Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arkfront/id1458227052 Arkfront Intensity Faucet Games, Inc. Guide your colony across the galaxy to reach Eden, the new home for mankind. “If you enjoy shooters with unique strateg… $3.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsGuide your colony across the galaxy to reach Eden, the new home for mankind. “If you enjoy shooters with unique strategic twists then don’t hesitate to give Arkfront a shot…” - TouchArcade “…there’s sure to be heaps of content for you to work through on your way to finding that intergalactic paradise.” - PocketGamer “Arkfront is a MUST-HAVE!” - SnapAttack Supports: GameCenter achievements iCloud save syncing Haptic response during gameplay Plan ahead in the hangar, customize loadouts with upgradable equipment and ships, spend riches on new gear and research. Then plot your course through the Galactic Map towards Eden, defending the ARK and the future of humanity along with it. Gather resources and experience to use on future attempts. The campaign offers more than 120 levels to increase the diversity of each attempt. Find events for higher rewards and outposts for shopping and repairing along your way. FAST-PACED ACTION: Mobile first controls make high-paced arcade action simple to play, but hard to master. GALACTIC MAP: The Galactic Map system randomly generates new campaigns. Pulling from a collection of over 120 levels, each attempt is always unique. PREPARE: Build your custom loadout slots using the gear you want and set-off across the galaxy. Each attempt grants experience and coins to use on unlocking or leveling up powerups. 9 ships, 7 unique powerups, turrets, shield upgrades and 4 supers are available through the galaxy. WAYS TO PLAY: Play the campaign, a weekly challenge level, or alternative game modes like Countdown, Endless and Boss Rush. Arkfront demands short-term skill, medium-term preparation, and long-term planning in order to survive. SUPPORT: Twitter: @arkfront_game Email: [email protected] Information Seller:Intensity Faucet Games, Inc. Genre:Action, Adventure Release:Jan 15, 2021 Updated:Jun 24, 2021 Version:2.2 Size:222.4 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Son of Anarchy likes this. djstout Well-Known Member Jul 21, 2011 2,685 105 63 Sportscaster & football (soccer) coach Taiwan & Japan #2 djstout, Jan 15, 2021 Anybody tested it? Any good? Brightsiderus Well-Known Member Feb 1, 2017 2,234 540 113 #3 Brightsiderus, Jan 15, 2021 Hope to play it today, but looks good psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #4 psj3809, Jan 15, 2021 Hmmmm bought it. Very disappointed by the controls, not relative touch at all, you press the screen and your ship just sits underneath your finger. Very annoying I cant believe devs dont look at other shooters and check out what controls are good etc. I'm hoping this will get an update but dont like the controls. The game has potential for sure but hmmm ! PewPewOnYou likes this. Brightsiderus Well-Known Member Feb 1, 2017 2,234 540 113 #5 Brightsiderus, Jan 15, 2021 I guess that they haven’t got much testers. I saw their discord which has... only one person, the developer. There was an announcement that they are looking for 100 testers, but I don’t know how much testers were there. If they came here, they could work it out. Maybe you can contact them on Twitter. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #6 psj3809, Jan 15, 2021 Yeah i did message on twitter about relative touch. But yeah shame they didnt ask here. Surely they had a few testers but I'm not impressed as maybe no one mentioned relative touch Without that i just dont have fun playing a shooter. shamusl Member Jan 15, 2021 10 16 3 Male #7 shamusl, Jan 15, 2021 Hi, developer here! I just wanted everyone to know I am listening to everyone's feedback and will incorporate some of the best suggestions into the game over time. Relative controls are something my 20 testers didn't note when they were testing the game, so it's just something I was blind to, unfortunately. It's not terribly difficult to add, but might take about a week to get working and tested. I plan to continue to support Arkfront over time with additional content and features. Already version 1.1 will be available in the next few days to fix crashes, performance problems, typos, and add additional levels to the campaign to increase variety between attempts. If there's anything you'd like to see from Arkfront or if you run into any issues please let me know in the game's discord, available here: Discord or on twitter, available here: Twitter vectorarchitekt, Lull4by and L.Lawliet like this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #8 psj3809, Jan 15, 2021 Sounds great, cant believe the testers didnt mention it ! But happy to wait for an update Like the retro style graphics and theres a lot of positives for it PewPewOnYou Well-Known Member Aug 27, 2020 108 38 28 Male USA #9 PewPewOnYou, Jan 16, 2021 Thanks for heads up! I appreciate your $2 sacrifice. Maybe I can get the next one. MellySmellyBelly New Member Dec 9, 2020 4 2 3 Male #10 MellySmellyBelly, Jan 16, 2021 Fun game, but man the controls have to get updated, like others have said. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,577 1,132 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #11 Anotherkellydown, Jan 16, 2021 Last edited: Jan 16, 2021 Looks so good, especially when you see so many total copies and bland shooters constantly barraging the App Store. Even without relative touch I’m gonna buy it. Hopefully the game is somewhat playable as is. Edit: Well, the Ark at the bottom keeps getting in my way. If that was moved lower or if the dev could possibly make the ship able to hover over it without obstructing your flight path would be nice. The game is playable for me without relative touch but it would of course be a welcomed addition to have the option. I haven’t played more than 20 minutes or so, but I’m hoping with new weapons the fire rate will go way up. Seems like you start out pretty underpowered. I’m not a big fan of having to line up directly below an enemy for your guns to fire, but it may grow on me. Overall, the game screen seems cramped, and many times it seems impossible to make it through a level without taking damage. I’d only recommend the game (in its current state) to really hardcore shooter fans. Like @psj3809 mentioned, there’s a ton of potential here. BlueTrin Well-Known Member Jun 21, 2012 376 51 28 #12 BlueTrin, Jan 17, 2021 I didn’t play this one, but I always found that Bullet Hell Monday Finale has great controls if you need some inspiration. Lull4by Well-Known Member Aug 21, 2014 767 313 63 #13 Lull4by, Jan 18, 2021 I think it is a part of the game, sometimes you have to choose tanking the damage for ark, or just let the ark damaged since your ship is almost dead, the ark is also protected by shield, so it is okay I guess. shamusl and Anotherkellydown like this. shamusl Member Jan 15, 2021 10 16 3 Male #14 shamusl, Jan 19, 2021 Yes, this is the intended design! You can repair your ship and the space station at outposts along the way. The goal is finding a balance of where you can take damage and what you need to protect. shamusl Member Jan 15, 2021 10 16 3 Male #15 shamusl, Feb 8, 2021 I've heard everyone's feedback and I'm working on improving the controls for the next major update to Arkfront. Thank you for your support. MellySmellyBelly, Son of Anarchy, djstout and 1 other person like this. shamusl Member Jan 15, 2021 10 16 3 Male #16 shamusl, Mar 7, 2021 Developer here again, Update 1.2 is now available and includes updated relative-coordinate controls implemented throughout the game. It's approved and live but could take a few hours to properly propagate across the App Store service. Update 1.2 also lays the foundations for a number of new features including Bounties, Quests, more detailed and interesting boss fights, mutators to levels to change the balance of the game on the fly and more. These features along with a large list of quality of life features will launch with version 2.0 sometime next month. More powerups and enemies are planned for version 2.1 this spring. MellySmellyBelly, Echoseven and Anotherkellydown like this. anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,128 703 113 #17 anthony78, Mar 20, 2021 Picked this up since it has relative touch controls now. Very cool art style and enjoying it overall. Only thing I’d like that also has been mentioned here as well as in a few App Store reviews is to be able to fire constantly like other shmups. Seems like you need to get too close to an enemy to start firing too. shamusl Member Jan 15, 2021 10 16 3 Male #18 shamusl, Apr 29, 2021 Developer here. The Spring Update is now propagating across the App Store service and should be generally available in the next 12-24 hours. The Spring Update adds a few requested features including haptics in battle and improved controls. Challenges are goals to complete exclusive to each sector and are randomly generated. Accomplish these goals to earn rewards and level up even faster than before. It also adds a new game mode: Boss Rush - fight your way through as many bosses as you can and endure the constant onslaught. Levels were rebalanced. Some are now longer and more difficult. User Interface improvements including a new description view of icons on the Galactic Map. Improved multi-language animation for boss warnings. Nothing major, but a neat touch. A number of crashes were addressed. If you run into anything you can always report a problem to [email protected] The game should use 60% less CPU and 100MB less RAM than in previous versions. mj132 Well-Known Member Oct 2, 2013 354 5 18 United Kingdom #19 mj132, Apr 30, 2021 I missed this when it came out and I love a good shoot em up, only know about because of the update, buying it now shamusl Member Jan 15, 2021 10 16 3 Male #20 shamusl, May 31, 2021 Arkfront is free for today only! Enjoy! Edit: it appears the price change takes a few minutes. vectorarchitekt likes this. (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: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? 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Hmmmm bought it. Very disappointed by the controls, not relative touch at all, you press the screen and your ship just sits underneath your finger. Very annoying I cant believe devs dont look at other shooters and check out what controls are good etc. I'm hoping this will get an update but dont like the controls. The game has potential for sure but hmmm !
I guess that they haven’t got much testers. I saw their discord which has... only one person, the developer. There was an announcement that they are looking for 100 testers, but I don’t know how much testers were there. If they came here, they could work it out. Maybe you can contact them on Twitter.
Yeah i did message on twitter about relative touch. But yeah shame they didnt ask here. Surely they had a few testers but I'm not impressed as maybe no one mentioned relative touch Without that i just dont have fun playing a shooter.
Hi, developer here! I just wanted everyone to know I am listening to everyone's feedback and will incorporate some of the best suggestions into the game over time. Relative controls are something my 20 testers didn't note when they were testing the game, so it's just something I was blind to, unfortunately. It's not terribly difficult to add, but might take about a week to get working and tested. I plan to continue to support Arkfront over time with additional content and features. Already version 1.1 will be available in the next few days to fix crashes, performance problems, typos, and add additional levels to the campaign to increase variety between attempts. If there's anything you'd like to see from Arkfront or if you run into any issues please let me know in the game's discord, available here: Discord or on twitter, available here: Twitter
Sounds great, cant believe the testers didnt mention it ! But happy to wait for an update Like the retro style graphics and theres a lot of positives for it
Looks so good, especially when you see so many total copies and bland shooters constantly barraging the App Store. Even without relative touch I’m gonna buy it. Hopefully the game is somewhat playable as is. Edit: Well, the Ark at the bottom keeps getting in my way. If that was moved lower or if the dev could possibly make the ship able to hover over it without obstructing your flight path would be nice. The game is playable for me without relative touch but it would of course be a welcomed addition to have the option. I haven’t played more than 20 minutes or so, but I’m hoping with new weapons the fire rate will go way up. Seems like you start out pretty underpowered. I’m not a big fan of having to line up directly below an enemy for your guns to fire, but it may grow on me. Overall, the game screen seems cramped, and many times it seems impossible to make it through a level without taking damage. I’d only recommend the game (in its current state) to really hardcore shooter fans. Like @psj3809 mentioned, there’s a ton of potential here.
I didn’t play this one, but I always found that Bullet Hell Monday Finale has great controls if you need some inspiration.
I think it is a part of the game, sometimes you have to choose tanking the damage for ark, or just let the ark damaged since your ship is almost dead, the ark is also protected by shield, so it is okay I guess.
Yes, this is the intended design! You can repair your ship and the space station at outposts along the way. The goal is finding a balance of where you can take damage and what you need to protect.
I've heard everyone's feedback and I'm working on improving the controls for the next major update to Arkfront. Thank you for your support.
Developer here again, Update 1.2 is now available and includes updated relative-coordinate controls implemented throughout the game. It's approved and live but could take a few hours to properly propagate across the App Store service. Update 1.2 also lays the foundations for a number of new features including Bounties, Quests, more detailed and interesting boss fights, mutators to levels to change the balance of the game on the fly and more. These features along with a large list of quality of life features will launch with version 2.0 sometime next month. More powerups and enemies are planned for version 2.1 this spring.
Picked this up since it has relative touch controls now. Very cool art style and enjoying it overall. Only thing I’d like that also has been mentioned here as well as in a few App Store reviews is to be able to fire constantly like other shmups. Seems like you need to get too close to an enemy to start firing too.
Developer here. The Spring Update is now propagating across the App Store service and should be generally available in the next 12-24 hours. The Spring Update adds a few requested features including haptics in battle and improved controls. Challenges are goals to complete exclusive to each sector and are randomly generated. Accomplish these goals to earn rewards and level up even faster than before. It also adds a new game mode: Boss Rush - fight your way through as many bosses as you can and endure the constant onslaught. Levels were rebalanced. Some are now longer and more difficult. User Interface improvements including a new description view of icons on the Galactic Map. Improved multi-language animation for boss warnings. Nothing major, but a neat touch. A number of crashes were addressed. If you run into anything you can always report a problem to [email protected] The game should use 60% less CPU and 100MB less RAM than in previous versions.
I missed this when it came out and I love a good shoot em up, only know about because of the update, buying it now
