Game nearly finished...! Any feedback welcome

HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
edited November -1 in Announce Your Game!
So we're in the last 2 or 3 weeks before our game is finished and can be submitted. Here's a couple early screen shots. There are more images and info on the new site: www.honeytribestudios.com. Have a look and see what you think. Sign up with the newsletter and we can tell you the day the game is on itunes.

Any feedback welcome and I'll post a video showing gameplay in a few days.

(and here it is! QS :D)



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Cheers
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  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    love the hand drawn graphics, they look great.
    post a video soon so we can all see how gameplay works! That'll make it easier to give feedback.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Yes looks lovely, need to see a video though :)
  • design219design219 Member Posts: 2,273
    I agree the artwork had a neat style. Since you did ask, I would only suggest a little definition between the foreground actors and the background. The foreground art has the slight outlining and the background doesn't, which give a nice distinction, but maybe a little more might be nice and enhance a faux 3d effect.

    Here is a quick mockup with a little drop shadowing.

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    Just a thought. Best of luck with this game!
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    @design219 Good idea, i might try that, cheers for taking the time to make a mockup!

    @jonmulcahy, @beefy_clyro

    Cheers guys, yeah i'll get a vid posted as soon as I can.
  • akashvirakashvir Member Posts: 42
    Shaz, The game looks beautiful indeed and looks like lot of fun..
    Just browsed through your website and indeed you and Guy should get nominated for best art in a mobile games so that imaginary becomes real :)
    Best wishes for it..
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    @akashvir Thanks for the vote of confidence, I'll pass the message on to Guy (the artist) I'm sure he'll be pleased to hear that. I hope you signed up with our newsletter so we can tell you the day it's released! :o)
  • akashvirakashvir Member Posts: 42
    Yup, I have subscribed to it..Will be waiting for the video to see the gameplay in action..

    Cheers..
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Ok, here's the first video - in this one I'm talking about the use of dynamic music used in the game. Enjoy! Any feedback welcome.

  • JamwithnoJamwithno Member Posts: 312
    Wow that is really amazing great art work you got there nice work. cant wait to buy it.
  • cyplaycyplay Member Posts: 35
    Love the art style!
  • ChaserChaser Member Posts: 1,453
    Looks good. Great feeling with the music as well.
  • jazgraphicsjazgraphics Member Posts: 24
    Wow! very nice. The Music is awesome.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Thanks guys, don't forget to add yourself to the mailing list on the site and we'll give you a buzz when the game is released :o)

    www.honeytribestudios.com

    Cheers
  • akashvirakashvir Member Posts: 42
    Awesome graphics, music and the game itself..
    And everyone I am pleased to announce that the award for best art in a mobile games goes to Mr. Shaz and Mr. Guy :) ..Hope it comes true..
    Best of luck with it..!!
  • OaklandasfanOaklandasfan Member Posts: 213
    the music and game look amazing
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Nice work Shaz. If its not finished yet, i would consider waiting a bit longer as GS next release (within 1st two weeks of May) will support GameCenter leaderboards. This looks like a game that should take advantage of that.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Yeah, I was thinking to wait for leaderboards. Actually I already clicked the option for it in itunes connect when i reserved the game name! Although I haven't got GS pro yet. Guess I'll have to pretty soon...
  • ApplaudAppsApplaudApps Member Posts: 308
    Hi. It looks very nice. I just wondered are the 'danger' events in the game synchronised to happen in time to the music. Or do you actually change the music mid play in which case are you stopping and starting music loops or layering them on top of each other. How would you sync them perfectly? Thanks.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Yeah, everything is set to trigger at the same tempo. I import the audio as sounds rather than music (except for the forest ambience in the background). And then each sound has a list of conditions before it will play. One of those is a reference to the game time. So using modulo, i can make sure that the sounds only start playing on the beat.

    Gotta pick the right tempo though. 120 bpm would be the easiest as you can trigger sounds when game time is at intervals of 1.0, 0.5 or 0.25 seconds.
  • ApplaudAppsApplaudApps Member Posts: 308
    Thanks. Great to know how you did that.

    Good luck with the game when released!
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    No worries - keep in mind that arm 6 devices won't be reliable if using the above method. i.e sometimes the sounds will trigger slightly late. Which does completely kill the music. I've decided to go with only arm 7 for this game.
  • JeffreyShimaneJeffreyShimane Member Posts: 372
    That looks fantastic! Hope it's successful for you!

    - Jeff
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Cheers Jeffery. Well I hope so too!... but having doubts. Not had much interest from this forum or touch arcade either. Which might not be a good sign. Hmmmm. Will just have to keep plugging away at the marketing I guess.
  • JeffreyShimaneJeffreyShimane Member Posts: 372
    The dynamic music works really well! I was thinking of doing that on my app but I never could figure it out.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Using modulo is very useful. With it you can fade the volume of the sounds up or down depending on what's going on. So in this game the bird's drum theme gets louder as it gets closer to your character. A simple effect but it works well to add to the sense of danger/pursuit.

    Could also just use a timer (every 0.05 sec change volume attribute to... whatever) but I've tried to avoid using them for performance optimisation.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Made another video - no narration this time. Constructive criticism welcome. Let me know what you think!



    Also made a facebook page for the game so please click 'like' on it. Will be happy to do the same if you have a facebook page for your game.

    www.tiny.cc/honeytribe

    Cheers
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Been on the pre release marketing for a few days. Things not going quite as smoothly as I'd hoped. I'm sure many can relate. Only a few websites picked up my press releases so far.

    Almost no one seems to want to comment on my touch arcade thread: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=93286

    (the thread in the developers section is a bit more alive)

    I know its only early days but I was thinking the art and music might get a bit more interest. I'm thinking I need some much better trailers and promo pics? Communication isn't my strong point though!

    Does anyone have good advice for how to attract press attention?
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Ok, I decided to pay more attention to social sites.

    Here's my twitter name: @HoneyTribeStu

    Add me!

    Also be great if you could comment in the touch arcade thread: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=93286

    and 'like' our facebook page: http://www.tiny.cc/honeytribe

    Cheers
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    @QS Just noticed that you put the video at the top of the thread - cheers!
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Greetings all. Would appreciate if you can leave some honest feedback on my touch arcade forum post

    http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=93286

    Cheers
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