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

Jack N' Jill is a retro one button platformer. Help Jack find his way to Jill in 60 levels spanning over 3 different landscapes.
You control Jack only by tapping the screen and performing moves like jumps and wall jumps. The game has retro music and monochrome pixel art graphics which were a characteristic of the class gameboy era games. So if you enjoy those kind of games, you will like Jack N' Jill too.
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Google Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rnarang.android.games.jacknjill
Hope you all enjoy playing the game! Thanks!

Here's a video of the game:

Just downloaded this and its great have you thought about adding a tiny bit colour to it on certain things like the coins etc and I thought it would be an easy game but I was surprised how tricky it got a few levels in lol great work this should do good I think also rated it on gplay too
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Thanks! I am glad you liked the game!
I did get that suggestion from 2 - 3 other people too, but I decided not to because I thought it might end up making the game look a bit odd.

Started playing and next thing I know, BAM, I'm at world 2. Loving this little game, it's well done and the retro style is well emulated.
There's a few annoying little quirks though, such as when there's let's say a block then right after a forward pointing spike in the same row (ground level), if you barely walk over the spike you die, even though more than half of the character is still touching the solid safe block (and thus technically you aren't touching the spike, since you can't fall because you are on the block).
The coins and points you rack up seem somewhat useless too. There's no incentive to collect the bigger coins over the smaller ones if only for the good feeling of getting more points that give nothing down the road.
Overall I hope there will be even more levels, I could play these type of games forever.

Thanks for playing the game and the feedback!
Your criticisms are completely valid. The issue with the spikes you described is because I am using a simple rectangle to rectangle collision detection. Hopefully I can figure out a better approximation for it. The coins don't really serve much of a purpose as you pointed out. Maybe if I invest some time into implementing a leaderboard and/or an achievements systems, there could be a better reason to collect them.
EDIT: World 2 and 3 are more challenging, so I don't think you might breeze through them as easily as world 1

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Thanks for playing the game and the feedback!
Your criticisms are completely valid. The issue with the spikes you described is because I am using a simple rectangle to rectangle collision detection. Hopefully I can figure out a better approximation for it. The coins don't really serve much of a purpose as you pointed out. Maybe if I invest some time into implementing a leaderboard and/or an achievements systems, there could be a better reason to collect them.
EDIT: World 2 and 3 are more challenging, so I don't think you might breeze through them as easily as world 1
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I'm done already, so I think you got the wrong impression about my retro platform games playing skills!
As I said, can't get enough levels of it.

polobunny said:
I'm done already, so I think you got the wrong impression about my retro platform games playing skills!
As I said, can't get enough levels of it.
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Me too I need more levels
Sent from my Nexus 4

polobunny said:
I'm done already, so I think you got the wrong impression about my retro platform games playing skills!
As I said, can't get enough levels of it.
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brewy said:
Me too I need more levels
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I have to say thats really quick! I did not see that coming
I'll start working on new levels as soon as possible. Thanks again!

This game is really sweet I love the pixel art/retro style and the gameplay as well.
Which engine did you used to create this little piece of art?

Thanks!
Its my own little game framework, written in C++

Updated the game to v1.0.1
- Fixed a bug that causes a crash while exiting the game in some cases
- Tweaked the audio
- Message prompts don't reappear on restarts

The_R said:
Updated the game to v1.0.1
- Fixed a bug that causes a crash while exiting the game in some cases
- Tweaked the audio
- Message prompts don't reappear on restarts
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Is this pushed automatically or manual update ? what's next with your future updates, maybe new powerups baddies etc ?
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This version supports auto updates, i.e it doesn't need to be manually updated unless you've chosen that option.
Yeah, I will be adding new content to the game, but I cannot say when. I'll need some time for coming up with new ideas and implementing them.

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This version supports auto updates, i.e it doesn't need to be manually updated unless you've chosen that option.
Yeah, I will be adding new content to the game, but I cannot say when. I'll need some time for coming up with new ideas and implementing them.
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Absolutely Love the game!
Maybe we could use a few more worlds?

Yes, I'll be working on that shortly

[GAME][2.3+] A game by a 17 year old

I am a 17 year old programmer from London, UK and I just released my first Android game called 'Tough Squares'
LINK: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ayskii.ts
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Description
Levels Mode - Tap the plain squares to score certain points for each levels before time ends, avoid tapping squares with x on them otherwise you will fail.
Endless Mode - Tap the plain squares to score as many points as you can.
Follow us on Twitter
https://twitter.com/Ayskii
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https://twitter.com/brandonifeanyi
Follow us on Google +
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Please leave feedbacks of what you lot think

Impressive game for a 17 year old. It's quite hard though, maybe add a easy mode?

Freddy_Five said:
Impressive game for a 17 year old. It's quite hard though, maybe add a easy mode?
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Thanks for the feedback, I am already working on that

please rate the game 5 star if you like it

Congratulations to your game - it's fun! Comments:
1) The popup advertisements block the whole screen. This would not be a problem but the timer goes on when they are displayed, so you loose important time while clicking them away! Since the difficulty is extremely high, it is frustrating to loose a round just due to an advertisement popup.
2) Some boxes in the early levels seem extremely fast and thus unclickable for me. However, that's my subjective impression. Maybe this game is also much easier on tablets than on phones.

Entangled Multiverse said:
Congratulations to your game - it's fun! Comments:
1) The popup advertisements block the whole screen. This would not be a problem but the timer goes on when they are displayed, so you loose important time while clicking them away! Since the difficulty is extremely high, it is frustrating to loose a round just due to an advertisement popup.
2) Some boxes in the early levels seem extremely fast and thus unclickable for me. However, that's my subjective impression. Maybe this game is also much easier on tablets than on phones.
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Thanks for your feedback, I will fix the problem with the ads as soon as possible

looks simple. in a good way
you should have gameplay trailer doe

Nice game. Keep it up! World need young programmers

Thanks alot for all the feedbacks

HillPiggy said:
you should have gameplay trailer doe
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thanks and do you mean like a youtube video of how to play the game

paggames said:
Nice game. Keep it up! World need young programmers
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Thanks a lot, rate it in Play Store please

Version 1.0.6 has been submitted to Play Store with icon tweak and minor bug fixes https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ayskii.ts

Ayskii said:
thanks and do you mean like a youtube video of how to play the game
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Yes something like the one on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.HillPiggy.HillPiggyme
I made that one by myself. It surely isn't the best one but still helps a lot. When I as normal user come and look for a game I don't pay much attention unless it has something like it.

HillPiggy said:
Yes something like the one on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.HillPiggy.HillPiggyme
I made that one by myself. It surely isn't the best one but still helps a lot. When I as normal user come and look for a game I don't pay much attention unless it has something like it.
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Great video, I will try something like this then:good:

Rate the thread please

The game seems colorful and interesting, need to try this, congratulations.
EDIT: played. You should lower the difficulty a bit, because it's already hard on a second level. Also, the "clicking" sounds in the main menu is too loud (maybe it's just for me). But the game seems ok

Congrats on release, and the game is quite hard already at level 2... Nice
Could you look into reducing the size of the app?

cool
yes this game deserve 5 stars.Nice work developer.Have a bright carrier ahead.

SkyMidnight said:
The game seems colorful and interesting, need to try this, congratulations.
EDIT: played. You should lower the difficulty a bit, because it's already hard on a second level. Also, the "clicking" sounds in the main menu is too loud (maybe it's just for me). But the game seems ok
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Thanks for the feedback and I will lower the difficulty a bit

[GAME][4.1+] Ore Miner - Addictive Pixel Clicking Game

Ore Miner is an addictive clicking game where you mine ores to craft new picks and equipment to increase your ore income! Upgrade your miner by spending ores and talent points, get yourself some epic pickaxes and rare gear, drink a potion or two and start this marvellous adventure!
How to play:
• Start mining to gather ores by clicking on the rock,
• Get special loot (materials, rare drops) while mining for ores,
• Craft/Upgrade your gear with your resources,
• Spend talent points to enhance your miner,
• Complete various achievements,
• Unlock new picks/gear/materials/potions with each new level
Can you find legendary items hidden within the game? Lets begin with the fun!
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Updated game now holds over 300 items to acquire!

Fun game so far, the only complaint I have is that I can tap my screen faster then the game seems to be able to recognize that its doing it...I know its not a limitation of the phone since I've played similar games. Is there a limit on how fast you can tap or is that something that needs to be adjusted?
Thanks, and keep up the great work!
Update: Never mind...I didn't notice I had to click the actual picture and not anywhere in the window at first.

subarct1c said:
Fun game so far, the only complaint I have is that I can tap my screen faster then the game seems to be able to recognize that its doing it...I know its not a limitation of the phone since I've played similar games. Is there a limit on how fast you can tap or is that something that needs to be adjusted?
Thanks, and keep up the great work!
Update: Never mind...I didn't notice I had to click the actual picture and not anywhere in the window at first.
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As you found out there are no limitations. The only limitation you can occur is the lag between taps since the game is doing heavy math in the background but I think that won't be a problem for nowadays mobile phones. Thank you for commenting, enjoy your game!

Cool, very addictive game!! However, I wondered why I get no XP first, because I was collecting the first 1000 (!) ore without tool. It would be great to give a hint that you have to equip a tool to get XP, or to give at least 1 XP / ore if you have no tool. Also, my ore/second display always stayed at 0, even though I clearly had much more

Entangled Multiverse said:
Cool, very addictive game!! However, I wondered why I get no XP first, because I was collecting the first 1000 (!) ore without tool. It would be great to give a hint that you have to equip a tool to get XP, or to give at least 1 XP / ore if you have no tool. Also, my ore/second display always stayed at 0, even though I clearly had much more
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Thanks for your feedback. As I am testing further I have encountered the same problems, I just fixed them and an updated .apk is awaing Google Market. Again, thanks for your feedback!

Game is updated to 1.0.3. Now with better experience with gathering the required materials, some performance improvements and new items! Hop on into the game!

Tried it, something went wrong, and i got teally gret axe. Now im max level in less than 5min. So, fix would be great. Also, achievement integration with google play is needed.

epic loot is epic

unnamedXD said:
epic loot is epic
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Wow thanks for pointing that out, was a glitch where you get an epic high level item straight away. Fixed it in the new build. Thanks mate

Moribus said:
Tried it, something went wrong, and i got teally gret axe. Now im max level in less than 5min. So, fix would be great. Also, achievement integration with google play is needed.
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Hey, thanks for finding that. I fixed it in the new update, also achievement integration and leaderboard is comming in the next release. I love how people give feedbacks like yours, I really appreciate it kind sir!

The game doesnt seem to recognize my rare components for making the epic equipment, so I am stuck with at the most rare equipments.
Also, is there any way to get an audio on/off option?

Haha, g8 time waster.

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

Hi guys! My name is Daniel, I am part of an small (two man) indie game dev team called DJantel Ware.
We released our first game two weeks ago and wanted to present it to you. Any kind of feedback is highly appreciated!
So to the game:
Nightmare Defender is (kind of) a tower defense game, but it brings some fresh ideas into the genre! The main idea here is that you are defending your castle against waves of monsters. Your main weapon to do so is your bow. There are quite a few attributes you can put your gold and experience points into to get stronger or be able to cast mighty magic spells. The biggest difference to other defender games is that you have guards. Guards are creatures that help you against your endless battle. Share your experience points with them and they will get stronger and evolve. All guards have unique skills, some of them act on their own (attacking and casting spells), others will wait for your commands.
You can get it for free in the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.djantelware.nightmaredefender
Here is a trailer:
A screenshot:
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For the ones who care: We used AndEngine as our game engine. All graphics are made by me (using Inkscape), almost all sounds as well (two or three public domain ones are also there). Music was made by Kevin MacLeod.
We also have a facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/nightmareDefender
And a landing page
https://sites.google.com/site/nightmaredefender/
If you want to read what reviewers wrote about us:
http://indiegamemag.com/igm-forum-f...r-gives-a-boost-to-traditional-tower-defense/
http://www.techulator.com/resources/14031-Nightmare-Defender-Towser-defense-game-review.aspx
A real gameplay video:
I would really appreciate it if you gave it a try! Thank you .

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Omg, buried on second page already.

Hm, so really nobody wants to try it? It would be also very great and helpful feedback if you told me why you do not feel like trying it? Something about the screenshots? Description? Bad video?

I played few rounds of this. Core gameplay was quite nice and fluid. Aiming atleast with the bow was semi accurate but could definetly be better.
While I liked the UI ingame a lot, I think it was clean and fluid, but in the menu before the game the UI was.. confusing to say the least. I got lost in the menu for a minute untill I figured what to do.
TLDR; A lot better gameplay than some games on playstore that have millions of downloads, but the menu was too "2.3 or Gingerbreadish" for me.

inSaN1Ty_X said:
I played few rounds of this. Core gameplay was quite nice and fluid. Aiming atleast with the bow was semi accurate but could definetly be better.
While I liked the UI ingame a lot, I think it was clean and fluid, but in the menu before the game the UI was.. confusing to say the least. I got lost in the menu for a minute untill I figured what to do.
TLDR; A lot better gameplay than some games on playstore that have millions of downloads, but the menu was too "2.3 or Gingerbreadish" for me.
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Hi inSaN1Ty_X,
thanks alot for trying our game and your feedback!
 @aiming
This heavily depends on the speed of the arrows. You will be able to hit monsters a lot better when you increase the speed attribute. We build it like that so you have this feeling of your bow getting better all the time .
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Oh, ok. What menu do you mean exactly? The one at the very beginning or the one with the attributes and all this stuff?
Again, thanks a lot for your feedback !

DJantel Ware said:
Hi inSaN1Ty_X,
thanks alot for trying our game and your feedback!
@aiming
This heavily depends on the speed of the arrows. You will be able to hit monsters a lot better when you increase the speed attribute. We build it like that so you have this feeling of your bow getting better all the time .
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Oh, ok. What menu do you mean exactly? The one at the very beginning or the one with the attributes and all this stuff?
Again, thanks a lot for your feedback !
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Yes, I guessed the aiming would be something like that, and its ok, I'll just have to play a bit more.
On the menu side I mean the main menu in general is not that systematic, button sizes/locations and color were the ones that hit me most.
But that is just my oppinion ☺ looking forwards for updates!

inSaN1Ty_X said:
Yes, I guessed the aiming would be something like that, and its ok, I'll just have to play a bit more.
On the menu side I mean the main menu in general is not that systematic, button sizes/locations and color were the ones that hit me most.
But that is just my oppinion looking forwards for updates!
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Ah ok, I see ^^. The main menu was really build (rebuild) as a last step - thus, you are right, it is not exactly systematic with the rest. But the new one looked a lot better than the old one, so we decided to use it for now . We will see if we can improve it.
Thanks again for this valuable input!

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Add shadows, and your game will look much better:good:

Hi A-Pod, it is a nice idea! We will check out if it is possible. Our concern right now is performance on not high end devices - unfortunately the used engine does not handle "too many sprites at once" too well. But we will check out the possibilities.
What we right now are also thinking about are weather effects like rain or fog.
Thank you very much for your feedback!

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Of many games of this type it's look good!

Thank you!

I saw the trailer on google play, it looked interesting to say the least.
I'll try and download it today

Hi taptouchart,
we would be glad if you gave it a try . And please rate it if you liked it .
Today a new update is also available. Along with bugfixes and stuff people can not see, we included yet again a new monster (this makes two new monsters after release ).

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Hehe, thanks for the up! It is crazy how fast things got buried on this forum.

Cool defense game, very motivating! How did you came about with the idea of this weird clown ?

Hi Entangled Multiverse,
we are glad you like it! The idea just popped into our minds. He was supposed to be a more important figure, giving you new bows when you defeat him. Until now it is just a gold bonus. We will see if he receives the glory he was supposed to in future updates .

Engine
What did you created it in?

[GAME][4.0] Hungry Dragon - My third game. Would love your feedback :)

Hello everyone, firstly thank you for your interest in the game.
This is the third game I've released after staring developing for android just 2 months ago.
A bit about the game:
Hungry Dragon is about a very picky eater two-headed Dragon. They can never be in agreement on what kind of food they like. One Dragon Head is a vegetarian, while the other is a carnivore. It’s up to you to make the Dragon happy and feed him the right food, by making fast and accurate decisions.
The game also features an in-game currency (coins) which you can collect in order to unlock new accessories for the dragon, ranging from sunglassed, tattos and more.
DISABLE ADS FOR FREE: A unique feature that I personally haven't seen yet, is the ability to completely disable ads by spending the in-game coins. I figured, that if someone likes the game so much and play it for a long time, they should be rewarded in a tangible way for their dedication. As such, when you collect 500 coins you can disable the ads and have the game ad-free without any IAPs or real money.
Hungry Dragon on Google Play​
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Ads frequency. Are they too intrusive or are they ballanced?
Difficulty. Was the game too hard or too easy for you?
Thank you very much for downloading and for trying the game. If you like it, please rate it, I would highly appreciate it!
XDA:DevDB Information
Hungry Dragon, App for all devices (see above for details)
Contributors
Degineth
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.2
Stable Release Date: 2015-03-21
Created 2015-03-22
Last Updated 2015-03-24

Nice visual style, good luck!

I really enjoyed idea. Graphics on a high level. This is the first app I see where you can disable ads for in-game currency. Great! Thanks!

Starli57 said:
Nice visual style, good luck!
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Thank you! I'm glad you like it

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I really enjoyed idea. Graphics on a high level. This is the first app I see where you can disable ads for in-game currency. Great! Thanks!
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Thank you for downloading and for trying it out
Yeah, I figured that if you're a loyal player you should have the option to disable ads without spending any money.

Planning to add more accessories to the game. IF you have suggestions please let me know

Good game
I really like game graphic but it's lag a bit on my Aus TF 101

Thanks for the feedback
Ill see what i can do to improve performance.

More feedback would be highly appreciated

Some people say it's too easy. Do you guys find it too easy?

A nice game
I found the game on twitter, and i think its very nice . I like the graphical style and it has a nice concept. It's running smoothly and everything, but if i tap on the screen very fast, the dragons don't turn the right way and are looking to the right/left and i don't know which one is the upper one and which one is the lower one anymore. Another nice thing about the App is the possibility to disable Ads by ingame currency.
I think there is only one sentence of the Play Store description in german, and it's not very good german . I offer you to translate it to german, if you want. PM me for this.

It is a little too easy, but not too bad. I do think the GPlay page could use some more gameplay screenshots though. Actually, it crashes when I lose. Using Nexus 7 II - Android 5.0.2

[email protected] said:
It is a little too easy, but not too bad. I do think the GPlay page could use some more gameplay screenshots though. Actually, it crashes when I lose. Using Nexus 7 II - Android 5.0.2
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Thank you for playing the game and for the feedback
Other people reported that the game is too easy. In the next update I will make it significantly harder and make it so that the coins can be collected more easily.

I just pushed a new update:
- Increased difficulty and added another difficulty step. The dragon game should now be easy to pickup and really hard to get a high score. This will separate the REALLY good players from the casual ones.
- Made the coins easier to pick up. You no longer have to be perfectly precise when dragging the coins as they are "bigger" and stay longer on the screen.

Nice design and music! Good job!