double post but i found some pics that i thought u guys might like. http://forums.toucharcade.com/album.php?albumid=755
To keep the aliens from reading your mind, duh! ;-) Depends. First draft of a level takes about a full day. From there it might take a few days to test and polish it till it's ready to go. Check out some screenshots of our spaceship level!
wow thats alot lol. and the spaceship level looks sick! but erm if you dont mind some criticism in the third one i think you sorta over used that big square chain box thingy. and the arch ways could use some polishing oh yeah i think i see whats wrong with the arches. you guys used the same color as the background so it looks like theres a big piece of it missing. may i suggest putting something around that or changing the color of it?
Hey guys, We're wrapping up development for Max Adventure! WoohoOo! We'll probably start wider beta testing in another week or so. Would love to get some testers from the forums. If you're interested, shoot me a PM with the subject "Max Adventure Beta Testing" and include the following details in the body of the message: Device Type: Device UDID: Email Address: Looking forward to seeing what everyone thinks! -Keith
Pretty sure its iphone only but just in case I missed something, is there an ipad/Universal version of Max? I'd love to test it out on the iPad if thats the case I just got my ipad last week and have no intention to touch my iPod for atleast next few months
We're hoping to release as Universal but this first round of testing will just be iPhone / iPod touch only. -Keith
Damn. Do post here whenever need the ipad testers though EDIT: Arrghhh. God damn it. Couldnt resist it anymore. PM sent for ipod 3G beta >.<
here's a few ideas: abilities/gadgets: -tractor beam: max launches a mini ufo in the air. once it's in the air it will hover. you will be able to move it around and be able to activate and deactivate a tractor beam. when its on you can still move it around picking up lots of aliens or other stuff in the process. the tractor beam doesnt deal any damage itself but you can still use it offensively to pick up objects drop them on aliens or pick up aliens and drop them off a ledge or into a pit of some kind. you can play off this ability for puzzles as in you may need to pick up objects and drop them into something or guess what? pick up max himself levitate him into the air and be able to fly around and fire at the same time -thumper: same thing as the tractor beam. you activate the skill and can move a mini ufo around in the air. once it's in the air the thumper will constantly drop a huge block or piece of something to the ground (crushing anything under it) then reel it back up and drop it again and again and again. while its dropping and reeling max can remotely move it around doing massive damage to anything that gets hit by the thumper. the only exception is you cant control the drop and reel of the thumper, you can only move the thumper around -mesh-net: mesh-net is slightly different, once you activate it you pick a target area and a huge net will be launched from something (somehow). this net will basically pin any aliens unfortunate enough to be in the target area to the ground and incapacitate them. making for easy gun fodder after that -imploder: the imploder is like the mesh ability in that you just pick a target area and fire the ability. the imploder fires a orb from something (somehow) that will quickly implode into itself creating a gravitational pull toward the object sucking in anything in its range (except max cuz maybe he has special shoes that prevents him from being pulled into it) this ability will simply implode in on itself and disappear after X amount of secs. it can also be activated (begin gravitational pull) and deactivated (stop gravitational pull) until it disappears of course. this ability can be used for both puzzles and combat situations. -turret: its a classic just drop a turret and watch it flood shells into aliens unfortunate enough to be within its range -grenades: this can be an "ability" too not an object like ammo. if it's an ability you will have unlimited grenades to throw but with a cooldown period. on the flip side tho if it is an ability you can upgrade them. -inertia dampener: the inertia dampener is not an offensive ability instead its a defensive one. when you activate the inertia dampener a shield will appear around max, making him temporarily invulnerable to projectile attacks super feet: is a speed ability; just lets max run twice as fast for X amount of secs anti-alien displacement beam: this is the "ultimate" ability that you cant get until you unlock all the levels. it may require some extensive exploration too, in order to find all the secret areas with the components you need. but once you have it you can pretty much own anything that gets thrown at you as in once it gets activated all of the alien grunts on the screen go bye bye . you can play off of this specific ability and create a "secret special boss" thats insanely challenging and should be dialed in to require the anti-alien displacement ability in order to even damage him. in that A) you will have to activate it in order to disable his shield and do damage to him. and B) keep it on tap because the shield regenerates periodically and a huge horde of aliens continuously re-spawn. implementation: - im thinking abilities. -these abilities can be activated at any time but each have a cooldown period -in order to gain abilities you must first find special components (not an item drop) scattered about (exploration incentive) and bring them to a certain character who will build a device that gives max the ability from then on out. -you can go one step further and upgrade them. for this to work the game will need a loot drop and scattered treasure system, where each alien drops ammo, money (if there are shops) and a "particle accelerator" and various treasure point around the map may also have the items too. the particle accelerators are the components you will collect and spend on upgrading guns, and abilities... and maybe attributes? just some food for thought
Natty, I beta tested LRS and HM, but stopped getting emails just a bit while back? How should I go about this?
aaaand before i forget... another possible gadget ability; a shrink ray. it would be interesting to leverage that ability for unique combat situations and puzzles.
