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[GAME] CrossMaster

Hi guys!
We have created a new puzzle game for Android called CrossMaster, which we have just published on the Android Market and are looking now to increase its visibility (a bit hard on the market... )
CrossMaster is a puzzle game with a simple concept. Challenges are composed by a grid of blocks, which player have to clean up by crossing them out. What looks a simple task, become more complicated as only some certain number of blocks can be crossed out each move and only in a row and column. If player run out of moves, he will have to reset the challenge and start again. What to cross out should be considered very carefully!
As player progress, challenges increase on difficulty both in number of blocks and blocks to cross. After some easily solved levels to show the game rules, game could become quite challenge and addictive. take care!
CrossMaster includes global leaderboard, game achievements and social network integration with OpenFeint.
Game is presented in 2 versions, a free ad-supported version and a ad-free version at 0.99€, BOTH featuring 150 levels and 2 game modes.
CrossMaster is right now available in the Android Market by searching CrossMaster or through one of the URL's below:
Full no Ads: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.noemar.crossmaster
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Full Ad-Supported: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.noemar.crossmaster_ad
More info in our website: http://noemargames.wordpress.com/
Feedback and comments are welcome!
Thanks and hope you will enjoy playing!
Antonio

No comments?
I'm looking for feedback, comments and improvement ideas. Feel free to give a try to the free version, includes exactly the same functionality, just with some ads.
Thanks in advance!

Nice graphics and animation and the touch controls are great. It didn't hold my interest, but couldn't really put my finger on why.
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Thanks for your feedback.
We have received some comments about the initial levels are too easy and could be a bit boring. I will review and try to increase its difficulty.
Thanks!

The first impression based on the graphics in this tread is good. I shall download and review it later on today.

Tricky-Design said:
The first impression based on the graphics in this tread is good. I shall download and review it later on today.
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Thanks a lot!

As promised my review:
The first time i started the program it showed a FC. For your information I'm running standard Android 2.2.1 on a HTC Desire Z.
The first levels are indeed to easy and much too look a like. I should expect that when you get to level 20 (which i did) there is sometime changing (for example the number of blocks will increase every 5 or 10 levels.
Besides that there isn't really a competition factor included when playing the game. If you take a look at for example angry birds, slice it or ... . They give an overview how good you did with stars from 1 to 3 or 5. Maybe it is good to show the time it took for someone to finish the level and rate it.
The game play is smooth, but those to things doesn't make me want to play it again and again and get faster or at higher levels.
Still a very good job though, I'm not able to build it at this moment. Still learning

Thanks Tricky.
About the FC, maybe you were pressing some key while the app were starting? I found a bug which is already solved but have no time yet to upload the new version to the market.
About the levels, I think the problem is those inital levels. Fun starts about level 15-20 where number of blocks increases enough and level 20 when you have to cross 3 blocks. Afterwards blocks to cross increase up to 5 and the number of blocks inboard up to 40-45.
But well, the game beginning could made some players to give up.
The Puzzle mode is a bit more difficult as it's harder to progress. You can restart each level only some limited number of times and you will have to start again if uses all of them. There are some checkpoints every 10 levels.
In any case, I found quite interesting to implement some 'stars' score to reflect how are you performing. Good idea! thanks!

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Still a very good job though, I'm not able to build it at this moment. Still learning
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I forgot. Have a look on andengine framework, if not yet! It's a superb game programming framework for android and really easy to learn. Give me a touch if you need some help

agascon said:
Thanks Tricky.
About the FC, maybe you were pressing some key while the app were starting? I found a bug which is already solved but have no time yet to upload the new version to the market.
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Yeah I was pressing the - vol button so it wouldn't make any sound.
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About the levels, I think the problem is those inital levels. Fun starts about level 15-20 where number of blocks increases enough and level 20 when you have to cross 3 blocks. Afterwards blocks to cross increase up to 5 and the number of blocks inboard up to 40-45.
But well, the game beginning could made some players to give up.
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I think this would have happened if I downloaded it from the market without the purpose of reviewing it. It is not hard to reach level 20 but I think if it takes less time people do see a change.
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The Puzzle mode is a bit more difficult as it's harder to progress. You can restart each level only some limited number of times and you will have to start again if uses all of them. There are some checkpoints every 10 levels.
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I totally forgot there were more modes to the game. Because i've started and did only select continue game.
Maybe it is good idea to switch the menu:
- new game (were you've selected a game time)
- continue game
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- Classic mode (new / continue game)
- Puzzle mode (new / continue game)
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In any case, I found quite interesting to implement some 'stars' score to reflect how are you performing. Good idea! thanks!
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I'm glad i could help.

It's hard to pass up a QRCode, so figured I'd give this a go!
While the puzzle element is good, I admit I had trouble sticking with the game past about the first 12 levels. The gameplay is somewhat repetitive, and tho the increasing blocks does offer a challenge there just isn't enough "reward" in completing the levels.
An increase to the challenge might be in order. Perhaps a play mode with a countdown timer that forces the user to try and complete the level in a period of time? The Puzzle Mode could use a reward too... Maybe you get a certain number of resets for all 50 levels, but then earn "bonus" resets in certain levels?
The concept and presentation are good. I just felt the gameplay didn't really grab me.

Thanks guys!
Very valuable comments! By the moment I will start with some redesign of the initial classic levels so to try to catch the player. Probably will release an update today with them.
And also I have guessed some improvements from your comments, but this will take more time to be implemented.

I want to try it but It can't be installed through market in my device (see sig). Could you upload somewhere the .apk or can you make it available for us, too?

loving the game so far. i love puzzle games and this is a new, unique concept. great job. i'll post more thoughts after i've had some time with it.

I like it. My only suggestion would be to widen the line drawn on screen.
Good work and thanks!
I think the suggestions here have been good too.
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I was thinking... what about some different coloured blocks? For example, a yellow block, once crossed, could become white and go when crossed again, a red block could be crossed into a yellow one and so on. Every X levels (5, 10) new types could appear.
My two cents.

It doesn't work on my LG O2x
Application ends immediately after opening

ishkarioth said:
I was thinking... what about some different coloured blocks? For example, a yellow block, once crossed, could become white and go when crossed again, a red block could be crossed into a yellow one and so on. Every X levels (5, 10) new types could appear.
My two cents.
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Thanks ishkarioth!
We have some ideas from improvements similar to this. It will take some time to be ready, but we are designing a 3rd game mode with all your comments.

tikkie said:
It doesn't work on my LG O2x
Application ends immediately after opening
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Hi tikkie,
May you install alogcat viewer from the market (e.g. https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jtb.alogcat) and send me the output right after the application crashes? I will investigate what's the problem.
Thanks!

Hi there!
We got a comment in the market about...
It didn't work on my Milestone with Froyo.
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Somebody with a Milestone with Froyo can confirm and maybe send me a logcat after the crash?
Thanks!
BTW, in case of problems let us know here in the post, in our blog, email... but not in the market with 1* where we cannot answer anything!

[GAME][1.6+] Roaring Skies - Multiplayer Battle Arenas!

An original idea featuring a back and forth tug of war between two factions. Upgrade your plane by landing on the carrier, kill drones to earn money, take your enemies down!
Find out more about us at www.brewengine.com
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2.2.2 (23) - Mar 6, 2012
Fixed crash on pre Android 2.3 devices.
2.2.1 (22) - Mar 6, 2012
Multiplayer related fixes.
2.2 (21) - Mar 1, 2012
Fixed an error that occurred when using Paypal.
UI improvements.
Enabled moving application to SD card.
2.1.1 (20) - Feb 24, 2012
Bug/crash fixes.
2.1 (19) - Feb 9, 2012
Facebook sharing integration to get more coins!
Increased speed of B-17.
Bug fixes.
2.0.2 (N/A) - Feb 3, 2012 - Server only update
2.0.1 (18) - Feb 3, 2012
3D planes and terrain!
Fixed several crashes (thanks for your reports).
Added 3 new planes to play!
Fixed crash occurring when there is no data connection.
2.0 (17) - Feb 3, 2012
3D planes and terrain!
Fixed several crashes (thanks for your reports).
Added 3 new planes to play!
1.2.3 (16) -1/24-
Added social features.
Adding BILLING permission for some exciting new features coming soon!
1.2.2 (15)
Fixed out of memory crash when launching game on lower end devices.
Added DONATE button.
In practice matches, reduced difficulty for new players. Blast away!
1.2.1 (14)
New version upgrade reminder (for all the non-Market pirates out there, yarr!).
Multiplayer positioning fixes.
Fixed crash when using tilt control.
1.2
No ads as a limited time promotion!
Performance optimizations.
Added list of player kills.
Added off-screen indicators for when units are outside viewable area. SWEET!
Join a multiplayer game directly from single player!
Increased readability for tutorial tips and other notifications.
Touch notifications to remove them.
Fixed OpenFeint Player Kill leaderboard.
1.1 - 11/5/2011
Memory management improvements.
Improved game loading time.
Added loading screens while loading assets.
Added red overlay indicator of when a unit is hit (taking damage).
Fixed delay when entering store.
OpenFeint achievement fixes, new leaderboard for Practice Match difficulty.
Added ‘multiplayer game available’ notification.
1.0 -10/12-
OpenFeint Integration
More explosions!
Fixes for multiplayer jerkiness.
0.6.7 -9/22-
Fix chase camera.
0.6.6 -9/21-
Credits, showing our love
Check out our kickstarter.com page!
Several multiplayer fixes for smoother game play!
0.6.5 -9/16-
Adding multiple control schemes
Keeping the screen on
0.6.4 -9/14-
Fixed a crash on devices running Android versions older than 2.2.
v0.6.3 -9/13-
Drones have less health and are ready to fight faster.
Various improvements to tips and menus.
Multiplayer health issue fixed.
Changed onslaught game-type to survival.
v.0.6.2 -9/7- [Market Beta Release]
Earlier enemy engagement.
Helpful arrows show you where to go for upgrades and repairs.
AI improvements to reduce “random victory.”
Implemented explosion effect.
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Downloaded and using.

downloading now, sounds fun
update: Controls didn't mention it was using a "one finger hold, one finger tap" to change speeds.
Also, the game doesn't pause when you leave the game or close the phone.
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sailow said:
update: Controls didn't mention it was using a "one finger hold, one finger tap" to change speeds.
Also, the game doesn't pause when you leave the game or close the phone.
Sent from my PG86100 using Tapatalk
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Great feedback! Thanks!

Maybe I was terrible at this game, but I played for a couple minutes on the level and I didn't seem to be making any progress. Do you ever get a better gun?
Pretty fun though, nice graphics. Is this a 3d engine?

This is really great though it's really hard because it's like you're not doing any damage at all to the enemies. Maybe try adding some bigger missiles?
Also a different controller would do good too because the enemies are being blocked by the fingers.
But I must say this really has potential, no problem with the stability of the game. Great job!

Looks cool. Old concept in new dimension! Downloading

Bygones said:
Maybe I was terrible at this game, but I played for a couple minutes on the level and I didn't seem to be making any progress. Do you ever get a better gun?
Pretty fun though, nice graphics. Is this a 3d engine?
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libGDX supports 3D, but we aren't utilizing any of its 3D features. By using different sprites and scaling, we are giving the effect of rotating the plane and changing altitude, but they're all 2D sprites.

iynfynity said:
This is really great though it's really hard because it's like you're not doing any damage at all to the enemies. Maybe try adding some bigger missiles?
Also a different controller would do good too because the enemies are being blocked by the fingers.
But I must say this really has potential, no problem with the stability of the game. Great job!
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A different controller option is a good idea. Did you try zooming out in the settings? That might help.
As far as bigger gun/missiles did you guys see the upgrades, ie fire rate, damage, and range?
Thanks for the awesome feedback!

I just played another "Quick Match" I didn't see any upgrades, and it took a good while of me tailing another plane shooting it forever to blow one up.
One thing, it randomly said Victory!, but I was still able to fly around, and there were still small planes and big ships, I eventually died. What was I suppose to do? It seemed I killed all the big planes, but I wasn't sure of the objective.
Overall, I like the feel of the game, but feel my personal plane isn't contributing to the fight much at all, unless I'm missing how to get upgrades, I didn't see any of those.

Bygones said:
I just played another "Quick Match" I didn't see any upgrades, and it took a good while of me tailing another plane shooting it forever to blow one up.
One thing, it randomly said Victory!, but I was still able to fly around, and there were still small planes and big ships, I eventually died. What was I suppose to do? It seemed I killed all the big planes, but I wasn't sure of the objective.
Overall, I like the feel of the game, but feel my personal plane isn't contributing to the fight much at all, unless I'm missing how to get upgrades, I didn't see any of those.
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I like this feedback! We definitely want the place to upgrade(landing on the carrier) to be more straight forward. Right now the objective of the game is to kill the big planes. Your team must have killed them for you, something we will make less likely to occur. Also, seeing the big planes first makes you want to kill them first (we think), so instead we'll make it so the first thing you see is the little planes. We'll also make the little planes die easier when on easy setting and just starting out. Hopefully when you buy upgrades, you'll feel like you're contributing to the game.

We made some updates on the market in response to the feedback here. More feedback would be helpful.
Thanks!

nice～～ill try it

nice games, I love this

Wow this game is great, only thing would be to add some depth, idk how though.

Xencer said:
Wow this game is great, only thing would be to add some depth, idk how though.
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We've been saying "more depth" as well. It will be a hard juggle with adding depth but keeping complexity out of the mobile phone space. If anyone has any ideas we'd love to hear them! In the mean time keep an eye out for changes, we have some ideas of our own.
Also, the multiplayer game is a lot of fun if you can sync up with a partner.

yishengfuzhu said:
nice～～ill try it
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ifn_ace said:
nice games, I love this
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Thanks guys! Did you try multiplayer?

iv4iv4 said:
We've been saying "more depth" as well. It will be a hard juggle with adding depth but keeping complexity out of the mobile phone space. If anyone has any ideas we'd love to hear them! In the mean time keep an eye out for changes, we have some ideas of our own.
Also, the multiplayer game is a lot of fun if you can sync up with a partner.
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These are just ideas, but depending on how realistic you are trying to make things, you could do level based and every few levels have a big boss fight(big ships, big aircraft, blimps, submarines, etc). Or you could do wave mode, or survival mode. These options don't add much more complexity into the game then is already there, just change the objective.

Market won't let me install it on my SGS, why?

Magnumutz said:
Market won't let me install it on my SGS, why?
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I'm not sure but I've read that these types of errors are outside of the control of the developers. The SGS has run it before. Do you get any kind of error message? Perhaps you don't have enough space available? The game currently takes up 12MB of space. We'll try to reduce that amount later. Another possibility is that the download started, then lost connection, and now you have to remove the application in the settings.
Hope that helps!

[GAME][FREE][2.3+] Funky Lights (Now The Paid Version is FREE) [Pump Up Your Brain]

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Funky Lights Classic puzzle game! 52 original levels & intuitive gameplay! 3 HINTS every day
Test yourself with a Funky Lights Classic puzzle game! Enjoy 52 exciting levels with intuitive gameplay – try simple levels first and gradually progress to challenging ones.
Just move Lasers on a 7x7 field to hit all Targets on its borders. Help yourself with Mirrors, Splitters, Glasses and Prisms. Start with solving first levels to unlock next ones.
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Test yourself with a Funky Lights puzzle game! Enjoy 100 exciting levels with intuitive gameplay – try simple levels first and gradually progress to challenging ones.
Just move Lasers on a 7x7 field to hit all Targets on its borders. Help yourself with Mirrors, Splitters, Glasses and Prisms. Start with solving first levels to unlock next ones.
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- Cool minimalistic design with HD graphics
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Looks great. Gotta try it out . Graphics are awesome.

Khoga said:
Looks great. Gotta try it out . Graphics are awesome.
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Thanks, we tried our best! By the way, have a look for further updates with new levels added

Great professional design, loving the logo, haven't tried it out yet but looks great.

Very good puzzle. 5 stars! It would be good some effects like explosions. Good luck!

StoryNative said:
Great professional design, loving the logo, haven't tried it out yet but looks great.
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Rango777 said:
Very good puzzle. 5 stars! It would be good some effects like explosions. Good luck!
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Thanks for the comments

Thank you for the game - graphics and gameplay are cool!
BTW, do you plan any hint system in further updates?

Simple&nice - it's what i like, thx

Awesome game, i'm fun of laser puzzles and Funky Lights gets my vote.
No plans on developing/upgrading to Khet ?

happaro said:
Simple&nice - it's what i like, thx
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deemgo said:
Thank you for the game - graphics and gameplay are cool!
BTW, do you plan any hint system in further updates?
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We're now thinking of how hints should look like and plan to incorporate them in further updates. We'd avoid just showing off immediate solutions as it will kill the intrigue - although we feel that a hint system is a must in future versions.
timeflask said:
Awesome game, i'm fun of laser puzzles and Funky Lights gets my vote.
No plans on developing/upgrading to Khet ?
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We like Khet concept but it is multiplayer which is totally different from what we have now. So, we'll think about it but won't promise anything on that...
Thanks, we appreciate your feedback!

I'll download it and give it a shot today, will let you know what I think
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Ok, I tried it out, when I clicked on the help button I couldn't go back unless I closed the app, my phone doesn't have a return button.
A few suggestions:
- Incorporate more animation, make it flashy and colourful like Candy Crush, people love that
- more sound effects, play a sound when a puzzle is completed successfully
- the grey background seems sleek but for a game I would make it more colourful.
Those are my 2 cents but overall a good idea.

nice game

taptouchart said:
I'll download it and give it a shot today, will let you know what I think
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Ok, I tried it out, when I clicked on the help button I couldn't go back unless I closed the app, my phone doesn't have a return button.
A few suggestions:
- Incorporate more animation, make it flashy and colourful like Candy Crush, people love that
- more sound effects, play a sound when a puzzle is completed successfully
- the grey background seems sleek but for a game I would make it more colourful.
Those are my 2 cents but overall a good idea.
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Nishant Pai said:
nice game
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Thanks for the comments
Please note that we've just issued a minor update available here and in Google Play. The update contains minor UI improvements as well as new in-app options to remove ads or unlock all levels

dsvox said:
Thanks for the comments
Please note that we've just issued a minor update available here and in Google Play. The update contains minor UI improvements as well as new in-app options to remove ads or unlock all levels
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Okay, thats cool, I'll try it later.
By the way how did you manage to get 1000 downloads?

taptouchart said:
Okay, thats cool, I'll try it later.
By the way how did you manage to get 1000 downloads?
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Well, we wish we had 1 million downloads
Actually, a thousand downloads gained for one week is just a combination of two factors: good score (4.7 of 5 in Google Play) which represents several subfactors inthere, and some marketing.
Good score's subfactors are the following: easy gameplay + good design + no serious bugs. We spent days discussing lots of design options from menu or laser pictures to pop-up windows, we did it days and nights. We also tried to make the gameplay easier and design more minimalistic as much as possible - to get people easier understand of what is required to pass the level in a game. I think we succeeded in all mentioned above - I see it through the feedback and Google Play scores. We probably still lack some introductory video, though.
The marketing process could be better - still we excuse ourselves as are doing that for the first time. We avoided paid promotion and thought that self promotion would generate 5+ thousands of downloads. Now it looks like a dream - most websites reasonably limit self-promotions, so we only had a good download flow from d3.ru (Russian version of reddit.com) and from alternative Chinese markets (now Chinese users are 25% of overall downloads).
Chinese market is a separate story. We failed to register in Chinese markets ourselves - we missed Chinese local phone number. Still, several days later we were surprised to see the app in several Chinese markets being presented and translated - probably our app leaked there through other alternative markets like Slide.Me or some others where we placed the apk as well.
So, our conclusion (obviously biased as is basing on one game only) is that if you don't invest any money or your social network (limited in our case) in marketing then your app will get several thousand downloads only. The chance of your app being noticed by a well-known blogger or developer who will recommend it to other is quite small (still non-zero one) - and our expectations on that evaporate every day, to be honest. Other things (like a good score or no bugs) may just ensure you one-two thousand downloads, but you are likely to miss the success story of other last-year minimalistic puzzles like 2048 or Game About Squares - despite the game itself could be very good (like ours ^).

dsvox said:
Well, we wish we had 1 million downloads
Actually, a thousand downloads gained for one week is just a combination of two factors: good score (4.7 of 5 in Google Play) which represents several subfactors inthere, and some marketing.
Good score's subfactors are the following: easy gameplay + good design + no serious bugs. We spent days discussing lots of design options from menu or laser pictures to pop-up windows, we did it days and nights. We also tried to make the gameplay easier and design more minimalistic as much as possible - to get people easier understand of what is required to pass the level in a game. I think we succeeded in all mentioned above - I see it through the feedback and Google Play scores. We probably still lack some introductory video, though.
The marketing process could be better - still we excuse ourselves as are doing that for the first time. We avoided paid promotion and thought that self promotion would generate 5+ thousands of downloads. Now it looks like a dream - most websites reasonably limit self-promotions, so we only had a good download flow from d3.ru (Russian version of reddit.com) and from alternative Chinese markets (now Chinese users are 25% of overall downloads).
Chinese market is a separate story. We failed to register in Chinese markets ourselves - we missed Chinese local phone number. Still, several days later we were surprised to see the app in several Chinese markets being presented and translated - probably our app leaked there through other alternative markets like Slide.Me or some others where we placed the apk as well.
So, our conclusion (obviously biased as is basing on one game only) is that if you don't invest any money or your social network (limited in our case) in marketing then your app will get several thousand downloads only. The chance of your app being noticed by a well-known blogger or developer who will recommend it to other is quite small (still non-zero one) - and our expectations on that evaporate every day, to be honest. Other things (like a good score or no bugs) may just ensure you one-two thousand downloads, but you are likely to miss the success story of other last-year minimalistic puzzles like 2048 or Game About Squares - despite the game itself could be very good (like ours ^).
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That's a shame but there have been success stories to come out from these forums, laubak75 seems to be doing well for himself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2222206

taptouchart said:
That's a shame but there have been success stories to come out from these forums, laubak75 seems to be doing well for himself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2222206
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Thanks! This is interesting. Although, we understand that doing well for yourself is slightly easier with racing/arcade games as they create faster addiction if compared to puzzle games where you need more time to dive in the rules, gameplay etc.
Nevertheless, the link is helpful - we'll think next time about creating a game with higher action element.

Beautiful game!

GoldLemon said:
Beautiful game!
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Thanks

Great design
This game looks really professional. I really like the logo. Reminds me of the Google Play logo, but it's still nice. This game get's hard in no time. Keep up the good work, man.

[APP][2.3+][BETA] Game of Quests - Play and Progress

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"The old man turned cautiously. The door creaked. A little bit of snow broke in through old, leaky windows. Fire in the fireplace flickered vigorously. Such a blizzard haven’t been seen here for ages. Younger ones probably won’t find it unusual. Just a severe winter. But the elders remember. It’s not just an unpleasant weather.
There is something in the air. It’s an omen of things that cannot be told. A presage so terrifying that is not even passed down from generation to generation. A horror always starts the same way. Nobody wants to remember that they have come out of the Owl Mountains. It’s not that far away from here.
The old man turned his gaze back to the fading glow of the fireplace. He wiped his sweaty forehead. Maybe it really is just a blizzard? After all, there are no Vortghali anymore, they have been defeated a long time ago."
Chronicles of Valia, Volume I (PDF, download)
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Welcome to Game of Quests – a game and an activity tracking app which will both entertain and help you to develop.
First GOQ universe is a world of dwarfs, humans, elfs and other mystery beings. Select your race and start leveling in three classes: boost up your strength and stamina as a warrior (completing fitness quests), work on intelligence and skills as a mage (quests based on culture) or socialize and help to protect the environment as a druid (social, ecological and relationship quests). And remember, a true champion pretends to be the best in EVERY possible way.
Play together with your friends. Track their progress, challenge them, win and be the best.
We want GOQ to base on RPG-like character development with leveling and equipment. We’ve created a special currency called "milestones” which you can earn by completing special quests and spend on weapons, armours or robes available in the shop.
You can level up in all of three classes independently. We have already created running quests for warrior, culture based check-in quests for mage and ecological, cycling quests for druid, so you can start your journey just right now! Download our beta from Google Play and visit our site: www.gameofquests.com
Creating an avatar is the most important thing at Game of Quests. Adventure starts here. Select a race (human, elf, dwarf), sex and skin. Customize it and wait no longer to start the game.
To help you get motivated, we’ve created quests based on location. Run, ride a bike or check-in at different places to gain experience points and milestones (the currency of Valia).*
Like in a geniune RPG game, a character is developed by gaining experience from accomplished quests. There are 3 independent classes available – a mage, a druid, or a warrior, switchable at any moment.
Milestones are the virtual currency used in GOQ. It can be earned by accomplishing special quests and spent on some breathtaking equipment which will both improve your progress and make your avatar look awesome
GOQ is a community-oriented project. Invite your friends and track their progress and new friendships. Compete or collaborate with them to be even mightier.
Not sure whether to switch from your favourite activity tracker to Game of Quests? Why not to stick with both! After each running or cycling session GOQ allows you to export detalied data in standardized GPX format which is compatible with other popular services like Endomondo.
We strongly believe that only real actions should matter and that fair play is crucial for healthy competition. Game of Quests features an anti-cheating system.
All your check-ins, running and cycling sessions are stored in your record book. Check it out to know which class is your strongest one and which needs to be developed.
Our main goal is to implement a story into the game. We would like to make your actions matter and guide you through the fantasy world of Game of Quests, a place full of colorful heroes and memorable adventures.
Programming, dancing, cooking... Would you like your favourite activities to become genuine GOQ quests? Let us know! We would love to continuously expand the list of available quests being driven by your invoice.
Fantasy is not your taste? We are glad to announce that as soon as we release a final version of Game of Quests*(ETA July 2015), we will start working on another universa of your choice.
Good stories are never predictable. Imagine unexpected events, climatic side quests or even meeting an NPC. All this to keep you motivated and make sure you do your best.
In most RPG games you have to form a fellowship. We will give you a chance to do so in our app as well.
We are working on ranks & leaderboards, so you could be the champion among all of your friends.
We are planning to serve our adrenaline maniacs with to so called duels - real-time 1 vs 1 competition opportunities. Challenge your friends or strangers, win and be the best!
Expansion to iOS and Windows Phone is a natural way of progress. Additionally, we will create a desktop version featuring access to detailed statistics, settings, quest history and much, much more!
Just like you, we don’t like cheaters. Your real actions is what should matter. That’s why we want to provide you with a better, even more reliable anti-cheating system which would efficiently verify every quest.
Stability is a key for the joy to come. A part of donations will also be spent on improving the capabilities of our infrastructure and latest security standards.
Integration with other apps and devices is our last but not least goal we want to achieve. Do you feel bounded with your favourite activity-tracking app? Do you have a great tracking device? We want to integrate GOQ with most popular apps/devices, so that you can still develop your virtual character with us!
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XDA:DevDB Information
Game of Quests, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
Krzem
Version Information
Status: Beta
Current Beta Version: 1.0b
Beta Release Date: 2015-02-02
Created 2015-02-02
Last Updated 2015-02-02

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Is it possible to have more advanced voice messages during the quest, for example, messages about the distance covered every kilometer or mile?

porsh said:
Is it possible to have more advanced voice messages during the quest, for example, messages about the distance covered every kilometer or mile?
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It's great idea, I'll suggest it among the game team.

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Is it possible to have more advanced voice messages during the quest, for example, messages about the distance covered every kilometer or mile?
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i have the same feeling. Its an only feature basic feature im missing.
will there be a feature to add some bonus to weapons or armours I'm buying? F.e. some exp bonus or something?

When changing from the main screen to the quests selection screen, app crashed. It happened once, but happened.

porsh said:
It happened once, but happened.
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Already done! Upgrade GoQ :good: to the newest version. Thanks for report. :highfive:

I run for 3 km and it counts me only 500 m...

MarianoItaliano said:
I run for 3 km and it counts me only 500 m...
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Did you use a car to run maybe?
We have an anti-cheat system that prevents such actions.
Don't forget to help us on Indiegogo, so we can develop more features.
To everyone: Here's a promocode that will give you 3 milestones.
BNZ7N2UIUO
First come, first served!

Krzem said:
Did you use a car to run maybe?
We have an anti-cheat system that prevents such actions.
Don't forget to help us on Indiegogo, so we can develop more features.
To everyone: Here's a promocode that will give you 3 milestones.
BNZ7N2UIUO
First come, first served!
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Really? You should have warned
And maybe you should add a feature that will explain why it counted only a part of distance (f.e. because you can't run that fast).
I will spread the news about your campaign.

MarianoItaliano said:
Really? You should have warned
And maybe you should add a feature that will explain why it counted only a part of distance (f.e. because you can't run that fast).
I will spread the news about your campaign.
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That's a good idea. I will notify the rest of the team. Try not to cheat next time

Krzem said:
That's a good idea. I will notify the rest of the team. Try not to cheat next time
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thank you. I was just testing

app looks nice.
What feature was the hardest for you to implement?

Monster Munch said:
app looks nice.
What feature was the hardest for you to implement?
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Thanks!
I think the running quests were the hardest to implement, because of all GPS related stuff.

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akaphantom said:
can`t register
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Ditto. Username Bruno

akaphantom said:
can`t register
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Bzow said:
Ditto. Username Bruno
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Thanks for reporting this issue. I will pass the report to the backend support.

congats on getting to a news site!

[GAME][4.1+] Cube TD

Hello everybody. It's been a long time since I registered here.
I created a game more than 4 years ago that was terrible, but it helped me to get a job, so at the end it was a good deal.
Now I am back with a new personal project that I am doing in my spare time. I started it in 2016 aiming to finish it in few months... Last Sunday I uploaded it to the store, but it is far away from being finished.
It is a turret/tower (I say turret because of Starcraft maps) defense game, where you can place the turrets in the map making a path for the enemies. I haven't seen many of them on the store, thats why I wanted to create one.
My first attempt was to work with a workmate who would do the 3D, but it didn't work.
Then I thought I could learn some blender and do it myself, but I finally asume that I didn't have the time for everything.
I though about buying some assets in the Unity Store, but I wanted original and personal graphics.
So finally I decided to do my models... With Unity primitives. Every enemy and every tower of the game are made from scaled cubes. And I am not totally discontent with the result. The batching is pretty good and I was able to use realtime shadows, that improved the look a lot. The bad thing about this is that there are many GameObjects in the scene and can affect the performance, something that would be fixed with a single mesh.
I also wanted control about the pathfinding. I did it myself and I think it is fast and works correctly. I gave the enemies an small chance to choose the wrong way and some friends have reported me that it looks like there has been a bug in the AI of the enemy. I might have to think about that. If you could give me some feedback It would be very helpful.
Something I have to change for sure is the UI. I think I can tell when something is beautiful or ugly, but I don't have the ability to make anything beauty. So my UI is ugly. I just kept working on that base and style because I wanted to finish the game some day, and I didn't want to get stuck on that.
The game is in an early stage. It needs more towers, more enemies, more levels and more achievements. I also have to integrate analytics, google play game services and meybe another video provider.
It is monetized with videos. I think I am not being agressive at all. There are three ways to see videos and all of them are voluntary.
-Energy (Energicubes): The player gets 1 energy to play a game every hour at a maximum of three. Play a level costs one energy, but everytime you complete a level for the first time, you get your energy back. So in theory you could play non stop as long as you win. If you run out of energy you can watch an Ad and get 3 energys. The game starts with 5 energicubes.
-Technocubes: Thats the coin used to unlock new turrets or evolution of turrets. You get 1 for completing a level for the first time. 1 completing a level without loosing lives for the first time. And one everytime you complete a level and decide to watch an Ad. So again it is voluntary.
-Perks: There are consumable persk that the player can use to complete a level in case he gets stuck. A perk could be a big wave that damages all the enemies or extra money to build turrets. There is a chance of getting free perks when you finish a level and also you can get a random perk every few minutes watching an Ad. The perks are there to help people who can't pass a level, but they won't get the maximum of three stars if they use a perk in the level. So in some way I think it is not an Ad to win game.
What do you think?
This week I want to work in:
-Include analytics with firebase.
-Add google play game services.
-Add 3 more levels (there are only 19 and I want to have at least 200 before I can consider this game complete).
-Add some achievements, at least 5 more.
-Close the game and navigate the menus with Android back button.
For future updates the game needs:
-A menu with all the enemies that the player has discovered, with all the stats and info.
-More enemies with unique mecanics.
-More turrets. I have in mind a support turret that increases the damage of near turrets, an electric turret that makes damage all around, a gold generator turret... More ideas you could give me would be appreciated
-Something different in the UI.
-Music.
I made two gifs so you can see the game without having to download it:
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Finally the game is available to download in: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.VeryFatHamster.TD
My device is a Huawei Mate 8, screen 1080x1920. If someone with a phone with notch tries it, it would help me to know if everything is ok.
Thank you very much and I will try to keep this thread updated

no problem with notched phone. Honor 10 here....

cacingbesar said:
no problem with notched phone. Honor 10 here....
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Thank you very much
I just woke up with an email from google removing my game from the store for not incluing a privacy polize, due I collect the Advertising Id for them (I use Admob)
I will try to upload it again this afternoon with al the requirements completed

some english translation gets me confuse......

cacingbesar said:
some english translation gets me confuse......
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Could you put an example? I translate it myself and it is very probably that there are many mistakes.
Also, should I change the word perk for skill or something like that?
Thank you very much

veryFATHAMSTER said:
Could you put an example? I translate it myself and it is very probably that there are many mistakes.
Also, should I change the word perk for skill or something like that?
Thank you very much
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The first time I play, I got confused by the term "ubication". I think you should just call it tile.
The game is quite fun.

cacingbesar said:
The first time I play, I got confused by the term "ubication". I think you should just call it tile.
The game is quite fun.
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Thank you very much. I have been updating the game and changed that word for tile. I think it is more clear now
I have also changed perks for spells, I hope more people will notice what they are.
I have added more levels, achievements and I have tried to improve a little de UI. For example, the x2 speed button looked awful. I changed it for an slider and I think its much better.
Now, when you change the speed x2 or x1 it is easier to know what is the current speed. Also changed the turrets and spells buttons in the ingame menu. Now they are more like tabs.
The game currently has 25 levels. I aiming to make more than 100, but with 25 I feel confident to try to get some users. That's the hardest part :silly:

veryFATHAMSTER said:
The game currently has 25 levels. I aiming to make more than 100, but with 25 I feel confident to try to get some users. That's the hardest part :silly:
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And I see that you made an exit button, nice..... On previous version, I could only exit by pressing home button.
Keep polishing, no need to hurry, take it easy...... good luck.

Hi! I am back after two new updates. The version 0.75 is out with big changes.
Two new turrets, a gold miner and a support turret. There is also a popup with information about the defeated enemies. Some ui improvements and local push notifications. I made the notifications to be quiet. Some times it is anoying when a game send you many notifications, so I tried this to see if I improve the retention and dont make the users to remove the game becaouse of them.
I included until level 33. Some new enemies and more achievements to unlock.
I am quite happy with the progress. I am taking your advice and not hurrying, cacingbesar. Step by step the game is taking form.
Now I need more levels and create videos and trailers to show the game and to update the game page in google play.

in first experience, it comes to me so strange but when tried the game dynamics it feels so good thanks for post after long term experience i can share my feedbacks

h4rd said:
in first experience, it comes to me so strange but when tried the game dynamics it feels so good thanks for post after long term experience i can share my feedbacks
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Thank you very much! What I have in mind for the levels to come is making them longer.
The first levels I wanted to give the player time to collect technocubes to buy turret evolutions. Then, with longer levels the player will face stronger enemies and evolve the turrets during the level will make sense.
The evolutions are not worth at the beggining in the damage/cost ratio, but because they scale faster with the tower level, with towers at level 10 and so on it is worthy to evolve a turret instead of building a new one.
This is what I have planned for the future levels
This is similar to the new turret. It increased the damage of nerly turrets by 20%. It is expensive but surrounded by strong towers it can be very effective.