Universal Sky Tourist - (by Alexander Lading) [Universal]

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  1. 3leggedegg

    3leggedegg Well-Known Member

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    #41 3leggedegg, Jul 25, 2013
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    Hello again!

    ohyesuare and kie: Our tests says that - despite Apple's description - Sky Tourist will only run well on iPhone 4 and newer gens and on iPad 2 and newer gens.
    Regarding the iPods: we will look into optimizing it further to the iPod 4th gen.
    But we cannot promise that it will run on it yet. This game relies on memory a lot and that particular iPod has half the memory of the iPhone 4 which is the basic model we aimed for. On the 5th gen iPod it runs smoothly!

    Bronxsta: the answer to your problem is closely related to the above. Iphone4's memory is fine until you don't have too many programs in the multitask bar. Try closing the ones you don't need. You should have a way smoother experience then. And of course a device restart can help a lot too!
    Other than that I'd like to ensure you that further optimization is very high on our task list!

    Exact-Psience & TheFrost: Thanks for the praise! We are really glad that you like it that much! :)

    TheFrost: Yeah, you are right that that's not enough info for the cubelets pack. It's actually 10.000 cubelets! We will clarify that in the very first update!
     
  2. Naked Snake

    Naked Snake Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for making the game universal and not separate iphone and ipad versions!
     
  3. AnarKitty

    AnarKitty Well-Known Member

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    Was planning to grab this on release tonight, but I'll wait for an update that adds more device compatibility first. :)
     
  4. sink_or_swim

    sink_or_swim Well-Known Member

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    I'm frustrated. How in hell do I finish level 4?? As soon as I want to move the character to the final portal I die :confused:
     
  5. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    Stop close to the totems, and the puzzle piece you picked up will move to open the way for you. :)

    I hope thats the 4th stage. ;)
     
  6. sink_or_swim

    sink_or_swim Well-Known Member

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    Thanks EP, there was no puzzle piece (it's in level 5) but I finally finished level 4 :D i still don't know why I failed at least 10 times right before the totems.
     
  7. NarrowStreet

    NarrowStreet Well-Known Member

    Really interesting gameplay, beautiful graphics, little bit slower on iphone 4 but definitely worth give a 99 cents for this game. I can only recommend!
     
  8. mr_bez

    mr_bez Well-Known Member

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    Well worth it so far (6 levels in).

    One very minor improvement I'd suggest is that the Don't Die star should still be awarded if you died before the first checkpoint. You start again from scratch, so seems a shame to penalise players for not hitting the restart button when they've completed the level in one go.
     
  9. slewis7

    slewis7 Well-Known Member

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    The puzzles start getting quite interesting around level 6 or 7. Although I am still early in the game, I am loving this so far.
     
  10. Exact-Psience

    Exact-Psience Well-Known Member

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    Most puzzles involve trial and error to figure out which path to take first, or which "obstacles" to move first and stuff like that... Everything's just well done in this game.

    I cant even think of a bad thing to say outside of having a new and unfamiliar control scheme which was easy to adapt to.
     
  11. 3leggedegg

    3leggedegg Well-Known Member

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    Hey mr_bez!
    You are absolutely right about your suggestion. Thanks! This was actually thoroughly discussed and expect it to work like this from the first update of Sky Tourist!
     
  12. Bronxsta

    Bronxsta Well-Known Member

    Nice first review
    4/5 from 148Apps - http://www.148apps.com/reviews/sky-tourist-review/

     
  13. Jerutix

    Jerutix Well-Known Member

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    I was telling my wife earlier this week that my interest in games was starting to die. And then this beautiful masterpiece popped up. I am so impressed with the creativity of gameplay, actually designing for touch screens, the gorgeous game art, and the complexity of the puzzles, all without using timers.

    I've played several good games this year, but I think this just might be the best so far.
     
  14. Infinity89

    Infinity89 Well-Known Member

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    I don't know if I should pick this up.Already have too many games.Just bought Vice City.
    What's special about this game.
     
  15. woutibara

    woutibara Active Member

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    I really love this game's style and mechanics, but it's hard! I die a lot, even in the first levels.
     
  16. mr_bez

    mr_bez Well-Known Member

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    Weird quote. Sounds like a retrospective rather than a review. Fully deserved though.
     
  17. B30

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    Planet Earth
    This is MY game of the week, interesting new controls and an absolutely adorable art style. It's definitely worth the money!
     
  18. KillingCartoon

    KillingCartoon Active Member

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    I'm having a hard time with the controls, I can't find a good level of sensitivity, I keep getting a burst of over sensitive movements which usually cases me to get stuck and die. I've been playing quite a while, I'm in the top 10 on Game Center, so I've given it a fair chance before passing comment. As the levels become more complex I find I'm battling with the controls, and dieing when I've moved somewhere I didn't intend
     
  19. Avatre

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    I really like this game too, the artwork and controls are really well done. I've only done the first four levels but I think I'm going to have to leave it at that for now, as much as I want to play it. I'm experiencing quite a lot of lag as well which really takes the fun out of it. I have an ipad 2, closed all apps properly and restarted the ipad but to no avail.
     
  20. TheFrost

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    This game has become a classic and have earned a privileged spot on my first games page (the best games kind of page)
     

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