Jetpack Joust - Coming Soon
RondoRocket
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Hey all!
Working on wrapping up my latest effort called Jetpack Joust. Its core mechanic is similar to the classic arcade game Joust where you have to land on the enemy from above to beat them. I decided not to have points and instead you just try to reach the highest "Floor" possible.
I also made it so the game wraps if you go off screen to the left or right - like Joust. And as you reach higher Floors more enemies are added.
Still making tweaks to gameplay and difficulty... feel free to post thoughts or suggestions. I'll try and post a video soon to give everyone a better idea of what's going on.
Thanks!
- RR
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@RondoRocket Looks good dude! Looking forward to seeing the vid.
Thanks @As Of Latte! Hoping to get the vid done soon.
@RondoRocket looking forward to play this, looks great!
Thanks @Approw!
WIP Video:
Definitely reminds me of Joust. Nice!
Wow, looks great ! I'm actually working on a game with jetpack characters and fuel, but fortunately, it's not pixel art and not the same concept
Updated trailer! Added whole bunch of new stuff to the gameplay... including electricity!
http://toucharcade.com/2015/05/15/jetpack-joust-trailer/
Nice!
Looks great and very much like Joust. That was an awesome game, this one looks just as good!
I love joust!!!
Nice. The game looks really fun!
Thanks for posting the link @Lovejoy! First article I've had on TouchArcade! I just submitted to Apple so I'm hoping to release on May 27th.
Thanks to @Braydon_SFX, @jamie_c, @phamtastic and @NipaDidIt for your comments!
Ahh looked for this to on the app store today! not out yet @RondoRocket ?
Nope, has been waiting for review for almost 10 days now. Probably because of the holiday and getting closer to summer things are moving slower. Thanks for keeping an eye out for it though!
@RondoRocket COOL! Looks really fun. Could you make a GameSalad arcade version too? I currently don't have a phone I can download it on.
Legit. Too Legit. Too Legit To Quit.
Cool well hoping it will be next thursday then, also cool that touch arcade gave it a look hey!
I've been making a jetpack shoot em up platformer so will be good to see someone else's take on a jetpack mechanic in game salad!
keep up the good work man
Once its been released for iOS I'll look into putting it on GS Arcade!
LOL @gamestudent
Yeah... what he said!
Thanks @jay2dx! Yeah, I'm hoping for next week. Very cool about TA giving it a look indeed! Good luck with your jetpack game - look forward to you posting some info on it!
is this out yet man
@jay2dx it pains me to even write this but after being approved I had to yank it due to a leaderboard issue and a new bug I found and I still haven't resubmitted. And considering Apple approval times are close to 10 days it will probably be another couple of weeks.
I will now cry myself to sleep.
ah well man, take your time and you'll have a winner for sure
@RondoRocket We will cry with you
You're too kind @Lovejoy. That's what I love about this community... when one cries we all cry.
Cant wait!
Finally approved after the longest path of bugs and rejections I think I've ever dealt with. Apple is an odd beast, I tried implementing a feature that I had seen in some games I had been playing recently. But of course I got rejected... oh well, that will teach me.
Still have a few small performance issues, the biggest one having to do with having 5 or 6 actors on the screen at once and their image flips horizontally at the same time. I seem to get a brief hiccup every time. Can't seem to figure out if its the flipping or my rules.
Anyways, should be out middle of next week!
Fabulous!