Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Franco Palmieri, I'm the developer of Spinkanoid and my partner in crime is Yvonne Slagveld. We joined this forum to inform you about the release and we like to get Feedback about Spinkanoid on this forum or by email to make future updates and its successors even better, crazier and funnier then it is right now! Last week, we published Spinkanoid at the App Stores! Yeeaahh! Spinkanoid has some unique features we didn't see in any other game and we like to share them with you, it would be a crime, not to do so... I could tell you for hours about Spinkanoid, after all, I'm the developer, but the best way to discover all of its unique features and more is to see Spinkanoid in action, all you have to do is jump to the App Store right now and give it a try! Because Spinkanoid is FREE, it won't cost a dime, just a bit of your time... We have to warn you about our Phone Droppers, these are Power Ups that will rotate your screen 180 degrees. If you catch them, you might injure or break your Phone or crack your Screen: YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE! DOWNLOAD AND PLAY SPINKANOID AT YOUR OWN RISK! Beta testers are welcome for testing future releases of Spinkanoid! You can apply for Beta testing only by mail, not on this forum please. Beta testers will be credited in Spinkanoid at the Credits Scene! Please note, all references to Hillary and/or Donald in Spinkanoid are pure coincidence and anybody with such a name should not feel offended or nuke us... Age: 13+ (See our Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy for details) Franco Palmieri & Yvonne Slagveld - Fronne Bennebroek, The Netherlands (Europe) [email protected] Don't Drop Your Phone Please! Spinkanoid Yvonne Slagveld Spinkanoid is a "next generation" kind of retro game. Who doesn't remember the first games bouncing a ball up and down, … Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsSpinkanoid is a "next generation" kind of retro game. Who doesn't remember the first games bouncing a ball up and down, breaking some bricks on the way. What about games shooting invaders out of space or the first arcade pinball game for your PC... Inspired by some of these games from our childhood, we designed Spinkanoid for mobile devices. Spinkanoid is a little bit of all, elevated to a next level by adding modern 21st Century action and special FX effects... Starting with 32 insane levels in the first release, the challenge is to gain a top rank on our Famous Hall of Fame with your best score. This is not an easy task, on the way you find a lot of Phone Droppers you have to master to succeed... Don't Drop Your Phone Please! Information Seller:Yvonne Slagveld Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Feb 19, 2018 Updated:Aug 22, 2018 Version:1.0.7 Size:176.2 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Attached Files: CC1_01.jpg File size: 19.3 KB Views: 2 MM1_02.jpg File size: 18.9 KB Views: 2 HH1_02.jpg File size: 15.3 KB Views: 4 BB1_02.jpg File size: 15 KB Views: 2 PP2_01.jpg File size: 16.5 KB Views: 3 CC1_04.jpg File size: 15.7 KB Views: 2 FF1_03.jpg File size: 12.9 KB Views: 3 HH2_03B.jpg File size: 50.9 KB Views: 2 psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,971 722 113 England #2 psj3809, Mar 2, 2018 Hmmmm. Gave it a go as I like Arkanoid games . But all the menu screens before hand look very amateurish and it took a while to just get to the actual game. I would get rid o al the you may drop your phone stuff and get rid of the annoying woo hoo voice Asp Well-Known Member Aug 3, 2017 769 196 43 #3 Asp, Mar 2, 2018 Who is Hillary? psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,971 722 113 England #4 psj3809, Mar 2, 2018 It mentions Donald and Hilary so theres a bit of a clue who it might be ! Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #5 Spinkanoid, Mar 2, 2018 Last edited: Mar 2, 2018 @psj3809 Thank you so much for sharing this! This is valuable information! We have heard similar Feedback about the Menu Structure, so we are going to change that in the next Update... There are a lot of options in the menu you can choose from, we want to keep the options available, so my first thought is to hide the options and create a sliding panel to show them... We're working on it! Stay Tuned... psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,971 722 113 England #6 psj3809, Mar 2, 2018 I would have a simple menu with say start and options. Then if the user selects options you see all the available ones to you Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #7 Spinkanoid, Mar 2, 2018 Last edited: Mar 2, 2018 OK, I'll give it a try! I think, I know what you mean, I'm going to Play with it for a while and will come back on it when I can show some results! Cheers! Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #8 Spinkanoid, Mar 3, 2018 Help from iPhone X Owners Please... We had a report from a Lucky Dude with an iPhone X, he told us, he had no sound on his iPhone X with Spinkanoid (and some other Apps). I would appreciate it a lot, if some other Lucky Dudes with an iPhone X can test this for us... Perhaps it is a problem with available resources or something. Every now and than, I have to restart my iPhone because I can't watch vids. After a restart, everything works fine again... If anybody knows more about this problem (subject), please share it with us... Thanks in advance! Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #9 Spinkanoid, Mar 4, 2018 Update from Lucky Dude: I have sound on my iPhone X now, don't know what happened, sorry! We received one email confirming there's no problem with sound on the X... Thnx! Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #10 Spinkanoid, Mar 23, 2018 Last edited: Mar 23, 2018 I had the same feedback from others too, Spinkanoid was too difficult and took too long before you could continue playing! I listened to the criticism and both points are taken care of. You can now continue playing within the level, after watching a Video Ad you immediately receive 5 extra lives and 2 minutes extra playing time! The UI is changed a lot, Spinkanoid looks much better now is my personal "modest" opinion... I have changed the App Store Icon so that you get an impression about Spinkanoid immediately... Please take a brief look at version 1.0.4, I would love to hear from you again! Perhaps you have some more suggestions for further improvements in version 1.0.5... Thanks again! Cheers! Franco Palmieri - Fronne Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #11 Spinkanoid, Mar 31, 2018 Today, on March 31, 2018 we have ̶f̶a̶k̶e̶ great news for all 312 ̶m̶i̶l̶l̶i̶o̶n̶ dudes playing Spinkanoid! We reduced the price of ALL virtual products (IAP) because we ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ don't want to let you pay to much for the ̶c̶r̶a̶p̶ great stuff we offer! New prices since March 31, 2018: 1.000 Coins: $0.99 2.500 Coins: $1.99 5.000 Coins: $2.99 10.000 Coins: ̶$̶4̶.̶9̶9̶ $3.99 25.000 Coins: ̶$̶8.̶9̶9̶ $4.99 50.000 Coins: ̶$̶1̶4̶,̶9̶9̶ ̶ $7.99 Double Holds in Slots: ̶$̶4̶.̶9̶9̶ $2.99 Remove Skulls in Slots: ̶$̶9.̶9̶9̶ $2.99 1.000.000 Coins and a Lifetime VIP Membership: ̶$̶2̶9̶,̶9̶9̶ $8.99 We have decided to refund ̶n̶o̶b̶o̶d̶y̶ everybody paying the old price, ̶e̶x̶c̶e̶p̶t̶ ̶K̶e̶n̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶h̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶a̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ASAP or within 12-24 years, whichever comes first! Happy Easter! Son of Anarchy likes this. Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #12 Spinkanoid, Jul 5, 2018 --- Critical Update --- Version 1.0.5 is available at the App Store... Please Update to the latest Version of Spinkanoid to prevent a possible crash on iOS... Hitting the Add-ons button for the first time in Version 1.0.4 could lead to a crash Special thanks to Douglas B. and Wardley S. for letting us know! A VIP Membership voucher is awarded, please follow the instructions in our email psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,971 722 113 England #13 psj3809, Jul 5, 2018 Had another go. Has potential but some of the physics in the game are a bit off. Eg the ball hit the paddle and didn’t bounce. Just stopped on it Think the controls are a bit hit miss. Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #14 Spinkanoid, Jul 5, 2018 Thanks a lot for your feedback, we really appreciate that a lot! To be honest with you, I do play a little bit with the physics. When the ball hits the paddle, I give the ball some extra force upwards to prevent low velocity. Instead of slowing down, it should accelerate... Nevertheless, I take your words very serious and I will take a close look at the physics part again. I played Spinkanoid for days during testing and never experienced this odd behavior... If you can provide us with some more details when you encounter this behavior or perhaps other things that can be improved, please let us know! We try to improve Spinkanoid with every new release and we would love to receive more feedback from you! In your first message you told us you like Arkanoid games and we can use some help from an expert... Please take a moment to register, it will take less than two minutes. When you register, I can create a VIP Membership voucher for you. A VIP Member gets 1.000.000 coins (and some extra options), that's enough to buy all available Add-ons every time you play... You don't have to do anything for the voucher, but if you are willing to help us, we can put your name on the Credits list in Version 1.0.6 if you like... Think about it, Cheers! Franco Palmieri & Yvonne Slagveld - Fronne Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #15 Spinkanoid, Jul 9, 2018 --- Critical Update --- Due to a bug in the Unity Engine (2017.2.3.p1), pressing the pinball buttons resulted in a opposite behavior when pressing a button e.g. pressing the left button resulted the right flipper to react. In the Phone Dropper Mode, pressing a button did nothing at all. We downgraded Unity to Version 2017.2.2.p1 to resolve both issues... Although this behavior gave me an idea for another App (Drunken Pinball), this is not what we want for Spinkanoid, so please update Spinkanoid to Version 1.0.6... Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #16 Spinkanoid, Jul 18, 2018 --- Summer Sale Spinkanoid --- In an attempt to get more Active Players, Brand Awareness, and Ratings at the App Store, we decided to giveaway 5.000 VIP Memberships (value $8,99) and Millions of coins during this Summer for FREE... Please visit this TouchArcade thread for details... --- Don't Drop Your Phone Please! --- Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #17 Spinkanoid, Jul 28, 2018 --- Three more weeks FREE VIP Memberships --- In an attempt to get more Active Players, Brand Awareness, and Ratings at the App Store, we decided to giveaway 5.000 VIP Memberships (value $8,99) and Millions of coins during this Summer for FREE, our offer is ending on Sunday, August 19, 2018... All Vouchers expire on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, Please Redeem your Vouchers before that date... Visit this TouchArcade thread for more details... --- Don't Drop Your Phone Please! --- Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #18 Spinkanoid, Aug 5, 2018 --- Just two more weeks of FREE VIP Memberships --- In an attempt to get more Active Players, Brand Awareness, and Ratings at the App Store, we decided to giveaway 5.000 VIP Memberships (value $8,99) and Millions of coins during this Summer for FREE, our offer is ending on Sunday, August 19, 2018. All Vouchers expire on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, Please Redeem your Vouchers in time... Visit this TouchArcade thread for details... --- Don't Drop Your Phone Please! --- Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #19 Spinkanoid, Aug 9, 2018 Last edited: Aug 9, 2018 This morning we received an email from Apple: Dear Developer, In order to reduce fraudulent activity on the App Store and comply with government requests to address illegal online gambling activity, we are no longer allowing gambling apps submitted by individual developers. This includes both real money gambling apps as well as apps that simulate a gambling experience. As a result, this app has been removed from the App Store. While you can no longer distribute gambling apps from this account, you may continue to submit and distribute other types of apps to the App Store. Going forward only verified accounts from incorporated business entities may submit gambling apps for distribution on the App Store... We contacted Apple (Ireland) by phone and they will start the migration of our individual account to an organisation account after we answered some questions (by email) from Apple. The migration process will take a week or (probably) more to complete... Although simulated gambling (a Silly Slot Machine) is just a small part of Spinkanoid, we decided to migrate anyway, we added some defense in the reply to Apple: I didn't know this is not allowed, it would be more customer friendly to give me an opportunity (some time) to fix that issue instead of removing version 1.0.6 for Sale without any notice beforehand. That being said, if possible, please activate version 1.0.6 again after migration is complete, this will save me a lot of time, otherwise I have to submit the same version (with another versionnumber) and undergoing the review process again... In the mean time, Spinkanoid is only available for Android... Sorry for the inconvenience... Spinkanoid Active Member Mar 1, 2018 32 2 8 Bennebroek, The Netherllands https://www.spinkanoid.com/ #20 Spinkanoid, Aug 23, 2018 As you might have noticed, Spinkanoid was unavailable at the App Store for a couple of weeks. The reason is a new "gambling App" rule from Apple. They removed all gambling Apps from individuals and (sole proprietorship organizations too as we learned later) without any notice on forehand... We contacted Apple (Ireland) by phone and asked them to start the migration of our individual account to an organisation account. After some time, we receive an email from Apple (Ireland) and they told us that migration to an organisation account is not an option: Please Note, Spinkanoid was NOT a gambling App at all, however there was a Slot Machine inside to give Players a change to win a VIP Membership and this was enough for Apple to label Spinkanoid as a gambling App... We decided to remove the Slot Machine from Spinkanoid -instead of fighting with a trillion dollar company- and submit a new binary, Version 1.0.7. With other words, Spinkanoid is available again at the App Store... (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Hmmmm. Gave it a go as I like Arkanoid games . But all the menu screens before hand look very amateurish and it took a while to just get to the actual game. I would get rid o al the you may drop your phone stuff and get rid of the annoying woo hoo voice
@psj3809 Thank you so much for sharing this! This is valuable information! We have heard similar Feedback about the Menu Structure, so we are going to change that in the next Update... There are a lot of options in the menu you can choose from, we want to keep the options available, so my first thought is to hide the options and create a sliding panel to show them... We're working on it! Stay Tuned...
I would have a simple menu with say start and options. Then if the user selects options you see all the available ones to you
OK, I'll give it a try! I think, I know what you mean, I'm going to Play with it for a while and will come back on it when I can show some results! Cheers!
Help from iPhone X Owners Please... We had a report from a Lucky Dude with an iPhone X, he told us, he had no sound on his iPhone X with Spinkanoid (and some other Apps). I would appreciate it a lot, if some other Lucky Dudes with an iPhone X can test this for us... Perhaps it is a problem with available resources or something. Every now and than, I have to restart my iPhone because I can't watch vids. After a restart, everything works fine again... If anybody knows more about this problem (subject), please share it with us... Thanks in advance!
Update from Lucky Dude: I have sound on my iPhone X now, don't know what happened, sorry! We received one email confirming there's no problem with sound on the X... Thnx!
I had the same feedback from others too, Spinkanoid was too difficult and took too long before you could continue playing! I listened to the criticism and both points are taken care of. You can now continue playing within the level, after watching a Video Ad you immediately receive 5 extra lives and 2 minutes extra playing time! The UI is changed a lot, Spinkanoid looks much better now is my personal "modest" opinion... I have changed the App Store Icon so that you get an impression about Spinkanoid immediately... Please take a brief look at version 1.0.4, I would love to hear from you again! Perhaps you have some more suggestions for further improvements in version 1.0.5... Thanks again! Cheers! Franco Palmieri - Fronne
Today, on March 31, 2018 we have ̶f̶a̶k̶e̶ great news for all 312 ̶m̶i̶l̶l̶i̶o̶n̶ dudes playing Spinkanoid! We reduced the price of ALL virtual products (IAP) because we ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ don't want to let you pay to much for the ̶c̶r̶a̶p̶ great stuff we offer! New prices since March 31, 2018: 1.000 Coins: $0.99 2.500 Coins: $1.99 5.000 Coins: $2.99 10.000 Coins: ̶$̶4̶.̶9̶9̶ $3.99 25.000 Coins: ̶$̶8.̶9̶9̶ $4.99 50.000 Coins: ̶$̶1̶4̶,̶9̶9̶ ̶ $7.99 Double Holds in Slots: ̶$̶4̶.̶9̶9̶ $2.99 Remove Skulls in Slots: ̶$̶9.̶9̶9̶ $2.99 1.000.000 Coins and a Lifetime VIP Membership: ̶$̶2̶9̶,̶9̶9̶ $8.99 We have decided to refund ̶n̶o̶b̶o̶d̶y̶ everybody paying the old price, ̶e̶x̶c̶e̶p̶t̶ ̶K̶e̶n̶ ̶b̶e̶c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶h̶e̶'̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶o̶n̶l̶y̶ ̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶a̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶b̶o̶u̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶ ASAP or within 12-24 years, whichever comes first! Happy Easter!
--- Critical Update --- Version 1.0.5 is available at the App Store... Please Update to the latest Version of Spinkanoid to prevent a possible crash on iOS... Hitting the Add-ons button for the first time in Version 1.0.4 could lead to a crash Special thanks to Douglas B. and Wardley S. for letting us know! A VIP Membership voucher is awarded, please follow the instructions in our email
Had another go. Has potential but some of the physics in the game are a bit off. Eg the ball hit the paddle and didn’t bounce. Just stopped on it Think the controls are a bit hit miss.
Thanks a lot for your feedback, we really appreciate that a lot! To be honest with you, I do play a little bit with the physics. When the ball hits the paddle, I give the ball some extra force upwards to prevent low velocity. Instead of slowing down, it should accelerate... Nevertheless, I take your words very serious and I will take a close look at the physics part again. I played Spinkanoid for days during testing and never experienced this odd behavior... If you can provide us with some more details when you encounter this behavior or perhaps other things that can be improved, please let us know! We try to improve Spinkanoid with every new release and we would love to receive more feedback from you! In your first message you told us you like Arkanoid games and we can use some help from an expert... Please take a moment to register, it will take less than two minutes. When you register, I can create a VIP Membership voucher for you. A VIP Member gets 1.000.000 coins (and some extra options), that's enough to buy all available Add-ons every time you play... You don't have to do anything for the voucher, but if you are willing to help us, we can put your name on the Credits list in Version 1.0.6 if you like... Think about it, Cheers! Franco Palmieri & Yvonne Slagveld - Fronne
--- Critical Update --- Due to a bug in the Unity Engine (2017.2.3.p1), pressing the pinball buttons resulted in a opposite behavior when pressing a button e.g. pressing the left button resulted the right flipper to react. In the Phone Dropper Mode, pressing a button did nothing at all. We downgraded Unity to Version 2017.2.2.p1 to resolve both issues... Although this behavior gave me an idea for another App (Drunken Pinball), this is not what we want for Spinkanoid, so please update Spinkanoid to Version 1.0.6...
--- Summer Sale Spinkanoid --- In an attempt to get more Active Players, Brand Awareness, and Ratings at the App Store, we decided to giveaway 5.000 VIP Memberships (value $8,99) and Millions of coins during this Summer for FREE... Please visit this TouchArcade thread for details... --- Don't Drop Your Phone Please! ---
--- Three more weeks FREE VIP Memberships --- In an attempt to get more Active Players, Brand Awareness, and Ratings at the App Store, we decided to giveaway 5.000 VIP Memberships (value $8,99) and Millions of coins during this Summer for FREE, our offer is ending on Sunday, August 19, 2018... All Vouchers expire on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, Please Redeem your Vouchers before that date... Visit this TouchArcade thread for more details... --- Don't Drop Your Phone Please! ---
--- Just two more weeks of FREE VIP Memberships --- In an attempt to get more Active Players, Brand Awareness, and Ratings at the App Store, we decided to giveaway 5.000 VIP Memberships (value $8,99) and Millions of coins during this Summer for FREE, our offer is ending on Sunday, August 19, 2018. All Vouchers expire on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, Please Redeem your Vouchers in time... Visit this TouchArcade thread for details... --- Don't Drop Your Phone Please! ---
This morning we received an email from Apple: Dear Developer, In order to reduce fraudulent activity on the App Store and comply with government requests to address illegal online gambling activity, we are no longer allowing gambling apps submitted by individual developers. This includes both real money gambling apps as well as apps that simulate a gambling experience. As a result, this app has been removed from the App Store. While you can no longer distribute gambling apps from this account, you may continue to submit and distribute other types of apps to the App Store. Going forward only verified accounts from incorporated business entities may submit gambling apps for distribution on the App Store... We contacted Apple (Ireland) by phone and they will start the migration of our individual account to an organisation account after we answered some questions (by email) from Apple. The migration process will take a week or (probably) more to complete... Although simulated gambling (a Silly Slot Machine) is just a small part of Spinkanoid, we decided to migrate anyway, we added some defense in the reply to Apple: I didn't know this is not allowed, it would be more customer friendly to give me an opportunity (some time) to fix that issue instead of removing version 1.0.6 for Sale without any notice beforehand. That being said, if possible, please activate version 1.0.6 again after migration is complete, this will save me a lot of time, otherwise I have to submit the same version (with another versionnumber) and undergoing the review process again... In the mean time, Spinkanoid is only available for Android... Sorry for the inconvenience...
As you might have noticed, Spinkanoid was unavailable at the App Store for a couple of weeks. The reason is a new "gambling App" rule from Apple. They removed all gambling Apps from individuals and (sole proprietorship organizations too as we learned later) without any notice on forehand... We contacted Apple (Ireland) by phone and asked them to start the migration of our individual account to an organisation account. After some time, we receive an email from Apple (Ireland) and they told us that migration to an organisation account is not an option: Please Note, Spinkanoid was NOT a gambling App at all, however there was a Slot Machine inside to give Players a change to win a VIP Membership and this was enough for Apple to label Spinkanoid as a gambling App... We decided to remove the Slot Machine from Spinkanoid -instead of fighting with a trillion dollar company- and submit a new binary, Version 1.0.7. With other words, Spinkanoid is available again at the App Store...
