You are an Atomic Spider! You are our universe's only hope to fight off invading enemies from another dimension. Battle though over 50 levels of ever more tricky monsters and bosses. Introducing a new gameplay mechanic, perfect for touch screen tap the screen to hop to new location - useful for strategic repositioning, or toget out of a tough spot drag your finger to encircle enemies with webbine don't let enemies touch you or your webline! if you take damage, you are respawned in the center of the screen, and will be invulnerable for a few seconds. Tap to hop to a new safe location and continue the battle! https://www.northernbytes.ca/atomicspider Atomic Spider Easy 8 Software You are an Atomic Spider! Created in a lab, you are now our universe's only hope to fend off alien interlopers from ano… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsYou are an Atomic Spider! Created in a lab, you are now our universe's only hope to fend off alien interlopers from another dimension. Atomic Spider introduces a new touchscreen game mechanic married to intense gameplay and bright vector-style visuals. Battle your way through 50+ levels chock full of tricky monsters and bosses. Information Seller:Easy 8 Software Genre:Action Release:Oct 24, 2022 Updated:Jan 02, 2023 Version:1.7 Size:95.1 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal easy8software Member Oct 24, 2022 10 2 3 Male #2 easy8software, Oct 26, 2022 1.1 update just published, with a small but important change for respawn animation. Previously, there was a slow motion effect after respawning, where you are temporarily invulnerable that ended once you began moving the spider. This caused confusion with a user that thought the game would suddenly speed up any time you began spinning a webline. Slow motion feature is moved earlier, so it's there only as part of the death/respawn animation, and ends by the time new spider is visible onscreen. Louard Well-Known Member Patreon Silver May 4, 2009 251 8 18 #3 Louard, Oct 27, 2022 I've been enjoying the beta for a good while and am excited for folks to finally get to play it too! easy8software Member Oct 24, 2022 10 2 3 Male #4 easy8software, Oct 27, 2022 Interesting gameplay video suggesting room for improvement in the tutorial: The person playing didn't realize you can jump by tapping - they played only using line drawing mechanic, which makes the game way harder than it has any business being! easy8software Member Oct 24, 2022 10 2 3 Male #5 easy8software, Nov 2, 2022 Another gameplay video where the player wasn't aware of the important "jumping" gameplay mechanic, but still managed to do ok (despite having one arm tied behind their back): In meantime, update 1.3 has been published, which now includes a short snazzy video tutorial when starting first world, that should hopefully put this usability issue to bed. easy8software Member Oct 24, 2022 10 2 3 Male #6 easy8software, Nov 18, 2022 1.4 update out. Two big changes, being two new worlds! "Practice" level is now expanded to a full 5-stage world to better ease folk into the game mechanics. New "Madness" level which is a crazy boss rush spectacle, with fights against pairs of bosses at once requiring quick reflexes and cunning to defeat. easy8software Member Oct 24, 2022 10 2 3 Male #7 easy8software, Nov 19, 2022 Speed run, first 10 worlds. easy8software Member Oct 24, 2022 10 2 3 Male #8 easy8software, Dec 12, 2022 Looking to host a little Touch Arcade exclusive challenge, open until Jan 1, 2023. First 5 people to beat all the 'normal' stages of Atomic Spider (through "Madness" world) get $10 USD. As a special bonus, take over top spot on one of the leaderboards, and get $25. You can win multiple prizes - for example if by Jan 1, if you've beaten the last stage 11-5, and also taken top spot on world 1, world 3 leaderboards, you'll get 25+25+10 = $60. To participate, share game center handle here. Prizes will be awarded with venmo or paypal. Anotherkellydown likes this. 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 #9 Anotherkellydown, Dec 13, 2022 I’m Anotherkellydown on Game Center. Just ran through the first 7.5 levels before losing. Not sure if you’re comparing everyone’s score (from Game Center) or just scores from this forum, but, either way I appreciate the chance to win some money. I love money. Edit: after rereading your post it sounds like a TA exclusive contest. Awesome! The game is fun but it’s frustrating when you can’t circle an enemy because part of their “body” is off-screen a lot of the time. The only fix I can think of is if you make enemies bounce off the sides instead of passing through and coming out the other side. Of course, that would probably ruin the game mechanics that were baked into Atomic Spider. easy8software Member Oct 24, 2022 10 2 3 Male #10 easy8software, Dec 13, 2022 Yes, TA exclusive contest! I agree - when an enemy (especially a boss) is half offscreen, it can be annoying having to wait, especially if trying to break a speed run record. I think the bouncing asteroids are much more fun to take out than the wrap-around asteroids for this reason. There were some changes made early on to partially address this, including: - enemies that move in straight line have heuristic to avoid ever moving straight up/down or straight left/right. - enemies that wobble have a baked in preference to steer back towards the player to avoid doing s-turns on edge of screen Anotherkellydown likes this. (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. 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1.1 update just published, with a small but important change for respawn animation. Previously, there was a slow motion effect after respawning, where you are temporarily invulnerable that ended once you began moving the spider. This caused confusion with a user that thought the game would suddenly speed up any time you began spinning a webline. Slow motion feature is moved earlier, so it's there only as part of the death/respawn animation, and ends by the time new spider is visible onscreen.
Interesting gameplay video suggesting room for improvement in the tutorial: The person playing didn't realize you can jump by tapping - they played only using line drawing mechanic, which makes the game way harder than it has any business being!
Another gameplay video where the player wasn't aware of the important "jumping" gameplay mechanic, but still managed to do ok (despite having one arm tied behind their back): In meantime, update 1.3 has been published, which now includes a short snazzy video tutorial when starting first world, that should hopefully put this usability issue to bed.
1.4 update out. Two big changes, being two new worlds! "Practice" level is now expanded to a full 5-stage world to better ease folk into the game mechanics. New "Madness" level which is a crazy boss rush spectacle, with fights against pairs of bosses at once requiring quick reflexes and cunning to defeat.
Looking to host a little Touch Arcade exclusive challenge, open until Jan 1, 2023. First 5 people to beat all the 'normal' stages of Atomic Spider (through "Madness" world) get $10 USD. As a special bonus, take over top spot on one of the leaderboards, and get $25. You can win multiple prizes - for example if by Jan 1, if you've beaten the last stage 11-5, and also taken top spot on world 1, world 3 leaderboards, you'll get 25+25+10 = $60. To participate, share game center handle here. Prizes will be awarded with venmo or paypal.
I’m Anotherkellydown on Game Center. Just ran through the first 7.5 levels before losing. Not sure if you’re comparing everyone’s score (from Game Center) or just scores from this forum, but, either way I appreciate the chance to win some money. I love money. Edit: after rereading your post it sounds like a TA exclusive contest. Awesome! The game is fun but it’s frustrating when you can’t circle an enemy because part of their “body” is off-screen a lot of the time. The only fix I can think of is if you make enemies bounce off the sides instead of passing through and coming out the other side. Of course, that would probably ruin the game mechanics that were baked into Atomic Spider.
Yes, TA exclusive contest! I agree - when an enemy (especially a boss) is half offscreen, it can be annoying having to wait, especially if trying to break a speed run record. I think the bouncing asteroids are much more fun to take out than the wrap-around asteroids for this reason. There were some changes made early on to partially address this, including: - enemies that move in straight line have heuristic to avoid ever moving straight up/down or straight left/right. - enemies that wobble have a baked in preference to steer back towards the player to avoid doing s-turns on edge of screen
