Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deadlocked/id1612490649 Deadlocked Millstream Games Run, slide, jump and blast your way through endless undead realms! Run and fight your way through endless undead advers… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsRun, slide, jump and blast your way through endless undead realms! Run and fight your way through endless undead adversaries while acquiring new weapons, upgrades, powers and runners to aid you on your way. Use what you have to beat posed challenges and engaging boss encounters in this undead-ridden endless runner! WELCOME TO DARKVALE You arrive at the outskirts of Darkvale amidst the endless hordes of undead. It would be better to leave this place and you'd be wise to heed this advice. Don't forget your shotgun, runner. RUN Run through distinct biomes while avoiding environmental hazards and obstacles. OVERCOME Defeat endless undead hordes and gruesome bosses. LOCK AND LOAD Select your weapon and upgrade it to suit your playstyle. GEAR UP Acquire new skills and best your enemies. YOU'RE NOT ALONE Hit the ground running with different runners, each sporting a unique passive trait. ROCK OUT Give your foes the shotgun treatment while running to the rhythm of the banging soundtrack. Information Seller:Millstream Games Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Mar 15, 2022 Updated:Apr 21, 2022 Version:1.1.0 Size:130.0 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel millstreamgames Member Mar 24, 2022 8 5 3 Game Publisher Helsinki, Finland https://www.millstreamgames.com/ #2 millstreamgames, Mar 24, 2022 Last edited: Mar 24, 2022 Hi everyone, Having a bit of a struggle with the post not loading the app information. How should the link be placed within the app info for it to show up correctly? Apologies for the hassle. #Bonk3rZ Well-Known Member Mar 20, 2014 335 36 28 top of the world #3 #Bonk3rZ, Mar 24, 2022 Last edited: Mar 24, 2022 App info processing sometimes takes some time, and by now everything looks fine. This your game? Edith says of course it is. Looks interesting and runners used to be my thing, so I'm gonna give it a try. Welcome to TA and good luck with your game! anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,045 623 113 #4 anthony78, Mar 24, 2022 So guessing this is ad supported? millstreamgames Member Mar 24, 2022 8 5 3 Game Publisher Helsinki, Finland https://www.millstreamgames.com/ #5 millstreamgames, Mar 24, 2022 Yep, now the page looks as it should with my game information fetched correctly. Thanks for the kind words, I'd love to hear back from you with your thoughts about the game! millstreamgames Member Mar 24, 2022 8 5 3 Game Publisher Helsinki, Finland https://www.millstreamgames.com/ #6 millstreamgames, Mar 24, 2022 The game has ads, but they are always rewarded and never forced in any situation. anthony78 likes this. Stronsay Well-Known Member Aug 6, 2015 950 204 43 #7 Stronsay, Mar 25, 2022 Better than expected. Glad I stuck with it. Not much happening at first, probably to get used to control. More elements being added though progress. Sure need a faster loading weapon. Have upgraded starter gun twice but hasn’t much difference. Well coded game though. Exactly right amount of challenge for me, which is kind of rare. millstreamgames likes this. millstreamgames Member Mar 24, 2022 8 5 3 Game Publisher Helsinki, Finland https://www.millstreamgames.com/ #8 millstreamgames, Mar 25, 2022 Thank you for taking the time to post, I'm glad you're enjoying the game! I'm looking at possible rebalances to upgrade effectiveness in following updates. Stronsay Well-Known Member Aug 6, 2015 950 204 43 #9 Stronsay, Mar 25, 2022 Just a matter of being patient I think. A couple more upgrades have made an effective gun. I have a question about multipliers. I’m not sure what I’m doing that increases the multiplier. Please advise. millstreamgames Member Mar 24, 2022 8 5 3 Game Publisher Helsinki, Finland https://www.millstreamgames.com/ #10 millstreamgames, Mar 25, 2022 The multiplier is increased by defeating enemies. In Deadlocked, your kill count per run is also your score multiplier, which increases the amount of points you gain per second. Ultimately, this score is used to calculate score bonus gold in addition to the gold earned from completing challenges and collecting coins in the run. Stronsay likes this. #Bonk3rZ Well-Known Member Mar 20, 2014 335 36 28 top of the world #11 #Bonk3rZ, Mar 25, 2022 Last edited: Mar 25, 2022 First of all, I'm genuinely impressed. A runner that doesn't look like another subway clone but coming with it's own unique style AND we can shoot zombies! Awesome! Some things though. - font is too small. (Iphone 8 here.) I played in the evening and together with the dark style of the game I had a hard time reading some of the tutorial notes. Also the "now there are quests" prompt instakilled me while trying to read it. Don't text and drive. - in the same vein, but that may be just me and meant to be this way, I also have a hard time seeing those zombies. It's dark and they are basically the same colors as everything else and quite often I just notice them because now I'm a zombie too. Basically I'm waiting for the "stop lights" to go on. - sliding kills. I'm not sure here, I even replayed the tutorial three times because I was sure it said something about sliding into zombies but I couldn't find it again, and the sliding kills quest can be fulfilled by shooting while sliding soooo the question is, did I waste an hour yesterday while trying to slide into zombies the right way which got me killed every time? - jumping on those pesky suckers is quite hitbox sensitive imo, gets me bitten more often than not so I completely avoid it. Again may be just me. - All in all I think the game could use just a tad more polish to be great. A little less darker (speaking of actual light here. What the sun does!), a little less stiff running style, maybe one or two more animations for getting killed or killing a boss, things like that. - monetization. It's hard to sell games if you're an unknown dev, and no one likes iap's either. Personally I almost never watch ads, so there's that. But devs need to eat something too, and you should give at least an opportunity to buy something. I don't talk about 99 bucks diamonds type of stuff, but maybe cosmetics. (Hats are a huge thing in the gamer community for whatever reason.) Or buying weapons instantly for a buck or two. One or two small (and not needed) gold packages for those absolutely impatient for 1 and 3 bucks or 2 and 5. Buy the dev a coffee and get a powerup at the start of each run. A free revive (per day). Work went into this game and you definitely should be able to earn money with that, and there are ways to do so without squeezing the blood out from the players. I sincerely do hope you are not mad for my nitpicking here. And of course you can completely ignore everything, these things are literally just my two cents. Cheers. decript and millstreamgames like this. millstreamgames Member Mar 24, 2022 8 5 3 Game Publisher Helsinki, Finland https://www.millstreamgames.com/ #12 millstreamgames, Mar 25, 2022 I'm dumbfounded with all the great insights and feedback in your reply, thank you! This is far from nitpicking and I value this tremendously. Font size definitely gets too small on smaller devices, so I'll be sure to work on that. In order to keep a consistent style with all UI elements, this requires a bit more work when resizing, but the task is in my backlog. Dark atmosphere, especially in the Outskirts, also certainly makes the enemies a bit hard to see at times. It's not only you, I assure you! I'm looking at ways to make this more user-friendly, either giving the level more light as a whole or giving the enemies a bit more "pop" with for e.g. emission. Slide kills, my poor choice of words that I'm about to change in the very near future. Sliding cannot be used as an offensive maneuver and the challenge should be actually named "Slide shots". My bad, this was not intentional and I'm sad to hear that it made your experience worse. Jumping on zombies is hard. I'm on the fence whether it's too hard, especially when the speed accumulates to a certain point. I've seen this happen with players, that they tend to ignore the challenge, effectively stumping their gold gains for that run since the challenge can't be skipped. I'll take this feature back to the drawing board. One of the biggest changes I'm rolling out for the first update are the animation adjustments, pretty much the exact ones you mentioned. Running, lane switching, shooting, camera follow animations are all something that I want to adjust to be more dynamic and less "janky". Monetization is a tricky beast. As a solo developer, my main goal is to spread around the same joy I got from creating a game to others in the form of a finished product. I'd never want my games to be obtrusive in the ways of IAP or ads, even if it means less revenue, but I might be open to look into options that could make players return to the game more often and maybe spend a buck or two if one wishes to support me. Thanks again for your reply, this made my day. decript and #Bonk3rZ like 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. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Hi everyone, Having a bit of a struggle with the post not loading the app information. How should the link be placed within the app info for it to show up correctly? Apologies for the hassle.
App info processing sometimes takes some time, and by now everything looks fine. This your game? Edith says of course it is. Looks interesting and runners used to be my thing, so I'm gonna give it a try. Welcome to TA and good luck with your game!
Yep, now the page looks as it should with my game information fetched correctly. Thanks for the kind words, I'd love to hear back from you with your thoughts about the game!
Better than expected. Glad I stuck with it. Not much happening at first, probably to get used to control. More elements being added though progress. Sure need a faster loading weapon. Have upgraded starter gun twice but hasn’t much difference. Well coded game though. Exactly right amount of challenge for me, which is kind of rare.
Thank you for taking the time to post, I'm glad you're enjoying the game! I'm looking at possible rebalances to upgrade effectiveness in following updates.
Just a matter of being patient I think. A couple more upgrades have made an effective gun. I have a question about multipliers. I’m not sure what I’m doing that increases the multiplier. Please advise.
The multiplier is increased by defeating enemies. In Deadlocked, your kill count per run is also your score multiplier, which increases the amount of points you gain per second. Ultimately, this score is used to calculate score bonus gold in addition to the gold earned from completing challenges and collecting coins in the run.
First of all, I'm genuinely impressed. A runner that doesn't look like another subway clone but coming with it's own unique style AND we can shoot zombies! Awesome! Some things though. - font is too small. (Iphone 8 here.) I played in the evening and together with the dark style of the game I had a hard time reading some of the tutorial notes. Also the "now there are quests" prompt instakilled me while trying to read it. Don't text and drive. - in the same vein, but that may be just me and meant to be this way, I also have a hard time seeing those zombies. It's dark and they are basically the same colors as everything else and quite often I just notice them because now I'm a zombie too. Basically I'm waiting for the "stop lights" to go on. - sliding kills. I'm not sure here, I even replayed the tutorial three times because I was sure it said something about sliding into zombies but I couldn't find it again, and the sliding kills quest can be fulfilled by shooting while sliding soooo the question is, did I waste an hour yesterday while trying to slide into zombies the right way which got me killed every time? - jumping on those pesky suckers is quite hitbox sensitive imo, gets me bitten more often than not so I completely avoid it. Again may be just me. - All in all I think the game could use just a tad more polish to be great. A little less darker (speaking of actual light here. What the sun does!), a little less stiff running style, maybe one or two more animations for getting killed or killing a boss, things like that. - monetization. It's hard to sell games if you're an unknown dev, and no one likes iap's either. Personally I almost never watch ads, so there's that. But devs need to eat something too, and you should give at least an opportunity to buy something. I don't talk about 99 bucks diamonds type of stuff, but maybe cosmetics. (Hats are a huge thing in the gamer community for whatever reason.) Or buying weapons instantly for a buck or two. One or two small (and not needed) gold packages for those absolutely impatient for 1 and 3 bucks or 2 and 5. Buy the dev a coffee and get a powerup at the start of each run. A free revive (per day). Work went into this game and you definitely should be able to earn money with that, and there are ways to do so without squeezing the blood out from the players. I sincerely do hope you are not mad for my nitpicking here. And of course you can completely ignore everything, these things are literally just my two cents. Cheers.
I'm dumbfounded with all the great insights and feedback in your reply, thank you! This is far from nitpicking and I value this tremendously. Font size definitely gets too small on smaller devices, so I'll be sure to work on that. In order to keep a consistent style with all UI elements, this requires a bit more work when resizing, but the task is in my backlog. Dark atmosphere, especially in the Outskirts, also certainly makes the enemies a bit hard to see at times. It's not only you, I assure you! I'm looking at ways to make this more user-friendly, either giving the level more light as a whole or giving the enemies a bit more "pop" with for e.g. emission. Slide kills, my poor choice of words that I'm about to change in the very near future. Sliding cannot be used as an offensive maneuver and the challenge should be actually named "Slide shots". My bad, this was not intentional and I'm sad to hear that it made your experience worse. Jumping on zombies is hard. I'm on the fence whether it's too hard, especially when the speed accumulates to a certain point. I've seen this happen with players, that they tend to ignore the challenge, effectively stumping their gold gains for that run since the challenge can't be skipped. I'll take this feature back to the drawing board. One of the biggest changes I'm rolling out for the first update are the animation adjustments, pretty much the exact ones you mentioned. Running, lane switching, shooting, camera follow animations are all something that I want to adjust to be more dynamic and less "janky". Monetization is a tricky beast. As a solo developer, my main goal is to spread around the same joy I got from creating a game to others in the form of a finished product. I'd never want my games to be obtrusive in the ways of IAP or ads, even if it means less revenue, but I might be open to look into options that could make players return to the game more often and maybe spend a buck or two if one wishes to support me. Thanks again for your reply, this made my day.
