Version 1.61. On the Market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=magory.memoryowlhd
It's a fun game not only for children:
- you have to find pairs of matching pictures like in memory game,
- there is raising water level (tiles can drown),
- there is physics at works,
- there are birds and fish that can interact with the tiles making it harder,
- on some levels tiles change places,
- some levels have layers, you can also catch stars to make more points,
Actual version is first market release - I hope I won't get a waterfall of bug reports.
It requires OpenGL ES 2.
Credits: most tile pictures are public domain art from openclipart.org, all the rest is by me. I used libgdx with box2d for the physics.
Known bugs: nothing right now, I hope it will stay that way.
It was tested on children and adults.
Changelog:
1.55
- Earth episode now has 19 levels with carnivorous plant and mole
1.50
- Fix for awful bug in reloading levels - sorry about that!
- First 6 levels of new Earth episode with completely new gameplay - you have to move the tiles so they touch!
1.33
- Ice episode has 28 levels now,
- many fixes for older phones (crash on 2.1 is fixed now)
1.25
- 14 level of Ice episode
- Classic levels for those who want more traditional memory game
1.20
- 7 levels of Ice episode,
- new music and graphics for Ice episode,
- some new sound effects,
- revised graphics (mostly new buttons)
1.15 (beta)
- first test levels for Ice episode
1.14 (or sth like that)
- many fixes
- important ad placement fix
1.07 (first Market release)
- minor changes to levels (making them easier),
- some fixes to water and optimisations,
1.04 beta
- many improvements and optimisations for phones
- easier levels (still some might be too hard),
- on easy difficulty setting and in phone version (you can switch in options if your device was wrongly detected) design of some levels is simpler (small tiles were hard to hit on a phone screen),
- massive speed boost on levels with multiple layers of tiles,
- better stability.
1.03 beta
- new levels (many will probably be changed before final release - please write here if some is too hard or to easy),
- difficulty setting (easy, normal, hard), easy should be OK for small children, hard is probably too hard right now
- more pictures,
- optimalisations for phones and slower tablets (you can now select quality - very low, low and normal is for phones, high and HD is for tablets - but HD will work on high end phones too in most cases),
- ads on phones are hidden during play,
- there are lives now on some levels (on all if you select easy mode),
- many more small and big changes.
Hm, no responses? Has anyone tried it? Does it work for you? Is it good or bad? Do you like it?
Graphically it is very clean and fluid.
There's nice touches and twists like the small blue bird who sits waiting to drag a tile out of the water and the changing tiles make it more interesting.
If pitched against a normal tile matching game conceptually this one would win hands down.
My only issue is even I found it difficult later on. Speed and accuracy was killing it for me.
Considering I had downloaded this for my 4yr old Granddaughter, as brainy as she is I'm sure she would have soon become frustrated in not being able to complete the level.
She's coming over tomorrow and I had intended to let her try it out before commenting.
I'll try and get back later in the week.
Beards said:
My only issue is even I found it difficult later on. Speed and accuracy was killing it for me.
Considering I had downloaded this for my 4yr old Granddaughter, as brainy as she is I'm sure she would have soon become frustrated in not being able to complete the level.
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Thanks. The levels are mostly test levels (to test all the options) - I will make first batch easier and make it harder in later levels.
From a 'younger' point of view, that would certainly make it better.
Young minds soon lose interest after the first five minutes and the trick is to keep them attentive and wanting more.
By making that first batch easier will certainly help.
I know she will love the graphics and the different game play will test her... Just slow it down a bit and I think it's a winner.
I like this game already...for little kid, I think making it easier is a good idea. if you are aiming for all ages group, can you possibly make an easy mode for children and a challenge mode for adult? Or something like that. Cause if it too easy I'll get bored and if it too hard my kid will get bored lol. Hope that help.
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Thanks! This looks great...I'll try it and give some feedback soon.
On the evo 4g... Framerate is smooth at title and options menu. From the level menu on it becomes slow and slightly choppy. Hope this helps.
Evo 4g
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Thanks. That is really helpful. I'm fighting the speed problems right now - something strange is going on in the select level screen (not much graphics is shown and even Tegra 2 can't generate 50fps - it drops to 44). I'll let you know when new version will be available for testing (the optimisations are a priority now, then I'll design levels). I will also add easy/normal/hard difficulty switcher.
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Thanks. That is really helpful. I'm fighting the speed problems right now - something strange is going on on the select level screen (not much graphics is shown and even Tegra 2 can't generate 50fps - it drops to 44). I'll let you know when new version will be available for testing (the optimisation are a priority now, then I'll design levels). I will also add easy/normal/hard difficulty switcher.
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Okay... Bookmarked for when you next post.
Very good game
Tested today with my 2 sons - 5 and 7 years old.
The game is pretty good and very origina.
Very smooth on asus tansformer, very nice graphics, and indeed difficulty is high but ok even for my son of 5 years old.
We finished the 8 levels... and are waiting to get the next ones ;-)
I posted a new version in the first post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=724573&d=1316455558 (1.0 beta)
Changelog:
- new levels (many will probably be changed before final release - please write here if some is too hard or to easy),
- difficulty setting (easy, normal, hard), easy should be OK for small children, hard is probably too hard right now
- more pictures,
- optimalisations for phones and slower tablets (you can now select quality - very low, low and normal is for phones, high and HD is for tablets - but HD will work on high end phones too in most cases),
- ads on phones are hidden during play,
- there are lives now on some levels (on all if you select easy mode),
- many more small and big changes.
Thanks for testing.
Some levels are still to hard - I will be fixing them soon (especially 16, 17, 20 ... 26).
Will get my granddaughter to test this out this weekend.
I hope it was not too hard for your granddaughter - I fixed some levels and it should be easier know (but still - I may simplify them a little more), especially on easy setting and on phones.
http://a.wieza.iq.pl/media/MemoryOwlHD.apk - here is 1.04 beta version.
Next version will probably be on the Market.
It was tested on LG GT540 and Asus Transformer.
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I hope it was not too hard for your granddaughter - I fixed some levels and it should be easier know (but still - I may simplify them a little more), especially on easy setting and on phones.
http://a.wieza.iq.pl/media/MemoryOwlHD.apk - here is 1.04 beta version.
Next version will probably be on the Market.
It was tested on LG GT540 and Asus Transformer.
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Apologies, I forgot to come back and let you know.
Yes, she found it easier and much better.
After I persuaded her not to worry this time about water levels she soon took to the game.
Unfortunately we didn't get enough time to have a good run at the game so this will be done on her next visit this week.
I'll download the new version and see how it compares.
Thanks again... Will let you know.
Rly good game . Keep going Works fine on Asus transformer 3.2 and Xoom 3.1. Nica idea with "moving" blocks
Maybe you should add to game a normal mode memory game ofc with all yours ideas like moving blocks etc? Why? Becouse this is good game and when I end the game ...it would be nice to play it sometimes in normal memory mode for example with 100 cards. In this mode the list of high scores should be added (best score+best time), maybe in future list of best world results like in game "1 to 50"?
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Maybe you should add to game a normal mode memory game ofc with all yours ideas like moving blocks etc? Why? Becouse this is good game and when I end the game ...it would be nice to play it sometimes in normal memory mode for example with 100 cards. In this mode the list of high scores should be added (best score+best time), maybe in future list of best world results like in game "1 to 50"?
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll definitly make most of this in the future. I had already the "normal mode" on my list of things to do.
I published the game on the Market today. I hope I won't get flooded with one-star reviews and bug reports. Thanks everyone for testing, you were great!
I also have plans for next episodes:
- Ice: more logical than arcade, penguins eating tiles (yeah and spitting it out with force if you don't find the pair for it in three moves ) and snow owls stealing them,
- Classic - as mibo666 suggested
I also plan on making a new game Baby Owl - very similar but with levels designed for children and education (for example: finding pairs of similar things like nail and hammer or round objects, or letters).
First of all, great job with this. Using on transformer. My 3 yr old son had no trouble with the first two levels. One problem I noticed, the app does not show up in the list of my apps in the market. (Currently can't uninstall.) Any way to fix this?
Also, are you going to release an add free version? I usually don't let my son play with apps that have ads, would prefer to pay for ad-free.
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My first game for Android - which happens to also be one of the very first releases ever my brother and me did in 1993 on the Atari ST - is released as a first 25 level ad version ...
Next update will be upgraded touch controls which make the hero move where you clicked instead of just one field. Also calibration of tilt-control is missing at the moment.
I would love to read get some more feedback (especially from hardware other than my Magic) than just the meaningless 1 star ratings I got from the market Thank you,
Michael
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My first game for Android - which happens to also be one of the very first releases ever my brother and me did in 1993 on the Atari ST - is released as a first 25 level ad version ...
Next update will be upgraded touch controls which make the hero move where you clicked instead of just one field. Also calibration of tilt-control is missing at the moment.
I would love to read get some more feedback (especially from hardware other than my Magic) than just the meaningless 1 star ratings I got from the market Thank you,
Michael
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I love Chip's Challenge! Downloading now, installing in a moment. Will certainly give you some feedback afterwards!
So some feedback...
The character moves around the levels much to slowly, speed the movement up a little?
For larger levels, maybe implement pinch and zoom to see the full level?
If you look at Chip's Challenge (CC) and then at your game, you don't quite understand what to do. That might not sound right so let me explain a little better. CC was 2D and had very simple objects in the game, i.e. colored keys for colored doors. In your game, I saw a couple objects that I went over and they didn't seem to do anything. In CC if you stepped on a switch, the switch didn't disappear, it just darkened like you had pressed it in (other games did this too, like Duke Nukem and DOOM)
The whole color scheme of the game is kinda dark, maybe lighten it up a bit?
So disregard anything you feel like. I'm not sure if your intention is to clone Chip's Challenge or where you're going with this app. But I like it and it seems to be on the right track.
Little update
Still no real fix for the performance problems on large screen devices. Higher resolution seems to be slower than low when using drawBitmap instead of OpenGL.
miztaken1312 thank you very much for your feedback!
I am not trying to do clone chips challenge - just the idea is somewhat similar.
>The character moves around the levels much to slowly, speed the movement up a little?
Looks like this is a performance problem - the game is not really slow on my device. What hardware do you have? Seems to be slow on Droid, Samsung Galaxy/Tab, ...
>For larger levels, maybe implement pinch and zoom to see the full level?
There is an extra item (sparsly used in the levels) - the map which does that
But hiding some parts is a wanted part of the gameplay at the moment.
I think you are right that one should be able to identify an already pressed switch! But a problem is that switches in my game can be pressed again to invert their effect.
Thank you again for your comments! I get very little feedback and have this bad performance problem which I think I have to fix first to make the game/player run as fast as it should!
Michael
Fixed version in Market now!
Gameplay is no longer depending on framerate. So running around should be much faster now on slow devices (the ones with highres displays).
Classic Arcade Crazy Tilt Challenge is new MAME build with built-in global scoreboard.
* Pre-release is available for testing on Android devices (phones & tablets).
Scores are kept on-line, but they are also shown in-game, if the game has scorebaord. There are also extended scoreboards you can access via menu, so for the games that only store one high-score like Pac-Man, they now have full (15 places) scoreboard all together with initials. The same "automated scoreboard syncing system" can be implement on a PC MAME as well, let me know if you think there is interest for it to be made.
Beside global scoreboard this build also features new input method for mobile devices utilizing accelerometer (G-sensor). It's unlike any sensor input you may have tried with some other mobile games or emulators. If you think sensor control is clumsy, unresponsive and completely unsuited for arcade games, prepare to be surprised. Track and Field, you run by shaking the phone! See this:
VIDEO: youtu.be/kJBcou5ZjEo
I'm new to XDA but am interested in testing. send me a link!
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I'm new to XDA but am interested in testing. send me a link!
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Thank you. See your inbox.
Anyone else feel free to jump in any time.
There is only one account per device possible. Your device ID is both your user name and password, logging is automatic. Only the first time you log in you will need to choose your player-name. Player-name can have 10 characters, but first 3 letters must be unique among all registered users, they will be your in-game initials. Don't bother writing initials in the game, after sync all your scores will be renamed to your chosen Player-name.
Don't forget to log in before playing for the record. Data usage is minimal, there is never permanent connection with the server. You only connect briefly each time you sync (login/logout), and every time transfer is less than half a kilobyte, really tiny. You can sync after each game, but you don't have to. Score syncing is done automatically when you login and logout, or manually any time you want to see if anyone posted any new scores since your last sync, or to upload yours.
Games available in this test-build (CrazyTilt_059.apk):
commando
digdug
dkong
elevator
gyruss - no in-game initials yet
mpatrol
mslug - no scoreboard yet
mrdo
pacman
pacmanm
paperboy - no scoreboard yet
popeyebl
qbert - no scoreboard yet
scramble
starwars - no scoreboard yet, on small screens turn scale/stretch & image smoothing
timeplt
trackfld - no scoreboard yet, run by going left-center or right-center, not full left-right
yiear - button 3 = butt.1+butt.2
If input seem unresponsive disable vibration feedback. If you see game struggle try switching to AUTO Frame Rate, or perhaps better yet find some fixed frame rate (50, 45, 40, 30, 20, 15 fps), but it really depends on the type of game which option may produce better results. Even the crappiest Android devices phones/tablets should run most of these games at full speed, with possible exceptions of mslug, starwars and paperboy, but they play really well at 15fps on my crappy phones, which doesn't look too bad on small screens at all.
Do not forget to switch appropriate joystick mode because you will not be able to properly play 4-way games in 8-way or analog mode. In this build machines do not reset yet, so they do not collect tokens and do not pay out any tokens. Please don't mind if I reset scoreboards manually and delete some of your well earned records, we are just testing. If you have time try to post at least two records on each game that has support for it, or as many as records you can. Once you think you have tried it enough I'd like you to tell me about things you did NOT like or think could/should be better or simpler. Have fun!
Ok, due to lack of interest I will stop following this thread. Anyone interested to try it out before the release, or perhaps help me with testing (playing), can still find me here: smf.webng.com/crazytilt
Hi every one,
i present to you my first game ever on Android using HTML5 technology,
Tank War is an arcade/action game in which you use your tank to destroy loads of ennemy,
for now the game includes 12 levels with 2 Boss Levels,
Each level completion rewards you with gold you can use to upgrade your tank with several option such as :
- speed
- shield regeneration
- shield capacity
- guns cooling rate
- Ultime Tank
Your lifes are limited and you gain one every 30min when there are under 3, but you can also use 100gold from the game to buy a pack of five
Since i do every aspect of the game by myself there is no sound for the moment but it shall come with a next version as well as new levels and upgrades.
Download link on Play Store :
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.insomniakdev.tankwar
the game being packaged through cocoonJs by Ludei it asks for many permissions (can't change that at the moment) but only Internet Access, Storage access are used.
All feedbacks are welcomed
I may be not agile enough, but it's really difficult to survive more then 10 seconds. Maybe it makes sense to create training mode for beginners?
true, true
9spikes said:
I may be not agile enough, but it's really difficult to survive more then 10 seconds. Maybe it makes sense to create training mode for beginners?
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Hi thanks for the feedback, i guess you are right many people told me the game was too hard,
i'll add a tutorial in the next version coming quite soon ( but i'm developping another game in the same time so it might take some time )
i''ll update my post then, see ya
Update 18/04/2013 :
Version 1.1 is released
contains 6 more levels with new ennemies,
also made gold rewards for levels a little higher to get upgrades faster,
a few game fixes too
Also here's my website registering my games insomniak-dev.com
no beginner's mode yet but it is planned for next version
Enjoy
All feedbacks are welcomed
I've used CocoonJS in my game as well
I tried your game and it seems to me that it's not very comfortable to pause the game by double tapping on the screen. The game gets paused even if I rapidly tap 2 different places on the screen (for example, top left corner and bottom right corner). I think it would be more handy to pause and resume the game with Android back button, a lot of Android games have such control (I also did this way in my game).
Good luck with your game!
Hi guys =)
My latest project made it into the appstores finally, its called "Zero - a Numbers Puzzle Game".
It was an experiment playing around with a cross platform app framework. And i would appreciate some feedback about how you guys think the result turned out. I would be not just interested in feedback about the gameplay itself but also about how it is performing on your devices, if there are any problems or everything runs smoothly.
Whats it about:
In the game you see some blocks with numbers in it, your goal is to bring the whole playfield to 0. when you tap a block, the blocks to the left, the right, above and below it will get reduced by one (if there are any). the field (and difficulty) grows with each level.
Here are the links: Google Playstore and in case somebody has an ios device: itunes appstore
i also made this short video to show the gameplay. (it looks more complicating than it is )
Awesome puzzle game with refreshing gameplay (I have not seen anything like that before)!!
Suggestions for future versions:
-maybe some optional music?
-different difficulty levels, especially an easier one with more retries?
Maybe some design work needed but i like the game.
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Maybe some design work needed but i like the game.
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what exactly do you mean? which parts of the game could need a new/better design?
In my opinion, the navigation bar could look a lot better
Hi, I like the game and let others decide on the design.
For the game itself, could you have shortcuts to a level? I've gotten to 66, and it is frustrating to restart all the way at 1, and has actually been a reason why I just don't play very much anymore.
Every 10 or 15 levels would be good shortcut areas.
Thanks!
Hey XDA,
I would like to present to you my very first Android app/game - Moonlight Run.
It is a very simple endless runner game, with 'noir' graphics and only one objective - get as far as possible. You'll meet only two kinds of obstacles and the game speed will increase continuously.
Flappy Bird (the game which I play a lot even today) was a GREAT inspiration for me, as well as the 'noir' styled graphics of Limbo, so I would like to mention these two. Also, the game is written in pure Javascript, so it is not native. However, thanks to the CocoonJS service from Ludei, I was able to bring it to this platform.
Please, let me know about your opinion. I would also like to hear your thoughts about the difficulty, because I have absolutely no clue whether it is difficult or not, as I was playing it for hours through the development process and now it seems incredibly easy to me.
Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.tinoarts.moonlight
Website: http://moonlight.tinoarts.net/
Regards,
Tino
Update 1.0.0:
- minor bug fixes
- app size reduced to less than 50%
Cool game! I think the difficulty is very high, you need quite some time to get a decent score. It's funny that the game insults you when you score something below 10 I also like the graphics very much, the ghosting effect created by the alpha channel pipes is very cool! Will you add Google Play - Games Services Leaderboards?
Thank you very much
Yes, I would like to add the leaderboards in the very near future. Also, the next update will get rid off quite unnecessary permission of getting user's location via mobile data, and I've also found a way to reduce the game size by almost 50%.
Sorry for the insulting though.
Version 1.0.0 is released, I've fixed some minor bugs and reduced the app size to less than 50%.
I would also be very glad, if some of you would be kind enough to try download the game. A friend of mine sent me a screen from Google Play yesterday, saying he is getting an "Package file is not signed properly" error. I tried to download it on my tablet and I got the same error message. Which is strange, because some people actually were able to download and install it. So I re-signed the app with tools from JDK 6, and I would be very happy to hear from you, if you actually can or can not download the game. Thank you very much!