iPad Stair Dismount - The Official thread of Love and Fractures

Discussion in 'iPhone and iPad Games' started by Frand, Nov 25, 2009.

  1. Frand

    Frand Well-Known Member

    Any such denials are vehemently denied. We are also not accepting responsibility for any iPad version of said product.
     
  2. maikelg

    maikelg Well-Known Member

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    Those stairs don't look safe at all! Somebody please help that man or he might fall down and hurt himself!
     
  3. Frand

    Frand Well-Known Member

    As a statistic we thought would be interesting to share, we took a look at the Stair Dismount crash reports:

    95% of all crash reports came from jailbroken devices.

    It's easy to guess that the memory consumption from running custom cool stuff is sacrificing device stability.

    We test and support our games only on devices that run official firmware, so be mindful of any choices you make :)
     
  4. Frand

    Frand Well-Known Member

    Good news, the 1.4.0 update to Stair Dismount was just approved!
    (Should be available on the App Store in a few hours.)

    - Two new levels: Treehugger and Stagefright
    - Three new Dismount Heroes in a single IAP bundle
    - Minor performance and visual improvements
    - High-detail character models on iPad
    - iOS4 multi-tasking support
     
  5. Will090

    Will090 Well-Known Member

    I love the new update! The new guys have made for some hilarious dismounts. And as much as I appreciate new levels I never seem to stop playing concrete results, but I do Like the tree level :p Keep up the good work Secrer Exit!
     
  6. Thorbjorn

    Thorbjorn Well-Known Member

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    This is bull. The iPhone was first, and we deserve iP4 High-detail character models as well.

    I love this game; it's one of my all time favorites. I have an awesome gaming device, with games that have sub par character and environment models.

    Games like real racing manned up right away. I'd love to see this wonderful game in high detail on my iP4.
     
  7. putermcgee

    putermcgee Well-Known Member

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    i like the new tree level, but not so much the stage fright one. there are other levels i don't like so much, but since there are the few that i love and can't stop playing, i can't complain about free extras!

    i'm just going to preempt any complaints about the in-app purchase of new characters by saying 'stfu'. i have definitely gotten my money's worth with the original app purchase, and new levels just add to it. adding new characters for free would definitely be cool, but i would definitely rather pay for the characters than new levels. new levels extend the way you play the same game, but the new characters seem to change the entire game, getting you to revisit old levels to come up with new ways to get a high score.

    perhaps the new characters will get me to like concrete results, mt. dismount, and pyramid scheme as i don't think they're that great with the standard mr. dismount. plus, i can't wait to try them out on my all-time favorite, the ledge.

    great update. thanks!
     
  8. Frand

    Frand Well-Known Member

    Request noted: "Stair Dismount Universal needs more universality" :D
     
  9. Thorbjorn

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  10. unbrokenchain33

    unbrokenchain33 Well-Known Member

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    Ok so this game is great. Especially for 99 cents. But this game would be even better if you could add elements. Like weather. Variable wind would be amazing in this game. Especially on certain levels, it could increase the re-playability of this game infinitely. Having some gravity physics would be cool as well.

    Oh and how bout at least a level with weapons. Such as knives, bombs, etc.. Just one level to make people happy!
     
  11. runformoney1110

    runformoney1110 Well-Known Member

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    Well, the dev discussed this a long time ago. More elements would cause lags on the idevice.
     
  12. unbrokenchain33

    unbrokenchain33 Well-Known Member

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    Can I get some tips? I don't get how people get in the millions. Especially on the first level
     
  13. Thorbjorn

    Thorbjorn Well-Known Member

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    luck
       /lʌk/ Show Spelled[luhk] Show IPA
    –noun
    1.
    the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
    2.
    good fortune; advantage or success, considered as the result of chance: He had no luck finding work.
    3.
    a combination of circumstances, events, etc., operating by chance to bring good or ill to a person: She's had nothing but bad luck all year.
    4.
    some object on which good fortune is supposed to depend: This rabbit's foot is my luck.
    —Verb phrases Informal .
    5.
    luck into / onto, to meet, acquire, become, etc., by good luck: She lucked into a great job.
    6.
    luck out, to have an instance or run of exceptionally good luck: He lucked out when he made a hole in one during the tournament.
    7.
    luck upon, to come across by chance: to luck upon a profitable investment.
    —Idioms
    8.
    down on one's luck, in unfortunate circumstances; unlucky: She hated to see her old friend so down on her luck.
    9.
    in luck, lucky; fortunate: We were in luck, for the bakery was still open.
    10.
    luck of the draw, the luck one has in or as if in drawing cards.
    11.
    out of luck, unlucky; unfortunate: When it comes to getting World Series tickets, we're usually out of luck.
    12.
    push one's luck, Informal . to try to make too much of an opportunity; go too far. Also, crowd one's luck.


    Hope this helps.
     
  14. mrhoni

    mrhoni New Member

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    iPad version crashes when setting a face

    I select a photo on my ipad to use as the face
    I scale it and then I press Use and it crashes.
    Everytime I attempt.
    I had powered off the iPad off and back on but no success.
    I must add my sister-in-laws face to the character before I show her this cool game.
     
  15. Frand

    Frand Well-Known Member

    This is the first time we hear of this problem. Would you give some additional details:

    - What is the file format, resolution and file size of your original photo?
    - Which model of iPad, running which OS, jailbroken or not?
     
  16. mrhoni

    mrhoni New Member

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    #476 mrhoni, Jul 23, 2010
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    Small photo worked but not the photos I want to use

    In iPhoto, I see that the photo is jpg and 3888 x 2592, 3mb in size.
    The iPad is the WIFI only iPad and is not jailbroken.

    I was able to set the face using a photo that is 2112 × 2066 and 649kb.

    Also failed on a file that is 2048 × 3072 and 1.2mb

    I just cropped the photo I wanted to use to be just the face, so it is in the 600k range for file size. This worked correctly, so at least I had a work around.
     
  17. Frand

    Frand Well-Known Member

    #477 Frand, Jul 23, 2010
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    Okay, this makes sense. The images you're using are huge, and cause memory consumption to jump up by tens of megabytes. Opening a single 3888x2592 image requires an additional 30MB of free RAM, plus whatever the photo picker needs for the move & scale operation.

    The crash is maybe due to the device running out of memory, or alternatively there's a max size limit for a texture which the 'oversize' image chokes.

    For reference, when you pick a face photo and the game converts it to a texture for display on Mr. Dismount, the final size is 64x64 pixels :)
     
  18. MrSpud

    MrSpud Well-Known Member

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    It's free!! Great game!
     
  19. 'Jeep

    'Jeep Well-Known Member

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    Many thanks Frand for making this free. I had tried the lite but it didn't do much for me on my 1st gen ipod. I just got this running on my iPhone 4, I put my kids faces on it, and I have to say I am/we are having a blast. The kids love it too, nothing like a smiling face starring at you as it lands in a twist. Just had to buy the DLC. Out of curiosity, are those hi-scores for real???
     
  20. Frand

    Frand Well-Known Member

    Happy to hear you enjoy the game!
    The inexplicable high scores are most likely courtesy of jailbreakers, although the game is capable of surprisingly high scores due to the unpredictable nature of physics simulations.
     

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