My first game in over 20 years... Bacteria™ Arcade Edition

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• GregBUG Guru

  January 2013

  CongoRats!!!

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013

  Looks good, will d/l it to Bluestack and test

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  @GredBUG Notice I used your on screen joypad...
  

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• phongtt Guru

  January 2013

  wow, kongoratz!!

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  Greetings from Vietnam. We are mobile game/app development studio. Gideros/Unity/Cocos2d-x

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• hgvyas123 Guru

  January 2013

  kongoratz
  
  

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• deniz Maintainer

  January 2013

  congrats!

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• Scouser Guru

  January 2013

  CongoRatz

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• jojobarcream Member

  January 2013

  Congratulation

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• fuzzeemic Member

  January 2013

  Congrats and good luck.
  I'm sure you have seen a lot changes in the gaming industry in 20yrs.

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  Yep, it has changed quite a bit.
  

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  I've submitted an update to Google and Amazon:
  
  V1.3 - Powerups have been added.

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• MikeHart Guru

  January 2013

  Looking interesting, I hope it is doing well in the store.

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  2,500 pirate copies to everyone sold.
  

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• ar2rsawseen Maintainer

  January 2013

  @SinisterSoft what do you mean by pirate copies?

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  People, buy (gmail address), then they cancel within minutes after they have captured the .apk, then the game appears on a warez site (with download counts!) and the support email is the very same gmail account that cancelled.
  
  This happens multiple times within minutes of a new game being available, it shows that the system is automated. Google even link through search to the sites 'cause they show Google ads!
  
  We need a way of running google's new licence check (lvl ?)...

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• Dikkesnoek Member

  January 2013

  Nice graphics,
  
  Marc

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• GregBUG Guru

  January 2013

  @SinisterSoft
  January 3 i bought your game;
  today google has canceled and refunded my order ... why?
  what's wrong ?

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  @GregBUG - don't know. I didn't do it... I looked at history and your first attempt failed, but the second attempt (4th Jan) is still ok.

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  I have some IOS version free codes (10 left) if anyone wants one - just contact me here. First come, first served.
  
  http://itunes.apple.com/bm/app/bacteria-arcade-edition/id590962907
  
  Not as up to date as the Android version, but an update has been submitted.

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013

  I would like to get one... thanks in advance

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  @OZApps - I've messaged you.

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013

  @SinisterSoft thanks

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• OZApps Guru

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  @SinisterSoft,
  A couple of things
  
  1. I am really bad at the games like Asteroids and the first few minutes I was struggling like a noob and was all over the place.
  
  2. You might want to bump up the graphics, dunno why but they seemed to pixellate on the iPad 2.
  
  3. I love the big red button that tells me press it and shoot, plus using it for the menu, etc is a good touch, love that
  
  4. It took me a while to understand that the blue creatures steal the green orbs from the middle, and the red orbs with dots around them shoot those dots at you. While I was drifting across the screen wrapping at the edges, the big red button was the only trusty friend. Maybe a small help/information section would be nice to understand who's who and why could I shoot or not shoot at whats on screen.
  
  5. I saw that from double shots, I could shoot tripple and I had all the hearts, but then one reduced at some point and then I had all of them again, so how does that work? I was busy trying to locate myself on the screen (could find it only via the stream of bullets being shot)
  
  Overall, it was fun once I stopped swimming across the screen (no more touching the joystick and just tap it to turn a bit)

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  You collect power ups they increase your weapon, die and they decrease.
  
  I've improved the control in v1.8 (should be on the store within a few days), I've dampened turning down and restricted the thrust to only occur if you are pressing up...
  
  If you survive a wave with all intact you are rewarded with a bonus, possibly also an extra life. You should see them appear inbetween waves.
  
  I've changed the description info based on your feedback to give clues as to what is happening.
  
  I might add an arcade 'attract' mode that shows baddies, number of points, etc - then gives a demo of playing. What do you think?

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• Mells Guru

  January 2013

  @SinisterSoft
  Congratulations!

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  Here is the demo version on Android...
  http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sinistersoft.bacteriafree
  
  I've also updated the description, it now tells you something about the game rather than just a list of features.

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• moopf Guru

  January 2013

  We need a way of running google's new licence check (lvl ?)...

  Absolutely we do. Presumably it could also be developed as plugin?
  
  

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013

  A plugin should work, as long as it was documented.

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• fxone Member

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  @SinisterSoft I was playing obsessive the similiar game on machines.. when I was a kid, so I like it very much Very good idea to put a demo version on Google Play store. 3 small things there: lack of some kind of information like "loading" or more pulsing text when the wave is completed; it should be in my opinion more dynamic. Second thing is lack of button to store, some kind of IAP function, when the wave 4 is finished. Third: it should be option to change screen orientation to landscape mode, because on small devices like mine (2,8") it's really difficult to steer. Great game, congrats!

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• SinisterSoft Maintainer

  January 2013 edited January 2013

  @fx one: Thanks for the great feedback. Can you leave a review on the free version?
  
  I've changed the control to all buttons now (v2.1). The between wave delays are similar to delays in arcade games of the past (no loading going on). I mught add some kind of pulsing etc though, good idea.
  
  I might add a buy function after wave 4, the demo was a bit rushed.
  
  I was going to do a landscape 'home edition' as soon as I get an Android TV stick...

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