Spacescape if FREE right now...

goliath

In a desperate effort to try and get noticed, I have made my iphone game, SpaceScape, FREE right now.

If anyone out there download it, please give me a good review...

Thanks!

racingspider

Have you changed the way the ship is controlled? I've looked at the reviews and the negative ones indicate that the player's finger covers the ship.
You'll need to address that. Also, losing the ship off screen needs to be addressed. Once you fix those two things, submit an update.
I'll take a look at the game as well and see what I think too. But, good to start with what the 1-2 star ratings are telling you. The fact that they are actually telling you WHY they gave you a poor rating is good. You can fix it.

racingspider

Three things jump out at me right away. First thing, the control scheme is no good. Covering the image that represents the player is a big no-no. Also, the way the ship moves makes the game ridiculously simple. Moving the ship as fast as the player can move his finger really is a problem.

Tilt control is a must.

The graphics themselves are fine, except that the meteors are not anti-aliased as they spin. This causes little white does to sparkle around as they rotate. Either make the border black, or solid continuous white (but still thin). This will reduce the amount of "flicker".

Parallax scrolling is also highly recommended. The dots that fly by are a good start, the parallax scrolling doesn't have to be fast, really slow would do wonders for the immersion.

Once those items are done, you'll have something on your hands that will have a chance, once you include power-ups, maybe one-time missile shots, enemies that shoot, or kamikaze enemies. Anything to increase the diversity of the game.

Its fairly lackadaisical, and the game play gets boring quickly.

So, to sum up:

Tilt control
Fix meteor graphics to stop the "snow"
Parallax scrolling
Enemy type diversity