Buttons are visible, at least on iPad, but become invisible after pausing the game. I'm sure it's a bug.
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Great game and got my GOTW vote. That said, I haven't been able to play it as much. And believe it or not, I'm sadly stuck on the third level on the second world on Easy, nonetheless. There's this part early in the level where you go through a section of cave that zig zags. Then a couple of those enemies you have to hit like three-four times to blow up. I always seem to not have enough time to move down and then shoot the baddie in time. Or I try to move down to quickly and hit the wall. Haven't had any frustration at all until this point. I think I've played it like 50 times and gotten through like twice (and unfortunately with not enough health to make it to the end of the level). Every other level thus far has been pretty easy going, as it is, afterall, on the easy difficulty. Definately a great game though.
You can go back and replay world one, and build up your shot strength. I had to once I hit level 3-3... Ended up going back and fully upgrading my shot strength (by collecting those blue diamonds) - and the shot bar is under the health, let's you know how close you are to upgrading. =o)
Thanks, I'll give that a shot! EDIT: Did and and, wow, made an incredible difference. Made it through 2-3 and the rest of World 2 on the first try after my weapon was upgraded. All along, I thought the diamonds were just for higher scores )
I hit a game save bug now as well. Had changed the direction buttons a little further apart from the default earlier in the game. But after starting World 3, I was having to move more and decided that I wanted to place the buttons closer together. Came back to the home screen after changing the placement and ALL of my progress was gone. Will have to start on World 1 again. If the levels weren't as short as they were, I'd really be upset. But it is annoying after finally getting past where I was by leveling up my weapon.
Sorry about what happened, but I'm glad I'm not going crazy. I hit the save bug again after I re-installed. I wish OP would say something...anything.
One weird thing was that it did save my weapon upgrades. At least that allowed me to blow through the levels again fairly quickly. But yeah, OP should address whatever is causing this. I also have had the button disappearing issue as well. Less annoying, but a bug nonetheless.
oops sorry guys, was subscribed to this thread but seems I wasn't receiving any mails from the posts! Read thru the replies quickly, so some feedback: 1) The save bug is a bad one, and a fix is on it's way! - edit: fixed, sadly can't undo lost saved data 2) looking into the arrows disappearing, that's a bug and not a feature.. haven't seen it happen yet tho, except it should happen if you play with a Joypad or iCade (or possible any bluetooth keyboard device and accidentally press a key.. ) but they should reappear after X seconds of no key presses - EDiT: they disappear after pause and continue, will be fixed 3) the distortion on ipad.. not sure what you mean, it's developed using an iPad and it's running normal as far as I can see, maybe I just don't have a good eye sight ? finally, another control option is being added (already live on Android to test it out and because there is now approval process to delay quick changes) giving a more standard 360 degree control as option. working on the fix, hope to have a new version live next week (apple's approval takes about 6-7 days)
Thanks for addressing our concerns! One other thing I am having issues with is that if I play for longer sessions, the controls seem to get less and less responsive. I've had several times where I've crashed into something because there was lag between the time I pressed a directional button and when the ship actually moved. To me, this is even worse than the invisible controls issue (of course, the save problem is the most pressing IMO).
Now, I don't even think it's necessarily from long play sessions. Even starting fresh on World 3, I've died numerous times due to my ship not moving when I pressed the button and it didn't start moving until it was too late. There may be a bit more happening on the screen, but it doesn't seem as hectic something like Phoenix, which runs perfectly fine on my 2G. It's annoying, but also something I'm not used to with OP games, as they've had some of the most responsive controls for platformers on the iOS.
This game runs at a slightly higher FPS, so that might cause the problems on some older hardware (noticed it on the iPod touch 2g also). Will look into a fix for it.
I got it on Xperia Play. It's pretty good. Decent difficulty level, energetic soundtrack with a well executed straight-forward gameplay. Definitely a worthy position for all shmup fans, so if you're one and hesitating - stop and buy it.
I'll probably hold off on playing the rest of World 3 for now as it's just about impossible to navigate without crashing into something (I got to 3-4 before it really began giving me trouble). Based on my past OP experiences, I figured this was a safe bet even on my 2G. Hopefully you'll figure something out. Thanks!!
"Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later" Cannot start on 1st gen. iPod Touch. Not a big problem, but I can buy the game, pay for it, download it, all on the device, without any notification of incompatibility.
the update is now live, adding a more traditional 360 degree for those who realllly need it, and fixing a series of bugs http://itunes.apple.com/app/neoteria/id503652796
Any word on a 2G fix for the control lag? Tried the 360 degree control ... still lags and the game is pretty much unplayable starting with level 3-4.
THANKYOU ! Was an interesting idea just having up/down before but i'm loving the 360 degrees touch relative controls, finding it much easier now ! Thankyou