Comments on: A Preview of Upcoming 'Isotope: A Space Shooter'

By: groovy

groovy — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:14:45 +0000

Yes this game has a completely original soundtrack & professionally crafted sound design to give it a very distinctive sound along with it's distinctive look.

We're very excited for this game to hit the shelves, shoot'em ups are my personal favorite genre to make and play!

Some iphone titles we've helped provide audio for are: DropShip, Topple, Topple 2, Mazefinger, Star Defense, Dr Awesome, Pudge, Biggest Brain and a slew of other iphone titles.

I've released a video for those interested of how the music was composed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGfDhfKadMI

By: Constable Odo

Constable Odo — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:58:33 +0000

Is there any chance that Apple's new software might tweak the speed of the older iPhone or iPod Touch for better performance? It'll never bring their speed up to the upcoming iPhone, though. This can't be helped since Apple is building faster mobile devices every year. Users will just have to limit their game choices to suit their particular model iPhone/iPod Touch. Apple will have to tell developers to rate the games speed for a particular model.

By: ujp

ujp — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:46:33 +0000

Yep, the ships are visually different. There are different sprites for the different ships (not every ship has a unique sprite though), and different ships have different guns (laser, spread, reflect, knockback bullets, etc).

By: Alichan76

Alichan76 — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:50:20 +0000

oops, I meant to post this in the Kryzer section. Doh!

By: Alichan76

Alichan76 — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:49:21 +0000

It's only simple on the surface. A few strategic decisions to make when you dig a bit, which is the the pull for me.

By: jimmysck

jimmysck — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:28:52 +0000

"40 different ships to purchase and level up."

Can I see the difference between the new ships?

By: Indy

Indy — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:04:27 +0000

Looks nice.

By: jdm

jdm — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:56:37 +0000

Gratz ujp, looks great! Can't wait to buy it, day one!

By: Dudehuge

Dudehuge — Sun, 24 May 2009 19:01:30 +0000

Have you played GeoWars, Squid Yes! Not So Octopus!, and the other million games that share the same design? That's the aesthetic they're going for. You clearly have no clue on what you're talking about.

By: ujp

ujp — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:47:09 +0000

Sweet, Isotope got onto touchArcade! I'm one of the developers and just wanted to answer some of the questions.

Yannis Brown (http://www.groovyaudio.com/credits.htm) did our sound effects and they are terrific.

The 30 fps comment was based on testing on the first and second generation Iphone.

We will be putting out a iphone hardware gameplay only video at some point so you guys can judge for yourselves the sound quality and framerate.

Thanks!