Already getting friends hooked on this. The viral explosion is coming... New And Noteworthy on Friday should push this one over the edge. I'm predicting Top 10 in one week.
We in these forums need to bring a lot of attention to it! I, personally have made it my mission to get as many people ad possible to buy this excellent game. You should to.
I agree. NeoGaf is going crazy for it in their iPod/iPad gaming thread. This game is destined for greatness. Congratulations to the developer.
Any trick to getting to island 5 and beyond? What is everyones furthest island and how did you do it?
My furthest is still island #7. Yesterday I was around 6th place in the leaderboards, now at 22nd. I think the "trick" is mostly about speed, and getting those perfect landings and takeoffs. If you can keep some good long frenzies going, then you can really get pretty far. Other than that, you can't really reliably pick up a lot of sun coins, because they're pretty randomly placed. And of course, meeting those objectives and upgrading your nest will net you higher scores. btw, my wife is totally hooked on Tiny Wings now.
And the hunt is on to preemptively herald the next casual gaming sensation for bragging rights! (I hope this isn't a case of the hive mind bullshitting. Downloading now.)
@Cyg: Furthest I made was island 7 but that was a one time thing. I found island 6 too evil for my birdie. Get into a momentum of dips and fever and you'll reach island 5 in no time. Yeah I know! Her highscore appeared all of a sudden and just kept climbing. She reached where she is now practically in no time. Regarding the casual gaming sensation, this beats a whole lot of them hands down for me, be it Angry Birds, Doodle Jump or Canabalt. My brain is wrapped in this fluffy heavenly contented feeling when I'm playing this.
And why am I not surprised that he is #1. Guess that is what I get for gifting the game to him. This has been the first game that I've played where I felt the need to gift it to someone. It is that great!
WOW. This game looks so beautiful, as well as fun. On my want list. I just have so many game already that i don't have time to actually play.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Retina is not necessary with this particular art style. In fact it may lose certain charm and endearment if the graphics are too sharp and bright. Also, GC is coming in the next update.
I see where you guys are coming from, but I honestly think retina support would make this game look really incredible. Also would help out for iPads. The idea that it would lose some of the charm of its artstyle with higher resolution is completely ridiculous. However I agree that extra features, items and gameplay modes would be appreciated even more. Just put retina support on your list eventually. Hopefully the updates will keep people buying this game as it did with Cut The Rope and Angry Birds. Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel As for me, it's certainly an original take on the running genre. I've reached the 4th island, but can't say it's "clicked" with me yet, I'm still bumping on hills. It's should click eventually though; gonna play something else and come back to it.
this game has everything going for it. I'm gonna say it's easily gonna hit the top 5 and quite possibly top angry birds (for a little bit). The icon is close enough to angry birds that some casuals might consider it a part of the series which could give it the final boost to #1. Congrats to the developer... welcome to your new life.
Wow... you are all incredible! So much feedback! the last four days were really exciting for me. Today the superb TouchArcade and AppSpy review and all your great posts! Many thanks for Jared Nelson for the great review! I'm reading all your posts and putting down your suggestions on a list for possible updates. The first update will coming soon. For all of you who have problems with listening to iPod music while playing: i implemented that feature but i realized that it only works if you first start the iPod and then the game. if you switch on iPod music while playing (on multitask ios) it would not work. you have to quit the game and start the ipod. -> another thingie for the first update. the whole tiny wings story is an amazing expirience for me. At the moment tiny wings is the #5 of all paid apps in the german app store (my homecountry). this morning it startet with #67 an now #5! wow... but the best of all is all the great reviews and comments it makes me proud that my game give you some joy. in the progress of developing tiny wings i have often doubt if i should really develope games. i just finished my studium last year and started to searching for the right way into my future life. Right now it seems that it was the right way developing tiny wings without any money and so on... because of all your positive feedbacks. many thanks!!! especially the comments on the game music are really great. i was hoping for a feedback on the music because music is my passion and it tooked me 4 weeks to finished the track and it was a tough nut to crack. again many thanks! andreas (my english is not very good i hope you understand me)
