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I've been working in a soccer game for some time, still a lot of work to do but you can see an early preview here:
I'm working now on how to control the game, you can see in it in the video. I think this is the most important part of the game.
Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated.
Thank you!
looks awesome.
I guess you could control the player with the trackball, screen upside/down, and tap the screen to shoot/pass.
Or use your onscreen D-pad and tap to shoot/pass.
awesome stuff dude.. I tried this one football game from the market and it was serious crap... this is the kind of football that would work great on touchscreens i think.
Anyway.. i got a few suggestions/ideas
I like the way you use the trackball for direction of shot and strength. I'm not sure how fast you'd be able to do this during a game with 11 players trying to get the ball from you.
Makes me wonder if it's not better to have a few buttons on the top right side of the screen for passing/shooting etc and the joystiq for aiming. Also solves a tackling or pushing off the ball dilemma you might face with the trackball.
Sprinting; tapping the joystiq side in the direction you want to have the player sprint.
Probably ridiculous but if you really want to incorporate the accelerometer you could zig zag for tricks or something.
That is amazing! I love FIFA and this is perfect...cannot wait until it is finished. As is the controls look great.
Few ideas/suggestions
1. sorry shotormorgh, I don't mean to say your idea is bad...but personally i do not like it when games use the accelerometer. There are a few that make good use of it - but generally tilting the screen when you are trying to concentrate on it makes the gameplay harder. So i would say try to stay away from the accelerometer unless you would use it for camera angle - i.e. you can tilt your camera angle by tilting the screen a bit for better view - resulting in a more 3d look in which your sprites would just change depending on the view in use? (i've seen this in a racing game for the zune before and it was quite fantastic).
2. i really like the idea of "double" tapping your "d-pad" to cause the player to sprint. That is how most console games would do it anyways. And since you are using the d-pad to control the player it should be a pretty natural gesture.
3. I think that using the trackball for shooting control is alright - it is the only way i can think of controlling the accuracy of the shot without "dulling" down the game. The only other way would be to simply use the trackball as a button. When pushed it will simply shoot in the direction your player is pointing - resulting in loss of accuracy, but then you could use the trackball as a second d-pad for "trick" maneuvers and better defense?
4. If you stick with the shooting method you have now, which i would recommend, maybe you could make use of the search, home, back, menu buttons for defense and maneuvers?
5. You could also let your users choose the control options they want...for instance they can choose a beginner mode which will make the shot a simple shoot in the direction your character is pointing or choose advanced for the trackball aim and shoot?
Regardless, great work! The graphics look great and i cannot wait to play this game!
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awesome stuff dude.. I tried this one football game from the market and it was serious crap... this is the kind of football that would work great on touchscreens i think.
Anyway.. i got a few suggestions/ideas
I like the way you use the trackball for direction of shot and strength. I'm not sure how fast you'd be able to do this during a game with 11 players trying to get the ball from you.
Makes me wonder if it's not better to have a few buttons on the top right side of the screen for passing/shooting etc and the joystiq for aiming. Also solves a tackling or pushing off the ball dilemma you might face with the trackball.
Sprinting; tapping the joystiq side in the direction you want to have the player sprint.
Probably ridiculous but if you really want to incorporate the accelerometer you could zig zag for tricks or something.
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I was thinking some time about this. Using screen buttons to shoot/pass/etc needs multitouch screen to work, and not all devices support it. Anyway some people are telling me that many new devices come without trackball...
In my tests, the use of the trackball is pretty fast (and I'm not an skilled gamer).
The idea for the accelerometer look promising! Thanks!
ebbinger_413 said:
That is amazing! I love FIFA and this is perfect...cannot wait until it is finished. As is the controls look great.
Few ideas/suggestions
1. sorry shotormorgh, I don't mean to say your idea is bad...but personally i do not like it when games use the accelerometer. There are a few that make good use of it - but generally tilting the screen when you are trying to concentrate on it makes the gameplay harder. So i would say try to stay away from the accelerometer unless you would use it for camera angle - i.e. you can tilt your camera angle by tilting the screen a bit for better view - resulting in a more 3d look in which your sprites would just change depending on the view in use? (i've seen this in a racing game for the zune before and it was quite fantastic).
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I generally agree, accelerometer works nice with some games but I don't think it would have worked in this game as a main control, but as an optional control like shotormorgh says it would. I'll think in the camera angle thing you say.
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2. i really like the idea of "double" tapping your "d-pad" to cause the player to sprint. That is how most console games would do it anyways. And since you are using the d-pad to control the player it should be a pretty natural gesture.
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At this moment I haven't planned the sprint but seems very natural to use it this way.
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3. I think that using the trackball for shooting control is alright - it is the only way i can think of controlling the accuracy of the shot without "dulling" down the game. The only other way would be to simply use the trackball as a button. When pushed it will simply shoot in the direction your player is pointing - resulting in loss of accuracy, but then you could use the trackball as a second d-pad for "trick" maneuvers and better defense?
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Yes, trackball is used mainly as a button. Optionaly using the directions of trackball you can choose the height of shoot and effect of the ball.
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4. If you stick with the shooting method you have now, which i would recommend, maybe you could make use of the search, home, back, menu buttons for defense and maneuvers?
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For now I don't plan using hardware buttons. In the first version of the game I will limit a lot the controling options, then we will add some options slowly, as people ask for it.
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5. You could also let your users choose the control options they want...for instance they can choose a beginner mode which will make the shot a simple shoot in the direction your character is pointing or choose advanced for the trackball aim and shoot?
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Yes, this morning I was thinking on a beginner/advanced mode.
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Regardless, great work! The graphics look great and i cannot wait to play this game!
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Thanks for your input!
great job! looking forward to your first public release. If you need beta user, let me know!
Anyone know any action multiplayer game for Android? I'd like to see how responsive it is.
Sniper vs. Sniper.. I guess?
Finally, the game has been released!
It is still a very buggy beta version. We expect to get some feedback from early users.
If you want to try it, this is the game:
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.strikermanager.android.strikersoccer/
Thanks!
Seems nice from the video and the UI looks pretty good, but if I start a friendly match it crashes after I choose opposing team so can't really test it :\
Happens every time I select opposing team, I'm running N1 with one of the latest Cyanogen nightlies
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Seems nice from the video and the UI looks pretty good, but if I start a friendly match it crashes after I choose opposing team so can't really test it :\
Happens every time I select opposing team, I'm running N1 with one of the latest Cyanogen nightlies
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Have you send the crash log from the force close? That will help.
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Have you send the crash log from the force close? That will help.
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Unfortunately the force close window only stays on my screen for 1/10th of a second, so I can't send the log.
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Unfortunately the force close window only stays on my screen for 1/10th of a second, so I can't send the log.
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Could you get the system log with aLog or something?
Here it is, starting at line 146 I assume:
http://pastebin.com/Mq4gap72
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Posted it from my mobile, removed the huge log now
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Here it is, starting at line 146 I assume:
http://pastebin.com/Mq4gap72
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Posted it from my mobile, removed the huge log now
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Nice! But I can't find the stacktrace dump...
Try filtering only logs with the string "striker".
Thanks a lot! Having this info is quite useful!
qgarrigos said:
Nice! But I can't find the stacktrace dump...
Try filtering only logs with the string "striker".
Thanks a lot! Having this info is quite useful!
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There is no stacktrace in the logs as far as I can see, only an uncaught exception in the dalvikvm. Filtering for striker only gives me "striker create" and so forth.
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There is no stacktrace in the logs as far as I can see, only an uncaught exception in the dalvikvm. Filtering for striker only gives me "striker create" and so forth.
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It seems a memory allocation problem... I'll see if I can solve it, but seems difficult to reproduce.
Hey Guys,
I as thinking of trying to Develop Games for android.As I am Still Quite new to this i Just thought to create a Basic TIC TAC TOE game.
I Would Really appreciate it if you guys could check it and give me feedback.The game is on Google Play.Here is the Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.athena.tictactoe
Hope you guys Download it and share your valuable feedback.
Regards,
Manas Girdhar
What can I say.. It works as expected
It would be great to see how the theme looks like when you choose it. Now to look at all the themes I need to start the game five times/press pause/choose theme and only then i see it.
But nevermind - congratulations, your've made your first game!
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What can I say.. It works as expected
It would be great to see how the theme looks like when you choose it. Now to look at all the themes I need to start the game five times/press pause/choose theme and only then i see it.
But nevermind - congratulations, your've made your first game!
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Thats is the future Plan.Implement Themes without restarting and adding more themes
Hey everyone I've recently created an app called 'Picture the Word 2pics1word' -Picture the word is the new ,original and incredibly fun game that will keep you entertained for hours.
There are 2 pics and 1 word, two random pictures which when combined together add up to one word,for example, picture a Globe and a ball, what do you get when you put them together? Global!
Earn points when getting an answer correct and use them to remove letters or reveal words!
Here is a link to the download, if anyone can spare a bit of time, I would seriously appreciate it :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=matt.obeney.picturetheword
version 1.02 is now out, with some minor bug fixes
1.03 out and a slightly better icon as well!
Version 1.03 is out! Did anybody download it, and have any feedback?
Looks nice. It woud be better if it had hints and a skip option!
Thanks for the feedback didoroki! Much appreciated There are options to remove a letter and reveal a word - but I think you're right - I might just have to implement hint and skip functionalities Thanks!
good game and very addictive. very different from the rest. thanks
Came here from XDA's G+ post. Will try out the game. I love a good brain teaser
Just curious, how many levels will the game have? A few hundred?
EDIT: Tried it out. Cool concept and good puzzles. The level with the windmill and lions almost got me. A few suggestions though if you want to take the development of the game seriously:
1. Raise the letters in the answer boxes so they "float" like they do in the letter tray, and not rest on the bottom border of the boxes. It looks like an alignment error (see attachment).
2. Add some audio. Background music, level completed sound effects, wrong word sound effects etc.
3. Work on the colour schemes. A game can be simple, but it should still try to look nice.
Looking forward to more improvements
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Thanks a lot guys! I'm glad you liked it boxygreg1982 and thanks for the awesome feedback MasterJ87! That is incredibly helpful - I'll start planning those improvements Thanks!
Okay guys there's a new version uploaded, it might take a few hours to update in the marketplace, but there are now sounds when letters are clicked and correct and wrong answer feedback audio I've also tried to improve the design slightly - I'm not very design orientated however! Thanks masterj87 for the suggestions!
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Okay guys there's a new version uploaded, it might take a few hours to update in the marketplace, but there are now sounds when letters are clicked and correct and wrong answer feedback audio I've also tried to improve the design slightly - I'm not very design orientated however! Thanks masterj87 for the suggestions!
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Happy to help mate It's really a good thing when developers and users communicate.
Once I get mine updated, I'll ring in with more feedback and ideas.
okay the update is available now would be great if anybody can download it! Thanks!
Hi!
You've made yourself a decent app right there!
Love the app, but there is room for improvement!
I find the place of the ads quite annoying, but that's just my opinion. Also, it would be awesome if you tap on the picture, it'll enlarge. I had quite a hard time with some pictures to figure out what it actually was.
I look forward to future updates, keep it up!
Greetings!
Thanks a lot for the feedback Illirici! Very useful, I like the idea of being ale to increase the image's size! That's definately on the card for the next version Thanks a lot!
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Thanks a lot for the feedback Illirici! Very useful, I like the idea of being ale to increase the image's size! That's definately on the card for the next version Thanks a lot!
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I'll be keeping an eye out for next version!
Good Luck!
Just installed the game and couldn't pass the first level. It wasn't simple as I thought but there is not even a skip level button or something like that. Actually its not an easy game for the people who do not have the English language as native.
Not sure if it is exactly alike but there is a 4 picture and guess one word version which has been out for a while and that has quite a large following.
Have a look at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.lotum.whatsinthefoto.us
Maybe you can get more ideas from that? It seems pretty successful.
Very cool app! Thanks!
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Interesting app.Kudos to the developer !
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Hello, just a little post to introduce to you the FREE and easier version of Mr. Eyes call:
Mr. Eyes For Dummies FREE !!! Check it and let me know your thoughts.
Laurent.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=laubak.android.game.mr.eyes.dummies.free
Mr. Eyes For Dummies Free is a totally innovative new game inspired by basketball. To succeed, you will need both skill and speed. It uses the laws of physics on 60 levels in 5 different sceneries, boosted by a delirious soundtrack and completely new HD graphics.
nobody tried it ?
Working fine in Xperia Sp. The 60 seconds time make it hard. Good work!
rogermontane said:
Working fine in Xperia Sp. The 60 seconds time make it hard. Good work!
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Thank you ! You nerver tried the original version with 24 secondes !!!
Thank you! Very nice style, I'll play the game and to recommend to my friends.
sergey7onov said:
Thank you! Very nice style, I'll play the game and to recommend to my friends.
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Thank you very much for your support !!!
Whoa, looks good! Like your graphics
Thx the game
I tried it! :victory:
Crashinvaders said:
Whoa, looks good! Like your graphics
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Thank you !!! I worked hard on backgrounds
NailPlay said:
I tried it! :victory:
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What do you think about it ???
Nice, I like the pingpong sound of the eye . Version for dummies is exactly for me, I can't imagine 24 seconds only.
Good response on tilting phone. Sometimes I blocked view by my hand when making an eye path (eg. level 2).
Simple and fun, I wish Mr.Eye good luck.
fivephones said:
Nice, I like the pingpong sound of the eye . Version for dummies is exactly for me, I can't imagine 24 seconds only.
Good response on tilting phone. Sometimes I blocked view by my hand when making an eye path (eg. level 2).
Simple and fun, I wish Mr.Eye good luck.
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Thank you !!! Yes, the pingpong sound good with the game.
Don't forget to rate the game in Google Play to help me
Laurent.
Nobody else ?
laubak75 said:
Nobody else ?
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I'm playing it, have been for 2 days. It's good, but I can't imagine the game NOT for dummies, it's way difficult sometimes haha.
Suggestions:
There should be an in-game purchase to remove the ads that you sometimes get.
Also, different languages support! Can't believe most of the game is in English, but when I want to exit the game the dialog is in French, and you're French too. French should be included at least!
Another method of control could be included too. Sometimes I want to play it on the bus but it's really difficult with the bumps. Same if I want to play it in bed upside down.
polobunny said:
I'm playing it, have been for 2 days. It's good, but I can't imagine the game NOT for dummies, it's way difficult sometimes haha.
Suggestions:
There should be an in-game purchase to remove the ads that you sometimes get.
Also, different languages support! Can't believe most of the game is in English, but when I want to exit the game the dialog is in French, and you're French too. French should be included at least!
Another method of control could be included too. Sometimes I want to play it on the bus but it's really difficult with the bumps. Same if I want to play it in bed upside down.
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Hello, thank you very much for feedback !!! I finished the original game with all the eyes in baskets, for this one is too easy
You have two languages : English and French, I will look why when you want to leave the message is in English.
Normaly it is French for all or English for all...
Yes, an other gameplay method will be cool but I don't know how to do it. If you have an idea.
Don't forget to leave a comment to help me
Laurent.
laubak75 said:
Hello, thank you very much for feedback !!! I finished the original game with all the eyes in baskets, for this one is too easy
You have two languages : English and French, I will look why when you want to leave the message is in English.
Normaly it is French for all or English for all...
Yes, an other gameplay method will be cool but I don't know how to do it. If you have an idea.
Don't forget to leave a comment to help me
Laurent.
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I guess you are better than me!
My phone is all in French, but the game shows in English, except the dialogs which are in French. Really weird. The main menu shows PLAY and other parts are in English. The intro is in English (created by Laurent etc etc) but the name of the app is Mr. Eyes pour les nuls.
For other gameplay, I think left and right arrows at the bottom could work ok.
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I guess you are better than me!
My phone is all in French, but the game shows in English, except the dialogs which are in French. Really weird. The main menu shows PLAY and other parts are in English. The intro is in English (created by Laurent etc etc) but the name of the app is Mr. Eyes pour les nuls.
For other gameplay, I think left and right arrows at the bottom could work ok.
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Ah OK, yes dialogs are in English or French but, menus background are in English. I dind't want to redraw backgrounds....
Arrows are a good idea but I there will be in front of Mr. Eyes on some devices.
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Ah OK, yes dialogs are in English or French but, menus background are in English. I dind't want to redraw backgrounds....
Arrows are a good idea but I there will be in front of Mr. Eyes on some devices.
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Ah ok makes sense.
I don't know other method of controls that are possible to use. A virtual joystick? Hmm. :/
Much more colourful than dark roads
One more excellent game,rated 5 stars.
Thank s
polobunny said:
Ah ok makes sense.
I don't know other method of controls that are possible to use. A virtual joystick? Hmm. :/
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I am not sure for the virtual joystick... Same problem...
Penacal said:
Much more colourful than dark roads
One more excellent game,rated 5 stars.
Thank s
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Thank you !!! Yes, more and more colourful !!!
The next game I am working on will be dark too.
After it I will go back to a flashy game
Laurent.
Hi every one! I am happy to announce my entry into the Android Developer circle with my first app, Rigors of Space.
The game is an infinite flyer with simple tilt based steering system. You must pilot your ship through the rigors of space and safely to earth. Being an infinite flyer your success isn't likely, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
You can get it from the play store.
I tried my best to give it an old-scifi-cartoony aesthetic.
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here is a video
nice game
:good::good:
Cool game
I like your space game. The graphics is very nicely drawn, the only thing that looks a bit strange compared to everything else around is the spaceship of the player. Since the player should be the most important part of the game, I suggest to make the spaceship look nicer (especially the flat, red wings don't look that fancy in my opinion)
Great work on your first game dude! The animation and all the particle effects look really awesome, very polished for a first game for sure.
Judging from the screenshots, I didn't except much at first, but after trying it, I really like this game!
I like the idea and the graphics (I guess the players ship could be improved though).
When you die, the game wants you to insert a name. When you die a second time, the game makes you insert your name a second time. It'd be nice if the game remembered the name that was inserted the first time.
Really cool game though. I really like the trail that the spaceship leaves behind. Good job dude!
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Hi every one! I am happy to announce my entry into the Android Developer circle with my first app, Rigors of Space.
The game is an infinite flyer with simple tilt based steering system. You must pilot your ship through the rigors of space and safely to earth. Being an infinite flyer your success isn't likely, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
You can get it from the play store.
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Hi, the game was nice, but I found a bug in it on my device.
I'm able to play the game only one time each time I open the game.
The next time I press the play button game starts but it again returns to the menu.
Thank you all for the feedback guys
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I like your space game. The graphics is very nicely drawn, the only thing that looks a bit strange compared to everything else around is the spaceship of the player. Since the player should be the most important part of the game, I suggest to make the spaceship look nicer (especially the flat, red wings don't look that fancy in my opinion)
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Funny thing about the space ship. I always wanted to give my game a sort of retro-scifi cartoon aesthetic, and I was originally going with a flat, bold color palette. So I made the spaceship first, but when I started working on my other art assets I saw that the flat look wasn't going to fly. I ended up giving every thing else a bit more shading and depth, but left the space ship the same. I guess I should update the ship though
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Judging from the screenshots, I didn't except much at first, but after trying it, I really like this game!
I like the idea and the graphics (I guess the players ship could be improved though).
When you die, the game wants you to insert a name. When you die a second time, the game makes you insert your name a second time. It'd be nice if the game remembered the name that was inserted the first time.
Really cool game though. I really like the trail that the spaceship leaves behind. Good job dude!
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Yeah I was having problems with the keyboard. It does remember your name, but the keyboard pops up anytime your current score is high enough to be listed on the top 10 scores leader board. I'm working on a button that asks you whether you want to change your name instead of automatically assuming that you do. Until then just press enter as soon as the keyboard pops up and your pass name should be chosen automatically.
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Hi, the game was nice, but I found a bug in it on my device.
I'm able to play the game only one time each time I open the game.
The next time I press the play button game starts but it again returns to the menu.
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That's odd. Does this only happen when you press the replay button specifically?
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That's odd. Does this only happen when you press the replay button specifically?
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Yes, not only for replay button, but also for play button when I press it the second time after playing once
how many languages
how many languages have you localized, i think it will be much helpful to have more localized version
I was thinking of making a space game like your's
Your game looks nice!!
Looks cool
Good job on your first game! What did you make it with?