So, trying to think of new gameplay ideas, I'm thinking on some kind of shooter teleporter technic. That is, shoot the ball and insert it into some device, and the shooter will transport there for the actual/next shot(Haven't decided if it should waste a ball with it).

That's going to give a lot of freedom for sure. I was also thinking of scripting something like an "enemy" shooter, which will try to deflect the balls that come to its range by shooting its own projectiles to it.

BTW, if anyone has a fun idea or just want to propose a drawing for one of the levels, I'll consider it and add it to the 'bonus' levels.

EDIT: The concept of the game is to add as much different puzzles as possible to the levels, not to perfect their prediction and shooting skills.

I am still here you know .

And by the way, I'm not "whining" as you say. I was debating and that debate ended a few days ago so no need to start it again is there.

Anywho, I am a girl? Ok, I must see the doctor quickly as I have a lump in my trowsers and it could be contagious

No seriously now, I cannot be bothered to debate with you as it's a nice sunny day and I'm just browsing the net in the sun.

Ok, Sorry it took me so long to reply I fell asleep .

Not on a windows box, so I can't play test it. But it really looks amazing.

Don't worry, I do have a windows box as well, I am just too lazy to walk into that other room, boot the box and try it
But I will do so tomorrow.

That was be awsome features to have.

It can all be scripted. Gates are working, I should only need to add some more conditions. I was thinking about power ups or bonuses, but I'll explain some part of the basic gameplay below, since I didn't really give any description.

One of the features I'm really happy with now, is the ability to press some buttons with the mouse. The Pong stage is also very funny for sure, you want to shoot to the particular button, but suddenly the bar starts moving and defending it!

I'm sorry for not giving any explanations before, but this is useful feedback, I must do the game so the user just picks it up and gets introduced to its mechanics easily.

I exceeded the values of volume with A5's sound routines. My speakers don't have any kind of noise really, but it seems that other comps don't play well with that. I'll have to limit them.

I don't think it was a bug, I just didn't explain the gameplay.

In the lower part of the GUI, you have a certain amount of remaining balls. Once you run out of them, the stage will reset, and color all blocks back to blue. It's kind of a preset puzzle game, say some stages need you to use 3 balls to pass through them, so you'll need to learn how to use them well in order to reach the target score.

The only way for now to reach the target score is to bounce the ball against the blocks. When it bounces off, its color will increase. The more the block moves up in the color palette, the higher the points it gives by hitting it. So that means if you can stuck a ball in a certain little space, you'll be able to score a lot of points.

In the actual version, there's a limit for how many times can the ball hit the same block. If it's hit many times, it will run out of points, so players don't cheese and start scoring over millions of points.

You mean like a level select? The savefile is actually coded in that demo, I just never implemented a menu for that. I added the option to the actual version though.

Thanks for the feedback!

Yes.

Yes, I already experimented with much better mechanics for levels now. I did now some kind elevator mechanic too, where you can press some buttons with the mouse to move some of the blocks in different axis. Putting them in the right positions will let you finish the level. It's not like organizing them to get enough score though, it's more about actually finding the way to get to the vortex, since it can be a bit complicated later.

I gotta be honest. The player launcher thing is kinda weird looking. At first I thought it was a birds-eye view of a kid with a striped shirt and his arms extended. The bump between the arms being his nose. Except instead of arms, it's like weird tentacle things.

Every once in awhile when I see a screenshot, I see that image at first glance.

Get it on the iPhone, I could see it getting onto the Top App Charts. A5 nearly works on the iPhone anyway.

A comparable game that has made millions is Doodle Jump.

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Estimation of total revenue (for Doodle Jump):

Reviews   Price  Comission * Review->Sales Multiplier
70,921  * 0.99  *   .7     *               40         = $1,985,788

Out of curiosity, how is that game called, I always see its gameplay repeated so much? I've seen a LOT of clones(even one from PopCap) just with different themes.

I don't think that accepting an app from an underage is allowed in their policy. Not that I have money to buy a Mac anyways.

So Luxor is the original game? I would've guessed it was even before in a more primitive format, something like 16-bit or something. It's damn popular for sure.

But doesn't Apple have some weird policy for releasing games only for the iPhone? What I mean is, even if this could be sold on the app store, would there be any problems if an exact free version on PC was available?

Ah finally, thanks for that! The first time I played it(surely a clone), I recall it on an Arcade where the shooters were tanks. It was really cool, since it allowed 2 simultaneous players.