F is for Falling submitted & on the web

jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
edited November -1 in Announce Your Game!
My next game, F is for Falling (http://howihatethenight.com/games/f-is-for-falling-2/) was just submitted to the app store. I also built this for the Macworld contest, so it's available on the web too (just sideways)

http://gamesalad.com/game/play/35456

Description
In F is for Falling, the goal is to fall as long as you can without dying. Your player, a stunt man, jumps out of a plane wearing a special oxygen tank, right above an airshow. Dodging Airplanes, Hot Air Balloons, Helicopters, Rockermen and Hang Gliders, not to mention all the birds, can you make it all the way back to earth without causing your oxygen tank to explode?

There are a several obstacles you must evade on your way down:

Birds – From small birds to whole flocks of birds
Hang Gliders - These guys fly back and forth and just get in your way.
Hot Air Balloons - Slow and big, watch out!
Planes & Helicopters - These are as fast as they are deadly, they will CUT YOU UP!
Rocketmen - Small, fast but out of control, the gas tanks are fragile and will explode when you hit them.
Missles - It wasn't very smart to schedule missle tests during the air show, but they did! Watch out for these, they are rigged to explode on impact.
There are two also types of clouds you can use to your advantage, regular clouds and thunder clouds:

Flying through a regular cloud will slow your descent.
Thunder clounds will speed things up.

Comments

  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Nice! My current record is 250 feet. d@#n helicopters!
  • ktfrightktfright Member Posts: 964
    Didn't I make a game just like this? LOL, good work mulcahy ;)
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Looking great! Got to 540 feet! Great job!
  • rebumprebump Member Posts: 1,058
    Yeah, those helis really tear you up!
  • EastboundEastbound Member, BASIC Posts: 1,074
    Aw you ventured away from the gridded look :(

    Pretty fun game, though! The items move too fast for me it seems. I can't really get into any rhythm- its more like just hoping I don't get killed in the first few seconds.
  • JGary321JGary321 Member Posts: 1,246
    935 here on 7th try.

    For the most part it's easy except the darned planes =)
  • SDMGSDMG Member Posts: 280
    ktfrights game a little more polished...
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Thanks everyone, I've been planning this game since october when I grabbed the name in iTunes, since I got my big Vortex update out last week, I was finally able to start work on it last monday. It took about 7 actual days, but only 1-2 hours each day if I was lucky. It looks / plays significantly better on the iPhone.

    ktfright, which one? Dang? (which I really like)

    butterbean, good job. it's MUCH easier to play on the iphone, like 100x easier. my record is 1284 feet

    rebump - yep, the helis and the planes are brutal

    eastbound - yea, it's there, I just threw a filter on top to smooth things out, things were moving a little too quick to see on the regular paper, and if i slowed things down it was too easy.

    jGary321 - good job!

    SDMG - yea, he probably spent more time than I did, this is about 12 hours worth of work including artwork.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    It's currently in review. I love the new apple review times :)
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    The review times are fast! I think the game looks great, and in so little time :)
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Yes, it was a side project I had some sketches on, and I needed a break from Zombie and Vortex. Time to get back to work onthose updates :)
  • BeyondtheTechBeyondtheTech Member Posts: 809
    Great game, I think you have 23 more games to go. ;)
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    yep, 23 more games, it's gonna take a looooong time :)

    I just uploaded a youtube video of the game being played in the proper orientation, if you have a youtube account, give it 5 stars :):)

  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    It was just approved! It'll be in the AppStore tomorrow. Time to get those press releases done. I'll have a few promo codes tonight
  • rebumprebump Member Posts: 1,058
    Press releases? Are there some free press release sites?
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    No press release sites, but it's helpful to contact all iPhone App reviewing websites to see if they want to do a review on your game. I usually send along a description, 2 screenshots, a link to the game's website with more screenshots and a link to a preview video on youtube. Also toss in 1 or 2 promo codes for them.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    Hit the app store last night!
    http://itunes.apple.com/lv/app/f-is-for-falling/id342532529?mt=8

    Promo codes:
    YYRXFE7WHEX9
    6F4Y67W994A9
    3LHH7NRK369M
    WKXNRWA973E4
    W6HERPRRXHA6
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Congrats Mulcahy! Can't wait to try it out on the iphone! :) I'll download when I get home :)
  • rebumprebump Member Posts: 1,058
    Ah, gotcha. Great ideas!
  • BeyondtheTechBeyondtheTech Member Posts: 809
    I bought Z for Zombie, and used 6F4Y67W994A9 for F for Falling. 5 stars for you.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    thanks everyone. this is my 'pick up and play' game. I had a high score competition going on at work between a bunch of my coworkers.
  • BreezeonholdBreezeonhold Member Posts: 187
    Wow very fun game!! What's the promo code for?
  • edhedh Member Posts: 23
    Great Game Mulcahy!

    And to save everyone else the time, all promo codes are used up. Go buy it anyway! :-)
  • BreezeonholdBreezeonhold Member Posts: 187
    I was just wondering how do you use the promo code?
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    The promo codes give you the game for free in the us store. There will be a redeem button in the store
  • BreezeonholdBreezeonhold Member Posts: 187
    Aww I'm to late their all taken ):
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