Well what do you think?

iDeveloperz

its done and i'd like to say a big thanks to everyone who helped me

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/32913

Please tell me what you think of it.
Thank you all for being so helpful

quantumsheep

I think you've got your game set to 'private' - I can't get to it from your link and it doesn't show up in your profile.

iDeveloperz

Ok sorted sorry about that.

JCFord

HI iDeveloperz

Its a great start, if you want some ideas how about:

1. Some instructions at the start,
2. Texture on the asteriods
3. Slow rotation on the planet
4. A graphic for the mouse position rather than the mouse cursor

Great start - Well done!

iDeveloperz

Ok thanks, how do i texturise my images though. Im just drawing them at the moment in photoshop. How do i make better images.

iDeveloperz

Where does everyone get their images from?

Without getting sued from copyright!

iDeveloperz

There we go its been updated. A bit better. but I still need to work out on better graphics.

giacomopoppi

its good but it needs something extra to it...
-i think that u should give us 3 chances before the meteors destroy the earth... i don't know... u could add the ozone layer or something just to show that earth has protection.
-get the meteors to spin randomly.
-maybe get some bonus points for big meteors.
-have a spaceship land on earth (bonus)
-after a certain point after a certain tot of points there should be a hidden level, something like a boss meteor or something.
-sound on/off
- maybe show the sun moving around the earth (as the background) so that u can show that time is passing.
-get the backgrounds to be different for the easy medium and hard lvls.
-change the way in which you lose: show the earth moving off screen to the right. meteors stop coming and have a window pop up saying the time you resisted and the points gained and show the high score.
-high score saving.

hope i helped. i really like the idea of your game!!

iDeveloperz

Wow thanks dude.

Do you know how to save the high score? because thats a good idea.

Im currently working on the 3 lives and I don't think you can do a sound on/off thing with game salad at the moment. Im currently work ing on a thing where bonuses come from the left like Shields (invincibility) Health (Add 1 life) and Slow-Mo (Self explanatory)

Chaser

for sure texture on rocks. maybe take pictures of rocks or dirt and cut out for your images

giacomopoppi

ok so..
highscore? easy to do but its only offline, i mean ... u cant see other peoples high score, just yours.

what u have to do is :
create an attribute called high score points

Points:
create a rule (when u loose) that is:
-if attribute game.points is > game.highscore points
-change attribute game.highscore points to game.points.
-save attribute game.highscore.
then on the home page select any actor and make the load attribute on it
load the game.highscore points.

you can do this also for the time (seconds) but its a bit more complicated. ask if u want me to explain how.

Tshirtbooth solved the sound button

iDeveloperz

Oh right. Silly me.

iDeveloperz

Well i have added 2 new backgrounds and a sound on/off button.

I will try the high score thing now. Hopefully if i perfect this i can put it on the appstore.

iDeveloperz

Im having problems with the high score thing. Will it keep it when the user quits the application? And im not sure how to do a save button. What I need to do is on the game over scene Have a Save button (actor) then it displays it on the menu (options) "High Score: 380" like that?

giacomopoppi

yes, exactly as tshirtbooth said
if u need more help just ask

iDeveloperz

Ok thanks for all your help

giacomopoppi

np

iDeveloperz

Well now i got to work on

Health
Bigger astroids
Bonuses anything else

I have published what we have done so how.

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/32913

iDeveloperz

When i publish this to iPhone i might make another game but first i was wondering are you limited to 480 x 320 or can you have a camera following the actor?

iDeveloperz

What does everyone thing about the new astroids?

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/32913

Keep them or change them?

quantumsheep

You can have the camera follow the actor, sure - do a search on the forums for that.

Careful with the high score - if it's a web based game it won't work - will only work on a device (iphone etc).

I assume you're just doing the web based game for now, so don't get bogged down in the high score as it won't work on the web anyway.

Hope that helps, will take a look at the game in a few mins.

QS

giacomopoppi

ok so
-sound button bug + needs to start with the sound activated
-love the meteors but keep the ones before and spawn these ones as stronger meteors (2 taps to destroy?)
im watching a film now. ill suggest something else tomorrow.

giacomopoppi

ahh, yes u can have the camera following the actor also if it goes over 480x320

iDeveloperz

right thanks a lot for your help today.

iDeveloperz

2 taps to destroy sounds good, can always make harder ones. Still have to work it out =P.

quantumsheep

I like your asteroids!

I've found that some of them change direction sometimes, and if you double tap them then the rest destroy automatically. It's a bug that's being discussed here:

http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=2143

Additionally, don't panic if your high score doesn't work in the web game - it will only work on devices.

Good luck with it!

QS

iDeveloperz

Thanks, i noticed the bug and im still working how to resolve it, not sure if that post gives the answer. ill keep it as a cheat for now .

quantumsheep

Heh - in the games industry we like to say 'It's not a bug, it's a *feature*'

iDeveloperz

yeh, lol.

Do you know how to add a health feature?
3 lives or something?

quantumsheep

Very simple.

Just add an integer variable and set it to 3. Call this variable 'health'.

On your earth actor place the rule

If actor is hit by asteroid

then change variable health to health -1

Put another rule in that says

If health = 0 then go to game over screen

Put another actor somewhere to display the health.

Hope that helps,

QS

iDeveloperz

Thanks ill try it now, do you have an IM or something?