Space Forest Dilemma PapaQuark Genres: Games Arcade Puzzle GAME CENTER ENABLED Free Supported Devices: iPhone4 iPadThirdGen iPadMini iPadThirdGen4G iPodTouchourthGen iPad23G iPodTouchThirdGen iPadMini4G iPad3G iPodTouchFifthGen iPhone5s iPhone5 iPhone4S iPadFourthGen4G iPhone-3GS iPadWifi iPadFourthGen iPhone5c iPad2Wifi Minimum iOS Version: iOS 5.0 Download Size: 11.9MB Space Forest Dilemma PapaQuark Test your logic, planning and timing skills in this fast paced and challenging arcade puzzler, where the objective is si… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsTest your logic, planning and timing skills in this fast paced and challenging arcade puzzler, where the objective is simple: Don't collide! "A real delight for fans of logic puzzles" - 148apps, 4/5 "Tough as nails, but never unfair" - AndroidRundown, 8/10 "A simple puzzle game with a brilliant premise" - Gamezebo "Sharp controls and devious puzzles" - AppSpy "A beautiful new arcade puzzler" - SuperGameDroid "So far, so weird" - GoPlayThat “Fabulous game!” “Very addictive!” “I can’t stop playing!” - User Comments GAMEPLAY To master a level you have make all the blocks move without colliding. Each type of block has a unique movement pattern and each obstacle will try to stop you in different ways. You need to learn the patterns, then plan, time & execute each move perfectly in order not to collide. Challenge yourself further by squeezing the time on each level to achieve the lowest total time. HIGHLIGHTS * Unique & challenging one touch gameplay - Straightforward, Minimalistic, Stimulating * A whole bunch of handcrafted levels - New types of blocks and obstacles introduced as you proceed * Semi-epic story line - Follow Chris Crossfire in a text based space adventure unfolding as you complete level by level * Pretty awesome soundtrack - Yep... THE STORY Caught up in middle of the struggle between the greedy Spinner Corporation and the mystical Space Forest Preservation Initiative, Chris Crossfire is forced to choose sides. Keep harvesting those Octagon Trees like it ain’t no thang, or listen to his conscience and join the tree huggers. All he really wants to do is fly spaceships and kick back with an occasional burger. Chris Crossfire has a dilemma. A Space Forest Dilemma. PREMIUM Space Forest Dilemma is playable at no cost and free from ads. An optional premium upgrade is available through a one-time in-app purchase that will enable 60 more levels, new blocks & obstacles, new game mode, bonus track and more.... PRIVACY POLICY In order to make your game experience better this game asks for certain privileges like Internet access and to save your progress. We make games for our buddies and treat them and you with respect when it comes to integrity and personal information. CONTACT Please send any questions or feedback to [email protected]. We appreciate all feedback and will consider any suggestions to improve the game. Thank you for the confidence. We hope you enjoy the game! Information Seller:PapaQuark Genre:Arcade, Puzzle Release:Nov 06, 2014 Updated:Dec 17, 2014 Version:1.2.8 Size:14.1 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (3) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #2 saosijs, Nov 6, 2014 Last edited: Nov 6, 2014 This looks pretty decent on my mini in 2x mode. Nice game, played a few levels, looks promising. There is an IAP for more levels, and no ads that I have seen so far. So all good. Game Center isn't working though. And there is a small period of insensitivity to touch after having activated a block PQuark Active Member Apr 26, 2014 30 0 0 Malmö, Sweden http://www.papaquark.com #3 PQuark, Nov 6, 2014 Hey Saosijs, This is Andreas from PapaQuark. Thanks a lot for taking the time to check out our game and sending your comments! This is our first launch on the AppStore and we really appreciate it any feedback we get. The Game Center issue should be fixed now.. apparently it was an Apple thing and a lot of games had problems with GC today. We've noticed the lag issue as well when tapping - and hopefully we can sort that out in an update very soon. We're working on it. Until then I can recommend swiping between the blocks without lifting your finger. It's really useful when you want to set off several blocks quickly (and you don't have the "tap lag" issue..) some levels can even be completed in one super fast swiping motion. It's pretty cool Thanks again & have a great day, Andreas saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #4 saosijs, Nov 7, 2014 Thanks Andreas, swiping works great indeed. On some levels it still would be nice to have the tap option, but let's see if you find anything for that. So far I could improve every level with swiping though Game Center has been a mess the last days yes. Many new games suffer from this. I now can see GC but only in-game for some reason. But I guess that is a matter of some time before Apple has everything stabilized or synchronized. I'm getting to level 20 now and can't imagine how hectic and mind and eye dazzling it will get later on! Looking forward to that sterlingware Well-Known Member Aug 26, 2014 84 0 0 Developer Canada http://www.sterlinggamesinc.com #5 sterlingware, Nov 7, 2014 Excellent game. I played nearly 15 levels and couldn't put it down. The simplicity of the mechanics makes this game good. The explanations at the top of the screen and the quick restart "tap to retry" makes this game great. No bugs, no issues in-game, smooth flow, no pressure to buy premium. Great job. Based on your game design, it looks like there is enough space at the bottom of the screen to put in an ad. Revenue for you? (without disturbing the flow really). Great job. PQuark Active Member Apr 26, 2014 30 0 0 Malmö, Sweden http://www.papaquark.com #6 PQuark, Nov 7, 2014 Hey sterlingware, Oh man, thanks for the kind words. Means a lot to us. We wanted for it to be a clean and uncluttered experience so we probably won't put adds in there anytime soon... sure revenue would be nice some day, but right now we just want people to play the game and have a good time. Good luck cracking those levels and please let us know if you run into any problems. Have a great day. /Andreas rIcHrAnDoM Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Nov 17, 2008 7,936 30 38 Steelworker/Welder Indiana, USA #7 rIcHrAnDoM, Nov 8, 2014 I've been on an action-y/puzzl-y kind of kick lately and this is filling that demand pretty nicely. This thing moves QUICK..I'm really enjoying the challenge. saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #8 saosijs, Nov 8, 2014 Level 41 now (first of the 60 premium levels). There is a 5 minute total time achievement, which means 3 seconds per level average. Seems doable, all my levels so far are under 2 seconds. Let's see how much lower than 5 minutes I can get. 59 levels to go Love the game! Simple but challenging game mechanic. It gives me that "one more level" urge. Difficult to put down. Congrats with the game, PQ! PQuark Active Member Apr 26, 2014 30 0 0 Malmö, Sweden http://www.papaquark.com #9 PQuark, Nov 8, 2014 Thanks rich_952000! Wow saosijs, you're fast! Thanks for getting premium rIcHrAnDoM Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Nov 17, 2008 7,936 30 38 Steelworker/Welder Indiana, USA #10 rIcHrAnDoM, Nov 8, 2014 I'll be going premium also, this game is an easy recommend that kind of got overshadowed by the other releases of the week. saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #11 saosijs, Nov 9, 2014 PQ, what do you think about these ideas? - show the time even when crashing (gray, faint background font, like the number of total plays) - remember (slow-mo) replays of best scores (accessible via additional button?) - a "previous level" button (like the "next level" button; I'd love to be able to walk through the levels) I appreciate the clean user interface, but I think there is room for two more buttons in the lower part of the screen. My device is iPad mini, not iPhone, so perhaps make it optional to switch "on" in the options menu? Another thing, I have achievement "Patient One" (crash 1000x), but not "Crash Course" (crash 100x). Probably it got lost when Apple was having issues with GC. Could you add a "synch GC" possibility in the options menu? Will be to good to have anyway for players who travel (airplane mode) or suffer otherwise with connectivity problems. Thanks! PQuark Active Member Apr 26, 2014 30 0 0 Malmö, Sweden http://www.papaquark.com #12 PQuark, Nov 9, 2014 rich_952000, awesome! Yeah, seems we picked a busy week to release our game. Feel free to help us spread the word and reach through the static saosijs, great suggestions! We'll consider them for the next update for sure. Thanks so much for getting involved and sending your feedback! Btw, in case you're into stats, we started a launch blog here: http://blog.papaquark.com/ We're being very open about the numbers and everything saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #13 saosijs, Nov 10, 2014 Last edited: Nov 10, 2014 2:21.78 Finished! Too early to say, but I'm secretly imagining myself wearing the spaceforestdilemma hat [edit] I see that the Google leaderboard has a better time (2:04.58), so I still need to shave some seconds! All I can say is hats off for the real no.1 in the mean time! saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #14 saosijs, Nov 12, 2014 Helgonet is giving me a hard time and he is licensed to kill, but I opened a 5 second lead now. Let's see if it holds! Oh, and I broke the 100 seconds Total Time barrier while at it (01:35.36 = 95.36 seconds) PQuark Active Member Apr 26, 2014 30 0 0 Malmö, Sweden http://www.papaquark.com #15 PQuark, Nov 12, 2014 Oh wow! That's an amazing time. Didn't even know it was possible to go that low. Less than 1 sec per level, and you didn't even get an achievement right? What a shame. We probably need to add that.. Big kudos to you anyway! One more day and the hat is yours...Helgonet is a buddy of mine and he thought he had it. It will be an exciting day tomorrow for sure saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #16 saosijs, Nov 12, 2014 Last edited: Nov 12, 2014 Thanks! And we have to agree on an end time. In what time zone do we consider "tomorrow 23:59:59"? I have been wondering what the best possible level completion times are, and there is no single answer. It depends on the level what in fact determines the fastest possible time. I could see some influencing factors: tight squeeze (near hit): blocks have to just miss each other for the best time swipe speed: the faster the swipe, the better the time spinner rotation: swiping too fast over a spinner, makes it rotate only, but not move tight squeeze It depends on the lay-out of the puzzle what is the best possible. Examples are level 1, 2, and 6 (0.42s), and level 3 and 4 (0.20s) swipe speed Swiping leaves a ghost trace, but when I swipe too fast, it shows that this ghost trace doesn't reach until the other block so I deliberately need to swipe slower making my time not as good as could be. Examples are level 5 (2 blocks, 0.07s), and 8 (3 blocks, 0.08). This is a limitation of the device or the game implementation. Level 9 (4 blocks, 0.22s) is interesting, because it is limited by my own speed to swipe almost a full circle. So for level 5 and 8 I'd say I'm faster than the game and for level 9 I'm not as fast as the game allows me spinner rotation It seems to me that making a spinner rotate and making it move are separate actions. As long as you go swiping over it slow enough, there is time to trigger both. Example is level 9, although I got 0.07s there, which is also the swipe speed limit. But it does show the effect when you swipe very fast Probably there is more ;-) PQuark Active Member Apr 26, 2014 30 0 0 Malmö, Sweden http://www.papaquark.com #17 PQuark, Nov 12, 2014 Whoa, that's some analysis! So I guess you can calculate the optimal total time based on that if you count how many levels there are in each category? Cool! About the competition. End time is 21.00 (9pm) in Stockholm/Sweden, that is 9pm GMT+1 on Thursday 13th. What time zone are you in? saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #18 saosijs, Nov 12, 2014 Well, it is not so easy analyzing the more complex levels. Even to find a theoretical optimal solution considering the listed limitations is already very difficult, let alone executing it We can be more practical and make a Hi-Score list on Google Drive. I can do that over the weekend! 9pm for you, is 18:00 in my time zone, so now I know what I'll be doing tomorrow during lunch time hahaha saosijs Well-Known Member Mar 24, 2012 1,483 2 38 Brazil #19 saosijs, Nov 13, 2014 That's worth a hat, isn't it? Attached Files: SFD.png File size: 17.8 KB Views: 1 PQuark Active Member Apr 26, 2014 30 0 0 Malmö, Sweden http://www.papaquark.com #20 PQuark, Nov 15, 2014 Hell yeah! Well played - we're super impressed by your SFD skillz and deep analysis of the different mechanics. Congrats again. The hat is well deserved. Now we just wish more people would download the game and share your enthusiasm (You must log in or sign up to post here.) 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This looks pretty decent on my mini in 2x mode. Nice game, played a few levels, looks promising. There is an IAP for more levels, and no ads that I have seen so far. So all good. Game Center isn't working though. And there is a small period of insensitivity to touch after having activated a block
Hey Saosijs, This is Andreas from PapaQuark. Thanks a lot for taking the time to check out our game and sending your comments! This is our first launch on the AppStore and we really appreciate it any feedback we get. The Game Center issue should be fixed now.. apparently it was an Apple thing and a lot of games had problems with GC today. We've noticed the lag issue as well when tapping - and hopefully we can sort that out in an update very soon. We're working on it. Until then I can recommend swiping between the blocks without lifting your finger. It's really useful when you want to set off several blocks quickly (and you don't have the "tap lag" issue..) some levels can even be completed in one super fast swiping motion. It's pretty cool Thanks again & have a great day, Andreas
Thanks Andreas, swiping works great indeed. On some levels it still would be nice to have the tap option, but let's see if you find anything for that. So far I could improve every level with swiping though Game Center has been a mess the last days yes. Many new games suffer from this. I now can see GC but only in-game for some reason. But I guess that is a matter of some time before Apple has everything stabilized or synchronized. I'm getting to level 20 now and can't imagine how hectic and mind and eye dazzling it will get later on! Looking forward to that
Excellent game. I played nearly 15 levels and couldn't put it down. The simplicity of the mechanics makes this game good. The explanations at the top of the screen and the quick restart "tap to retry" makes this game great. No bugs, no issues in-game, smooth flow, no pressure to buy premium. Great job. Based on your game design, it looks like there is enough space at the bottom of the screen to put in an ad. Revenue for you? (without disturbing the flow really). Great job.
Hey sterlingware, Oh man, thanks for the kind words. Means a lot to us. We wanted for it to be a clean and uncluttered experience so we probably won't put adds in there anytime soon... sure revenue would be nice some day, but right now we just want people to play the game and have a good time. Good luck cracking those levels and please let us know if you run into any problems. Have a great day. /Andreas
I've been on an action-y/puzzl-y kind of kick lately and this is filling that demand pretty nicely. This thing moves QUICK..I'm really enjoying the challenge.
Level 41 now (first of the 60 premium levels). There is a 5 minute total time achievement, which means 3 seconds per level average. Seems doable, all my levels so far are under 2 seconds. Let's see how much lower than 5 minutes I can get. 59 levels to go Love the game! Simple but challenging game mechanic. It gives me that "one more level" urge. Difficult to put down. Congrats with the game, PQ!
I'll be going premium also, this game is an easy recommend that kind of got overshadowed by the other releases of the week.
PQ, what do you think about these ideas? - show the time even when crashing (gray, faint background font, like the number of total plays) - remember (slow-mo) replays of best scores (accessible via additional button?) - a "previous level" button (like the "next level" button; I'd love to be able to walk through the levels) I appreciate the clean user interface, but I think there is room for two more buttons in the lower part of the screen. My device is iPad mini, not iPhone, so perhaps make it optional to switch "on" in the options menu? Another thing, I have achievement "Patient One" (crash 1000x), but not "Crash Course" (crash 100x). Probably it got lost when Apple was having issues with GC. Could you add a "synch GC" possibility in the options menu? Will be to good to have anyway for players who travel (airplane mode) or suffer otherwise with connectivity problems. Thanks!
rich_952000, awesome! Yeah, seems we picked a busy week to release our game. Feel free to help us spread the word and reach through the static saosijs, great suggestions! We'll consider them for the next update for sure. Thanks so much for getting involved and sending your feedback! Btw, in case you're into stats, we started a launch blog here: http://blog.papaquark.com/ We're being very open about the numbers and everything
2:21.78 Finished! Too early to say, but I'm secretly imagining myself wearing the spaceforestdilemma hat [edit] I see that the Google leaderboard has a better time (2:04.58), so I still need to shave some seconds! All I can say is hats off for the real no.1 in the mean time!
Helgonet is giving me a hard time and he is licensed to kill, but I opened a 5 second lead now. Let's see if it holds! Oh, and I broke the 100 seconds Total Time barrier while at it (01:35.36 = 95.36 seconds)
Oh wow! That's an amazing time. Didn't even know it was possible to go that low. Less than 1 sec per level, and you didn't even get an achievement right? What a shame. We probably need to add that.. Big kudos to you anyway! One more day and the hat is yours...Helgonet is a buddy of mine and he thought he had it. It will be an exciting day tomorrow for sure
Thanks! And we have to agree on an end time. In what time zone do we consider "tomorrow 23:59:59"? I have been wondering what the best possible level completion times are, and there is no single answer. It depends on the level what in fact determines the fastest possible time. I could see some influencing factors: tight squeeze (near hit): blocks have to just miss each other for the best time swipe speed: the faster the swipe, the better the time spinner rotation: swiping too fast over a spinner, makes it rotate only, but not move tight squeeze It depends on the lay-out of the puzzle what is the best possible. Examples are level 1, 2, and 6 (0.42s), and level 3 and 4 (0.20s) swipe speed Swiping leaves a ghost trace, but when I swipe too fast, it shows that this ghost trace doesn't reach until the other block so I deliberately need to swipe slower making my time not as good as could be. Examples are level 5 (2 blocks, 0.07s), and 8 (3 blocks, 0.08). This is a limitation of the device or the game implementation. Level 9 (4 blocks, 0.22s) is interesting, because it is limited by my own speed to swipe almost a full circle. So for level 5 and 8 I'd say I'm faster than the game and for level 9 I'm not as fast as the game allows me spinner rotation It seems to me that making a spinner rotate and making it move are separate actions. As long as you go swiping over it slow enough, there is time to trigger both. Example is level 9, although I got 0.07s there, which is also the swipe speed limit. But it does show the effect when you swipe very fast Probably there is more ;-)
Whoa, that's some analysis! So I guess you can calculate the optimal total time based on that if you count how many levels there are in each category? Cool! About the competition. End time is 21.00 (9pm) in Stockholm/Sweden, that is 9pm GMT+1 on Thursday 13th. What time zone are you in?
Well, it is not so easy analyzing the more complex levels. Even to find a theoretical optimal solution considering the listed limitations is already very difficult, let alone executing it We can be more practical and make a Hi-Score list on Google Drive. I can do that over the weekend! 9pm for you, is 18:00 in my time zone, so now I know what I'll be doing tomorrow during lunch time hahaha
Hell yeah! Well played - we're super impressed by your SFD skillz and deep analysis of the different mechanics. Congrats again. The hat is well deserved. Now we just wish more people would download the game and share your enthusiasm
