50 Before Home - Can you reach 50?

barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72
edited January 2015 in Announce Your Game!

It's home-time for two kids who are out too late, but they're not going anywhere until they get 50 and this ball has a mind of its own!

Arcade:
http://arcade.gamesalad.com/games/126509

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Davebarley.Fiftybh

Interested to hear any feedback or comments.

Cheers GS crew!

image

Comments

  • Fal01Fal01 Member Posts: 460

    Well done @barleyesq,

    It's a really addictive game, I like the little characters but maybe you could put some kind of a background on it (a pixel art city scape or something).

    PS What happens when you reach 50?

    It’s not a bug – it’s an undocumented feature

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    Daft Punk ! :)

  • barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72
    edited January 2015

    Thanks @Fal01. I played around with putting a city-scape or similar in the bg, but in the end it felt a bit too distracting and I preferred the minimal look.

    As for what happens at 50, you'll have to persevere and find out! ;)

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273

    Wow! That's insanely addictive! Great job!

    My GameSalad Academy Courses! ◦ Check out my quality templates! ◦ Add me on Skype: braydon_sfx

  • barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72

    Thank you @Braydon_SFX‌ !

  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881

    Awesome little game! I have 4 points.

    Lump Apps and My Assets

  • barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72

    Good effort @LumpApps‌ ! I'm sure you'll improve if you keep trying. ;)

  • Fal01Fal01 Member Posts: 460

    Darn it! I'm stuck on 20 and i'm getting worse instead of better :\

    @‌barleyesq
    Have you thought about making a 2 player option as well?

    It’s not a bug – it’s an undocumented feature

  • JapsterJapster Member Posts: 672

    Just tried it out - GREAT little game, very addictive! - and one of those 'so simple but effective' approaches to gameplay - I've a feeling that this could do well!

    Well done!

  • barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72

    Definitely an option @Fal01‌. I had a control scheme at one stage that split the jump control down the middle of the screen which pretty much instantly gave that ability. I changed back so that the game could more easily be played with one hand, but it showed that 2-player would be easy to do.

    @Japster‌ -thank you!

  • RossmanBrothersGamesRossmanBrothersGames Member Posts: 659

    Wow I love it. Planning on releasing on ios? I think two player would be great as well.

    www.rossmanbrosgames.com

  • JapsterJapster Member Posts: 672

    Had a great run just now - my best! - 25... :) Damn, this is stupidly addictive!... ;)

  • gamestudentgamestudent Member Posts: 504

    :s It's so hard! I keep jumping over the ball! Excellent game!

  • barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72

    Thanks for the kind words guys! @RossmanBrothersGames‌ - would definitely love to release on iOS and I intend to, but do not own a Mac and am lacking funds for the Apple developer fee right now, so it will have to wait a little while. :\

  • JapsterJapster Member Posts: 672
    edited January 2015

    I've just bought it @barleyesq! - Awesome game, and left you a great, well-deserved review too mate! :) .not showing yet, but it's there!:-

    "This is brilliant! - Give it a go!

    Unbelievably addictive, retro-looking, easy to play, quick to pick-up but VERY hard to master game - gets faster the more you play it, and that 50's going to be a REAL challenge! (PS - love the awesome, strangely familiar 'kids' - inspired!)

    Simple, but superb! - meant to write this review AGES ago - argh, just one more go!"

    PS - I don't suppose anyone wants to maybe try Catflap too? - my post about releasing it seems to have just gone by without a single (okay, one, thanks to @DigiChain) response, but I just want to assure people that it's honestly NOT Flappy bird the 307th incarnation!! :(

  • RondoRocketRondoRocket Member Posts: 411

    Nice one! Been playing on GS Arcade and it's very addicting. Hopefully you can release on iOS. Only feedback I have, and it's a subtle thing, but maybe only have the active player jump? It distracts me a little when both jump... but I got use to it after a while.

    Twitter:rondorocket
    Web: rondorocket.com

  • barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72
    edited January 2015

    @Japster‌ - Thanks so much for the support, really appreciate that!

    @RondoRocket‌ - Thanks! I tried to fix that thing where they both jump at the same time, but couldn't do it without breaking something else and didn't want to spend any more time on it. Maybe one day. I think you kind of hit the nail on the head when you said "I got use to it after a while". I like to think of it as a charming quirk to the gameplay. :wink: . I'll get it on iOS at some point soon, promise.

    It was an easy job to put it on the Amazon store though, so I put it on there too!

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Barley-50-Before-Home/dp/B00SI5PE7I/ref=sr_1_1?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1422284482&sr=1-1&keywords=50+before+home

    (no idea if that link actually works for getting the app, so if anyone actually has a compatible device, please do let me know! :smiley: )

  • barleyesqbarleyesq Member Posts: 72

    I've gone and made a little video trailer too now...

Sign In or Register to comment.

© Vanilla Keystone Theme 2024