Hello,
My first mobile application "Point to Point" is released.
You can download via:
http://pointtopointgame.comThanks for all people who help me to develop this game, especially Arturs and Atilim.
I am waiting your comments and reviews...
Best wishes,
Emre DAGLI
Comments
Congratulations
Well the honest feedback, is that the graphics could be better. I actually really like your icon, and thought you could do all graphics the same way.
But that actually is not that bad as buttons. There was button generator or menu generator website/tool shared recently, which provided really polished looking professional buttons, I can't find the link right now (was somewhere on the forum), but if I'll find it, will paste it to you.
In your case both button style and color choices make the app look a little cheap.
But the game play is awesome, putting, dragging, severing the bond, all really feels natural and easy to learn, without confusion.
And I just love the animations, everything is moving, shaking, really adds to dynamic of the game, you did great there.
And of course the idea of the game is great.
What else you could improve without the button visual looking, is an emotional hook. Right now, I just sit and solve puzzles. And that is what developers like to do.
What the average people like, is to participate in the story, to have an immersion with the game, to have a sense of overall progression and satisfaction of making that far.
You need to create a sense that every level solved adds up tiny bit to the overall progression and player is further (or closer to completion).
Now I'm only saying that because I think your game has great potential (and probably because my only reading for the last couple of weeks were game design materials )
http://www.imagefu.com/create/button
http://dabuttonfactory.com/
Fragmenter - animated loop machine and IKONOMIKON - the memory game
https://github.com/gideros/gideros
https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnBlackburn1975
You are right Arturs, graphics should be better. I plan to increase quality and add more functionality.
congratulations on your app.
I would like to take your attention towards this list below of apps that are similar and (some of them) have been on the app store since 2008. It will give you an idea of how some have changed the concept to make it interesting etc. Use these as case study to take what is best so that you can incorporate it in your updates.
cheers,
a small list of apps (there are several more)
Brain Games 2 puzzles and riddles
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/brain-games-2-puzzles-riddles/id438187216?mt=8
Untangle Space Out
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangle-space-out/id393068305?mt=8
Tangled
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tangled/id309543858?mt=8
Untangle Puzzle Free - Really
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangle-puzzle-free-really/id561790203?mt=8
Untangle Me
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangle-me/id568963673?mt=8
Untangled HD
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangled-hd/id426672227?mt=8
Cross Me Not
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/cross-me-not/id341247793?mt=8
UnDone
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/undone/id445260043?mt=8
Untangle It Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangle-it-lite/id445283585?mt=8
Knotty Ropes
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/knotty-ropes-lite/id796072888?mt=8
Galatic Untangle (1.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/galactic-untangle/id366783859?mt=8
Untangle it (0.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangle-it/id443809763?mt=8
Tangle Untangle
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tangle-untangle/id668417188?mt=8
Pull Apart Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pull-apart-lite/id396342964?mt=8
Cross Me Not
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/cross-me-not/id341247793?mt=8
UnDone
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/undone/id445260043?mt=8
Tangled Sheep
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tangled-sheep-free/id453181689?mt=8
Wired
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/wired/id680516895?mt=8
Untangled (0.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangled/id583707140?mt=8
Tangled Line Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tangled-line-lite/id582707549?mt=8
Untangle 3D (0.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untangle-3d/id509093213?mt=8
de.Mess.ify 3D Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/de.mess.ify-3d-lite/id421873800?mt=8
Untwist'm
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/untwistm/id417622113?mt=8
Puzzle Brainiak
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/puzzle-brainiak/id451440666?mt=8
Kittens Untangled (0.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/kittens-untangled/id443069779?mt=8
Color Tangle
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/colortangle/id442196042?mt=8
Detangle (0.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/detangle/id439194415?mt=8
Do Not Cross (0.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/do-not-cross/id764922886?mt=8
Unravel Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/unravel-lite-amazing-free/id763823597?mt=8
Webzy (0.99)
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/webzy/id539338702?mt=8
Tangles Twist
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tangled-twist/id335332266?mt=8
Ravelous Lite
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ravelous-lite/id455609941?mt=8
Sxy Touch # Tangled
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/xy-touch-tangled/id575910492?mt=8
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https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bridges-puzzle-free-connect/id561810535?mt=8
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Thanks for your comments. That is very strange that many versions of Tangled games exists. I am wondering from where you found these apps. Or did you played them before?
My app is slightly different from them. But the main logic (crossing lines prohibitation) is same.
I plan to add some extra features to make app to more attractive.
Thank you
My choice of games have been puzzles and the sort, more than the FPS or Runners. I had played the variants of Tangled since 2008/9 when the app store had opened up.
I understand that the game mechanics of your game are slightly different, but the reason for these links were for you to get an idea of how developers have approached the same game in terms of gameplay and graphics. So you can better your game by taking what's best from them and implementing it.
Hope it works out for you,
cheers,
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