Here's some food for thought: -In the shop, change every time you use the word "for" to the word "to" and then the unaltered verb (also known as the infinitive. -I like what someone said earlier (think itwas ianimex) about the little slide at the bottom helping you out with what's to come. I'd say it's worth implementing, that way or in a subscript under the one poppingcup ( though the way already suggested is probably better since I love the current simplistic animation showIng what the current wave is. Though if implemented right it might work either way. -Honestly I don't think that the power of items or mercenary powers is stressed enough or at all. I rarely use them because I either forget about them or don't see the importance. Not too good, IMO. -I like the clear gameplay part, for sure. Some or the "fluff" around I could use a bit of work, but otherwise the game is very good. No crashes or major bugs so far. And when I leave, it saves for me automatically which Is nice.
after a few levels sometimes the screen lags a bit. it could be because wifi Is on, and when I turn it off it's way better.
On 2x mode and the second world I get white lines across the mid section of the screen is that what you get?
the beta should have come with a lot more holy leaves so we could unlock things faster and therefore test everything better. i know it came with 5000 but its not enough to unlocks everything for testing purposes.
I'd like to be able to see hit damage above the heads of the enemies as my towers attack them, similar to a RPG. This would help to evaluate the layers of defense I have built.
weird.. I never encountered any bugs till now, maybe I once sold 2 elves in 2 different levels & didn't get anything in return but when I tried to confirm to myself a third time, it went smooth. I'll confirm later if it happened in later levels. also, would prefer a zoom out option -pinch to zoom- (people with large fingers can still zoom in & play comfortably) but somethings happen in parts of the map that I can't see & it's better to see everything.
For the time being, I have never found any bugs or error. Just sometime when I launch the games, its say retrieving data from server, Than come the pop up thanks for purchasing. Really enjoy having this beta testing.
I been working long hours at my job so I need to progress more in the game ...but I tried scrolling on a large vertical map as well as horizontal and no flash... Also tried in 2x mode with 30 towers in a fast wave of enemies.. Is my ipad2 possessed by a elf ghost? LOL Also I want to ask why we can't see our leader board scores ...I see other testers scores on gamecenter as well as one of mine on gamecenter but not ingame..? Another thing I want to ask is are in app purchases working? I would highly suggest thematic specials on more discounted packs of mercenaries and items..perhaps some to cater to a TD gamers gameplay style.. Such as high attack..high defense packs specific to gameplay style with a specific set of mercenaries and colleagues.. I would also suggest a more vivid animation on the mercenaries special moves aside from the sprite icons like the boxing glove... I'm thinking of maybe a intense action art pic that moves or takes up half the screen for a quick flash! Kinda to let us realize BAM here comes the badass mercenary thats ready to kick some butt! It would also compell me as a buyer of IAP to get that mercenary pack or maybe buy more leaves to give me the extra I need to buy the next mercenary..I really feel they are a big part of the game and gameplay edge... Perhaps adding special ones only available from honors or achievements ..... Or IAP?
Forgot to add this with my other suggestions. Idk if other people mentioned it but an endless/survival mode would be awesome. It would be cool if it was a larger map than normal, and with each wave the difficulty ramps up
I'm curious about that too? Is that a bug because it did not do that on launching the app yesterday? I had noticed that it will do that when I hit the giftbox icon in the first page settings menu too...
Day 2 Post 2. As previously stated, The paths that the enemies can take needs a tiny bit more definition compared to the background, because often it blend in far to much in relation to the background. As i have previously said i really do not like the fact that you can build elf towers when you are paused, this makes high pressure situations far too easy because you can just pause to relieve the pressure. Another few things i would liek to see added are a hit-box (Helps with certain strategies) and also maybe and arcade mode where you are given towers and can not choose to buy any of your own so you must use what you are give in a very strategic way. Eg: like you do in some modes of Plants VS Zombies. Again here is my list of errors i found. http://pastie.org/3159638 This took a long time to compile but i really would like to see this game become the best it can possibly be!!
Final post for the day. This time subject: honor and the elf upgrades. -Honor needs to be mentioned at least once in the tutorial I think, just so the player understands it's existence and knows there's a goal to reach. -The honor section ( I think I'm calling it the right thing, it's the menu icon on the middle (top) left) really would look a bit more polished with a simple title for each one rather than a description. You may already have a title listed for each, but if not let me know and I'll make some titles. -Finally grammar again. (note these statements only apply to the game in it's current state). On the elf upgrade section, change when you currently use "to" to "at". -hope these comments help!
- Reciving the same notice with each start-up gets tiresome. - The icon poorly represents the design and style of the game. I love dragons it this is a game about pastel botanical elves. + Auto-recovery feature is golden. I closed after a fatal bug (detailed in last post) to find that my progress had been preserved, very classy. - The alert graphics with swirling red police light clash with he style of the rest of the game. ~ For a game with such whimsical art design there is not a lot of humor. A few sight gags would go a long way. The art gets stale quickly although it is initially compelling.
Just my input for today, I've been playing more of it. To me the loading time for starting the game takes ages, when compared to other iOS games. I know its not an issue for some, but for me, several times I was tricked into thinking the game crashed. The game runs smoothly, though a few times it slows down, and I think its mostly when iOS notifications pop up. Speaking of iOS Notifications, there's a bug that makes the notification pop up from the left side of the screen, instead of from the top. I guess that is fixable by flagging it as always landscape. Observations: -I noticed during playing that selecting units on the top of the map, to upgrade or to purchase is difficult. -Having the ability to zoom out would be nice since I keep getting the illusion that the map is same as the size of the iPhone screen. -Most of the maps are rather small and similar in nature, creative variations with the map would be nice, and keep things afresh. -There is not enough contrast between the pathways, vacant areas where you can build tower, and occupied areas. On the later stages, where everything is hectic, this really becomes annoying.
CRASH: Game crashed after finishing a level in the "ARCTIC" theme. Crash log to follow. I noticed that the "RANGE" of the tower doesn't go up (maybe a little, I don't know since I don't notice any changes in the range) when I upgrade it while playing. I think it should increase in range when you upgrade a tower. There's no notification when you've unlocked a "HONOR" or perhaps the notification was the Korean text popping up? SUGGESTION #1: I wish there will be a "STATUS" menu. In this menu, you can view your current stats like Levels finished, stars earned, total leaves earned, total coins earned, monsters killed, honor unlocked, etc.. You can also share or post your current stats via Facebook or Twitter. The image or card like image of your status screen will be posted on your facebook wall or twitter account. There will also be a link to the game to promote it too. SUGGESTION #2: I wish there will also be a tower/s only usable for each theme. Like a special towers which can only be used on each theme. Example, Arctic Theme will have 2-4 more extra towers which you can only use in this theme. This special towers for each theme would be really great if you can combine it with special "WAVES" or "MONSTERS" which only appear in each theme. These special "MONSTERS" will have an attribute that will nullify or will take less damage from normal towers. This is where those special towers will be very useful. These special towers got an attributes like "ICE", "EARTH", "FIRE" and "AIR" in which can kill those SPECIAL MONSTERS with an opposing element.
Some new suggestions: I'd like to see info of how many points/lifes you need to win for makes 1, 2 or 3 suns. When I want to destroy earth, rather click on the icon first and then click on the earth I want to destroy and not flick from the icon to the earth on like now.
Day 2, comment 1 (at least it was meant to be) oops, I lost track of the time and realized how late it had gotten, so this comment is meant to be for day two, even though it's technically on day three. (don't worry, I will still post my day 3 comments later). I finally had the time to try out the game, and I definitely like it. I have noticed that it wasn't translated very well though, so if you guys wanted to send someone all the text in the game and redo it to make more sense, I could possibly do that for you. I would say that the strongest element this game has going for it is it's artwork, which is pretty fantastic! Most of the animations are pretty dang smooth and quite well done. I do wish that the creeps animations would change depending on the direction they are facing though. Lot's of game skip this, and it's sort of a pet peeve of mine. Not a huge deal, but it would be more polished if you changed it. anyway, those are just some initial thoughts. I'm gonna play some more and get my comment two in before much later. I hope that this will do, I've just been really busy at the start of the term and really tired, so most of my time has been taken up by classes, homework, and sleeping.
It should be downloading some news from server. Currently the news is just a sentence "Thanks for puchasing."
