has update 3 been submitted to the app store yet? when can we expect it? come on kepa I'm dying here.
I believe Kepa stated that they will never have a sale again. And the price won't change with updates. Oh, and it really is worth the full asking price. It's only 2.99.
i even bought the DLC and dont regret it i just hope Kepa will add more levels but you need a decent time to get all gold medals and then there is the challenge online mode
Kepa you genius! discovered this game last week and it's drained my battery many times since. Grabbed the DLC today and loving it. Excited to hear you have a semi sequel in the works. Keep up the great work.
I apologize ahead of time for repeating this topic, but I discovered something of interest about the qpawn mystery. Unfortunately, I didn't think of doing this sooner, but after checking his coin count the other day, I took another look yesterday, and realized that it didn't appear to have changed (I didn't make note of the number from before, though), even though he beat at least one of my high scores in that time. So I took a couple snapshots of his high score and coin count last night, and discovered this morning that his high score went up by 3 points, while his coin count remained the same. Am I missing something here? Can the coin count not go up for some reason? Even if he is able to beat high scores in a single run, he has to collect all of the coins and gems, so I would expect the coin count to increase after each run. Unfortunately, this is a small sample, and I wish I would have done this earlier. Still may not prove anything, and there is nothing that can be done (that I know of). And if qpawn is reading this thread, then he will probably change his ways (adjust the coint count appropriately if he is indeed modifying scores in some way). But I'm done with this topic for now. I don't mean to continue to drag this on.
Aha.. Sherlock Holmes is on the case I see. *dons deerstalker hat* I think we can officially declare his scores as suspicious now. I remember seeing people that'd cheated to get unrealistic scores somehow (Ryan Petrich), so it's obviously possible. Hopefully Kepa can figure out what he's up to, as it ruins the pursuit of #1 scores when someone is (maybe) cheating.
Yeah, as far as I'm concerned now, qpawn's scores are invalid. I think we've seen enough. However, he is much more subtle than Ryan was on the old global boards ( and Ryan's coin count). It's too bad that people feel the need to cheat, beacause as you point out, it kind of ruins the fun of pursuing #1 scores.
Replying to various stuff really quick. We're real busy. A quick look doesn't show qpawn cheating, but we could always check the more detailed logs later to satisfy this whole thing. One thing of note: My beta account's coins seldom increase, for two reasons. Your coin count leaderboard doesn't update unless you visit the shop. You also don't get much coins if you jam Retry constantly. Update 3 submitted today, out whenever Apple approves it. We put in two things more than we planned. Neither are very exciting, unless you find massive performance optimizations exciting. On the worst hardware/OS combination possible, it no longer lags if the enter screen is filled with lava particles. We thought this was important, given the unforgiving nature of the newest levels. I've been thinking about the endless survival level vs Hook Champ style static levels for speedrunning comment. I'm thinking we could actually have both. That is, the endless survival level being the main mode, but doing certain things lets you unlock non-random levels that you can run for the best times. Pretty sure we're going to do this, because it sounds fun. Maybe 3 or 4 long levels that are just for running for best times. We're looking to have a nice alpha of the next game by Jan 18th. Keep in mind that we have to work on the programming and level design and such in our spare time. This is the main reason can't really estimate a release date. I can, however, keep everyone posted on major additions as we add them.
I really like this idea. And then maybe in future updates one of the things that could be added are more set levels. My instincts tell me that 6 is a good number. Dunno why. Also, maybe make one level kinda short, one level medium, one level long. I don't really know how all this stuff works, but I think that would be one way to provide more variety. Can't wait for update 3!
I think it's strictly an OF cheat he's using, if he is indeed cheating. Which means it may very well be out of Kepa's hands. There are a lot of OF games with very obviously hacked leaderboards. But you could say that about practically every online service, on the iPhone and elsewhere. It's just one of those things, there will always be people who find out how to cheat to become "#1" at something. I think there's really only a couple options. You could just completely ignore qpawn and consider the OF #2 spot as #1. Or, depending on how hard something like this would be to implement, they could add a third in-game scoreboard with all time records on it. Since qpawn doesn't show up on those boards, I assume there's not currently a way to manipulate them. Then you'd have your local, weekly, and all time board all right there in game. I know it can be really frustrating, but you shouldn't let it get to you. You and a few of the others here are the legitimate elite at this game. If qpawn is cheating to be #1, well in reality that means zilch and is pathetic. You guys should be proud of your insane skills, and don't let some loser ruin your enjoyment. Just my opinion, of course. Thanks for the new info, Kepa. I hope you're not too busy to enjoy a pizza roll or two. Remember, don't microwave them. They're much better if you take the extra effort to cook them in the oven!
Just restored my ipod to 3.1.2 and lost all my data on this game (and all the others). I had bought the game and DLC on 3.0, and i took a plunge and jailbroke 3.1.2. Now i cant buy HookBot again, because of some Sandbox error...and i already bought him so i should have to pay! Right? Info, if needed: Ipod touch 2g 3.1.2 jailbroken For memory left (in case of...whatever it is, sometimes it brings up problems) i have about 5GB left.
