Comments on: Kevin Calderone's Trace Finally Hits the App Store

By: iPhone

iPhone — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:01:57 +0000

thanks for the game.
Play evenings ..

By: CUE Friday Sessions | BlogWalker

CUE Friday Sessions | BlogWalker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:43:01 +0000

[...] iPhone: The Ultimate Teaching Assistant – Lanie McGann provided a great overview of iPhone uses and applications via her presentations and iPhone Education PDF. She ended her session by polling the audience for favorite iPhone apps. Haven't had a chance to checkout all of them, but, for a starter, many parents in the audience love Trace. [...]

By: dance4$

dance4$ — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:16:34 +0000

Hey great game. Can't wait for your update. Frustration like 5 areas. Any hints anywhere. I'm going nuts trying to figure out those 5. I'm addicted and need therapy.
Dan

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:36:15 +0000

Kevin,

My kids absolutely loved your game. Great work.

By: Kevin Calderone

Kevin Calderone — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:13:27 +0000

Trace is always going to be free, however I plan to make a sequel that will be a paid app.

@Marcus: I am working hard on version 1.1. I plan to submit the update on Wednesday, then it will probably take another week for apple to approve it. Sorry if you feel it is taking too long.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:59:09 +0000

I think if it WAS a 3$ game, then people might be building up on these bugs and demanding for an update. I think this is absolutely fantastic- it's free. Maybe if he changes it to a paid app now, people might complain.

Just my 2 cents.

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:47:11 +0000

yeah…it's a great game! i would pay for it too.

By: Mathieu Bonin

Mathieu Bonin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:50:32 +0000

I think this game is a missed opportunity.

Not the game itself. The fact that it's FREE. I've paid good money for way crappier and under-developed games for the iPod Touch so far, and this one has a very large amount of level, good premise, interesting art style…

It's at least a $3 game, the guy would have made a killing at that price.

By: Barry Ward

Barry Ward — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:18:21 +0000

"Put me down as a “no” for the erase option. It’s just fine as it is.
You have to think about what lines you need to draw before you start to draw.
If you screw things up, then start again.
No problem."

But it is a problem when, due to the size of the screen, and due to the size of some peoples fingers, the player accidentally draws the platform too far and can't complete the stage because of their mistake. It can get a little frustrating having to start all over again because of a little mistake.
The developer has already said they will incorporate an erase option.
A few stages in I am finding some of the later ones already frustrating to play even without this issue.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:53:17 +0000

Put me down as a "no" for the erase option. It's just fine as it is.
You have to think about what lines you need to draw before you start to draw.
If you screw things up, then start again.
No problem.
This game is designed to be simple and it works as it is with a few simple buttons and controls. Adding more to the mix will detract from that.