New beta android app (game)

seanybiker · 03-04-2011 10:50PM

Ah jaysis there's someone up the road from me and I'm clean again after flashing new rom.

longshanks · 03-04-2011 11:00PM

seanybiker wrote: »

Ah jaysis there's someone up the road from me and I'm clean again after flashing new rom.

I got infected yesterday, so last night took a trip up to Hillview and then over to Ferrybank to spread the good news with you and someone called riku but even though I was within reach of ye both I couldn't infect ye.
But you're a marked man..............

seanybiker · 04-04-2011 12:21AM

longshanks wrote: »

I got infected yesterday, so last night took a trip up to Hillview and then over to Ferrybank to spread the good news with you and someone called riku but even though I was within reach of ye both I couldn't infect ye.
But you're a marked man..............

How come you couldnt infect me? Shoulda called in for a culpable tae

Cuppa not culpable. That's an odd auto correct!

Blackdragon · 04-04-2011 02:26AM

Looking forward to the update :-)

I'm also willing to help beta test the beta if you throw up an APK

theblacknight · 04-04-2011 09:07AM

Blackdragon wrote: »

Looking forward to the update :-)

I'm also willing to help beta test the beta if you throw up an APK

Cheers, got a few final tweaks to make tonight, should hopefully be able to make an apk available to you guys tomorrow night, just got the achievements done. UI will be a little rough, but hope to have that sorted by next Sunday, and put the new version on the market then.

TFK · 04-04-2011 05:38PM

I installed it last night, I bet this will be so addictive when people closer to me start to use it!

Well done.

plonk · 05-04-2011 01:13AM

Any time I try and give a username to get started it says it's invalid. Htc desire running cyanogen 7

The_B_Man · 05-04-2011 01:52AM

baz8080 wrote: »

I got 2 or 3 today along the path of the red luas line and Henry st. Think "B_Man" was one.

Wanker!!!! :P

MyNameIsMethos · 05-04-2011 12:27PM

Realised just now how cushy I've had it in limerick, heading towards dublin at the moment, seems I'll be lucky if I get out alive!!!

On a different matter, is there anything that could be done to make the game more playable in low-coverage areas where google maps isn't feasible?

TFK · 05-04-2011 12:35PM

I told my brother about this so he installed it, he started off infected so now the weekend should be fun! I'll have to ban his phone from the house LOL

Mars Bar · 05-04-2011 01:10PM

MyNameIsMethos wrote: »

Realised just now how cushy I've had it in limerick, heading towards dublin at the moment, seems I'll be lucky if I get out alive!!!

On a different matter, is there anything that could be done to make the game more playable in low-coverage areas where google maps isn't feasible?

I got infected in Limerick despite coming out alive in Galway!

My zombie was "drumbum", she could still be there for all I know but I wiped my phone and haven't installed it again yet. Gonna wait for the newer version to come out.

theblacknight · 05-04-2011 01:40PM

plonk wrote: »

Any time I try and give a username to get started it says it's invalid. Htc desire running cyanogen 7

What user names have you tried? There should be no spaces, and alpha-numeric characters only.

theblacknight · 05-04-2011 01:41PM

MyNameIsMethos wrote: »

Realised just now how cushy I've had it in limerick, heading towards dublin at the moment, seems I'll be lucky if I get out alive!!!

On a different matter, is there anything that could be done to make the game more playable in low-coverage areas where google maps isn't feasible?

Was thinking about this for future releases, had a couple of ideas for single player location based challenges, that is low priority for the moment however, focusing on the newer version for the next while. Once that stabilises there will be more.

seanybiker · 05-04-2011 02:04PM

Single player missions would be cool. Keep up the good work chap.

plonk · 05-04-2011 02:26PM

theblacknight wrote: »

What user names have you tried? There should be no spaces, and alpha-numeric characters only.

obviously there are alot of plonks out there, tried plonk, Plonkus a few more and it eventually worked with Plonkus87.

I'm clean but stuck in Galway city, surrounded by zombies who are starved for fresh meat.

MyNameIsMethos · 05-04-2011 05:33PM

Oh no I'm surrounded!!!

plonk · 05-04-2011 06:29PM

Some1 got me, I knew I wouldnt last long. Averagero is looking very lonely out in salthill though and I'm famished.

theblacknight · 06-04-2011 08:57AM

Hey guys, here is a rough build of the new version of the game. I have installed this build on my galaxy S and it seems to be running ok. Things to notice:

This build will not replace your existing build, it can be run side by side. You will need to create a new account in this build.

New menu items on home screen and map view.
When creating an account you can specify an identifier. Using this you log into an existing account. You don't get your identifier until you have created an account, and it is available from settings in the menu. Just take note of your identifier if you re-install, and use it to log in using the same name.
The map view no longer refreshes automatically, select refresh from the menu.
You can now attack zombies! There are some rules however. Once you attack a zombie, they cannot be attacked again until they log in and sync (This is so you cannot just keep attacking the zombie and levelling up).
You level up by infecting people/attacking zombies. At certain levels you will gain achievements. Achievements can be viewed by selecting 'Achievements' from the menu on the home screen. I'm not going to give away any of the achievements, but the first zombie achievement comes at level 3, which means infecting 6 users.

I want to get working on some *beta* leader boards for the site too, I hope to get this up soon.

If you try this out (Thanks!) please let me know of any crashes, and what you were doing when it crashed. Feel free to post any feedback on this thread. Better than one star reviews on the (always harsh!

) android market.

Thanks!

-Kev

MyNameIsMethos · 06-04-2011 08:59AM

BRRRRAAAIIIINSSS!!!

theblacknight · 06-04-2011 09:01AM

MyNameIsMethos wrote: »

BRRRRAAAIIIINSSS!!!

I got someone called Methos this morning on the bus .. 49, just after getting into town

06-04-2011 09:10AM

Come on people!, I want brains!

btw: short url for the apk:

http://goo.gl/xm5lU

theblacknight · 06-04-2011 09:47AM

baz8080 wrote: »

Come on people!, I want brains!

btw: short url for the apk:

http://goo.gl/xm5lU

And

bandit197 · 06-04-2011 10:01AM

Excellent, Thanks.

subway · 06-04-2011 10:13AM

question / suggestion, is there still no way to "dis-infect", i.e. will everyone become infected sooner or later?
if so the game is severely weighted towards the zombies and the only real goal will be to get infected early as otherwise there wont be enough "living" to get anything.
i'll install later and see how it goes, but the original started to get boring after a day or two of everyone being infected

theblacknight · 06-04-2011 10:41AM

subway wrote: »

question / suggestion, is there still no way to "dis-infect", i.e. will everyone become infected sooner or later?
if so the game is severely weighted towards the zombies and the only real goal will be to get infected early as otherwise there wont be enough "living" to get anything.
i'll install later and see how it goes, but the original started to get boring after a day or two of everyone being infected

Zombies will now have a harder time infecting people, because when poeple attack the zombie will be taken out of the game for a certain amount of time (depends on the survivors level). There also will be options to change sides in the future (maybe an in app purchase

).. will be doing incremental releases, adding new features as often as I can.

heebusjeebus · 06-04-2011 10:44AM

Running fine on my Desire. Good work BlackNight.
Not too many people around though but that should hopefully change in time.

BeciMester · 06-04-2011 11:22AM

Works great on Desire running Oxygen 2.0.3 Gingerbread.

If all those people who registered for the previous version sign up here it's gonna be fun.

subway · 06-04-2011 12:07PM

theblacknight wrote: »

Zombies will now have a harder time infecting people, because when poeple attack the zombie will be taken out of the game for a certain amount of time (depends on the survivors level). There also will be options to change sides in the future (maybe an in app purchase ).. will be doing incremental releases, adding new features as often as I can.

cool, keep it in mind for a future release if you can, otherwise the only eventual outcome is a 100% zombie population, except for a few stragglers in the hills.
might be realistic but maybe not so much fun

also, have you thought about the risk to the game from GPS spoofing?
multiple market apps allow that.

theblacknight · 06-04-2011 12:23PM

subway wrote: »

cool, keep it in mind for a future release if you can, otherwise the only eventual outcome is a 100% zombie population, except for a few stragglers in the hills.
might be realistic but maybe not so much fun

also, have you thought about the risk to the game from GPS spoofing?
multiple market apps allow that.

I'm also thinking that when a survivor gets to a certain level they will be able to cure zombies, maybe cure one per day. Lots more achievements/challenges to come

I hope to roll out functional updates every week or two (depending on how much time I get to work at it)

Yep, when I release this to the market I will have checks to see if mock locations is enabled .. won't be allowed play if it is, those apps require that allow mock locations is enabled.

Cianos · 06-04-2011 12:42PM

theblacknight wrote: »

I'm also thinking that when a survivor gets to a certain level they will be able to cure zombies, maybe cure one per day. Lots more achievements/challenges to come I hope to roll out functional updates every week or two (depending on how much time I get to work at it)

Hmm, I don't like that

New beta android app (game)

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