Universal Bug Heroes (by Foursaken Media)

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  1. K?!

    K?! Well-Known Member

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    LetsTryThisAgain...

    What's the deal with self defense anyway? I used it once. then I analyzed the game mechanics, deduced that the rest of the ability would be attacking stuff with Spider to knock them back and sat my phone down.

    i hear there is something to do with usefulness in later levels? sounds hilarious and repetitive.

    I guess I just won't understand being addicted to a non critical ability.

    Props if anyone got that. Thanks for the response, I guess it's better than I thought.
     
  2. J.Leson

    J.Leson Well-Known Member

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    I like the new icon. It's much better, more contrast, the bug is more visible and you don't just see the eyes.
     
  3. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    #863 Foursaken_Media, Jan 27, 2011
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    Well, for one thats probably why you don't find it useful :p You used it once and extrapolated its usefulness based on that one time using it. And I don't recall anyone mentioning its usefulness only in later levels or anything like that... its primary use is to simply help Spider clear space when she is being overwhelmed or surrounded, which is incredibly useful considering her natural weakness is being overwhelmed by a bunch of fleas and ants. The AOE is also actually larger then Beetle's attack (once upgraded), and will end up knocking harder... its useful is all I'm saying, if not game winning. But then again thats no different then many other skills like Regen and Static Discharge.


    Cool thanks for weighing in! We will likely change the icon to something with a bit more color and contrast like this one, even if its not this exact one. Thanks again though!

    Actually if everyone could give their feedback on this icon, that would be really helpful :)

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  4. currymutton

    currymutton Well-Known Member

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    The eyes cover too much space, imho. And there could be more warmer colour used.
     
  5. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    Just a reminder: follow us on Twitter for a chance to get some Bug Heroes promo codes tonight at around 7pm EST! First come first serve so be on the look-out...

    As we continue working on more content, we would love to hear some ideas on new enemies, especially ones with unique game play mechanics. The more ideas the merrier, so let us know what you'd like fight against!
     
  6. mcwaller123

    mcwaller123 Well-Known Member

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    interesting.....ill Follow now! :D
     
  7. crex

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    Snagged the first one!!!! :D Thnx!
     
  8. Nekcik

    Nekcik Well-Known Member

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    Love the new icon! either icon works though I do like this new one a bit more.
     
  9. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    We've got a few more coming... please follow us -- we'll send out some more codes in the future, unannounced :p
     
  10. mcwaller123

    mcwaller123 Well-Known Member

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    #870 mcwaller123, Jan 28, 2011
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    oh know,i was playing 180 and i forgot that u were giving codes :/ are codes still left?!

    EDIT:NEVERMIND,I GOT ONE,I LUV YOU GUYS!! :D
     
  11. K?!

    K?! Well-Known Member

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    #871 K?!, Jan 28, 2011
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    What are the abilities Berserk and Ninja Smoke? Or are they secrets? And thanks for the shoutouts on Facebook and Twitter.

    Edit: And I look forward to seeing a ladybug in the game sometime, probably as a hero.

    Double edit: 888th post!
     
  12. Osmiral

    Osmiral Well-Known Member

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    Enemy ideas:
    1. Wasp Swarm: a swarm of wasps that do a very small amount of damage but swarm your player coming from all directions making them hard to hit.

    2. Fly Blinder: a specialized portable enemy cannon thing (kinda like the grub launchers) but doesn't do damage to you or your food, when it shoots tons of flys are launched and cover up part of the screen, they go away after awhile but if you let it live it can cover up most of the screen making it nearly impossible to see what your doing.

    3. Beetle: a beetle just like your hero that has teemed up with the enemy bugs to take you out.

    4. Silk Worm: a silk worm enemy that comes in threes, they use there silk to build specialized slingshots that can launch small enemy units toward you or your base, like basic grubs or ants or army ants, any of the smaller units.

    5. Stick Bug: A stick bug that has camoflage capabilities, it can turn partially invisible making it hard to see, but it can also teleport short distances (like behind you to attack you from behind).

    That's all I can think of right now.
     
  13. broadpfc

    broadpfc Well-Known Member

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    Those are really great ideas. It definitely adds new elements into the game.

    If I may suggest one, consider going local multiplayer support. It is so much fun when you can cooperate with friends on a joint defense. ;)
     
  14. mcwaller123

    mcwaller123 Well-Known Member

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    Thx for that,i grabbed a code during the giveaway,and i already have a small thing to say to u about the size,instead of 50mbs,it will really be awesome if you can reduce the file size,cuz,for me,size and space is important, i only got 1g left and got to put 10 50mbs games and kinda 30- from 5mb-14mb-27mb Max...!
    Thx
     
  15. K?!

    K?! Well-Known Member

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    The game is already very heavily optimized and could easily be 100MB or more. In addition, smaller file sizes generally mean more bluriness, lesser performance and longer loading times.
     
  16. iJay

    iJay Well-Known Member

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    50MB is actualy fairly small, especially for a game with a solid amount of 3D graphics in it.
    They would make it smaller if they could...
    And looking at the games in your siggy, Bug Heroes is a lot smaller than probably most of them.
     
  17. mcwaller123

    mcwaller123 Well-Known Member

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    Mhhh,yeah,so that means that we cant do anything for this right....
     
  18. Foursaken_Media

    Foursaken_Media Well-Known Member
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    Correct, sorry nothing more we can do without removing things from the game... we actually spent painstaking weeks in optimizing every byte we could, getting everything as small as possible (which in part is done in order to reduce the memory footprint to allow it to run on lower gen devices). As someone else mentioned, I would say Bug Heroes is about as small a game as I have seen on the app store in terms of memory, considering its content and 3D graphics.

    Heh, and yeah looks like you've got a lot bigger problems in regards to memory judging by quite a few 200-300 meg games in your list :p Hope you keep Bug Heroes on your device though! Give us your impressions when you get a chance to play it :D
     
  19. mcwaller123

    mcwaller123 Well-Known Member

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    Allright its ok then and youre right

    And lol yeah,i have a 32g Ipod 4G and i have over 520+great top apps and games(look at the sig,and i even have more!) in my device and still 10 50mbs and 30 5-14-27max Mbs to fill up.....Now ill try to delete one of my games thats is taking enough space for a replacment for Bug Heroes,because i really wanna try that great looking game anf not just leave it in Itunes.....I even got Virtual City that is taking 40mbs and i was thinking about puting it in the Ipod,but i wanna try Bug Heroes ;)
    Thx btw again for that game!
     
  20. WCFields

    WCFields Well-Known Member

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    not bad kid!
     

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