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<blockquote data-quote="jhamdotme" data-source="post: 40521" data-attributes="member: 350"><p>Random observations and niggles:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The icon is branded "Rob-o-Bot", with a lowercase "o", but throughout the game and in the achievements, the "o" is capitalized. It doesn’t matter which way you do this, but you should probably be consistent. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">During the rescue mission, when I hit the right shot, I’ll hear "one more time". But it's rarely ever just one more time that I need to hit this shot. Sometimes, it takes three or four shots to complete this mission. Something's off here.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 321 countdown is nice when returning from a pause, but it's unnecessary when the ball hasn't been fired into the playfield yet.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The pause menu is disabled during the ball lost points tally. I'd like to be able to get to the pause menu even during this part of the game. (<a href="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/1773-That-first-ball-sucked-Yeah-restart?p=26115#post26115" target="_blank">Ahem</a>.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There's no indication at the end of the game when you've beaten your high score. There should be fanfare here to highlight this. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">On a few occasions, I’ve had part of the audio drop out. I’m not sure what triggers this, and I can’t reliably reproduce this, but every once in a while, the voice samples will stop working. Everything else is fine, seemingly, but until I restart the game, I’m getting only some of the sounds.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There should probably be a static camera view. I play mostly on the iPhone 5, where with the taller screen it doesn’t scroll as much, but on the iPad, the camera actually affects gameplay. Often, the view will be zoomed toward the top of the playfield, and you won't have enough time to adjust the lit lanes at the bottom of the screen. This makes it harder to re-activate your kickbacks when playing on the iPad. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I really dig the DMD animation in your <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjURSj5Q3BQ" target="_blank">teaser trailer,</a> setting up the story. I don't know if this would blow up your app's size, as a video, or if you could render it in-engine, but you should include it with the game somehow. It's very cool. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sometimes, the mission objectives are still a little confusing, especially at first. I think the lights could be tweaked a little to highlight a little better what you're supposed to be shooting for. Maybe there could be voice acting, too, to direct your shots. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Alternatively, or in addition, you could post a rule sheet somewhere, on your website or in the app. Ideally, there'd be step-by-step instructions, like how it's done in Pinball Arcade. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It should be possible to play music from another app in the background, while playing the game. And if somebody is playing music from another app in the background, they should be able to choose whether or not they want to hear sound effects, perhaps even with a control to adjust the volume. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I tried cradling a ball for a while, to get a pinball status report. I was disappointed when this didn't work. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Why are there separate leaderboards for the iPhone and iPad version? </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You mentioned you'd like to make more tables. I’m looking forward to this. But if you do make more, it'd be great if you could somehow consolidate all of your tables into a single app. I’m not sure about everybody else here, but I’d much rather have everything all together, where I can get new tables with an in-app purchase. My pinball folder overfloweth. </li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>Having said all that, I really do love this table. I’ve been evangelizing this as best I can, here and over at Touch Arcade. (It's gotta be frustrating that they just <a href="http://toucharcade.com/2012/11/20/monster-pinball-hd-is-available-now-and-its-awesome/" target="_blank">front-paged</a> the much inferior <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/monster-pinball-hd/id456944760?mt=8" target="_blank">Monster Pinball HD</a>. Hopefully, you'll get the same treatment.)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I hope more people find this, and I hope you have lots of success.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jhamdotme, post: 40521, member: 350"] Random observations and niggles: [LIST] [*]The icon is branded "Rob-o-Bot", with a lowercase "o", but throughout the game and in the achievements, the "o" is capitalized. It doesn’t matter which way you do this, but you should probably be consistent. [*]During the rescue mission, when I hit the right shot, I’ll hear "one more time". But it's rarely ever just one more time that I need to hit this shot. Sometimes, it takes three or four shots to complete this mission. Something's off here. [*]The 321 countdown is nice when returning from a pause, but it's unnecessary when the ball hasn't been fired into the playfield yet. [*]The pause menu is disabled during the ball lost points tally. I'd like to be able to get to the pause menu even during this part of the game. ([URL="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/1773-That-first-ball-sucked-Yeah-restart?p=26115#post26115"]Ahem[/URL].) [*]There's no indication at the end of the game when you've beaten your high score. There should be fanfare here to highlight this. [*]On a few occasions, I’ve had part of the audio drop out. I’m not sure what triggers this, and I can’t reliably reproduce this, but every once in a while, the voice samples will stop working. Everything else is fine, seemingly, but until I restart the game, I’m getting only some of the sounds. [*]There should probably be a static camera view. I play mostly on the iPhone 5, where with the taller screen it doesn’t scroll as much, but on the iPad, the camera actually affects gameplay. Often, the view will be zoomed toward the top of the playfield, and you won't have enough time to adjust the lit lanes at the bottom of the screen. This makes it harder to re-activate your kickbacks when playing on the iPad. [*]I really dig the DMD animation in your [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjURSj5Q3BQ"]teaser trailer,[/URL] setting up the story. I don't know if this would blow up your app's size, as a video, or if you could render it in-engine, but you should include it with the game somehow. It's very cool. [*]Sometimes, the mission objectives are still a little confusing, especially at first. I think the lights could be tweaked a little to highlight a little better what you're supposed to be shooting for. Maybe there could be voice acting, too, to direct your shots. [*]Alternatively, or in addition, you could post a rule sheet somewhere, on your website or in the app. Ideally, there'd be step-by-step instructions, like how it's done in Pinball Arcade. [*]It should be possible to play music from another app in the background, while playing the game. And if somebody is playing music from another app in the background, they should be able to choose whether or not they want to hear sound effects, perhaps even with a control to adjust the volume. [*]I tried cradling a ball for a while, to get a pinball status report. I was disappointed when this didn't work. [*]Why are there separate leaderboards for the iPhone and iPad version? [*]You mentioned you'd like to make more tables. I’m looking forward to this. But if you do make more, it'd be great if you could somehow consolidate all of your tables into a single app. I’m not sure about everybody else here, but I’d much rather have everything all together, where I can get new tables with an in-app purchase. My pinball folder overfloweth. [/LIST] Having said all that, I really do love this table. I’ve been evangelizing this as best I can, here and over at Touch Arcade. (It's gotta be frustrating that they just [URL="http://toucharcade.com/2012/11/20/monster-pinball-hd-is-available-now-and-its-awesome/"]front-paged[/URL] the much inferior [URL="https://itunes.apple.com/app/monster-pinball-hd/id456944760?mt=8"]Monster Pinball HD[/URL]. Hopefully, you'll get the same treatment.) Anyway, I hope more people find this, and I hope you have lots of success. [/QUOTE]
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