Possible to make a game with this mechanic?
Stormtrix
Member Posts: 256
Hey all,
i've been away from gamesalad probably for two years but did make a successful toddler game back then, well successful to me anyways. But now i'm looking to get back in with a new game and want to use the basic mechanic of using the ios timer when the user isn't playing. Pretty much like the Adventure Capitalist game seen here - 
if you hire a manager then it'll just automatically countdown to then give you the money and when you log back into the game it does the calculation of how long you been gone and gives you all that money. Is there a template or tutorial of this.. been searching around the forums. I'm also thinking that same mechanic would be used in games like boom beach where you click to upgrade something and it takes 12hours or whatever and when you come back after that time it's done.
Thanks for your time.
Eric
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I believe @tatiang created a nice demo for this.
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@Stormtrix
This gamestyle is more than possible in GS. Check out my game at http://www.tapperheroes.com. This game is very similar to the video you have posted. It was also completely made with Gamesalad.
Hey @RabidParrot, your game is awesome! Looking forward to the day when I can produce something like that.
I would also love to see @tatiang 's demo of the 'idle' mechanic if anyone can point me there.
@Chr0nos
I actually used @tatiang 's demo to calculate the "Welcome Back Bonus" in my Tapper Heroes game.
Here it is: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/55846/device-clock-do-processes-keep-running-when-an-app-is-inactive/p1