Database Develop

Anyone played reckless racing

Reckless Racing for Android
Love this game
http://androidapproved.com/item/reckless-racing-for-android/

Looks good. I'ma check it out.

finally, an impressive looking racing game, I might pick this up

Yeah mulitplayer mode is the best...

By far one of the best examples of great graphics and physics, mostly physics. It is somewhat challenging to control but once you get the hang of it, it becomes easier.

Why can I not find this in the app store? Im dying for a good racing game.

sstrawsb said:
Why can I not find this in the app store? Im dying for a good racing game.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It got pulled due to their servers being overloaded. It should be back up eventually.
This is the only game that I've seen that is truly impressive. The graphics are amazing for a mobile game (wouldn't look out of place as an xbox live arcade title). The default controls (auto accelerate with left, right and brake) are perfect. If this game came out on PC I'd play it.

I'd love to try it out, but it's not in the Market. When I found a QR code for it, I just got a "file not found" message. I even tried using Market Access. I'm willing to pay for it, but its lack of availability through mainstream channels may force me to look for it elsewhere.

Archpope said:
I'd love to try it out, but it's not in the Market. When I found a QR code for it, I just got a "file not found" message. I even tried using Market Access. I'm willing to pay for it, but its lack of availability through mainstream channels may force me to look for it elsewhere.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you do and you like it, please buy it when it comes back on the market. I want games like this to succeed so we get more quality games in future.

Awesome. Sucks it got pulled but I will definitely keep my eye out for it.
Sent from my Captivate

Is anyone else having problems getting online with this game?

Yup. I wasn't able to get into a server all weekend.
Single players still fun though. Great game.
Reminds me of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noDi1IzuotM
Found an update on the server issue: http://www.polarbit.com/2010/10/update-reckless-racing/

I hope the gameplay makes up for what Polarbit as a company lacks in class and professionalism. They posted a picture of Johnny Cash giving the middle finger on their website because people are running pirated copies. Maybe if they didn't take it off the market... I'm sure people would pay for it if they actually could. On top of that, they're basically blaming their overloaded servers on the number of pirated copies floating around, which is a bull**** cop out.

It's back on the market. Just got it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

And online playing is back.

Holy crap this is good... if your reading this thread, and your on the fence, buy it.

WickedStyx said:
If you do and you like it, please buy it when it comes back on the market. I want games like this to succeed so we get more quality games in future.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Actually, I did find one through other means, but liked the game enough that I bought it today, since I was finally able to do so. Who's to say if other people are as reputable as I. I would bet that server outage cost them a lot of sales.

I just flat out bought it because of the 24hr return policy but this game is worth it.

Bought it... haven't had much opportunity to play it yet but the minute or so I tried it looks really good.

just bought this game and it's pretty awesome with nice graphics.

[APP] Chicks'n'Vixens: No Donuts, [R] 30/06/11 [V] 0.10A

Name: Chicks'n'Vixens: No Donuts
video of 0.9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16GskXn0ksQ
Updated to Alpha 0.10A
Changes:
Made ads smaller
Tweeked some levels
New physics gameplay elements
New chickens
Levels redesigned
all new UI
http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=ab4a09b4-5e9f-e011-986b-78e7d1fa76f8

This game is coming along great.
I'd say once you have a good number of levels built and the graphics tightened up, you're fully entitled to charge for your hard work! Or perhaps always have a free basic version, but have to pay for advanced features like the level editor?
Great fun anyway, thanks

Want to compliment you on an excellent game. It's coming along nicely. The latest updates greatly improve the gameplay. Would like to see the implementation of tapping the screen anywhere to activate the chicken's special features. Tapping directly on the chicken can be a pain.

That's by far the best WP7
Game out there. Thank you.
Sent from my HD7 T9292 using Board Express

wheresmybeaver said:
This game is coming along great.
I'd say once you have a good number of levels built and the graphics tightened up, you're fully entitled to charge for your hard work! Or perhaps always have a free basic version, but have to pay for advanced features like the level editor?
Great fun anyway, thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm not sure how I'm going to make money from this, I'm really glad I released the beta but I don't want to charge people after playing it. What I might end up doing is releasing a big massive level pack of something and charging for that, but hopefully there will be at least 60 high quality 100% free levels for everyone to play as that's what I'm aiming for by version 1.0 which will be free I think what I'll end up doing is turning the original game into a trial with the 60 levels as well as simultaneously releasing a 'light' version containing the 60 levels, that way hopefully people won't think 'trial' means limited, I think 60 levels is plenty of fun for everyone especially for $0. Actually I'm still not too sure, 60 levels might be too much or too little for a trial, I don't want to put people off playing the game because the trial is too short but I don't want to make the trial so long and epic that people never get around to finishing it (therefore have no motivation to buy the full version).
At any rate the full version will hopefully be going for $0.99, if I can't beat Angry Birds in sheer content I can at least beat them on value for money.
MartyLK said:
Want to compliment you on an excellent game. It's coming along nicely. The latest updates greatly improve the gameplay. Would like to see the implementation of tapping the screen anywhere to activate the chicken's special features. Tapping directly on the chicken can be a pain.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm glad you like the latest update, I'm aiming to make future updates even better, specifically I'm looking into tweaking the way objects break and making it so that you can fire the cannon like it were a slingshot, as well as adding a tracer so you can see the rough path your chicken will take when you fire. If you have any suggestions do please throw them my way
Oh and you don't have to tap on the chicken to use its power, what makes you think you have to?
dkp1977 said:
That's by far the best WP7
Game out there. Thank you.
Sent from my HD7 T9292 using Board Express
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..

jabberworx said:
I'm glad you like the latest update, I'm aiming to make future updates even better, specifically I'm looking into tweaking the way objects break and making it so that you can fire the cannon like it were a slingshot, as well as adding a tracer so you can see the rough path your chicken will take when you fire. If you have any suggestions do please throw them my way
Oh and you don't have to tap on the chicken to use its power, what makes you think you have to?
Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry, maybe I just wasn't doing it right. It seemed I tapped several time elsewhere on the screen and nothing happened but when I specifically tapped the chicken, it did its special feature. But I do love this game. It has so much potential and I believe...just my opinion, now...that once you have it perfected, MS might try to buy it or partner with you. [thinking of Halo] There's no doubt MS wants an Angry Birds type blockbuster game. Yours has that potential.
From what you've done, you are an extremely talented dev and I wish the best for you.

MartyLK said:
Sorry, maybe I just wasn't doing it right. It seemed I tapped several time elsewhere on the screen and nothing happened but when I specifically tapped the chicken, it did its special feature. But I do love this game. It has so much potential and I believe...just my opinion, now...that once you have it perfected, MS might try to buy it or partner with you. [thinking of Halo] There's no doubt MS wants an Angry Birds type blockbuster game. Yours has that potential.
From what you've done, you are an extremely talented dev and I wish the best for you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you very much for the compliment Though I don't think Microsoft will want to buy me out, I'm just one guy, it would be easier to have me killed and take my code
As for the tapping thing, hmm, I'm starting to wonder that maybe you stumbled on a bug somewhere..

jabberworx said:
Thank you very much for the compliment Though I don't think Microsoft will want to buy me out, I'm just one guy, it would be easier to have me killed and take my code
As for the tapping thing, hmm, I'm starting to wonder that maybe you stumbled on a bug somewhere..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
LOL...gotta watch out for those maniacal types...hehe - Reminds me of a movie I saw long time ago about how MS began and then also a crime drama about a MS type where the top dog was ordering hits on garage-type devs to get their code.

jabberworx said:
Hey thank you so much Hopefully I can make it better still, I think Angry Birds is still overall a better game and I know Rovio is going to totally squash me when they eventually release Angry Birds on WP7 They get Xbox Live branding and paid by Microsoft for the port..
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't really think so. People would have to pay for angry birds, wouldn't they? But even if not, I think both games can coexist without any problem. I mean, I loved Angry Birds on Android. But you know what's better than one high quality games of a certain type? Two high quality games of that certain type. And yours is definitely high quality. No doubt about that, mate. Excellent job.

dkp1977 said:
I don't really think so. People would have to pay for angry birds, wouldn't they? But even if not, I think both games can coexist without any problem. I mean, I loved Angry Birds on Android. But you know what's better than one high quality games of a certain type? Two high quality games of that certain type. And yours is definitely high quality. No doubt about that, mate. Excellent job.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It would be great if they could co-exist, I guess we'll see what happens...

I think they will co-exist nicely, depending on pricing as you know MS will prob charge £3.49 or more for Angry Birds going by the price differences between WP7 and iOS apps

yosagojimbo said:
I think they will co-exist nicely, depending on pricing as you know MS will prob charge £3.49 or more for Angry Birds going by the price differences between WP7 and iOS apps
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I hope you're right, I'm going to be pricing this at the $1 mark and pushing more free content so hopefully that will make up for the fact it's not angry birds
A lot of people giving the game reviews want more levels, so I've released 0.6 now, it doesn't have eerything I wanted to put into it but..
In addition to five more levels the cannon now behaves like a slingshot (i.e. pull back to fire), if you move your finger to the right side of the cannon you dis-engage it.
If you're pinching or dragging the camera around there is no chance of activating the cannon.
The camera will go back to its last position/zoom setting after a chicken has finished being fired (and stopped moving). This only works with ch
ickens when their special power is not activated.
Level loading speeds have been dramatically increased, after an initial ~7 second wait for the first level to load the rest will load very quickly (almost instantly) until the app closes The reason for this is that content is now shared between all levels.
And here's a teaser screenshot of one of the new levels: http://imgur.com/fNYH3
I think there are about five new levels in the update, I'm sorry I couldn't make it more, I have a day job and it's 2am (I get up at 6 XD).
I will be working on more levels so by the time this gets approved I'll hopefully have v0.7 ready for submission
Release date is whenever Microsoft approves the update (hopefully sometime later this week).
So I've hopefully addressed the annoyances with the clumsiness of the cannon and now levels load much faster (after the first load anyway) so that should be good. On my Omnia 7 there are no load times, it's circle in/circle out.

Jabber
I went to install this app on a LG Quantum and it does not show up. One issue might have been my battery may have died during installation(died 5 minutes after I hit install). Zune says its installed, but I can't even find it. Any ideas? I neeeeeed this app!!! Thanks.

7carisfast said:
I went to install this app on a LG Quantum and it does not show up. One issue might have been my battery may have died during installation(died 5 minutes after I hit install). Zune says its installed, but I can't even find it. Any ideas? I neeeeeed this app!!! Thanks.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah it's probably because it shutdown half way through, not too sure what you can do about that htough. Maybe try asking in a WP7 specific help forum?

As good as your game is, I also want to recognize you for doing something most others do not do in app making: adhering to themes for the tiles.
Thank you so much for this.

MartyLK said:
adhering to themes for the tiles.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm sorry I don't know what you mean by that?

jabberworx said:
I'm sorry I don't know what you mean by that?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry for being unclear. I mean the proper colors. Like right now my theme is red. The homescreen tile of your game is red.

MartyLK said:
Sorry for being unclear. I mean the proper colors. Like right now my theme is red. The homescreen tile of your game is red.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
oh right, yeah that's fairly easy to do using png transparencies...

If you are going to keep it free indefinitely then perhaps you should open source it so that other devs and join in and improve the game?
If you alone could make something that's so close to Angry Birds, imagine what a group of devs could do. It just needs a bit more polish, but it's oh so close.

digger1985 said:
If you are going to keep it free indefinitely then perhaps you should open source it so that other devs and join in and improve the game?
If you alone could make something that's so close to Angry Birds, imagine what a group of devs could do. It just needs a bit more polish, but it's oh so close.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm hoping to profit from it eventually I don't think I'll make much money though considering the status of the game but it would be nice to get something material in return for all the work I've put into it

NDS4Droid

Nintendo DS Emulator got released for droid:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chaos.nds4droid&feature=search_result
I don't think it takes advantage of dual-core processors yet though, nor does it seem to be tablet optimized. Since it just got released its probably not very optimized at all, but hey it works!
I tried playing Pokemon Platinum and i found it too slow to play. Has anyone else had better luck with other games?

kcm117 said:
Nintendo DS Emulator got released for droid:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chaos.nds4droid&feature=search_result
I don't think it takes advantage of dual-core processors yet though, nor does it seem to be tablet optimized. Since it just got released its probably not very optimized at all, but hey it works!
I tried playing Pokemon Platinum and i found it too slow to play. Has anyone else had better luck with other games?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Tried Mario Kart... 30 seconds for the number 3 to appear before the race started. After 15 seconds of staring at the 3, I exited and uninstalled it.
Sent from my Captivate

kcm117 said:
Nintendo DS Emulator got released for droid:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.chaos.nds4droid&feature=search_result
I don't think it takes advantage of dual-core processors yet though, nor does it seem to be tablet optimized. Since it just got released its probably not very optimized at all, but hey it works!
I tried playing Pokemon Platinum and i found it too slow to play. Has anyone else had better luck with other games?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I can't even get it to open, just fc's everytime I try to launch it.

p2flol said:
I can't even get it to open, just fc's everytime I try to launch it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
To get it to launch you have to put the xoom in portrait mode, then launch the app. It wont launch in landscape mode...lol

I'd be tempted to buy and backup just in case it gets removed from the market or something, and to support the dev's work on getting it optimized. But $6 is way too steep for a app before anyone's reporting it being playable yet.

Version 1.1.4, the latest at the moment I believe, launches on mine in portrait only also, but games are so slow.
In pokemon soulsilver, it took 5 minutes to get the character to take 3 steps left to walk downstairs from his room.
Also not keen about switching between buttons and touch screen all the time, but this is minor compared to the games running at a glacial pace.
But, ya, it is new and I'm sure the dev can squeeze a lot more out of it.

I cant seem to use the touchscreen when playing this...are you guys having issues with the touchscreen as well?

-.- tap the button on the top left and the touchscreen will be available to be used.

been out for ages. not news.

UnMonk said:
been out for ages. not news.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You do realize this thread was started April 6th?

Its better to not read a thread and make a snyde comment about it that adds nothing to the conversation, than it is to read the thread and say something worthwhile.
Sent from my Motorola "Hey, is that an iPad?" Xoom

bang bang racing in Tegra market today for $7.99!

Hey Xoomers, Bang Bang racing is now in the Tegra zone market....enjoy!!! They originally told me it'll be out next week, better now than later!!
UPDATE: The developer has listened to our comments an will add new control options in a future update to the game, resembling the controls like Reckless Racing! The current controls are not bad once you get used to them...love the graphics though

Its in Tegra Appstore now but no link in market. Hopefully its up soon.

Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
Its in Tegra Appstore now but no link in market. Hopefully its up soon.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I informed the developer of the issue already, let's give it a few minutes and try again

The developer confirmed that it'll be ready to download shortly

They specifically said it will be released at 1pm EDT.

emplox said:
They specifically said it will be released at 1pm EDT.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah they were as surprised as I was that it was out already...Tegra Zone released it early....I'm playing it now.

Doesn't have any multiplayer option. For 7.99 it should have multiplayer

Is it good?
This will probably be my first purchase from Market. Yesterday Google finally enabled paid apps for 99 more countries, including the country where I live.

I bought the game about an hour ago. I am not a fan of the control system. I was hoping it would grow on me but after an hour it still isn't great. I hope they incorporate something better in an update.

amelch05 said:
I bought the game about an hour ago. I am not a fan of the control system. I was hoping it would grow on me but after an hour it still isn't great. I hope they incorporate something better in an update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What are the controls like? Tilt/Sensor or touchscreen?
[edit] decided to give it a go, dissapointing for £4.90, refunded it The control system is odd, dragging my finger in front of the car to dictate where it should go, at the same time obscuring my own view, isn't fun :/

chiefmcbeef said:
What are the controls like? Tilt/Sensor or touchscreen?
[edit] decided to give it a go, dissapointing for £4.90, refunded it The control system is odd, dragging my finger in front of the car to dictate where it should go, at the same time obscuring my own view, isn't fun :/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They should of made it like reckless racing which has many different methods of control.

mug2k said:
They should of made it like reckless racing which has many different methods of control.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed, I bought Reckless Racing on my Desire, didn't run too well until I traded it in for the Incredible S, yet to try it on my Xoom. Perhaps I should just stick with that

That's really disappointing I was really looking forward to this game. Is there anyway to use a controller wii or zmote?
Senta from my Xoom using XDA App

mug2k said:
They should of made it like reckless racing which has many different methods of control.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
See my update to my OP, the developer will release an update with a new control options similar to reckless racing soon!!

MRCANNADY said:
See my update to my OP, the developer will release an update with a new control options similar to reckless racing soon!!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cool, I'll wait till then

Got this... doesn't really disappoint. The control scheme as-is (luckily there's a more traditional one coming) isn't half bad, but takes a lot to get used to.
There's no practice mode though. I ended up using Time Trial as my practice. Not a bad start.

I bought it, played for 5 minutes and gave up in disgust at the controls. But, I figured that I'd let them keep the eight bucks rather than take the refund since I want to support people that make games for the Xoom.
Played it again later for about 20 minutes and started to get the hang of the controls. At this point I was having fun even though the controls were still frustrating, so I decided to run down to Best Buy and spend $20 on a stylus. The controls are WAY better with the stylus keeping my big hands out of the way and preventing my hands from getting sweaty so that they stick to the screen.
Love the game now. As an added benefit, the stylus is pretty cool in its own right and now I'm awesome at Fruit Ninja, too.

Dyyryath said:
I bought it, played for 5 minutes and gave up in disgust at the controls. But, I figured that I'd let them keep the eight bucks rather than take the refund since I want to support people that make games for the Xoom.
Played it again later for about 20 minutes and started to get the hang of the controls. At this point I was having fun even though the controls were still frustrating, so I decided to run down to Best Buy and spend $20 on a stylus. The controls are WAY better with the stylus keeping my big hands out of the way and preventing my hands from getting sweaty so that they stick to the screen.
Love the game now. As an added benefit, the stylus is pretty cool in its own right and now I'm awesome at Fruit Ninja, too.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Perhaps I will get a stylus too then. Which one did you buy?

Dyyryath said:
I bought it, played for 5 minutes and gave up in disgust at the controls. But, I figured that I'd let them keep the eight bucks rather than take the refund since I want to support people that make games for the Xoom.
Played it again later for about 20 minutes and started to get the hang of the controls. At this point I was having fun even though the controls were still frustrating, so I decided to run down to Best Buy and spend $20 on a stylus. The controls are WAY better with the stylus keeping my big hands out of the way and preventing my hands from getting sweaty so that they stick to the screen.
Love the game now. As an added benefit, the stylus is pretty cool in its own right and now I'm awesome at Fruit Ninja, too.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Agreed, need to support the people who develop software for Honeycomb. Bought it - played it - like it
Another game to show off to iPad lovers!!

It's a silver one carried by Best Buy under the Rocketfish name.

Riptide will be out later today!! Graphics to rival IOS games

Hey Xoomers! The developer of Riptide just contacted me to confirm that the game will be out today! It looks to really take advantage of Tegra and will be well worth the 6.99 purchase. Future games will come to Android but sales do matter, so hit that BUY NOW button tomorrow and show those Ipad owners what Xoom n Tetra can do!!

Also a first day purchase for me as well. I'm looking forward to this release. Thanks for the headsup!

Instien said:
Also a first day purchase for me as well. I'm looking forward to this release. Thanks for the headsup!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You welcome! My wallet is anxiously waiting for this game, hopefully it will be released on Wednesday instead

I can't wait for this game, I'm willing to try out almost any game that looks interesting and i'm most looking forward to this one and galaxy on fire 2(man I've been waiting such a long time for that one)

futuregerald said:
I can't wait for this game, I'm willing to try out almost any game that looks interesting and i'm most looking forward to this one and galaxy on fire 2(man I've been waiting such a long time for that one)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Galaxy on fire 2 is not bad...must try on xoom though

mulletcutter said:
Galaxy on fire 2 is not bad...must try on xoom though
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea I really wanna play the tegra 2 version on xoom when its' released. I also wish we had more full games, RTS games, etc. that work well on tablets but I know that will come in time.

Guess I've been living under a rock. What is this game about/like? Linky?

mixpix405 said:
Guess I've been living under a rock. What is this game about/like? Linky?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dl the tegra app

mixpix405 said:
Guess I've been living under a rock. What is this game about/like? Linky?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
install this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nvidia.tegrazone
It will tell you all you need to know about this game with awesome graphics.

Riptide GP is now listed as available for purchase on Tegra zone. But you can not buy it because it is not out on the android market yet
http://www.vectorunit.com/riptide-gp/

bd85 said:
Riptide GP is now listed as available for purchase on Tegra zone. But you can not buy it because it is not out on the android market yet
http://www.vectorunit.com/riptide-gp/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know that was a error an the developer has corrected that...the game will be out today. Enjoy!

its out 6.99 usd and 39.81 MB storage space needed check the market not tegra.

It is pretty good. Probably the best one yet. Very smooth.

Very nice graphics.

as with bang bang a lack of controls.

double1 said:
as with bang bang a lack of controls.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Bangs been upgraded...have to wait till i get home to try new controls

This needs touch screen controls, I don't like having to tilt my xoom 90 degrees or more to turn. Touch screen would be more accurate too.

mulletcutter said:
Bangs been upgraded...have to wait till i get home to try new controls
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know. It now has controls but this one has no on screen controls. Strictly accelerometer.

Lovin it! Gives me my hydro thunder fix on the go. Accelerometer makes sense asyou need your fingers to perform stunts and give boost.

I'm really enjoying this game, I also think the controls work well over all, I find myself needing to tap the break to get past the tight turns when coming in at high speed, also to hit the boost button and to do tricks. the tilt controls work better than most games i've played, you don't have to do full right angle turns of the device or anything. really enjoying it, I think it's one of the best games i've played on the xoom, also has good graphics and nice water physics.