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Pirate Skirmish - My first real game

I just published the demo for my first attempt at a decent Android game...it was developed on a G1, on which it's barely playable, but I'm really interested to know how/if it performs on other devices. If you're bored please take a look.
There is definitely a lot of room for improvement in the AI and general optimization, but I really want to make sure I get any stability issues cleared up before I go digging through that code again, I'm still open to criticism/suggestions, though!
If you are able to get it to crash, please give me as much detail as you can.

Niiice will download now
Edit Pretty good game actualy (oh and btw im first rating and comment :L )

Looks good, not bad ! Graphics could be improved here and there, but it's a good concept ! Looking forward to the finished game.

Thanks guys! Yeah I'm really not much of an artist, I don't consider them final, but I don't know that I'll be able to improve on them much either My big plans for the full version are a lot more maps, a few more special attacks, improved AI, and multiplayer if I'm able to get it sorted out.

Pretty good! Glad to see you developing a high quality game!
PS I sent you a little message.

Has potential, it hangs up my moto droid. Hard to negotiate between screesn.

So how do i get this game on my Hero? Just take a picture of that barcode picture and then what?

villian1998 said:
Has potential, it hangs up my moto droid. Hard to negotiate between screesn.
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Does it hang during gameplay itself or during the map loading screen? I'm halfway through a complete re-write of the AI that I hope will improve the framerate (right now the pathfinding alone takes something like 60% of the G1's CPU)
ink718 said:
So how do i get this game on my Hero? Just take a picture of that barcode picture and then what?
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If you have the barcode scanner or goggles app you can scan that image which translates to a market link, or just search for Pirate Skirmish on the market

Awesome Concept!
Works flawlessly on my EVO. I do agree that the graphics could use a little sprucin' but overall the concept is what sets it apart. And multiplayer would make me like the happiest person alive!
Great game, keep up the amazing work!

Works nicely on my Galaxy S, no issues/bugs, a few comments
- green highlighting around which ship you've currently selected is too hard to see
- perhaps require a double-tap to change ship
- maybe slow down gamespeed a little, it's a bit hard to micro.

You could use an exit method, at least back doesn't work on my SGS. Also, a write up, at least something brief on how things work would be lovely, at least if you don't want to turn-off the average Android person who stumbles upon your game.

I just installed the game on my an Evo and it works.
Suggestions:
- Instructions on how to play, move, goals.
- The two player mode was hard navigate. Attempting to select the second player brought the first player to the second players location. Confirming movement when over a second player would be a plus.
- Background sound, maybe waves, music, ocean sound.
- Instead of pumping up the graphics, keep it simple, but decorate the maps.
- Add a story plot at the intro.
Well thats my opinion, love the work, I hope we'll see more. Thanks for sharing.

Great feedback guys, thanks! I've whipped up a How-to guide and posted it on the site (I can't post links yet I guess, but you can get to it from the market)
alovell83, the back button issue should be fixed in 1.3, can you confirm if you're still having issues after upgrading? (Actually introduced a new bug in the process, now it's a little too eager to quit when the back button is hit)
I think it's time I get to work on a settings menu, since everyone is going to have a different preference, so far I'm thinking adjustable HUD/icon sizes, ship selection method (tap, double tap, long press), and game speed. Any other suggestions?
I'm also planning to add a few new special items in the near future. I've got a couple ideas, but if anyone has suggestions for this, now's the time!
Back to the graphics, the castle graphic is probably the best example of what I'm ultimately aiming for, clean and simple...but throwing in some terrain decorations is a good idea, and I'm sure it will help a lot towards bringing the maps to life.

kinda reminds me of a long abandoned game i used to play called world of pirates online
this game has a lot of potential!

Bout to check it out. Market lagging for some reason
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

just downloaded the game. it's pretty good game, just need a li'l work here and there. especially the animation. and one other thing. you should put hot to play. it took me a while to figure how to play.

Well it works good so far on the hero. And I have seen apps way worse that you have to pay for. So by the time your done I'm sure it will be great.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

Any way you could provide an APK? I don't know what's going on with my phone but the Market keeps crashing every time I try to DL Pirate Skirmish... not other apps, just that one. Weird.

Sure thing, here is the .apk for version 1.3.2 just published including the How to Play link from the main menu, thanks again everyone.
Since 1.3.1 I haven't seen any crashes in the dev console, but as far as I know these only show up for 2.2 devices. So again, if anyone is getting a repeatable crash, please send me the logcat output and a quick description of how you caused it. If you don't have adb installed on your computer there is another great app called Catlog in the market that will let you save and send logs from your phone.

Awesome, thanks! I'll report back after trying it out a bit.
Update: I got a "This application closed unexpectedly" within a minute or so... I was trying to attack a castle and I was tapping it over and over. I am on 2.2 using a Desire ROM by mattc on an HD2. HD2 normally doesn't have any issues that standard Android devices don't have, but who knows depending on how the app works... I don't have ADB, but I'll go get Catalog and send logs if I can figure it out.

[GAME][APK] Egg Catcher

Hi, I would like to ask for your help for our study. We created a game, entitled Egg Catcher, for our study/thesis. Our professor told us to post this game online to have an online evaluation, thus, we cant afford to upload it the market because it's a bit expensive for us. So we decided to post it here in the forum.
We kindly ask for your feedback, whether it is good, bad or if the game needs improvement, and also your comments about the game's compatibility issue. As far as I know, the game works well with Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830.
I attached some screenshots of the game such as the Main Menu, the game itself and the highscore. I also attached the apk of the game.
This is for educational purposes only, thank you guys!

Force close on adding name on score, also can you make option to use touchscreen instead of accelerometer, it's to slow. on wildfire s

Egg catcher
Force closes after game and no volume contol ... G-Nex

einstein.frat said:
Force close on adding name on score
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Same thing here, on unlocked HTC IncS

einstein.frat said:
Force close on adding name on score, also can you make option to use touchscreen instead of accelerometer, it's to slow. on wildfire s
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Same as he said. On Motorola Atrix 4G with CM7

wolfff said:
Same thing here, on unlocked HTC IncS
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Same here. HTC Sensation running ics. Runs well however.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA

Thank you for your comments and suggestions! About the force close issue, my partner, Pat Soo, already fixed the bug when entering the high score after the game. I've attached the new apk of our game, hope you like it!
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I tested it using my LG-P690 Optimus Net.

Great Start!
I checked it out using CDMA Razr XT912. I noticed a couple of issues among the other things that have already been said, (no volume control, posting name FC).
On the Razr;
1. The eggs fall all the way to the bottom of the screen, but, when they break they show up near the top 1/4 of the screen instead of on the "ground" at the bottom...
2. The sound buttons in the main menu, the sound button on the left works to turn off all sound effects and music, but the one on the right (Musical Note) does not work.
3. When opening the application, it goes straight to the high scores board instead of the main menu screen.
4. the rate of eggs dropping increases at a EXTREMELY high rate, this may be the desire of the developer but it seemed that after just a minute there were more eggs dropping than could ever be caught with accelerometer controls. (although contrary to other posts I have seen on this the speed of the accelerometer controls worked very well for me, quick and smooth with the Razr. Differences in manufacturing of each device and the accelerometers used in each could really cause some issues across a wide variety of platforms so a touch option would be a nice choice.)
5. Finally the last thing that I noticed is that if you press your "Home" button while still in a game it will not pause or even stop the music, so you will have to reopen the application from your app drawer to close out the game and stop the music.
I like this concept for a simple children's game and with accelerometer controls it could even be useful to help development of hand eye coordination skills. sadly as stated the wide variety of accelerometers in devices could cause a great variance of control speed, I think this is a really cool class project and hope to see more and more of these types of projects shared!!!
OVERALL RATING: Still sanding out the rough spots but... TWO THUMBS UP!!!

longino07 said:
Thank you for your comments and suggestions! About the force close issue, my partner, Pat Soo, already fixed the bug when entering the high score after the game. I've attached the new apk of our game, hope you like it!
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I tested it using my LG-P690 Optimus Net.
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You should attach the version no. on apk and upload it to your OP. If not, ppl coming in will still download the apk in the very first post and report force close...

jerryhou85 said:
You should attach the version no. on apk and upload it to your OP. If not, ppl coming in will still download the apk in the very first post and report force close...
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Sorry for late reply, I already edited the first post! Thanks!

longino07 said:
Hi, I would like to ask for your help for our study. We created a game, entitled Egg Catcher, for our study/thesis. Our professor told us to post this game online to have an online evaluation, thus, we cant afford to upload it the market because it's a bit expensive for us. So we decided to post it here in the forum.
We kindly ask for your feedback, whether it is good, bad or if the game needs improvement, and also your comments about the game's compatibility issue. As far as I know, the game works well with Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830.
I attached some screenshots of the game such as the Main Menu, the game itself and the highscore. I also attached the apk of the game.
This is for educational purposes only, thank you guys!
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You can send source code for me. Please!
address: [email protected]

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I sent an email to them asking if they (Alphanoize Games) could optimize the game for Xperia Play Controls.
answer:
Hello
we're happy to hear you like our game (we love it too ! For the XPeria controls, we cannot say if and when we include them. Currently we want to adapt the current version for all common Android devices, which is very tricky !
As soon as we have any updates, we'll spread it via Google+/Facebook/Twitter, so feel free to follow us there !
Have a nice weekend,
Arne
Alphanoize Games
Arne Wörheide & Hicham Allaoui, Computerspiele GbR
Waldrandsiedlung 7
16761 Hennigsdorf
Germany

They dont even need to optimize it for the Play specifically, all they have to do is make the generic android d-pad and d-pad center buttons work with the controls. It would take them 5 minutes. After that response I am tempted to just do it my self. GRRRRRRR........ Found myself a new project.

looks like i am going to have to modify the game engine itself for this to work, I know what I need to do, but I have no experience translating touch input to keyboard input. I have some reading to do. Hopefully I can do a quick and dirty Xperia Play port.

keep going , I've juste finish super meat boy on pc (light world) .
I've try cheese man and it's smell like smb ^^ , it would be great with xperia play pad.
Thanks in advance.

great when combined with gamekeyboard.

Mael5trom said:
great when combined with gamekeyboard.
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How did you get it working? Everytime I launch the game it goes into portrait mode and causes issues.

nevermind, i got it, this games is a thousand times better with gamekeyboard! Holy crap, we have Super Meat Boy on our Plays!!

indeed, difficulty goes up and down as it goes along, 3 cheesed the whole game within a couple of hours playing on and off, dunno how the hell you would do some of those levels on touch screen only tbh...

It says it's not compatible!
I'm using Darkforest 3.0.5 if that helps.
It's confusing because it's compatible with my LG Vortex, that is a VERY low end device too...

Here's another Super Meat Boy style game. Maybe there is someone interested.
Mini Dash ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playcreek.MiniDashFree )

[GAME] Finger Shepherd (Android)

Hi all,
I've been developing my game for a couple of years now (you reallly can't underestimate how long these things take when done in your spare time!)
I've finally released it, so would be interested in the feedback of you knowledgeable bunch. The game is called Finger Shepherd and is a sheep herding game with 3D graphics. As you know, there's only so many devices I can test on myself so any bugs / issues / suggestions / feedback would be greatly appreciated.
The package is called "shibby.fingershepherd"; if someone else could post the URL for me I'd be grateful!
Mod Edit: Here you go
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=shibby.fingershepherd
Some screenshots attached.
Thanks for any feedback you can provide!
Lewis (Shibby)

good game it's really fun

Nice work! Love it!
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This is quite interesting.
And I find that the sheep there are so lovable.:laugh:

Thanks - much appreciated!
I've had a few comments that the difficulty is too high on some of the water levels. The drop-off rate through the online leaderboards seems to support this, so I'm planning to make a few tweaks...

Finger Shepherd Updated
I have now published an update. Any more feedback, please let me know and I'll work to improve the game
Changelog:
Much needed tweaking of difficulty on a number of levels
Lighting bugfix
Tip display bugfix on smaller screens
Performance optimised on certain devices
You can now unlock one of the minigames by sharing on twitter
The new version is displayed as 1.0.2.
I'd appreciate it if any users here would have a go at enabling Gree and logging some scores to the leaderboards - this uses 3rd party code that could do with as much testing as possible ( much like my own code really )

When screen turns off after you win the game goes to pause menu from which you can only restart or go back to game youve already won. Otherwise very nice game

Hi,
Just letting you know that the game has been updated again! Target times have been adjusted again based on user feedback. Also there is a brand new minigame called "The Maze" waiting for you to play :victory:

Very fun and nice idea ! I had my finger on the screen when it first started it took me by surprise
The game runs smooth and very well, I just noticed that you are allowing the user to change some stuff that as developers we use mostly to debug such as the FPS which in my opinion you can make it (even as a setting) disabled and invisible to the user. Much better UX in my opinion
Also, It worked well on a relatively low end device = ), didn't expect that as it is 3D
Again nice game and well done! Left you a comment on GP for support : )

Really nice game. Looks like all your time and effort paid off.

Thanks folks, I'm chuffed you like the game The feedback is useful and I intend to keep up with the updates.
eli.r said:
Also, It worked well on a relatively low end device = ), didn't expect that as it is 3D
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Again nice game and well done! Left you a comment on GP for support : )
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Thanks for the great review. I started the game (just checked) in April 2011, so it's designed to work on the devices that were popular back then at a minimum.
Xunile said:
Really nice game. Looks like all your time and effort paid off.
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I'm glad you like it! I'm not totally convinced that it's paid off, however It's so difficult to get downloads - very few per day, and it's on its way down the rankings at the moment. Hard to see where new downloads will come from... It's incredibly competitive in the play store nowadays - might be a different story if I had released it 2 years ago.
Sorry, don't mean to sound too depressed about it! It's been a fun experience developing the game and I'm already thinking about the next one

good game it's really fun
but graphics makes my cry

[GAME][2.3+] Bounce Out - Puzzle Game

Bounce Out
I just released a new puzzle game, please check it out on Google Play here (free, no ads):
Bounce Out - Google Play
Short demo:
Tap the white tiles to add and rotate shapes. Bounce the ball through the exit to solve each puzzle. Buttons, bombs, ghosts, and more. Can you master the game and earn all 90 stars?
Making games isn't my day job, it's something I do as an outlet for creative expression. My post here is simply to share that expression with as many others as I can. I hope you find my games unique and enjoyable. Of course, they may not be perfect so any feedback is greatly welcome!

Yes! I've been waiting for this game.
Just downloaded it, the graphics are really clean and fun. I'll keep playing and let you know more.

tesla212 said:
Yes! I've been waiting for this game.
Just downloaded it, the graphics are really clean and fun. I'll keep playing and let you know more.
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Thank you! I got some feedback that the button color scheme is difficult for those that are color blind, so I may change it up a bit.

Nice game thanks for posting

aneesh1234 said:
Nice game thanks for posting
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Thanks for playing!

Wow, this game looks really professional. I am having a lot of fun with it!
I'm surprised this is free.

upita said:
Wow, this game looks really professional. I am having a lot of fun with it!
I'm surprised this is free.
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Thanks upita, please share with your friends. Just trying to reach as many people as I can, no interest in making a profit.

So I've been playing the past 3 days and here's my update for you.
I got through the easy and medium levels. I must say, awesome stuff! The difficulty in game play increases at a good rate. The music is relaxing, but most of the time I just mute it and put my own ambient music on in the background.
I like the gameplay, it's like no other apps I've played. The closest thing I can think of is Chip's Challenge from Windows 98, was this any influence?
Anyways great work, I look forward to trying the hard levels now.

Pretty good game, nice !

nice game! good graphics , looking forward a new update!

Nice
I love the game
Great job

good application, good gameplay , really well done!

Hey,
I liked the demo video
However, I didn't install as I am confused as to why 'location' is required as permission
Could you clarify?

ASIC SP said:
Hey,
I liked the demo video
However, I didn't install as I am confused as to why 'location' is required as permission
Could you clarify?
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Thank you for pointing this out! There is absolutely no reason the app would require location service. I was using similar build settings to a different app I was working on and forgot to remove this setting. I have corrected the permissions and am now releasing update 1.5.
I will let you know once Google Play has Version 1.5 available.

HIngalou said:
Thank you for pointing this out! There is absolutely no reason the app would require location service. I was using similar build settings to a different app I was working on and forgot to remove this setting. I have corrected the permissions and am now releasing update 1.5.
I will let you know once Google Play has Version 1.5 available.
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1.5 is now on Google Play - No special permissions required

Nice game, good idea. Well done

Omar_KBS98 said:
I love the game
Great job
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Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy it.

Catchy game with nice idea, i like it!

I really liked this game

Congrats on finishing it. Will test it