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[APP] Chicks'n'Vixens: No Donuts, [R] 30/06/11 [V] 0.10A

Name: Chicks'n'Vixens: No Donuts
video of 0.9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16GskXn0ksQ
Updated to Alpha 0.10A
Changes:
Made ads smaller
Tweeked some levels
New physics gameplay elements
New chickens
Levels redesigned
all new UI
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This game is coming along great.
I'd say once you have a good number of levels built and the graphics tightened up, you're fully entitled to charge for your hard work! Or perhaps always have a free basic version, but have to pay for advanced features like the level editor?
Great fun anyway, thanks

Want to compliment you on an excellent game. It's coming along nicely. The latest updates greatly improve the gameplay. Would like to see the implementation of tapping the screen anywhere to activate the chicken's special features. Tapping directly on the chicken can be a pain.

That's by far the best WP7
Game out there. Thank you.
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wheresmybeaver said:
This game is coming along great.
I'd say once you have a good number of levels built and the graphics tightened up, you're fully entitled to charge for your hard work! Or perhaps always have a free basic version, but have to pay for advanced features like the level editor?
Great fun anyway, thanks
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I'm not sure how I'm going to make money from this, I'm really glad I released the beta but I don't want to charge people after playing it. What I might end up doing is releasing a big massive level pack of something and charging for that, but hopefully there will be at least 60 high quality 100% free levels for everyone to play as that's what I'm aiming for by version 1.0 which will be free I think what I'll end up doing is turning the original game into a trial with the 60 levels as well as simultaneously releasing a 'light' version containing the 60 levels, that way hopefully people won't think 'trial' means limited, I think 60 levels is plenty of fun for everyone especially for $0. Actually I'm still not too sure, 60 levels might be too much or too little for a trial, I don't want to put people off playing the game because the trial is too short but I don't want to make the trial so long and epic that people never get around to finishing it (therefore have no motivation to buy the full version).
At any rate the full version will hopefully be going for $0.99, if I can't beat Angry Birds in sheer content I can at least beat them on value for money.
MartyLK said:
Want to compliment you on an excellent game. It's coming along nicely. The latest updates greatly improve the gameplay. Would like to see the implementation of tapping the screen anywhere to activate the chicken's special features. Tapping directly on the chicken can be a pain.
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I'm glad you like the latest update, I'm aiming to make future updates even better, specifically I'm looking into tweaking the way objects break and making it so that you can fire the cannon like it were a slingshot, as well as adding a tracer so you can see the rough path your chicken will take when you fire. If you have any suggestions do please throw them my way
Oh and you don't have to tap on the chicken to use its power, what makes you think you have to?
dkp1977 said:
That's by far the best WP7
Game out there. Thank you.
Sent from my HD7 T9292 using Board Express
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Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..

jabberworx said:
I'm glad you like the latest update, I'm aiming to make future updates even better, specifically I'm looking into tweaking the way objects break and making it so that you can fire the cannon like it were a slingshot, as well as adding a tracer so you can see the rough path your chicken will take when you fire. If you have any suggestions do please throw them my way
Oh and you don't have to tap on the chicken to use its power, what makes you think you have to?
Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..
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Sorry, maybe I just wasn't doing it right. It seemed I tapped several time elsewhere on the screen and nothing happened but when I specifically tapped the chicken, it did its special feature. But I do love this game. It has so much potential and I believe...just my opinion, now...that once you have it perfected, MS might try to buy it or partner with you. [thinking of Halo] There's no doubt MS wants an Angry Birds type blockbuster game. Yours has that potential.
From what you've done, you are an extremely talented dev and I wish the best for you.

MartyLK said:
Sorry, maybe I just wasn't doing it right. It seemed I tapped several time elsewhere on the screen and nothing happened but when I specifically tapped the chicken, it did its special feature. But I do love this game. It has so much potential and I believe...just my opinion, now...that once you have it perfected, MS might try to buy it or partner with you. [thinking of Halo] There's no doubt MS wants an Angry Birds type blockbuster game. Yours has that potential.
From what you've done, you are an extremely talented dev and I wish the best for you.
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Thank you very much for the compliment Though I don't think Microsoft will want to buy me out, I'm just one guy, it would be easier to have me killed and take my code
As for the tapping thing, hmm, I'm starting to wonder that maybe you stumbled on a bug somewhere..

jabberworx said:
Thank you very much for the compliment Though I don't think Microsoft will want to buy me out, I'm just one guy, it would be easier to have me killed and take my code
As for the tapping thing, hmm, I'm starting to wonder that maybe you stumbled on a bug somewhere..
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LOL...gotta watch out for those maniacal types...hehe - Reminds me of a movie I saw long time ago about how MS began and then also a crime drama about a MS type where the top dog was ordering hits on garage-type devs to get their code.

jabberworx said:
Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..
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I don't really think so. People would have to pay for angry birds, wouldn't they? But even if not, I think both games can coexist without any problem. I mean, I loved Angry Birds on Android. But you know what's better than one high quality games of a certain type? Two high quality games of that certain type. And yours is definitely high quality. No doubt about that, mate. Excellent job.

dkp1977 said:
I don't really think so. People would have to pay for angry birds, wouldn't they? But even if not, I think both games can coexist without any problem. I mean, I loved Angry Birds on Android. But you know what's better than one high quality games of a certain type? Two high quality games of that certain type. And yours is definitely high quality. No doubt about that, mate. Excellent job.
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It would be great if they could co-exist, I guess we'll see what happens...

I think they will co-exist nicely, depending on pricing as you know MS will prob charge £3.49 or more for Angry Birds going by the price differences between WP7 and iOS apps

yosagojimbo said:
I think they will co-exist nicely, depending on pricing as you know MS will prob charge £3.49 or more for Angry Birds going by the price differences between WP7 and iOS apps
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I hope you're right, I'm going to be pricing this at the $1 mark and pushing more free content so hopefully that will make up for the fact it's not angry birds
A lot of people giving the game reviews want more levels, so I've released 0.6 now, it doesn't have eerything I wanted to put into it but..
In addition to five more levels the cannon now behaves like a slingshot (i.e. pull back to fire), if you move your finger to the right side of the cannon you dis-engage it.
If you're pinching or dragging the camera around there is no chance of activating the cannon.
The camera will go back to its last position/zoom setting after a chicken has finished being fired (and stopped moving). This only works with ch
ickens when their special power is not activated.
Level loading speeds have been dramatically increased, after an initial ~7 second wait for the first level to load the rest will load very quickly (almost instantly) until the app closes The reason for this is that content is now shared between all levels.
And here's a teaser screenshot of one of the new levels: http://imgur.com/fNYH3
I think there are about five new levels in the update, I'm sorry I couldn't make it more, I have a day job and it's 2am (I get up at 6 XD).
I will be working on more levels so by the time this gets approved I'll hopefully have v0.7 ready for submission
Release date is whenever Microsoft approves the update (hopefully sometime later this week).
So I've hopefully addressed the annoyances with the clumsiness of the cannon and now levels load much faster (after the first load anyway) so that should be good. On my Omnia 7 there are no load times, it's circle in/circle out.

Jabber
I went to install this app on a LG Quantum and it does not show up. One issue might have been my battery may have died during installation(died 5 minutes after I hit install). Zune says its installed, but I can't even find it. Any ideas? I neeeeeed this app!!! Thanks.

7carisfast said:
I went to install this app on a LG Quantum and it does not show up. One issue might have been my battery may have died during installation(died 5 minutes after I hit install). Zune says its installed, but I can't even find it. Any ideas? I neeeeeed this app!!! Thanks.
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Yeah it's probably because it shutdown half way through, not too sure what you can do about that htough. Maybe try asking in a WP7 specific help forum?

As good as your game is, I also want to recognize you for doing something most others do not do in app making: adhering to themes for the tiles.
Thank you so much for this.

MartyLK said:
adhering to themes for the tiles.
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I'm sorry I don't know what you mean by that?

jabberworx said:
I'm sorry I don't know what you mean by that?
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Sorry for being unclear. I mean the proper colors. Like right now my theme is red. The homescreen tile of your game is red.

MartyLK said:
Sorry for being unclear. I mean the proper colors. Like right now my theme is red. The homescreen tile of your game is red.
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oh right, yeah that's fairly easy to do using png transparencies...

If you are going to keep it free indefinitely then perhaps you should open source it so that other devs and join in and improve the game?
If you alone could make something that's so close to Angry Birds, imagine what a group of devs could do. It just needs a bit more polish, but it's oh so close.

digger1985 said:
If you are going to keep it free indefinitely then perhaps you should open source it so that other devs and join in and improve the game?
If you alone could make something that's so close to Angry Birds, imagine what a group of devs could do. It just needs a bit more polish, but it's oh so close.
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I'm hoping to profit from it eventually I don't think I'll make much money though considering the status of the game but it would be nice to get something material in return for all the work I've put into it

[APP] Solitaire Spider

I'm an Solitaire Spider addict, so I wrote one for myself.
Here is market link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=magory.solitairespiderhd
The app was only tested on Transformer and in emulator and it's my first application on this platform, so I'm a little worried if I didn't make some mistakes. On Xoom it should work without problems, though.
UNDO is under back button, to move cards you have to drag and drop (I considered other methods but that seemed most natural). It should work also on smaller tablets but I have to test it more.
All feedback appreciated.

Magnesus said:
I'm an Solitaire Spider addict, so I wrote one for myself.
Here is market link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=magory.solitairespiderhd
The app was only tested on Transformer and in emulator and it's my first application on this platform, so I'm a little worried if I didn't make some mistakes. On Xoom it should work without problems, though.
UNDO is under back button, to move cards you have to drag and drop (I considered other methods but that seemed most natural). It should work also on smaller tablets but I have to test it more.
All feedback appreciated.
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This is a great game. However, after playing for a while when I restarted a game the cards started stacking behind each other not on top.

tofelofogus said:
This is a great game. However, after playing for a while when I restarted a game the cards started stacking behind each other not on top.
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Thanks for the information. I'll try to repeat this bug and fix it as soon as possible.
edit: I published a new version that should have this bug fixed - but it requires more testing.

Magnesus said:
Thanks for the information. I'll try to repeat this bug and fix it as soon as possible.
edit: I published a new version that should have this bug fixed - but it requires more testing.
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Thanks, I'll be happy to test it.
Cheers
Just a another question. It doesn't affect gameplay but the pics next to the New Medium and New Hard games don't match the suites played. New Medium shows all 4 suites and New Hard shows only 2 suites.

tofelofogus said:
Thanks, I'll be happy to test it.
Cheers
Just a another question. It doesn't affect gameplay but the pics next to the New Medium and New Hard games don't match the suites played. New Medium shows all 4 suites and New Hard shows only 2 suites.
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Also, are you able to disable the screen rotation or prevent the game resetting if you accidentally rotate the screen? Hope these suggestions are helpful.
Cheers

Thanks for suggestions. I'll fix the bugs after weekend. Saving game state is in plans (and I have to do something with rotating screen, I forgot to test how it behaves then).

Solitaire Spider had some updates since my last post. Meanwhile I made another, more complicated game - https://market.android.com/details?id=magory.memoryowlhd - Memory Owl HD. Check it out.

Just downloaded very nice game thanx

I just got some bad notes for my games - it really hurts. I hope people would add a review with information why they gave one star. The only explanation I got on one game was "it doesn't work on my phone" with no crash report, and no information on what phone.
Well, the question is - what should I fix in the Solitaire to make it better? It doesn't work fine on small phones, but I don't think I could fix that without, well, writing a new one (this is designed with tablets in mind) - I also don't want to block such devices, because well, for some it might work... Or maybe I should block normal screens?

What solitaires you like the best? I'm going to make a few others soon probably. Right now am working on Klondike, but don't know which are most popular... Aisle Riots maybe?

I made Klondike: https://market.android.com/details?id=magory.klondikesolitairehd
And FreeCell: https://market.android.com/details?id=magory.freecellhd
I'm working on a new Spider version similar to this FreeCell - with better cards for small phones and better usage of the screen estate. I'll post more info soon.

Magnesus said:
What solitaires you like the best? I'm going to make a few others soon probably. Right now am working on Klondike, but don't know which are most popular... Aisle Riots maybe?
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If you are asking, I found this game called 40 thieves and would love a cleaner looking version of that. Thanks for asking

Looks interesting like a mix between Spider and Klondike. I added it to the list, thanks.

Thank you. Let me know if you need a tester.
Sent from my MB870 using XDA App

I decided to consolidate all my solitaires under one topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22398771 - I hope the moderators won't have anything against it. This topic can be closed.

[GAME] 'CELL FREE' New (Actually Good) free game on the marketplace!!

Hey guys there is a game on the marketplace now called 'Cell Free' which is a strategy/puzzle/action game like the cellular level of Spore!
The paid version seems to have almost exclusively 5 star ratings, and is now free. This is the quality of game that should actually be a Xbox Live game.
Also it doesn't seem to have any ads at all...
Check it out, it only has 60 levels but they are very fun!
Here is a link
http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=20edd53f-f638-454b-b5fa-39ea072a52a3

really coool game...!!!

Wow!
This is my game, I made this... I was just getting around to posting a link only to see that it has already been done...
Thanks for the post man, I am so glad you and anandmalli like the game.
Well as you said it's free and also ad free, I just hope everyone has fun playing it. If it becomes at all popular I will be adding a few new levels and enemy types that I wanted to add but didn't have time for during development.
Thanks again.
What does everyone else think?
Any requests for features/improvements/ideas etc...?

Isn't it available in Germany? I can't seem to find it. -_-

Apparently the new version is Mango-only. I can only see the old paid version in the marketplace.
That's a shame, too, because it means it could be months before most WP7 users will see it.

dkp1977 said:
Isn't it available in Germany? I can't seem to find it. -_-
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I wasn't submitted to a few places originally, (including the US...) I have changed it and it should be going up in a few hours.
Sorry about the stuffup...

RoboDad said:
Apparently the new version is Mango-only. I can only see the old paid version in the marketplace.
That's a shame, too, because it means it could be months before most WP7 users will see it.
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I have a 7.0 version up right now, and in a few days I will be putting up a 7.1 version (mainly multitasking support and about 20% boost to battery life because we use the NEON unit in mango to accelerate our float operations.

YEAH
I bought it a few days ago

MultiEMV said:
YEAH
I bought it a few days ago
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Glad you liked it enough to buy it!
All the improvments we have made will be going into the paid version in a few days, and many more.

Cell Updated
Hey I have just put though the fix so that it will now show up in the US and some other places, so if you tried to get it before and it wasn't there go try it out now.
Cell is out in 33 countrys now

[GAME][2.1+] Block Story (beta) - RPG in an infinite block world (ala minecraft)

UPDATE!!! NEW VERSION 2.4.8.8!! Delete previous version before installing this one!
Works on both ARMv6 and ARMv7 phones!!!
Block Story made by Paulpach and his friend in Unity engine! It has even better graphics than minecraft PE, looks better, feels better, and has even some RPG elements! It's currently in beta 1.5 but will get major update in a few days and its progressing very fast!
Features already implemented:
Endless world in all directions, even up and down
Super fast, works well even on arm6 phones
floating islands
Interconnected cave system that extends for kilometers
Beautiful water
Colored lights
Day/night cycle
Snow up in the mountains
Digging and placing blocks
Monsters
Features in the pipeline:
Game saving and loading
Hell, dig deep and you can find hell
Leveling and skills
World sharing so you can upload your world to our web site and people can search, vote, comment on and download worlds
Many more (open for ideas).
For example on P500 clocked at 787Mhz it runs pretty smooth.
beta download: http://www.blockstory.net/mobile
beta 2.2 P500 gameplay: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCauO6o8Smk
So, if you are interested you can check it out:
Site: http://www.blockstory.net/
Facebook fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/BlockStory
HERE IS A BUG DATABASE, you can find what are they currently doing with this game! https://bitbucket.org/paulpach/block...itygame/issues
IF YOU CAN, TRY TO POST AS MUCH FEEDBACK YOU CAN ON FACEBOOK PAGE, THX!

It's fun to play but sometimes freezes up on me, is there anyway to save a game? Thanks for the post!

Skidoo03 said:
It's fun to play but sometimes freezes up on me, is there anyway to save a game? Thanks for the post!
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Game is still in beta. When its finished, you will be able to save but only on paid version. and that will be the only restriction on free version of the game!
Also check out new version 2.4.8.8!!!
About freezing i don't know, will report that to developer. And you can also check facebook page of this game and post your feedback there. Devs would really appreciate that as they can monitor facebook page more easily than bunch of these forums

[GAME][3.0+] Ultimate Dodgeball Android,windows phone, Iphone

Wassup guys,
I would like to present my game app for mobile platforms Ultimate DodgeBall!.
Available on:
Android : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BKstudios.Ultimatedodgeball
Windows phone : Awaiting approval (11/13/2013)
IPhone : in-Production. (11/14/2013)
A Take from Google play store:
Never stop running, or you'll get tagged!Ultimate Dodge-ball brings the fun and quick movement right to your device! utilize jake as you race against the clock for a high-score before the time runs out or your lives!. Fast- paced fun with a "special" slow down function that when used properly, can keep you out of harms way!.
Our hope is to bring new content and updates regularly that will keep our players intrigued.If you like the game and want to see a specific feature or have an idea that's not to far-fetched to be implemented,
then contact us via email or let us know on our website! and if you just want to see what else we are doing or want to see what new updates are in store for the future come check us out!.
Follow us on Google plus+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/110690399377790443840/posts
Follow us on twitter! : https://twitter.com/BkStudios13
Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/Blacknightstudios13?ref=hl
Whats New! :
First release 11/06/2013
Whats coming! :
Update 1.1 in the works and will include :
- UI Updates
- Time bonus for continuous play
- Social integration with leader-board
- Screen to show appreciation/credits
- main screen will show Highest known score instead of last score
- couple of bug fixes
Develop by one-man team, my site is here (temporary) bk-studios.weebly.com

meant for updates
future update announcements

cool
Your game lifted my mood. Thank you.

Fun
Fun game, and nice graphics. I would be cool to change the view so you could see the thrower, to mix it up alittle.
/boniis

boniis said:
Fun game, and nice graphics. I would be cool to change the view so you could see the thrower, to mix it up alittle.
/boniis
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Noted!, working on an update and more functionality maybe some multiplayer

Sofia ThinkMobiles said:
Your game lifted my mood. Thank you.
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Glad i could be of service