Pocket Run Pool Zach Gage The return of arcade pool from the creator of Really Bad Chess and Flipflop Solitaire. Pocket-Run Pool combines 8-ball … TouchArcade Rating: Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsThe return of arcade pool from the creator of Really Bad Chess and Flipflop Solitaire. Pocket-Run Pool combines 8-ball pool with the thrill of a chasing the perfect highscore. In Pocket-Run, your goal is to sink all the balls, but where and when you sink them is what matters most! With each pocketed ball, you're awarded points based on the pocket you sunk. So sink carefully, but watch out, with each miss or scratch you lose a life — run out before you finish the table and it's game over. Compete against yourself, the world, or the bank in a variety of thrilling game modes! Can you make the perfect pocket-run? Arcade pool is back! ------WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING 5/5 - Touch Arcade "Help me, I can't stop playing!" 5/5 - 148Apps "Most certainly the best pool game I've played on a phone" "Like the best arcade games, this creates a “just one more turn” mentality" - The Verge "a perfect little mobile game" - iMore.com ------WHATS IN THE “BOX”? - Play Pocket-Run Pool's Standard, High Stakes, and Insta-Tournament modes for free! - Asynchronously Go for gold against players from around the world in Insta-Tournament mode - Manage your risk against all manner of game conditions (like the devious Cuewall) in High Stakes mode - Unlock Break of The Week, alternate backgrounds, and remove Insta-Tournament buy-ins with a single In-App-Purchase of just .99 - Track stats for all four modes - Win alternate pool cues and color schemes in High Stakes mode ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER I've always loved pool, and when I got my first iPhone years ago, the world of digital pool games opened up to me. There are certainly a lot of options out there, but finding a simple and enjoyable single-player pool game was harder than I expected. I found one that I enjoyed, but after playing it extensively I found it too easy to beat the computer every time. Suddenly the problem with pool hit me — when you play against a computer in a physics simulation, you're literally playing against a god... By which I mean, either the computer is going easy on you (for a reason), or it's playing a perfect game and taking all your money. It dawned on me that if I wanted a good single player pool game, I'd have to make a new kind of pool — a variant that doesn't need a computer opponent, that's built around the notion of scoring and improving, of taking risks, and of presenting unique and interesting challenges. Pocket-Run Pool is the game I came up with, I hope you enjoy it! -zach Information Seller:Zach Gage Genre:Puzzle, Sports Release:May 23, 2018 Updated:Sep 22, 2020 Version:2.0.9 Size:168.8 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #2 stfj, May 23, 2018 Pocket-Run Pool is out! I hope you guys all enjoy my latest game! Infinite Zero Well-Known Member Sep 13, 2013 103 5 18 #3 Infinite Zero, May 23, 2018 Last edited: May 23, 2018 Zach, why does everything you touch turn to gold, no matter the genre? This is another fantastic effort! It very much feels like pool, while also being something totally new. Very responsive and nice use of the taptic engine. Edit: You may want to modify your description, the in-app purchase is $3.99 and you wrote $2.99. vectorarchitekt Well-Known Member Dec 29, 2013 2,489 177 63 #4 vectorarchitekt, May 23, 2018 Another gem from one of mobile's all time top developers! This is fantastic. dragon4ever Well-Known Member Apr 19, 2009 242 10 18 #5 dragon4ever, May 23, 2018 Awesome game! I instantly bought the in-ap purchase. stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #6 stfj, May 23, 2018 Thanks guys! Glad you are enjoying it @Infinite Zero - Agh yeah, it's a typo but unfortunately apple only lets you update text when you submit a new version. It'll be fixed when we submit the next update (hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning) slewis7 Well-Known Member Apr 6, 2011 3,768 41 48 Male Retired! Houston, TX #7 slewis7, May 23, 2018 Brilliant, challenging and fun, OF COURSE! hvianna Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2012 732 7 18 Male IT Analyst / Webmaster Brazil #8 hvianna, May 23, 2018 Possible bug While playing the Break of the Week, if I choose to restart the game (Menu -> New Game) the cue ball and the 6 ball appear in slightly different positions from the original layout (see screenshots). Attached Files: 4487AF32-291B-40F5-878A-3B11E662031F.jpg File size: 184.1 KB Views: 9 73567992-B113-45E2-BE7C-C78BA2CBC178.jpg File size: 185.8 KB Views: 10 dukat111 Well-Known Member Mar 23, 2010 514 94 28 #9 dukat111, May 23, 2018 What's the different between Insta-Tournament, High Stakes Pool and Break of the Week? Seems you can win money in High Stakes and it's interesting when balls change size and other things happen. stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #10 stfj, May 23, 2018 yep! sorry about that. also fixing that bug in the next update. fortunately it's only a punishment on this week's puzzle so no exploiting it stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #11 stfj, May 23, 2018 Insta-Tournament is a pre-set break of balls that everyone in the current insta-tournament shares. So it's like a puzzle you only get one shot at that runs every 30 minutes (as more people play the game I'll ramp up the number until hopefully it's running like every 30 seconds.. the goal is to only have ~10 people in each insta) High Stakes Pool is the single player game incl. breaking but with weird/fun conditions and unlocks and multi-condition stacking Break of the Week is like a Insta-Tournament that only changes once a week, but you can play it over and over again. It sounds very similar to Insta- But in play it's actually quite different because since you can try it over and over again you can plan out the perfect route and then try to execute it flawlessly. It keeps track of your weekly streaks of over 650 and 750 points jsrco Well-Known Member Patreon Silver Oct 15, 2009 2,134 1 38 Coordinator Seattle https://www.Fatthunder.com #12 jsrco, May 23, 2018 Everyone of his recent games make my battery die. dukat111 Well-Known Member Mar 23, 2010 514 94 28 #13 dukat111, May 23, 2018 Great, thanks for the explanation. The game is addictive so I upgraded to premium! stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #14 stfj, May 23, 2018 sorry about that! It's Unity running at 60fps :\ In this one you can set it to 30fps in options, and if you've purchased the game you can turn off auto video-ad caching, which should also save your battery. That said, I do play all of my own games in testing really aggressively and never see these battery issues being more significant than any other games that I play for the same amount of time. Do you feel on comparison it is significant? stfj Well-Known Member Sep 18, 2009 227 39 28 Male #15 stfj, May 23, 2018 thanks for the support dukat !! PBSNellie Well-Known Member Jul 7, 2013 1,381 168 63 Southern CA #16 PBSNellie, May 23, 2018 I'll buy anything Zach offers up. Great game! I grew up on billiards and this feels like the real deal. The controls are spot-on. Ben! Well-Known Member Aug 31, 2009 449 2 18 Chicago, IL #17 Ben!, May 24, 2018 I'm a little confused by how the multiplier works in the high stakes game. How do I increase it? Sometimes I wager a bunch, win, but lose money because the multiplier is less than 1. hvianna Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2012 732 7 18 Male IT Analyst / Webmaster Brazil #18 hvianna, May 24, 2018 The multiplier is based on your final score. Its shown in the payout table when you select the wager. solarnya Well-Known Member Jul 22, 2015 907 287 63 Male Close to Tokyo, Japan #19 solarnya, May 24, 2018 insta-bought!!! Grist Well-Known Member Nov 7, 2008 362 25 28 VP of Marketing Massachusetts #20 Grist, May 24, 2018 Great fun This is more fun than I've had with an iOS game in a long time. Love everything about it. The only thing I hope the developer will add is posting of "Standard Run" global high scores on Game Center. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Zach, why does everything you touch turn to gold, no matter the genre? This is another fantastic effort! It very much feels like pool, while also being something totally new. Very responsive and nice use of the taptic engine. Edit: You may want to modify your description, the in-app purchase is $3.99 and you wrote $2.99.
Thanks guys! Glad you are enjoying it @Infinite Zero - Agh yeah, it's a typo but unfortunately apple only lets you update text when you submit a new version. It'll be fixed when we submit the next update (hopefully tonight or tomorrow morning)
Possible bug While playing the Break of the Week, if I choose to restart the game (Menu -> New Game) the cue ball and the 6 ball appear in slightly different positions from the original layout (see screenshots).
What's the different between Insta-Tournament, High Stakes Pool and Break of the Week? Seems you can win money in High Stakes and it's interesting when balls change size and other things happen.
yep! sorry about that. also fixing that bug in the next update. fortunately it's only a punishment on this week's puzzle so no exploiting it
Insta-Tournament is a pre-set break of balls that everyone in the current insta-tournament shares. So it's like a puzzle you only get one shot at that runs every 30 minutes (as more people play the game I'll ramp up the number until hopefully it's running like every 30 seconds.. the goal is to only have ~10 people in each insta) High Stakes Pool is the single player game incl. breaking but with weird/fun conditions and unlocks and multi-condition stacking Break of the Week is like a Insta-Tournament that only changes once a week, but you can play it over and over again. It sounds very similar to Insta- But in play it's actually quite different because since you can try it over and over again you can plan out the perfect route and then try to execute it flawlessly. It keeps track of your weekly streaks of over 650 and 750 points
sorry about that! It's Unity running at 60fps :\ In this one you can set it to 30fps in options, and if you've purchased the game you can turn off auto video-ad caching, which should also save your battery. That said, I do play all of my own games in testing really aggressively and never see these battery issues being more significant than any other games that I play for the same amount of time. Do you feel on comparison it is significant?
I'll buy anything Zach offers up. Great game! I grew up on billiards and this feels like the real deal. The controls are spot-on.
I'm a little confused by how the multiplier works in the high stakes game. How do I increase it? Sometimes I wager a bunch, win, but lose money because the multiplier is less than 1.
The multiplier is based on your final score. Its shown in the payout table when you select the wager.
Great fun This is more fun than I've had with an iOS game in a long time. Love everything about it. The only thing I hope the developer will add is posting of "Standard Run" global high scores on Game Center.
