powARdup Glenn Corpes powARdup is an AR exclusive game with unique 'laser pointer' controls, short bursts of gameplay and gripping arcade prog… $1.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailspowARdup is an AR exclusive game with unique 'laser pointer' controls, short bursts of gameplay and gripping arcade progression. Augmented reality allows you to battle through intense waves of enemies on any flat surface, so you are able to start a game wherever you happen to be. The replay feature allows you to focus on the significance of the real world location while recording immersive and mind blowing gameplay footage. Pause the game at any time to explore the frozen chaos of powARdup! Get a up close and personal with the detailed explosions and madness happening right where you're standing. Re scale the game to the appropriate size by pinching from the pause menu. chose whether your ship is the size of a real car, or the size of a pea! Personalise your ship with the skin selector with over 20 ships to chose from! The Supercharged Pack brings you 5 Hot Rod inspired ships which give you 20% more speed right from the start of the game so you can achieve your highest score yet! Information Seller:Glenn Corpes Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Sep 19, 2017 Updated:Sep 21, 2018 Version:1.40 Size:79.7 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel MetaGonzo Well-Known Member May 7, 2009 1,442 257 83 #2 MetaGonzo, Sep 21, 2017 $1.49, not free in Australian store, FYI. GlennX Well-Known Member May 10, 2009 761 0 0 UK #3 GlennX, Sep 21, 2017 Thanks for the info but the game was only free because someone (me if I'm honest) managed to mess up the permissions on V1.0 so that anyone with iOS11 could download the game, even if their device couldn't run it. V1.1 fixes this. Presumably appshopper needs to catch up. GlennX Well-Known Member May 10, 2009 761 0 0 UK #4 GlennX, Sep 22, 2017 Last edited: Sep 22, 2017 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel GlennX Well-Known Member May 10, 2009 761 0 0 UK #5 GlennX, Sep 25, 2017 Last edited: Oct 13, 2017 The controls are what we built this whole game around but they do seem to confuse anyone who has ever played a tilt game for about 30 seconds. It isn't a tilt control. Your ship follows the target in the centre of the screen. You point that by moving your camera. It's easy and incredibly precise, making powARdup possibly the fastest AR action game around. It's certainly a welcome change from furniture arranging... GlennX Well-Known Member May 10, 2009 761 0 0 UK #6 GlennX, Oct 4, 2017 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel New update. Faster ships, reflections, better audio. Still the fastest AR blaster on the app store. Habakuk Well-Known Member Dec 11, 2008 4,779 9 38 Vienna, Austria http://rossau.wordpress.com #7 Habakuk, Oct 6, 2017 Nice. But I have the feeling that there should be a possibility to switch the tilt controls to inverted. Jacorpes New Member Oct 6, 2017 2 0 0 London - UK #8 Jacorpes, Oct 6, 2017 Controlls Hey, thanks for the feedback. We have tried using other control systems but for the most part they don't work. powARdup doesn't use tilt controls at all, but instead has the ship follow the target which always stays in the middle of the screen. Reversing this would make the ship fall off the edge of the screen and reduce visibility. Think of it as pointing the camera as oppose to tilting the devise and it will quickly begin to feel much more natural. Thank you for the feedback though! I think a solution could possibly be a better explanation of how the controls work while the game is being set up. It's tricky as there doesn't seem to be a standard for AR control systems yet! GlennX Well-Known Member May 10, 2009 761 0 0 UK #9 GlennX, Oct 6, 2017 Thanks for the feedback We get that reaction quite regularly, mostly from people who have played a few tilt games. I understand why, you tilt the phone to the right and the ship moves to the left. The thing is that it isn't a tilt control. Your ship chases the target in the centre of the screen in the same way that an enthusiastic cat might chase the dot from a lazer pointer. It's actually extremely precise and as simple as pointing your camera at something. I had the same reaction myself but when you think about it, reversing the controls isn't an option. If it was tilt controlled it would simply leave the right of the screen as the camera view panned left. One of our main focuses was to minimise this 'the controls are reversed' effect. This is why the target became so large and obvious with a very visible trail. The problem is, as you develop something you get used to it. We were hoping that by dropping the player straight into an in-world UI they would quickly get the feel of it and by the time they'd figured out how to stop on the play button but some sort of tutorial is probably needed. After a bit of practice it feels like the ship is attached to the target by a rubber band and after a bit more, you're swinging it around in huge controlled drifts, we need to take the player through this learning process. Maybe I should draw the rubber band... Habakuk Well-Known Member Dec 11, 2008 4,779 9 38 Vienna, Austria http://rossau.wordpress.com #10 Habakuk, Oct 6, 2017 Thanks for the info. Interesting. As far as I understand: Its NO tilt controls (but it feels like that)but "camera panning" controls. I should have recognized that earlier since I'm a camera operator (DOF) in real world. When I concentrate on the laser pointer (kind of cross hairs) then it is fine to play. When I'm watching my ship I have the feeling the controls are inverted. But hightech anyway, everybody should try that. Maybe add some info that you can catch the red enemies when your ship is sparkling. I found that out late. pocketeers Well-Known Member May 11, 2011 48 0 0 #11 pocketeers, Oct 7, 2017 Slick Very slick game, nice job GlennX Well-Known Member May 10, 2009 761 0 0 UK #12 GlennX, Oct 12, 2017 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel The next update will feature, among other things, the ability to play at any size from tiny to ridiculously huge bigrand1 Well-Known Member Apr 23, 2010 4,968 6 38 Geriatric Party Animal California, USA #13 bigrand1, Oct 12, 2017 Im digging this one! Definitely one of the top AR games IMO at this point! Actually works well, plays well! Get this one!! Jacorpes New Member Oct 6, 2017 2 0 0 London - UK #14 Jacorpes, Oct 13, 2017 Thanks, that means a lot! We're having lots of fun working on new features so keep your eyes peeled! Very soon you'll be able to play it in 1:1 scale which is surprisingly fun. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel hamm3rt1m3 Member Oct 15, 2012 19 0 0 #15 hamm3rt1m3, Oct 13, 2017 The new scaling code and Jack's video look freaking awesome, has to be said! MadeOfDinosaurs Active Member Aug 30, 2011 39 1 6 Videogame Developer UK http://www.madeofdinosaurs.com #16 MadeOfDinosaurs, Oct 13, 2017 This is looking great! More of this kind of thing GlennX Well-Known Member May 10, 2009 761 0 0 UK #17 GlennX, Dec 11, 2017 V1.3 is out now. Featuring leaderboards, achievements, new winnable craft and new lighting. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Thanks for the info but the game was only free because someone (me if I'm honest) managed to mess up the permissions on V1.0 so that anyone with iOS11 could download the game, even if their device couldn't run it. V1.1 fixes this. Presumably appshopper needs to catch up.
The controls are what we built this whole game around but they do seem to confuse anyone who has ever played a tilt game for about 30 seconds. It isn't a tilt control. Your ship follows the target in the centre of the screen. You point that by moving your camera. It's easy and incredibly precise, making powARdup possibly the fastest AR action game around. It's certainly a welcome change from furniture arranging...
Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel New update. Faster ships, reflections, better audio. Still the fastest AR blaster on the app store.
Nice. But I have the feeling that there should be a possibility to switch the tilt controls to inverted.
Controlls Hey, thanks for the feedback. We have tried using other control systems but for the most part they don't work. powARdup doesn't use tilt controls at all, but instead has the ship follow the target which always stays in the middle of the screen. Reversing this would make the ship fall off the edge of the screen and reduce visibility. Think of it as pointing the camera as oppose to tilting the devise and it will quickly begin to feel much more natural. Thank you for the feedback though! I think a solution could possibly be a better explanation of how the controls work while the game is being set up. It's tricky as there doesn't seem to be a standard for AR control systems yet!
Thanks for the feedback We get that reaction quite regularly, mostly from people who have played a few tilt games. I understand why, you tilt the phone to the right and the ship moves to the left. The thing is that it isn't a tilt control. Your ship chases the target in the centre of the screen in the same way that an enthusiastic cat might chase the dot from a lazer pointer. It's actually extremely precise and as simple as pointing your camera at something. I had the same reaction myself but when you think about it, reversing the controls isn't an option. If it was tilt controlled it would simply leave the right of the screen as the camera view panned left. One of our main focuses was to minimise this 'the controls are reversed' effect. This is why the target became so large and obvious with a very visible trail. The problem is, as you develop something you get used to it. We were hoping that by dropping the player straight into an in-world UI they would quickly get the feel of it and by the time they'd figured out how to stop on the play button but some sort of tutorial is probably needed. After a bit of practice it feels like the ship is attached to the target by a rubber band and after a bit more, you're swinging it around in huge controlled drifts, we need to take the player through this learning process. Maybe I should draw the rubber band...
Thanks for the info. Interesting. As far as I understand: Its NO tilt controls (but it feels like that)but "camera panning" controls. I should have recognized that earlier since I'm a camera operator (DOF) in real world. When I concentrate on the laser pointer (kind of cross hairs) then it is fine to play. When I'm watching my ship I have the feeling the controls are inverted. But hightech anyway, everybody should try that. Maybe add some info that you can catch the red enemies when your ship is sparkling. I found that out late.
Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel The next update will feature, among other things, the ability to play at any size from tiny to ridiculously huge
Im digging this one! Definitely one of the top AR games IMO at this point! Actually works well, plays well! Get this one!!
Thanks, that means a lot! We're having lots of fun working on new features so keep your eyes peeled! Very soon you'll be able to play it in 1:1 scale which is surprisingly fun. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel