Red Block now on the app store!

MWFPRO

Get the most awesome app ever!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/red-block/id419812233?
Thanks Darren for the free template!

quantumsheep

It begins...

JohnPapiomitis

quantumsheep said:
It begins...

dun dun dun...

quantumsheep

tshirtbooth said:
Here is some library humor for all of you.

I really enjoyed that! Haven't seen it in ages! Ta!

xyloFUN

What ever it takes to get kids to study more!

America has nothing to worry!

MWFPRO

Don't worry there were no people harmed in the making of this game... or blocks.
:-)
Promo Codes

THM3PEWY7ANK
3LAEEYFJ6XYF
ALN6MXERHX6M
FNF67NRX999H
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Thanks!

MWFPRO

MWFPRO said:
Don't worry there were no people harmed in the making of this game... or blocks.
:-)
Promo Codes

THM3PEWY7ANK
3LAEEYFJ6XYF
ALN6MXERHX6M
FNF67NRX999H
699YAWWPN9L4

Thanks!

P.s.
Please leave a review.
Thanks!

StusApps

No offense, but did you make any other changes to Darren's template apart from changing a couple of graphics?

Eminem

He doesn't have to make changes to it

I'm guessing he is getting the hang of gamesalad

Great game dude looks great
Good luck with sales

quantumsheep

MWFPRO said:
P.s.
Please leave a review.
Thanks!

I actually bought this (I'll be one of the sales from the UK in your reports tomorrow!).

I have some suggestions. These are meant to be constructive, so I hope you take them as such!

1. The music. I cringed. Is it Kevin Mcleod? I didn't see a credit anywhere. I've heard that particular track *way* too many times. If it is one of Kevin's, give him some credit firstly, and secondly, listen to his music. REALLY listen to it. There's a HUGE selection of tracks you could get from him for free. It doesn't always have to be the one everyone else is using!

2. When I restart, a black block is sometimes in front of me, killing me instantly. When I retry the level, the red block is nowhere to be seen. I had to restart the game by quitting it completely then starting it up from scratch.

3. Your 'Pause' and 'Exit' buttons are in really bad places. I found on numerous occasions that I was either pausing the game when I wanted to flip gravity, or quitting out to the menu. 'Pause' and 'Exit' are two buttons that you will seldom use. Darren's template had the right idea making the left side of the screen 'jump' and the right side 'Flip Gravity'. I would move these two butons (pause and exit) to the top centre of the screen.

4. I don't remember seeing any animation. I think the bookshelves are fine, but the main character just has no... character. I know he's just a red block, but make his eyes wobble maybe? Turn him upside down when gravity flips? (the template already does this for you!). Move his mouth a bit?

5. There's also no sound. I think the template had an alarm sound for when the baddies appeared. This doesn't seem to have any. Not even for button presses.

6. Lastly, and this is not aimed just at you - if you're going to use a template, that's fine. They can be very useful shortcuts when developing a game. But please, please please - use it as a foundation. Add to it. Change it. Improve it. Do *something!*.

Also, leaving your promo codes out in the open like that will likely lead to Rotstik getting to stick his knife in. Get ready for that!

Hope you don't take too much offence, and I look forward to an update!

QS

StusApps

@eminem

I'd disagree. Templates are there to build a game on. Starting out is fine, but publishing them just does no favors to the gamesalad image amongst customers.

Eminem

@stuSapps

Either way , have u downloaded the game?

Play it and see how it plays before posting a post that makes the person feel bad

What do u get out of that? He's changed the images and has given credit to darren

WHATS THE PROBLEM!?

JohnPapiomitis

Eminem said:
@stuSapps

Either way , have u downloaded the game?

Play it and see how it plays before posting a post that makes the person feel bad

What do u get out of that? He's changed the images and has given credit to darren

WHATS THE PROBLEM!?

you shouldnt be taking a template and just changing the images. THATs the problem. I havent played the game, so i wont comment on it. But it looks like that what he did. I dont care if your new or just gettting the hang of it, IF u didnt do any part of the actual game developmetn, you shouldnt be uploading to the appstore. End of story

Eminem

Yes but he's not taking all rights to it

He has given credit to Darren

Just think if he didn't make this post do u really think people would talk bad about his game

If u saw this game on the AppStore , what would u do? Are u gonna email him and tell him how u feel

JohnPapiomitis

Eminem said:
Yes but he's not taking all rights to it

He has given credit to Darren

Just think if he didn't make this post do u really think people would talk bad about his game

If u saw this game on the AppStore , what would u do? Are u gonna email him and tell him how u feel

doesnt matter if he gave credit to darren. Its still for sale, i doubt hes gonna send a percent of his sales to darren. Doesnt matter if he gave credit or not, if you do no part of the game developmetn you shouldnt be putting in the appstore

Does that mean when RodH uploaded all the gamesalad templates, if he made a post here giving credit to gamesalad it would be okay? Hell no

forklift

Come on guys, nobody went on a rage fit when I announced my remake of Darren's template... there weren't any comments at all on it. Yes, I did change/remove a heck of a lot of stuff in order to make my version simple to play... but when does one cross into the line of 'changed enough to make it original?'

http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=17642

OldAccountPlzIgnore

I personally wouldn't do it but i think if someone buys a template they can use it as they wish. I'm no good at music so I often use Kevin's I don't think anybody would look down on me for not editing it. Maybe MWFPRO isn't great with Gamesalad and would like to start off focussing on the other aspects of the game.
Looking back my first games were terrible but most people here humoured me. I'm not saying what he did was right but maybe just easy off a bit.

JohnPapiomitis

EightBitRemix said:
I personally wouldn't do it but i think if someone buys a template they can use it as they wish. I'm no good at music so I often use Kevin's I don't think anybody would look down on me for not editing it. Maybe MWFPRO isn't great with Gamesalad and would like to start off focussing on the other aspects of the game.
Looking back my first games were terrible but most people here humoured me. I'm not saying what he did was right but maybe just easy off a bit.

welll he didnt buy it though, this templates free
@ forklift you made changes though. If you put your game and shadow runner side by side they look like differnt games with different elements. You took out the swtich gravity button, and took out the top objects and such.

Again this isnt meant to be a attack on MWFPRO, my appologies

but if you put his game next to shadow run, it looks EXACTLY the same just a graphics switch.

When it comes down it to if were all gonna have a gamesalad splash screen, statements like this need to be made not to bring down the name of every gamesalad game. IF we didnt have the splash screen i could care less what he does, cause it would have no effect on me and what i do with the software
Again this isnt meant as a attack on anyone and i apolgize again, that just needed to be said though. Ill be easing off now, and good luck to you MWFPRO with your future game making.

DrGlickert

PM me a promo code and you'll get a "Dr Approved" review!

MWFPRO

Hi guys thanks for the comments! QS i love the input and will make some changes in the next update! Also I am not new to the form but I am a GS user under different name.
Thanks!