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May 20, 2013, 11:06:55 PM
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« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2012, 08:05:17 AM »

The game definitely needs a timer now.  I found it was possible to camp in the starting area of level 1 with 3 towers, and no ghosts ever got near me.  I got up to 60 kills before I closed it.

What's the point of that? You don't get money from kills, only from eating dots, and it's the least important part of the score:

Code:
// >0 if x<y, <0 if x<y
function scoreCompare(x:Dynamic, y:Dynamic) :Int {
if (x.level != y.level)
return x.level<y.level?1:-1;
if (x.money != y.money)
return x.money<y.money?1:-1;
if (x.kills != y.kills)
return x.kills<y.kills?1:-1;
return 0;
}

I mean you can also "camp" in super mario bros by not moving right, but that doesn't really give you anything desirable...

EDIT: I'm gonna add a timer anyway just to give some motivation to finish levels fast.
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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2012, 04:59:57 AM »

Regarding the controls: When you press up but can't travel up, your game responds differently than Pacman. In Pacman your character continues traveling in the same direction, but turns up as soon as he is able. This allows you to hold up while rounding a corner to immediately turn. In the newer Pacman versions, they also play a particle effect above your character to signify that he'll turn up as soon as he can. I think both of these (a visual indicator of the direction held, and acting on that direction ASAP) would help your controls. It would mean that you couldn't manually stop without running into a corner or wall, but that doesn't seem like much of a loss.

Revision 3 adds both of these suggestion (pacman style controls + an arrow next to the player character indicating the next move).
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« Reply #17 on: May 25, 2012, 03:13:04 AM »

Revision 3 adds both of these suggestion (pacman style controls + an arrow next to the player character indicating the next move).
Noooooooo! That's completely broken it!

The ability to stop by turning into a wall is essential. Levels 5+ are borderline unplayable now for most layouts. Also, the game feels lower skill overall.

@porousnapkin - Did you actually play much Pakkuman's Defence before the change?
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« Reply #18 on: May 25, 2012, 03:14:41 AM »

It's actually more to do with porting to Android and touch-screen control than with porousnapkin.

I will post the apk here soon-ish. I think you will agree the game works better on that platform this way.
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« Reply #19 on: May 25, 2012, 04:37:17 AM »

Wouldn't know - I don't have a phone. Do the two versions really need to be identical?
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« Reply #20 on: May 25, 2012, 04:46:23 AM »

Wouldn't know - I don't have a phone. Do the two versions really need to be identical?

No, I can even have that as a toggleable option. But I'm still experimenting with it atm.

I want get the android version out soon as I think tablets are awesome devices for playing but sadly have a really bad selection of games (android even more so than ios).
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« Reply #21 on: August 09, 2012, 06:37:17 AM »

New version is up! This is the first version with touch controls, if you got an android device and want to test it please email me.
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« Reply #22 on: August 09, 2012, 07:34:43 AM »

Wow I love this. Music is great too :D

EDIT: If I'm staring at a wall and build a tower, maybe place the tower there? Sometimes it can go a tile away from where I want it.
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« Reply #23 on: August 09, 2012, 07:45:03 AM »

Thanks! New update adds fruits (extra $) and a haste powerup.
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« Reply #24 on: August 21, 2012, 06:12:55 AM »

This is now officially released!

You can buy it for android or play the free flash demo here!
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« Reply #25 on: September 15, 2012, 09:49:51 AM »

Now on the ios app store!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pakkumansdefense/id560453722
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