Universal Canabalt (by Semi Secret Software)

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  1. freedog

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    Funny how your only 2 posts in TA history are for Nimblebit games and this one....HMMMMMM
     
  2. djflippy

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    Personally, I don't post anything that is throwaway and meaningless. You should try it in the future, to prevent confusion and to save yourself the trouble of proving your own statements to be "of no importance".

    Another good playground tactic is to get the last word in, so be sure to carefully craft your response, so you can leave thinking you've "won the argument", which is obviously your goal here.
     
  3. marshmonkey

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    #263 marshmonkey, Oct 2, 2009
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    I am marshmonkey, it says who people are on the top there.

    It might help if we had some kind of rubric to know how much a game is worth to you, something like:

    3d - 25 cents
    story mode - 10 cents
    power ups - 5 cents
    multiplayer - 50 cents
    music - 25 cents
    amount of fun - 4 cents
    # of buttons - 10 cents (per)

    etc.

    that way developers could avoid grossly overcharging what the real fair value of the game is.

    *edit* forgot to add # of buttons
     
  4. Axl Lowe

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    How is the framerate in the iDevice version?
     
  5. squarezero

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    On the 3Gs, silky smooth. I wouldn't be surprised if it reaches 60 fps.
     
  6. eeenmachine

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    Very high on my 3GS. Adam said the reason it is OS 3.1 only is to take advantage of exposed functions that let the game run as fast as it does.
     
  7. Eli

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    #267 Eli, Oct 2, 2009
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    What is your shill detector reading?!

    Marsh is one of the developers of NimbleBit, of course that's where he's posting. ;)
     
  8. 5duc29

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    I agree. The game is a little expensive. I see a lot of games with more value than this at $2.99. This game looks great and has tons of replay value but not worth $2.99 or more. Spend your money on Resident Evil or Robocalypse sales.

    I will wait for "one dollar - one cent" sale. If it doesn't come, then there are other great games out there to spend on..

    Does look awesome though.
     
  9. freedog

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    I think you know
     
  10. nodoctors

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    i had no real argument to "win or lose" with you to begin with. see, i made an actual point to arn. you busted balls over meaningless semantics. have a nice one.
     
  11. eeenmachine

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    Its too bad such a great looking awesome game with tons of replay value isn't worth $2.99 :(
     
  12. nattylux

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    And Canabalt enters the top 100 games...
     
  13. marshmonkey

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    woot! Congrats to Adam and Semi Secret!

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  14. freedog

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    and their wonderful relationship.
     
  15. darchinst

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    i have a question for anyone that's played it on the phone and on a computer. do you think it's easier on the phone? the reason i ask is for me games like this are easier to "see" and do well on a small screen where i can see everything without looking around. on my tv or my computer monitor its hard for me to break 2000 and i think it may be because of the screen size. well, that or i suck.
     
  16. eeenmachine

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    Are you talking about the lobsters? They do look pretty close, maybe they died in each other's arms :(
     
  17. lostamerican13

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    This is a little off subject, or maybe not; the game requires OS 3.1 because of some enhancement it provides that allows for smooth gameplay, thats a nutshell quote by the dev posted in this thread. (Plz correct me if i'm wrong)
    Is this smooth gameplay experinced on all idevices with the OS 3.1 or is it only on the 3GS devices?
    In y'alls opinion do you think the devs will be able to make this game compatible with OS 2.x?
     
  18. freedog

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    is nimblebit planning a sequel?
     
  19. marshmonkey

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    Their wonderful relationship with app store shoppers? Thats how you make it to the top 100! :D
     
  20. eeenmachine

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    To this thread?
     

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