★★★ Blood Wip Utopian Games/DBA ★★★

UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
edited July 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Its been a while since i got stuck into a full game with all the templates we have been making recently but what started out as a "wonder if this is possible" moment will turn into a full game over the next few weeks so thought id share the early progress.

Its a 1 scene (no load times) 100 level (eventually!) puzzle game that's using tables for almost everything.

Its got some really smart AI in relation to the tiles and hasn't broken so far!

Testing on 2nd gen touch gets just under 60 fps and a steady 16 mb total.



Darren.
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  • JustMe74JustMe74 Member, PRO Posts: 542
    Looks great!
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    That's amazing!

    I love those type of games!

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  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    Amazing work, like always!
  • crazycam99crazycam99 Paris, FranceMember Posts: 519
    Love the game!
  • rhinokeyrhinokey Member Posts: 158
    nice game, coming along well. my suggestion would be to have it where you can see the piece as you drag it around to place it, perhaps a ghosted half transparent version and when you lift your finger it places it, so you click on it in the list on the left and drag it where you want it then lift to drop it.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    nice game, coming along well. my suggestion would be to have it where you can see the piece as you drag it around to place it, perhaps a ghosted half transparent version and when you lift your finger it places it, so you click on it in the list on the left and drag it where you want it then lift to drop it.
    Agreed.

    Looking good though Darren :)
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  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    We did think about this but the bottom block on the left is the only active one and we found because the iphone screen is so small you couldnt' really see the block under your finger.

    I think a gold square around the active bottom block would be a good way to tell the user this is the next active block mb?

    Darren.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    edited July 2012
    Added in some blank blocker tiles to make level design a little more interesting and were going to have a beating heart to collect that will be a little hard to reach.

    I have also coded in a fast forward button so you dont have to hang around if you have completed the level.

    The levels are all build using tables pretty similar to our free collision with tables template over at DBA.



    Darren.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Level 1 is in....



    Darren.
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    Nice! Can't wait to see this one live on the app store.

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  • crazycam99crazycam99 Paris, FranceMember Posts: 519
    Nice!
  • DanDaMan123DanDaMan123 Member Posts: 216
    Did you get rid of the four direction ones?
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    No the cross (4 direction) appear in later levels.

    Darren.
  • DanDaMan123DanDaMan123 Member Posts: 216
    Oh I thought maybe so. In the earlier videos when you used the 'cross' it looked like the red blood only continued through one direction. Did you get it to go out all four? Or does it automatically go out where another piece is connected?
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    It continues in the same direction but can come back round and back through..interesting though going out of all 4 might be a nice idea:)

    Darren.
  • maxbeaumontmaxbeaumont Member Posts: 616
    Hey Darren,

    I hope this one does well for you guys, even though I didn't end up buying it ;) Keep us updated!

    Max
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  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    The blood is the life! Nice one!!

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  • jonathan_panjonathan_pan Member Posts: 21
    did you make the water pipe one based on this one or no?
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    edited July 2012
    Hey Darren,

    I hope this one does well for you guys, even though I didn't end up buying it ;) Keep us updated!

    Max
    Thanks for the very kind offer Max you certainly made us think about it, we just felt we would like to take a risk on the store with this one instead of selling it.
    did you make the water pipe one based on this one or no?
    Yes this is based off the template in the marketplace but with a few additions...the pipes scroll down on the left and i have built in some empty blocks using tables.

    Darren.

  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    edited July 2012
    Post was sunk meaning it was lost so just a little bump so the users can see i did actually reply to them.

    Added a custom font level number today and working on some more levels.

    What do you think about a mini game unlockable like beer root tapper (loved that game!) but with a vamp chick serving the blood and some not so nice customers?



    Darren.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692


    Working on the level select area.

    Darren.
  • BarrytheBraveBarrytheBrave Member Posts: 134
    edited July 2012
    It looks great, nice and smooth gameplay. I'd have to agree on the 4 way blocks though, when I saw the blood approaching a 4 way block I expected it to go in all directions, and when it didn't I figured maybe you just hadn't coded that part yet. I'm sure it'll be a great game either way I'm just guessing quite a few people like me will expect that when they see it. :-?
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    Well done.

    If I can give my feedback:
    When you collect a star, give some way the player knows that he obtained it without having to complete the level. Perhaps it would be a glass star that the good would fill up. Once filled, the star would do an effect and disappear. That's just my two cents.

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  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Thanks for the feedback guys...i think we might stick to the cross section only going one way but change the art so it looks like a bridge going under and over.

    You can only keep the star if you complete the level but yes we need to do something nice with it.

    Thinking of adding some vampic speech in places too.

    Darren.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692


    Worked on the title screen today.

    Darren.
  • dwibredwibre Member Posts: 192
    Who does your graphics?
  • creativeappscreativeapps Member Posts: 1,770
    edited August 2012
    Love the characters with animations. Dont know how you did this complex coding easily in gamesalad
  • ZoytZoyt Member Posts: 374
    Wow... This is amazing!
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    Great job Darren! Really coming along!

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  • rnyacoubrnyacoub Member Posts: 132
    edited August 2012
    @utopaingames Looks great
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