Hi vectorarchitekt Sorry for my late reply. The original plan was actually to release BaliFied worldwide around todays date, but through the soft launch we learned a lot of things that needed to be improved. We have already updated the app twice, fixing random matchmaking to be more efficient and other smaller things Next week we will launch version 1.3 which includes two new features to enhance the gameplay: Super Charge and Super Swap. For version 1.4 that will be released in about 2 weeks we are adding a single player mode with three different difficulty levels: Easy, Medium and Extreme. Player will be able to play these modes while waiting for their real life opponents to make a move By winning in single player mode the player will earn coins depending on the difficulty level. Once 1.4 is live in the soft launch countries we feel confident enough to release it globally shortly after that. So to sum it up..... global release should be within the month, hang in there!
Hi again everyone! I don't know about you all, but me for one have a bad habit of not always paying a whole lot of attention to playable tutorials... and that's the reason we also decided to add a quick 5-step guide that player can access anytime during gameplay This is what it looks like: I would love to hear your feedback, and to hear if you get the point of how to play just through this small in-game tutorial!
Today we are getting ready to submit version 1.3 to the App Store, and once it's live there we'll roll out the same update to TestFlight so our beta testers can try it out as well This version includes a few new features... one of them is called "Super Charge" and will make the game even more exciting, and give the player possibility to build even higher scoring words! It can only be used on first turn, so player must choose wisely if they want to use it or not This is what it looks like:
Really cool game! I love the graphics. My feedback would be that I want more points! It's hard to make a word with a lot of points unlike scrabble.
I would like to add a little review and my impressions about the game. The BaliFeld is really challenging word game. In the beginning it takes some time to understand the rules and strategy how to play wisely. After 3-4 battles I finally checked the whole thing. The most hard thing to do is to finish the game without any single letter left on your deck. This game never gets boring. Every new battle is the new challenge. I also like that you can chat with your opponent during the game. Good luck with the worldwide launch!
Steve, thanks for the kind words and the feedback! Happy to hear you like the game Its actually possible to submit very high scoring words, it just takes a bit of planning and luck. This picture shows one of our Beta Testers, and as you see his highest scoring word is 288 points! That is one of the highest points I have ever seen for a single word. Funny thing is that he actually stole the word ACQUAINTED from my wife and made UNACQUAINTED, so at the same time he made and awesomely high scoring word, he totally messed up her game And you will love the new update, where you can use Super Charge to score even higher scores! Throw in a Bali wild card at the same time and youll easily get some +100 points words . serg30, thanks for the review and feedback! BaliFied is indeed a bit more challenging than the average word game Im glad you got the hang of it and like it, thanks again! Looking forward to play more against you
Happy Friday everyone And hello 1st of July! Here's a a pic of Ulu on his way to work, playing BaliFied on the subway train. I'm sure a lot of you are doing the same thing on a daily basis! (not playing BaliFied just yet, but other mobile games)
Version 1.3 is now live on the Swedish and Dutch App Store! TestFlight version will be updated asap as well, so all our Beta testers can enjoy the new features too. As I wrote about earlier one of them is called Super Charge, and change the value of a random letter to be worth 6 points! The other new feature is called Super Swap, and it let's the player swap cards without losing his turn, something that is very handy Global launch still is a few weeks away, so If anyone reading this would like to be part of our beta testing, please fill out this Google Form: http://goo.gl/forms/OoeKXqKiHLbwVMYj1 or PM me your Apple ID and I will add you to our test group. Feel free to invite me to a match by creating a game and searching for my username: Jonas Johnsson Cheers!
Thanks! Super Swap indeed is a powerful feature, and popular feature as well, we see a lot of players using it already Worldwide release is planned to the end of this month, exact date will follow shortly....
Hi everyone! BaliFied version 1.4 will be submitted to the App Store today, shortly after that it will be available for our Beta Testers This version is the biggest update we have done so far, and it includes the long awaited single player mode!! No more feeling bored waiting for your opponents to make their BaliFied moves With the new single player mode you can ALWAYS PLAY against a bot. Practice your strategy and at the same time earn free coins by beating our BaliFied master Ulu! Three different difficulty modes, EASY, MEDIUM and EXTREME...
Thanks for the kind words To all beta testers: There is a new version available to download from TestFlight. The version from yesterday had a few bugs that made the game crash sometimes when saving a word in single player mode. That plus some other small things have been fixed in this last update! Enjoy, hope you will like it!
Yes! Version 1.4 is now available in the Dutch and Swedish App Store and TestFlight Enjoy Single Player mode! Mark, I just added you so now you can Beta Test, hope you will like it! Please invite me to a match once you are playing: Jonas Johnsson
Yes! Single player mode! Awesome, thanks for adding it! Update: The game doesn't save your single player game of you close the app after awhile. And not that it really matters, but it seems like Cool Ulu only likes one background #
Hey vectorarchitekt, Thanks for the feedback! Yeah we actually made it like that, it doesn't save the match in single player mode and player have to play through the whole match in one go. Or actually, you can leave the app if you just minimize it and come back later... Then you can continue where you left, but if you close down the app completely the match will be gone. We might change this in the future, but our main focus is still the multiplayer part. Single player mode is just an 'extra' to keep players busy while waiting for their moves that we wanted implemented in the game fast But to be honest, I am really quite impressed with how it turned it, hope you like it too! And yes poor Ulu, it looks like he hasn't got the Premium version yet hehehe Thanks for the heads up, we will fix that in the coming update! I had not noticed that it always was the same background even if you choose a different one at start. Good catch!
Thanks....I've noticed on my iPhone 6 that even if you suspend apps, after some time it gets booted out of RAM I think and resets anyway. So usually I leave it in the background but then the game is gone. Other than that, yes that Cool Ulu is a challenge! Haven't won a single medium match yet but I am tryi to get better at BaliFying
Ah ok did not know that! Thank's for the info I will discuss with our developers to see if it's possible to change it in the future, to keep the game running similar to a multi-player match... Good luck beating Cool Ulu, he is indeed not easy to beat! But I even surprised myself and managed to beat Ulustein a few times when he isn't BaliFying hehe
