.aspx
A real gameplay video:
I would really appreciate it if you gave it a try! Thank you .
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Omg, buried on second page already.
Hm, so really nobody wants to try it? It would be also very great and helpful feedback if you told me why you do not feel like trying it? Something about the screenshots? Description? Bad video?
I played few rounds of this. Core gameplay was quite nice and fluid. Aiming atleast with the bow was semi accurate but could definetly be better.
While I liked the UI ingame a lot, I think it was clean and fluid, but in the menu before the game the UI was.. confusing to say the least. I got lost in the menu for a minute untill I figured what to do.
TLDR; A lot better gameplay than some games on playstore that have millions of downloads, but the menu was too "2.3 or Gingerbreadish" for me.
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I played few rounds of this. Core gameplay was quite nice and fluid. Aiming atleast with the bow was semi accurate but could definetly be better.
While I liked the UI ingame a lot, I think it was clean and fluid, but in the menu before the game the UI was.. confusing to say the least. I got lost in the menu for a minute untill I figured what to do.
TLDR; A lot better gameplay than some games on playstore that have millions of downloads, but the menu was too "2.3 or Gingerbreadish" for me.
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Hi inSaN1Ty_X,
thanks alot for trying our game and your feedback!
 @aiming
This heavily depends on the speed of the arrows. You will be able to hit monsters a lot better when you increase the speed attribute. We build it like that so you have this feeling of your bow getting better all the time .
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Oh, ok. What menu do you mean exactly? The one at the very beginning or the one with the attributes and all this stuff?
Again, thanks a lot for your feedback !
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Hi inSaN1Ty_X,
thanks alot for trying our game and your feedback!
@aiming
This heavily depends on the speed of the arrows. You will be able to hit monsters a lot better when you increase the speed attribute. We build it like that so you have this feeling of your bow getting better all the time .
@menu
Oh, ok. What menu do you mean exactly? The one at the very beginning or the one with the attributes and all this stuff?
Again, thanks a lot for your feedback !
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Yes, I guessed the aiming would be something like that, and its ok, I'll just have to play a bit more.
On the menu side I mean the main menu in general is not that systematic, button sizes/locations and color were the ones that hit me most.
But that is just my oppinion ☺ looking forwards for updates!
inSaN1Ty_X said:
Yes, I guessed the aiming would be something like that, and its ok, I'll just have to play a bit more.
On the menu side I mean the main menu in general is not that systematic, button sizes/locations and color were the ones that hit me most.
But that is just my oppinion looking forwards for updates!
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Ah ok, I see ^^. The main menu was really build (rebuild) as a last step - thus, you are right, it is not exactly systematic with the rest. But the new one looked a lot better than the old one, so we decided to use it for now . We will see if we can improve it.
Thanks again for this valuable input!
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Add shadows, and your game will look much better:good:
Hi A-Pod, it is a nice idea! We will check out if it is possible. Our concern right now is performance on not high end devices - unfortunately the used engine does not handle "too many sprites at once" too well. But we will check out the possibilities.
What we right now are also thinking about are weather effects like rain or fog.
Thank you very much for your feedback!
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Of many games of this type it's look good!
Thank you!
I saw the trailer on google play, it looked interesting to say the least.
I'll try and download it today
Hi taptouchart,
we would be glad if you gave it a try . And please rate it if you liked it .
Today a new update is also available. Along with bugfixes and stuff people can not see, we included yet again a new monster (this makes two new monsters after release ).
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Hehe, thanks for the up! It is crazy how fast things got buried on this forum.
Cool defense game, very motivating! How did you came about with the idea of this weird clown ?
Hi Entangled Multiverse,
we are glad you like it! The idea just popped into our minds. He was supposed to be a more important figure, giving you new bows when you defeat him. Until now it is just a gold bonus. We will see if he receives the glory he was supposed to in future updates .
Engine
What did you created it in?

[GAME][2.3+] - Stellar Alien

Hey XDA-devs,
I'd like to present to you my first game, Stellar Alien! It's a super rad space adventure/shooter where you control a little alien named Starbli! He's super brave, moving and grooving to save the stars from the evil Periculum aliens. Travel through the space with your hubble, and avoid being pulled in by planet's gravitational pulls and battle against the aliens trying to destroy the stars.
Play Stellar Alien
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The game has undergone a huge revamp recently, it was developed two years ago when I was 14 years old. For those devs out there wondering, I wrote the game by myself in HTML5/JavaScript. The past few weeks I've been working to improve the graphics, controls, and level design. Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks.
Looking for feedback on:
Level Diffculty. How hard is the game for you?
Performance: Is the game running like a snail on your device?
Controls: Do they feel smooth?
If you enjoyed the game, please rate on Google Play or share with your friends. It's tough finding good feedback!
Good color composition, game looks pretty nice!
Fridrian said:
Good color composition, game looks pretty nice!
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Thanks, color is something I do focus extensively on! Try the game out when you have the time
Added more screenshots and listed specifically what I'm looking for feedback on, thanks.
Added more polish to the title screen by placing characters, Starbli, the hero, and his foe Rosso. Lookin' good?
I agree, looks very cheerful!
looks cool
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looks cool
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Thanks! Here's a gif of the boss fight against Rosso:
http://gfycat.com/ImperturbableUnpleasantDuiker
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I agree, looks very cheerful!
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Thanks!Any ideas on how to make the game better is appreciated
Starbli sneaking up on a baddie alien. What do you guys think of the explosion animation here? Think it should be spiced up a bit more?
Cool game, the graphics is very nice! I encountered a bug on the very first "boss fight", the boss moved out of the bottom of the screen 90% of the time, I had to evade practically 0 of his shots (he just fired 5 shots or so in total)
Entangled Multiverse said:
Cool game, the graphics is very nice! I encountered a bug on the very first "boss fight", the boss moved out of the bottom of the screen 90% of the time, I had to evade practically 0 of his shots (he just fired 5 shots or so in total)
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Thanks for playing. The enemy should have been circling around the player, what's the name of the device you were playing on?
xodene said:
Thanks for playing. The enemy should have been circling around the player, what's the name of the device you were playing on?
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Zenfone 5
Entangled Multiverse said:
Zenfone 5
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That's weird, I think I may have solved the problem (hard to tell since I can't duplicate the bug on my devices). If you could tell me this: Was he was circling around you and was leaving the screen at the same time? Or was he just standing still quite often and not circling?
Thanks.
Update v1.7.0c
Thanks for the feedback everyone, a new update was published to Google Play today!
Hotfix v1.7.0c:
-Implement device's back button on level select menu
-Improve boss AI in Mission 1 - Level 6
-Fix Starbli's bullets sometimes not showing
-Better gameplay experience on boss battles
Good game, nice graphic, but I have some remarks.
1) Movemant joystick was on left side center. It will be better if it will be in left bottom corner.
It would be easier to play
2) First boss was to easy. You must fly up and that all.
Good luck with your game!
Time2Code said:
Good game, nice graphic, but I have some remarks.
1) Movemant joystick was on left side center. It will be better if it will be in left bottom corner.
It would be easier to play
2) First boss was to easy. You must fly up and that all.
Good luck with your game!
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Thanks for the feedback! It is interesting to hear that you think it would play better if the controller at the bottom of the screen. I think I'll just let the users position the control sticks in the settings, so everyone can have their own custom placement. Do you like that idea?
And by "first boss", do you mean the chase level in Mission 1 Level 4? Maybe I should make the enemy shoot more and have the player dodge asteroids coming towards them?
I think the controls needs to not have a static placement. I think stick controls work better when the game takes the first place my finger touches as the neutral placement and uses relative movement. If my finger comes up it recalculates the control upon next touch down.
meatspace said:
I think the controls needs to not have a static placement. I think stick controls work better when the game takes the first place my finger touches as the neutral placement and uses relative movement. If my finger comes up it recalculates the control upon next touch down.
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Thanks for the feedback. I will add an option for dynamic controls in the settings.. The static controls will still be there by default, because I prefer them. If I keep getting more feedback preferring dynamic controls then they can be the default setting.
I just want to say that this game is terrific!
-The characters and the environment are simple yet vibrant!
- The controls are smooth.
-There is a little story to it, which I find rare and refreshing in these simple mobile games.
-And there is actual Dialog! Dialog which isn't bad by the way.
There was a bit of a learning curve' but once I got past it things got a lot better.
My only bug was that the game crashed twice, earlier in the game. That could've just been my phone though.
Over all great first game:good: did you do it all on your own?

[GAME][4.0+] The Tower of Egbert - Enchanted Physics Construction

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I'm currently working on a greatly enhanced edition of The Tower of Egbert for both Android and iOS. If you're interested please continue to my latest post in this thread. I've just started the final beta testing phase, it’s open to anyone!
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A very short gameplay description:
“The Tower of Egbert” is a physics-based tower building game with a magic twist*.
Unlike in all the other building games I know of, you’re not restricted to using only a few elements to create a rather unspectacular building. Instead you may use several thousand blocks (bricks, arcs, roofs, deco items, …) to build quite impressive towers and discover interesting areas as you grow it towards the endless vastness of space.
You’ll have to fight gravity, winds, falling rocks, and other dangers on your way up.
Build the greatest tower ever and see if your tower can stand the test of time!
*you can build freely until you reach a certain height and activate the physics simulation. After a few seconds Egbert the Sorcerer will come to your aid and enchant/fix all the blocks built so far to ensure you can continue building safely
For more information please check out:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Giggly-Mill-Productions-741725465944666
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GigglyMill
Homepage: www.gigglymill.com
I really hope you’ll enjoy the game!
Cheers,
Habakuk
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Thanks for your interest in the game, you've been added to the list of testers!
I've edited the original post to reflect the game's transition from the Alpha- to the open Beta-testing state (no need for joining requests anymore) so that I don't have to create a new thread for the same topic.
As stated above, the game is fully functional already, I just want to see if people are enjoying it.
hm, got the message
"We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server." when try to open googla play page
what's going wrong?
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hm, got the message
"We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server." when try to open googla play page
what's going wrong?
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Hi, in my experience it can take some time for the Google servers to recognize you as a tester. Hopefully it should work by now, could you please try again?
i want to try this ...
I've tested this game on Nexus 5 with Marshmallow with high quality graphics - in this case I would be glad to see a bit more fluent animations. Another suggestion might be support for gesture navigation in menu - like changing the worlds with a swipe, not just buttons. But I have to admit, these are just tiny negatives that don't hurt overall great experience and the whole idea. Thanks for The Tower of Egbert, it has become one of the three games on my phone
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Hi, in my experience it can take some time for the Google servers to recognize you as a tester. Hopefully it should work by now, could you please try again?
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oh, ok, thanks
i'll try it tomorrow, no enough time today,
@jett_daryl nice to hear that - do you have any problems downloading it?
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I've tested this game on Nexus 5 with Marshmallow with high quality graphics - in this case I would be glad to see a bit more fluent animations. Another suggestion might be support for gesture navigation in menu - like changing the worlds with a swipe, not just buttons. But I have to admit, these are just tiny negatives that don't hurt overall great experience and the whole idea. Thanks for The Tower of Egbert, it has become one of the three games on my phone
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A big thank you for trying my game and for the feedback also! I'm glad you like it and I hope it can live up to your expectations and earn a permanent spot on your phone I know the game is a little demanding (unfortunately) performance-wise. That is mainly a result of the high resolution textures I had to use to allow for a huge zooming range.
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@jett_daryl nice to hear that - do you have any problems downloading it?
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no problem in downloading and installing ..
easy to download and install ..
Hi,
it's interesting game, thanks ang gl
i've tested it on Xperia Arc s lt18i.
everything was ok, as for gameplay only one thing was not convenient for me - "brick type" buttons looks too small, and sometimes when i tried to change brick type - new brick appears and falling down so, i guess it make sense to enlarge buttons and avoid space between them
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Hi,
it's interesting game, thanks ang gl
i've tested it on Xperia Arc s lt18i.
everything was ok, as for gameplay only one thing was not convenient for me - "brick type" buttons looks too small, and sometimes when i tried to change brick type - new brick appears and falling down so, i guess it make sense to enlarge buttons and avoid space between them
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Sorry, I somehow missed your reply Thanks for your feedback! As for the buttons: they are actually larger than they appear (transparent background) and they are almost adjacent to each other so I guess you must have been unlucky hitting exactly the tiny gap between the buttons.
"The Tower of Egbert" has officially been released! I simply edited the original post instead of creating a new thread.
For those of you that have already tried the game during the Alpha/Beta: a lot has changed since then (and the game got a lot easier - only 2 seconds instead of 5 for the timer), so you might wan't to give it another shot It's also possible to rate the game now, I would be glad if you supported me once more!
Interesting
Very interesting and original gameplay, nice work.
kalabazan said:
Very interesting and original gameplay, nice work.
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Thanks, I'm glad that you like the gameplay - and not only the looks
Loved your game. Nice game design and gameplay.
Really good work!
Thanks again for all the support! If you're looking for something interesting to do this week and want to win some nice stuff - I've started the first “Tower of the Week” challenge!
Whoever uploads a picture of his or her tower to my homepage (Upload Tower | Giggly Mill Productions) has a chance to win 1 out of 5 keys for the “Unlimited Deco Item” package in the game - it doesn't matter how your tower looks, don't be shy.
Also there will be one single tower that will be announced the “Tower of the Week”.
It will be displayed permanently in the Hall of Fame (Hall of Fame | Giggly Mill Productions). Additionally the winner can choose between a key for the premium version of the game (ads away, unlimited deco, and all worlds unlocked) and a letter with 36 handmade magnetic blocks that can be used on magnetic surfaces (I use them as fridge magnets as you can see on the photos).
This first challenge will stop on Sunday the 28th of February 23:59 CET. I will announce the winners on the day after - if there are some entries of course
Have fun!
Cool game. Like it.

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