CAT-ACLYSM Development log [its out!]

jonmulcahy

I've been working on this since the unicorn apocalypse. It's 95% done and I hope to wrap it up by end of the month. These are some teaser images on iOS it will be a universal app with gamecenter achievements and leaderboards. It will also be available in the Nook, Amazon and Win8 app stores.

Available now!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id616798986?mt=8

tatiang

I see no unicorns but I do like cats.

UtopianGames

You have my attention

Darren.

debugdesign

interesting... spaceships and cats! Angry cats at that!

SolarPepperStudios

Angry space cats of doom and epicness! I'm in! \m/

LumpApps

Looks great. My only comment would be that the UFO can be drawn better. I think the perspective is wrong.

jonmulcahy

I'm looking for a few beta testers for this game using Test Flight. The game is feature complete and 95% design complete. I just have a feeling it's missing something, but I can't put my finger on it. Looking for some outside opinions.

It's a universal app, so I'm looking for anyone with an iOS device running iOS 6 or higher.

Leave a post here if you are interested and I'll PM you a link.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

dave@fryingbacon.com iPad2

jonmulcahy

awesome, I'll be sending out a beta in a day or so, wrapping up a side project.

anyone else interested?

The_Gamesalad_Guru

I also have iPod 5 and original Kindlefire.

LumpApps

Interested! IPad 3... Or was it 2, I keep forgetting. The NEW iPad... Not the latest, but the one with that name. Ow, thank you apple

The_Gamesalad_Guru

If it has retina it's a 3. It's tough getting old huh @ludwigheijden..lol

LumpApps

Did I already tell you I have an iPad 3?


Thanks @fryingbaconstudios

SolarPepperStudios

If you're still looking for testers then I'll help. I already have TestFlight, so PM me if you need me to test.

tenrdrmer

Ill help ya out man. Looks cool. If you don't already have me In testflight add me. Tenrdrmer(at)yahoo.com

jonmulcahy

ok I sent out a few invites. this game is is universal so it should work fine on 3.5" iPhone, 4" iPhone and the iPad. I am building it for the Kindle Fire/nook and Win8. I've done some light testing on that throughout the build process to make sure everything smoke tests, but I have not done anything significant with it yet. That'll come one iOS is released

jonmulcahy

ok, first beta released.

jonmulcahy

did anyone get the release email from Testflight? I didn't get it.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Nope

jonmulcahy

Nope

weird. I made sure notify users was checked.
open up testflight, it should show up anyways.

jonmulcahy

it looks like no emails from testflight are going out, they might have an outage. I just tried sending myself a release that worked 10 times yesterday

Braydon_SFX

Now that you bring it up - I was having email issues with Testflight with some of my users earlier in the week. It's working for me now, but I thought I'd let you know.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

I got the build no worries.

jonmulcahy

better late than never, looks like the emails just went out.

Braydon_SFX

Ohh whoo - I got an email but didn't sign up. That must mean I'm special. Anywho, why not? I got a new iPhone, though. I'll PM you the UDID - don't know if I'll have time to add it to my testflight account

jonmulcahy

Ohh whoo - I got an email but didn't sign up. That must mean I'm special. Anywho, why not? I got a new iPhone, though. I'll PM you the UDID - don't know if I'll have time to add it to my testflight account

you were probably in the list from a previous test

jonmulcahy

now that Must Keep Counting has been released, I've had some time to focus on CAT-ACLYSM again. Over the past Month I've had a few people beta test the game and gotten some great feedback on controls, usability and difficulty, resulting in some better implementations.

Over the past 2 weeks I've restructured the game play to give it more randomness, increase the replay ability and just make it a little more fun.

Some cool facts so far:

It has a real day/night cycle. It is based on a 24 hour clock, and will adjust the sky to fit the real time of day. It's not super accurate to take into account daylight savings or the daylight changes over the course of the year, but based on the local clock it will display dawn, day, dusk and night.

The Sun and the Moon will cross the sky depending on what time of day/night you are playing. Play at Noon or Midnight, and the sun/moon will be high in the sky. Play at Dawn or Dusk, and they will be just over the horizon.

When playing at night, it will display the phase of the moon. It has 10 years worth of data, so it will be correct for some time.

The game tracks all sorts of statistics. Total Points, Highest Score in a level, Play Time, Achievements and more.

Whats Next?

I'm still adding some new features and content, I hope to wrap that up this week before sending another build out to the beta testers.

And here is a teaser game play shot:

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Ah cool was waiting for the next update. I'm having fun playing this game!

jonmulcahy

Been busy this past week:

-Each level can have 1-3 buildings
-Added Forest/Mountain/Island levels to the existing city levels
-Settled on some sound effects
-Fixed 15 broken buildings
-Added 6 new buildings

Still do do:
-Add 10 more buildings
-Implement sound effects in game
-Add skins for the space shuttle for players to customize
-Redesign all the levels to take into account the new landscapes and building types
-Implement In App Purchase so I can give away the first 5 levels for free (with ads) and then allow players to unlock the other 90+ levels, remove ads, and get a few bonuses
-Add Facebook 'like' button. I've seen many posts on this, but never paid attention. Seems easy enough to implement

I finally got around to using evernote to sync all my notes. It's been fantastic. No new screenshots today, maybe once I wrap up my current list

ArchonStudios

I would be happy to test for you, I have an iPad 4th gen with iOS 7, iPad mini with iOS 6, iPhone 5s with iOS 6, iPod touch with iOS 6.

beefy_clyro

Teaser gameplay looks fantastic