I Made a Game for iOS

[Dolemite]

Fuck, Strider was so good.

[Jimmy Carter]

Goats.

That's an idea. I mean. Everybody love's goats.

Right?

Anyway, 1.02 has been uploaded and is awaiting review.

Unfortunately, I’ve been having troubles with Hard Mode (aka The Next Level), so it’ll have to wait for the next update. Also, Monster Mode will arrive in October for Halloween.

Added: New scoring, a few achievements (we’re slowly getting this worked on), a couple of joke modes, and some bug fixes.

[Doc Holliday]

OMG! OMG! O G!

[Pineapple]

Got the update last night, I like this version even more. The updated scoring is nice, and I laughed when I first tried the Canadian version (now my favorite way to play). Noticed a little bit of warping with the ball where I don't remember it before, nothing that caused any problems but sometimes it's going just fine along it's line and then will mysteriously warp to a different point. And the CPU is better about not scoring on itself but it does like to get the ball trapped in the corner more often it seems. Overall I like it a lot, well done Jimmy.

Also: TOP SCORE!!!

[Jimmy Carter]

Got the update last night, I like this version even more. The updated scoring is nice, and I laughed when I first tried the Canadian version (now my favorite way to play). Noticed a little bit of warping with the ball where I don't remember it before, nothing that caused any problems but sometimes it's going just fine along it's line and then will mysteriously warp to a different point. And the CPU is better about not scoring on itself but it does like to get the ball trapped in the corner more often it seems. Overall I like it a lot, well done Jimmy.

Also: TOP SCORE!!!

I saw your score. Nice work, man.

The ball does warp. It's got a counter that shouldn't be causing noticeable jumps, but ... apparently it is. So, I can (and will) fix this. It was a fix that I implemented for the duck getting stuck. Essentially, it says, "Hey, have I not really moved for a set period of time? If I haven't, I'm going to bobble around and get free."

I've decided that the best and easiest fix is to just allow the player to move the computer themselves until I have time to fix the issue.

The more frequent catches have something to do with the upped speed of the duck in some situations. I've got to wrap my head around it. I'm perplexed. The math says "Hey, if you're stuck, backtrack until you aren't, and then do your physics re-trajectory."

Ugh.

Some days, I think I should have made a Tetris clone.

Actually, I'd like to do some sort of Tetris Attack clone. I fricking love that game.

[Doc Holliday]

FOWL BALL II: Duktris
In Mother Russia, the BLOCKS MOVE YOU!

[Jimmy Carter]

FOWL BALL II: Duktris
In Mother Russia, the BLOCKS MOVE YOU!

Well, it's probably not going to happen, so I can tell you what the original plans were for Fowl Ball 2.

I wanted to add a "Quest Mode" to Fowl Ball that would have you play Fowl Ball against enemies. Like, Final Lap Twin for the TG-16. It would be setup like The Wizard, so you were playing up for the championship. At the end, I'd have programmer a better version of Fowl Ball, and call it Fowl Ball 2. You'd play it for the championship and then have it opened to you on the menu screen.

But. Time forbids such things.

[Jimmy Carter]

1.03 just went live. It's got improved collision, fixed graphics for a more authentic 1982-experience, some various fixes, and (if you win a game 5-0), The Next Level (aka Hard Mode). Hard mode has a faster duck and a faster CPU. CPU is just as stupid, but ... that's fine.

[Josh]

Not showing up for me for whatever reason, but I'm sure it will soon.

Once the computers aren't stupid we are all hosed.

[Jimmy Carter]

Yeah, sorry, it depends on what server Apple is sending you to. For me, it's gone live. Technically, it's been live since 2PM CST, but it just cleared for me shortly ago. Apple's servers are a little slow.