★★★ Utopian Games: Block Jump Black and HD OUT NOW ★★★

UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Pleased to announce Block Jump HD Black (iPad) and Block Jump Black (iPhone) is out now.

In a twist from our usual projects we decided to release a no thrills simple one touch gameplay and were really happy with the game.

Game Center is included and i challenge anyone to beat 50 or less.

It has a bad icon, terrible screenshots but plays beautifully :)

No i haven't gone mad, i want to see if nice art, fancy videos and great screenshots matter to the paying public or if they can see beyond the sugar coating of most games....we see this as a "test the app store" game.



iPhone: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/block-jump-black/id442374681?mt=8

iPad: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/block-jump-hd-black/id442399027?mt=8

Darren.

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  • DimensionGamesDimensionGames PRO Posts: 993
    Looking good! Glad you managed to use the template well :) Going to send you a mail later tonight!

    Cheers.
  • JamieOneilJamieOneil Member Posts: 877
    Looks so simple, but SO FUN!
    Great job Darren!

    JamieONeil
  • osucowboy18osucowboy18 Member Posts: 1,307
    Wow, looks really addicting Darren, great work!

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  • DreamLabDreamLab Member Posts: 2,127
    I remember this game from playing it on addicting games about a year ago. I loved this game. Hopefully it does well for ya

    Here is the one I played
    http://www.addictinggames.com/arcade-games/space-is-key-game.jsp
  • jb15jb15 Member Posts: 602
    That's totally awesome. I hope you'll reveal, to some extent, the stats of your test!

    I personally think gameplay is everything. Period. Graphics are nice, but the gameplay is what matters. Sadly, it seems the general public don't agree. It's all about "Look at these graphics!" It's one reason I've decided to make 2D games instead of 3D. Yeah, they look cool, but in the end, IMO, 2D games are more fun.

    Anyway--good luck w/ sales.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Yeah that's the link the client gave me for the brief, although i had to change a few things (copyright etc) it's still pretty close to space is key and yeah i loved it so much i had to complete all the levels.

    I added in the fading block and fading hazards as an extra.

    Darren.
  • fremachucafremachuca Member Posts: 26
    yeah, i loved space is key, so this definitely looks fun.

    about the appstore paying public thing. the aesthetic part counts way too much. the only way a game focused only on gameplay can succeed is with a feature, a review on a great site, etc.
    a great example is this game:
    http://leveldown.tumblr.com/post/6177790937/jonathan-mak-introduces-sound-shapes

    it looks like a great game with a great idea. i would have lots of fun playing it. but 90% of the appstore public will probably pass this without even checking out the trailer.

    its kind of like art. if you show someone a work from the Renaissance movement, they will say "beautiful" "incredible" "magnificent".
    now try showing these same people something cubist, abstract or minimalistic.
  • calvin9403calvin9403 Member Posts: 3,186
    this game is ＡＷＥＳＯＭＥ！！！！

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  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    It looks pretty hard but that could be a good thing.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    You guys posted any attempts to gamecenter?

    I have to turn my router firewall off to access gamecenter and for some reason i still can't post my scores even though i have it all set up correctly.

    Darren.
  • VGXVGX Member Posts: 796
    very good but hard
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    UtopianGames said:
    You guys posted any attempts to gamecenter?

    I have to turn my router firewall off to access gamecenter and for some reason i still can't post my scores even though i have it all set up correctly.

    Darren.

    Hi Darren. Will check it out soon, looks super fun but i got a feeling its gonna make me wanna throw my phone. ha. As for GameCenter, interestingly my latest game is almost ready for submitting, i had leaderboards setup and it was showing from sandbox mode, i could see my scores, now i have no scores and although it logs in and the rules should be fine, nothing gets posted!
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Just realised i needed a new app id for GameCenter so have updated to 1.1 and requested an expedited review so it should be out any time soon.

    I have also added a quick restart button so if you know your not going to beat your best you can restart.

    Darren.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Excellent. I got my scores working again, created a new user in sandbox, logged in and could see both scores and updating correctly.

    Gonna be interesting results on his one
  • FanStudioUKFanStudioUK Member Posts: 459
    So simple and so addictive! I love it!
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