GameClub Minigore (by Mountain Sheep)

Discussion in 'iPhone and iPad Games' started by vicente.ramirezch, Jul 30, 2009.

  1. thepoisonivy

    thepoisonivy Well-Known Member

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    How many 3D games are out there popping out updates every two weeks? Not saying ther are none (although i dont know of any) but i know the number is low... give the three guys who are making this game a break. They are human and bound to make mistakes. all they can do is apologize and keep trying and so far thats what they are doing. I never seen so many people cry over one dollar.
     
  2. jchampl

    jchampl Well-Known Member

    Thanks mountain sheep team!
    I didn't feel the game ever needed to be updated, I was 100% happy with my purchase but I greatly appreciate your hard work and the crap you take from the assholes on this board. From day one this has been one my absolute favorite games purchased and this only made it better. Thanks again!
     
  3. The dollar value of the game is not what irks me. It's the fact that I feel duped into buying this game. I bought the game on the premise that it would be updated and supported well beyond what we've seen now. Myself along with a lot of others have sent you their dollar in good faith that this game, in time, would be worth their investment.

    Picture it like we're the board of trusties and you've come to us asking for venture capital to produce something great. We see the screen shots, we see the concept art of what's to come and we are convinced. Months go by and the board of trusties gets antsy, we want to see results, we want a return on our investment. And now months later we are given a shoddy update with game breaking bugs. The board would terminate funds and send you packing.

    I have an idea of what happened, you over sold yourself, your original pitch for this game iwth screen shots of "whats to come!" really did an outstanding job. Tons of people bought into it, more than expected. Now you're in over your head and the microscope is on your dev team. Feeding the community some more concept art will not ease the tension anymore, we're here for results.

    I only have two bits of advise; 1) in the future do not show aspects of a game that will not be in for months later of the initial release date. It's extremely misleading to the buyer. 2) If you're understaffed, take out an ad and get more people on your team.
     
  4. Bok Choy

    Bok Choy Well-Known Member

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    And you guys are still complaining that it doesn't have enough content? Seriously, get over it. It's a 99 cent game.

    Also.. whenever I open it, it freezes. I can hear the music but the screen completely stops responding. I tried closing it and opening it multiple times but had the same problem... Anybody else or am I alone?
     
  5. jchampl

    jchampl Well-Known Member

    You alone restart your device.
     
  6. Jouni

    Jouni Well-Known Member

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    Minigore - developer's perspective, part V

    This is the best thing for us as game developers, we know can't please *everyone* 100% but making *someone* 100% happy means we've hit close to the mark. Thank you for the praise, from the whole team. :)

    In the end, everyone is free to disagree on matters of personal opinion. For some reason even those who complain feel strongly enough that they continue to complain about a game two months after its release; we consider even that to be much better than having it forgotten and buried in silence. At least we get some feedback on how to improve the game. :D
     
  7. epedemix

    epedemix Well-Known Member

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    Man I love waiting months on months for an update that I thought would never come to finally appear, and only to have it freeze. I restarted the device and still no response. I think it might be time for me to cut my losses with mini-gore and MSheep. :mad:
     
  8. thepoisonivy

    thepoisonivy Well-Known Member

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    Let remind you every member of your board only paid a dollar and you did receive a product. They may have promised you more but you did get something. Also nobody has continued to fund this project. You already terminated funds. The difference is that the team is still gonna give you a product even though they are no longer receiving funds. Sounds like a damn good investment to me!

    Oh and did i mention that you only paid 99c for this!
     
  9. Jouni

    Jouni Well-Known Member

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    Flipped screen bug as referred to in start of thread, perhaps?

    Uninstalling it and reinstalling is the best advice. This tends to cure problems because it rids the directory of outdated save files that were meant for the previous build version. Sorry for the trouble.
     
  10. You clearly missed the entire point of that.
     
  11. Jouni

    Jouni Well-Known Member

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    Sorry to hear of the problem; as a last recourse, please try uninstall and reinstall the game. The old save files were kept in the directory when you update it, which caused a bit of a conflict with the new version of game.

    99 beta testers on the wall, 99 beta testers...
     
  12. Jouni

    Jouni Well-Known Member

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    I've requested for that feature, too, and I'm hoping they'll listen to me since I'm the Executive Producer. :cool: Anyway, that instant pause works very well in Meteor Blitz, but I can see how someone could be uncomfortable with it.
     
  13. K7A7O7S

    K7A7O7S Well-Known Member

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    Why is everyone hounding Mountain Sheep. Ill admit, I was getting a bit upset over waiting for the original update, however as everyone else has said, IT WAS A F***ING DOLLAR! I am perfectly happy with the update, and cant wait to see more. Timo, please dont let everyone discourage you, as you are doing an excellent job. Minigore is still my favorite (and in my opinion the best) zombie survival shooter, next to Boxhead.

    Keep it up guys. I am still buying Hardgore, no matta.
     
  14. UndeadZed

    UndeadZed Well-Known Member

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    Jouni what time is it in Finland shouldn't you be sleeping!?
     
  15. your personal robot

    your personal robot Well-Known Member

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    Don't like the new blood style and the dead body part left after shooting, doesn't fit to the art style. Looks strange somehow.
    And the radar isn't beautiful, shut it off immediately.

    What I like: 3rd life and 3 difficulty modes
     
  16. goldglover411

    goldglover411 Well-Known Member

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    at you do is you reinstal the game....and restart your device a simple crash can happen to any app so i dont understand why you want to cut ties with minigore



    in response to the kid who wants his .99 back...SHUT UP...i understand you feel that you have been ripped off, but i can tell you that without any updates minigore was worth .99 If you bought the game because of updates then you have to realize that coding a 3D game takes a lot of time. It takes more time for the moutain sheep team to design a boss, wormwolf, then it does for a certain app's devs, that has weekly updates and whose names will not be mentioned in my post, to design a spider. You may think that it is just one number, that the transition for 2d to 3d is not a big deal, but it takes time and with a three man team, time is hard to come by.

    I realize that by showing us all of this upcoming stuff they got in over their heads, but now they are beginning to deliver. Co-op multiplayer will be the best thing that happens to this game and when that update comes out, the moutain sheep team could just call it a game and stop, but they are dedicated to updating this app and creating a better game for us all...

    I understand you dont like the game, so stop your b*tchin and delete it if you really hate it. Do us all a favor and go away because your negative attitude is pissing us all off
     
  17. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

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    Let's give MountainSheep a break now please! I'm quite happy with the update and I believe that they are doing all thay can right now to please us! Forcing them into retirement is not going to give us a better game :mad:
     
  18. goldglover411

    goldglover411 Well-Known Member

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    Timo started a poll for the beta testers asking us if there should be an option of switching blood and death preferences...i voted for the option but im not sure what the poll ended up being
     
  19. UndeadZed

    UndeadZed Well-Known Member

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    i think it was a yes if i remember correctly
     
  20. Jouni

    Jouni Well-Known Member

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    That's a funny question coming from the undead. ;)

    But yes, I probably should. Would you sleep on the day you waited for 2 months? :D
     

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