Oddly, I just posted some feedback on the game to the main thread. I'm actually not a huge fan of the controls yet, but I'd describe them as: Relative Touch Movement and Tap for Weapon/Power-Up Some other ideas... also this supports icade right? I know some people say that mentioning it is a no-no but I've seen so many listings that say something like "Supports iCade" (or is it i-Cade?). Maybe that would be worth noting. Also, put all the features in a bullet format with asterisks will make it easier to look through the list. IMO top content should be game content, then controls, gamecenter leaderboards & achievements, cloud saving, etc... then audio info & then anything else. Less is more sometimes. Pick the most important stuff for features. Question: What are the "B-Slide" controls? I changed to them, didn't notice a difference and the game doesn't really offer a description as to what they are.
B Slide puts movement on the right side and weapons/power ups on the left. It's my preferred control scheme
Actually, that's not quite right. You can use any side for movement and weapons. Even the same side for both if you want! The B-Slide stands for Block-Slide and the guide (the white box) around your ship moves up in "block" increments. It's just another way of visualising where your ship will stop moving vertically. It was an experiment that we did whilst in beta and some of the players preferred it so we left it in. I think they find aiming for things easier with it, e.g. boost pads.
Yep, I saw and responded in the main thread. Do you mean use asterisks instead of the bullet points I'm using now? I'll have a think about how to tweak the features list. I actually only had 6 bullets for the version that I used when sending out to journalists so I had been thinking about trimming the AppStore version down. It's so hard with this stuff because everyone likes different things! Some people like lots of info, whereas others just want the top line features. And, everyone wants something different in their features lists
You know, I looked at the applisting as it shows on the forums and the bullets don't list here so I mistakenly thought there weren't any. Disregard.
No, there is no real time multiplayer, but the asynchronous multiplayer is fun though, and has the bonus that your friends don't have to be online for you to race them.
Bought, with apologies to the dev. I completely missed this. EDIT: Beat the game, own the most valuable ship and am fourth in Credits on the Game Center leaderboards. Um... More? (Also: Achievements are broken.)
No need for apologies! Glad you finished it - there will be another way more difficult tournament coming out soon. I'm aiming for the end of the month but it may slip a little depending on Apple's approval process. Can you explain in a little more detail what the problem is with the achievements please? Thanks.
Looking forward to the new difficulty setting! The achievements don't appear to save. My first play through, I made it through the first two difficulty settings unimpeded, and got prompted for each achievement once as normal (Gold Medal, Hot Lap Star, Passive Aggressive, etc), each at the appropriate time. During Semi-Pro, however, I began multitasking due to a text message conversation, and each time I went back to the game, I would "re-earn" each achievement I was awarded (so each new gaming session in which I got a gold medal, I'd receive the Gold Medal achievement, the "X" Star achievement, and Teacher's Pet, since I had more than 6 total). After observing as this happened a few times, I checked my achievements on Game Center, and only "Graduated" was unlocked. The other achievements wipe every time I minimize the app (but the leaderboard information doesn't).
