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[Nidre]

Save The Comet
This page will be updated as we update Save The Comet. You can also find information and updates about the game at our blog and twitter. But we will only share in-depth stuff in this topic, Twitter and Blog are for easy reading and simple information.

Please do not hesitate to;
Ask a (lot of) Questions!
Tell Your Opinion!

Download
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MogaMecha.SaveTheComet1

Website: http://www.savethecomet.com/
Blog : http://blog.savethecomet.com/
Twitter : http://twitter.com/SaveTheComet#!
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/savethecometgame
Gameplay Trailer :


Cinematic Trailer :





Origin
We have started to develop Save The Comet as a part of Global Game Jam 2012. The topic introduced was Ouroburos, so we do wanted our game to be endless, but we were in complete agreement that the game needed have a unique mechanic.

_{For Curious People
Origin of the game can be found at GGJ2012 - Save The Comet along with the source code.
Note:Since this was a jam do not expect code quality.}

Currently
RELEASED!

We have liked the idea enough to spend all of our free time developing it. Currently many of the main features are completed. We are working on improvements, polish and bug fixes.

Another endless game? Seriously?
Yes, and NO. Save The Comet has two very important differences from other endless runner games.
1- Save The Comet has a story. Like every story there is something to learn/reach at some point.
2- A game that you can not control your main character. In Save The Comet it is not possible to control your main character(Comet). You can only drag, destroy and scramble other objects like meteors, planets and asteroid fields to change Comet's course and save it. for example if you want to turn right, you should drag a planet towards the Comet and use planets gravity to change Comet's course.

Objects
1-Planets : Those are the main objects in game. They do contain StarDust(in game currency) and Score to be collected.
2-Meteors : Those are like homing missiles. They do move towards you and try to hit you. You can get rid of them by either hitting them with a planet or simply tapping them.
3-Asteroid Fields : If you enter one of those fields you will lose points and slow down. You can swipe your finger around them to clear them out.
4-Hyper-Nova : Even our developer cheats can not beat this monster.

Goal
Main purpose of the game is to get as many as score as you can get and complete the story if you can live long enough. You can collect score and stardust by "simply" moving around planets, destroying meteors or clearing out asteroid fields.

Platforms
Confirmed: Android, iOS, Windows Mobile
Maybe: Facebook
Possible but Less Likely: Windows, Mac, Linux

A bit Old Gameplay Video
I will try to embed the video here as soon as i reach my home pc.
Seems like TIG Source do not accept embedded video.




New Game Play Video
https://vimeo.com/95577619

Cinematic Video
https://vimeo.com/95577620

A bit Old Screen Shots






Updates
24.02.2014 : Initial Post Created
25.02.2014 : Story Implemented
26.02.2014 : Comparison Added
26.02.2014 : Story Update
17.03.2014 : Story Update 2
22.03.2014 : Screenshot Saturday
22.03.2014 : New Visuals
14.04.2014 : New Custtomization Added and %90!
28.04.2014 : Facebook Page Online
02.05.2014 : Tutorial Screenshots!
26.05.2014 : Website Launched!
07.06.2014 : Released
01.07.2014 : Big Update
02.07.2014 : Frustrated? No More!
16.07.2014 : Headstart just got better!
05.10.2014 : Biggest Update and Beta
23.10.2014 : Surprise!
30.10.2014 : Halloween Giveaway and New Patch!

[Nidre]

The Story

We have finally implemented one of the most important features of Save The Comet. The Story!

I can not give much detail about the Story since it is kind of a Easter Egg. Very hard to reach but satisfying at the end (At least we hope so

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Here is a little comparison of what we had back than and now;

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It has been a quite busy day. We have fixed a couple of issue and managed to improve the overall experience of the the story.

I am sorry that the development has been slowed down for the last couple of weeks due to busy nature of our secondary jobs.



We have blog post on Tumblr about the progress of the story too. I am planning reveal a bit more about the story if we can get a good response and support from the community.

I'm planning to share a few extra information here since TIGSource is a lot more sincere and actually a community!

[Nidre]

Sorry for the long delay after the previous post.

We have been working quite hard on the game.

We have almost completed The End of the game. So from here on we have following things left to do;

- Polish, Polish, Polish!
- Catch a lot of bugs!
- Revamp tutorial system. We might ask your help about that if you would like to!
- Even more polish!
- Release the game!

Here is another screenshot from The End!

[kraed]

Sounds like a very nice concept,love the look of the planets. Is there an accesible build for players to test and will there be black holes?

[Nidre]

Sounds like a very nice concept,love the look of the planets. Is there an accessible build for players to test and will there be black holes?

Well, unfortunately the beta was a couple of months ago. I am not sure but, we may be able to do another beta session just for TIG source if there will be enough people willing to test! But no promises

About the black holes; We really wanted to add black holes to the game, but unfortunately they won't be in the initial release. But we have Hyper-Nova's! They are not as cool as Black Holes but almost as good as them!

But you can submit your ideas, such as black holes etc to our BitBucket!

[Nidre]

Screenshot Saturday!

Save the Comet from Meteors, Asteroids and More!

[Nidre]

We have got some neat news to tell!

We have been working really hard on polishing our visual! and fixing the bugs

Here is a sneak peak of what we have been working last few days.

Your opinion is very important to us! Tell us what you think about them!

What's New?
Planet Explosion animations updated. Still not Final.
Ouroburos (Rebirth) animation updated. Still not Final.
Level Change animation finally implemented!. Close to Final.

[Nidre]

Hello Everyone!



Today we have pushed up a new update to our servers!

This update contains a couple of very important things.

1- We have finally signed our app with a keystore. It means we are officially ready to launch! Not technically tho
2- We have finally finished developing our Social GUI and system. G+, Facebook and Twitter are all working! We had this before it was running not so smooth...
3- Added a whole new Customization Package called The Alien Planets
4- A lot of optimizations around the GUI.

[Nidre]

Our Facebook Page is Online!

We are very close to launching our game!

https://www.facebook.com/savethecometgame?

[Nidre]

Yesterday we have made another Jam with my fellow designer and we have completed a couple of things.

First of all we believe that our tutorial is able teach the game! We have rewrote it from scratch for the 3rd time! Seems like 3 was the lucky number!

Also we have updated our Ouroboros effect with a very nice and shiny new visual.

Here are a couple of visuals from our new tutorial;

Beginning of tutorial which teaches you to drag and hold planet near the comet;


Circle turns green if you succeed!


Circle turns blue and tells you to throw to planet away!



Hope you do like what we have done so far!

[Nidre]

Big Update!

Hello everyone!

We were silent for a while because we were very busy sending tons of stuff to press!

That means we have actually almost finished the game! Currently we have finished Tutorial, revamped a lots of things, polished our Smart camera and launched our website!

Here take a look! Save The Comet

[Nidre]

Finally Released!

It has been an awful busy week for us! because we have finally launched our game at Google Play Store for FREE!

Everyone here is welcome to give it a shot and tell us anything you think about it! Does it suck, we really have to add "X" to the game? Maybe you even have some good things to say?

Don't let us be forgotten in the depths of Google Play Store. Every download, every rating counts!

Download Link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MogaMecha.SaveTheComet1

Here are some screenshots!

[Nidre]

We have just released a major update!

Lot's of polishing involved!

Here take a look at it : http://blog.savethecomet.com/post/89778428027/polishing-the-comet

[Nidre]

Frustrated? No More!

Ok Everyone!

We knew that you have frustrated by a couple of things. This patch will aim to solve them as much as possible. (ETA Tomorrow)
So let us begin the countdown!

Frustration Number 3!
Door animations are too slow. Restarting takes too long!
- Door animation is now a lot more faster. Also you will be able to directly restart into the game in a future patch



Frustration Number 2!
Game asks for rating all the time!
- This was a bug. And now you also have chance to hide this dialog for good.



…Aaaaaaand, Frustration Number 1!
Game asks  to login to google everytime i start it!
- We will only ask the first time you have opened the game. After that  you are completely free of Google if you want to

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Headstart just got Better!
It has been a wonderfully tiring week for all our team. Except Oz, he was on vocation drinking margarita and dancing under sun shine!

Anyways, we have made some great changes around the galaxy.

First and biggest of them all is that we have upgraded the HeadStart.

Before

> You could use it to reach level 2 if you had 2500 Stardusts.

Now

> Headstart now has 3 different levels.

> To unlock a new level of headstart you should reach the corresponding level in the game. For example to unlock yellow Headstart which takes you to the Soul Nebula, you have to reach the Soul Nebula at least once.

> After unlocking more than a single level; which level you can use and how much you are are going to pay will be determined a very small mini-game.



Not interesting changes;

> We have killed a lot of bugs recently. Yes we are horrible people.

> Pickups now increase you combo.

[Nidre]

Hello Everyone!

We are very excited to launch the biggest update we have prepared since the launch of the game!

This update will cover a lot of feedback from you guys!

If you want to test everything right now! Just follow instructions HERE for beta!


Even Faster Restart!

First and most wanted change was a faster way to restart the game! Now we have moved OneShot menu inside the game for a faster restart experience!




Better Achievements!

We have created a new notification system for achievements! Tapping on objectives button will directly take you to the latest achievement!






Bad News!

Planet’s now need to be explored before you can able to see them!




Leaderboard for Everything!

We have heard your screams and now implemented Google Play Leaderboards! Many Of Them!






Fancy for a test drive?
Be our guest : http://savethecomet.com/presskit.php?#howtoinstall

[Nidre]

We are preparing a new surprise for you! Can you guess what it is?

[Nidre]

Go and download Save The Comet - Gravity Run today and get your free Pumpkin Comet and Pumpkin Tail!



This offer is available until 09.11.2014