Carl Spiby
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"One more time!".
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Welcome Back to Digital Pinball Fans - please read this first
New hotness on iOS & Android: Revenge of the Rob-o-Bot
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Revenge of the Rob-o-Bot is a digital pinball game by Color Monkey.
xNiCeGuYx
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- Apr 16, 2012
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Hmm, what have mathematics with this game in common?
- May 8, 2012
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Physics tweaks? I thought they were already pretty good.
superballs
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- Apr 12, 2012
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I finally grabbed this and had a couple quick games. Something is wrong with the nudging controls. Otherwise it has some promise
- May 8, 2012
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Can you be more specific? Not sensitive enough? Too sensitive? No touch nudging? Only vertical nudging?
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maybe it's the - nudge then nothing for a set period of time, then you can nudge again, then nothing - combined with no touch, only vertical, really unresponsive etc etc. all in one big pile of "Something wrong with nudging"
superballs
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I don't care for touch nudging in the slightest. However I really need to fling the device forward and that either nets very little or nearly sends the ball to the opening of the ramps. I quite despise the nudge mechanic.
Aside from that, I've put quite a bit more play and have had a lot of fun the table design, the missions, the smoothness, sound design are all spot on. The ball does fewl a bot on the heavy side but I love rhe way it causes the flippers to recoil. It feels a lot to me like zen pinball though in how generally easy it is to catch the ball. I'm not a zen hater so I'm not trying to complain.
The nudging needs a lot of work unless upward only is by design. If that's the case ill acxept it but it makes you guys somewhat sadistic...I mean that in the nicest way possible though
- May 8, 2012
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The only time touch nudging is good is when your can map screen touches to controllers.
That recoil or double-stroke is beautiful to see. It makes the table seem real and alive. Less "digital", if you will.
Clawhammer
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- Nov 1, 2012
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Jumped on board a little late on this one, but glad I did! Excellent game. And thank you Anders, for being so attentive and responding to peoples compliments and concerns; it speaks to your passion and the quality of your company. Here's a few pieces of constructive feedback to make a great game better, some (or all) of which are probably repeats of what others have said:
-Add touch nudging. Playing on an iPhone, I find shake nudging unusable, not just on Rob-o-bot, but on any pinball game. The option to have touch or shake nudging would give players more choice in the matter.
-Add some sort of rule sheet. Some of the missions, particularly the "take down the shields" one, are a bit esoteric.
-An option to lock the camera/provide more angles.
Thanks!
-Add touch nudging. Playing on an iPhone, I find shake nudging unusable, not just on Rob-o-bot, but on any pinball game. The option to have touch or shake nudging would give players more choice in the matter.
-Add some sort of rule sheet. Some of the missions, particularly the "take down the shields" one, are a bit esoteric.
-An option to lock the camera/provide more angles.
Thanks!
smbhax
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Kudos on this game! Neat table design, great DMD animations, good flipper control, I like that I don't have to worry about nudging (since it seems a bit tough control-wise on handheld touch screens, at least in TPA), and it actually runs pretty darn well on my old HTC Droid Incredible 2. : ) Well done!
Anders
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- Nov 21, 2012
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Hey, sorry for my absence the last weeks!
There was a little pause in dev around Easter, but the development is up and running again. Graphics are more or less done (some DMD animations left but the layout should be done, final play testing will tell), we have hired new voice actors (which I know some of you will hate, and some of you will find super exciting), we are working on the new sounds (around 180 in total) and can hopefully try them out in the game to see if the new voice actors are a good fit or not, and programming wise it is also making progress. Sorry for the delay guys, and no ETA, sorry.
I'll try to post some screenshots today so you at least have something to look at and/or discuss in the meantime
There was a little pause in dev around Easter, but the development is up and running again. Graphics are more or less done (some DMD animations left but the layout should be done, final play testing will tell), we have hired new voice actors (which I know some of you will hate, and some of you will find super exciting), we are working on the new sounds (around 180 in total) and can hopefully try them out in the game to see if the new voice actors are a good fit or not, and programming wise it is also making progress. Sorry for the delay guys, and no ETA, sorry.
I'll try to post some screenshots today so you at least have something to look at and/or discuss in the meantime
Anders
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- Nov 21, 2012
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Screenshots from iPad 2 sorry, don't have the iPad 3 around. It looks much better on 3 for sure.
Multiball fun, you can see most of the new lights and new features on the layout
Mid-lightup during a full lightup sequence
Easier to see the details when not lit up, mostly new stuff in the center, in front of Rob-O-Bot and at the top
I hope it makes up some for the delay.
Multiball fun, you can see most of the new lights and new features on the layout
Mid-lightup during a full lightup sequence
Easier to see the details when not lit up, mostly new stuff in the center, in front of Rob-O-Bot and at the top
I hope it makes up some for the delay.
Baron Rubik
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+1 to night's comments.
Love the original, can't wait to try the enhancements.
Will there be a left & right nudge?
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Anders
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Not planned to be included in FP1 at the moment.
Baron Rubik
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Thanks for the reply Anders.
It would give a much better feeling of control if they were added.
Could I still suggest, if left / right nudge is implemented - could a touchscreen area be assigned for these inputs (similar to TPA and more recently, Zen).
This would help anyone using a Bluetooth controller and touch mapping.
Thanks again Anders!