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Popularity Score: 11
This app was mentioned in 23 comments, with an average of 3.22 upvotes
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Hi, My name is Jean-François, and I like to create games for a hobby. I previously released PewPew ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jyaif.pewpew ), and recently I've released a new game called Rollin' Droid. Rollin' Droid is a simple game where you control a little unnamed bugdroid that skates around factories collecting sweets (mostly donuts)!. You control the bugdroid by jumping and... that's it!
I started that game almost 4 years ago and had almost finished it, but I polished it only recently. At that time, there was a game called Line runner that was super popular ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.djinnworks.linerunnerfree ). I thought it was really addictive, but I also thought that android deserved a more polished version. It was in this spirit that I started working on this game.
Cheers!
PS: Don't downvote me if it's the second time you see this thread! I posted once last week, but the thread was deleted because I hadn't included "[Dev] in the title.
In case if anyone is wondering, PewPew is free in the Play Store . I used to play it a lot when I got my first Android phone. There's even a PewPew 2. Both are awesome games.
PewPew | 4.2 ⭐️ | Free | Varies with device |
> PewPew is the best multidirectional shoot them up on Android. It's basically megatons of enemies and many different game modes, everything rolled up with sweet smooth retro graphics. Win medals, unlock ships, and compete on the ...
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PewPew | 4.2 ⭐️ | Free | Varies with device |
> PewPew is the best multidirectional shoot them up on Android. It's basically megatons of enemies and many different game modes, everything rolled up with sweet smooth retro graphics. Win medals, unlock ships, and compete on the ...
^(Legend: |🏠: Family Library| ▶️: Play Pass|)
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Pew Pew is a great game! It has multiple game modes and a high score system, it's great for just killing time with a super basic spaceship shooty game. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jyaif.pewpew
PewPew | 4.2 rating | Free | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> PewPew is the best multidirectional shoot them up on Android. It's basically megatons of enemies and many different game modes, everything rolled up with sweet smooth retro graphics. Win medals, unlock ships, and compete on ...
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Edit: Just looked at iOS reviews. Apparently, the game isn't optimized for iPhone 6(+) and 7. Not sure on the Android end, but be sure to check the reviews before you buy PewPew 2. Sorry, have a 5s, so I didn't know that the game was messed up on the newer iPhones. Either way, try PewPew first, at least to see if it runs correctly for you.
PewPew (iOS, Android) and PewPew 2 (iOS, Android).
Really good twin-stick arcade shooters. I like the music; the campaign missions are, for the most part, really well designed; there are unlockable ships and game modes; no annoying ads or IAPs in either.
PewPew 2 is basically just a paid version of the (completely free) PewPew, and unless something's drastically changed since I played the first, only contains additional ships, campaign levels, and modes. So try out the first one at least. Free offline mobile games with no lives, timers, ads, or IAPs are hard to come by. If you like it, I highly recommend PewPew 2.
Also, sorry if my links are weird. On mobile.
PewPew | 4.2 rating | Free | 1,000,000+ downloads | Search manually
> PewPew is the best multidirectional shoot them up on Android. It's basically megatons of enemies and many different game modes, everything rolled up with sweet smooth retro graphics. Win medals, unlock ships, and compete on ...
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Cool game. This will be a constructive criticism, I'm not an expert, this is just my personal opinion.
Firts thoughts
- Fun gameplay overall, with a lot that can be improved
- There are too many options for the controls. There's no rule against this, but generally, phone games work better when the controls are simplified
- Controls are a bit stiff. They need to respond better
- User Interface during game needs a lot of improvement
- The black hole, normal enemies and bosses are fine. They are difficult, but not impossible. I died a lot but mainly because the controls need improvement
- The visual and sound effects are on point! You can easily see when you get hit, who's shooting, where the bullets are going, you also see how the shield stops bullets. Good job on this.
- After a LOT of attempts I just couldn't get the hang of it. I only managed to reach level 5 (on easiest mode)(link)
The following two points are the ones I consider to be the most important for the game to improve. They're ar both focused on gameplay:
Primary tip #1
- Improve the player's ship movement by allowing the player to move freely.
- This isn't a car, it's a spaceship, but you still have the ship moving like a car. It's always locked moving forward and the joystick is used to steer, which is waaaaaay too uncomfortable.
- The joystick should be used to point exactly to where you want to go, and the ship should turn around instantly and accelerate to that direction. Take a look at this game and you'll now exactly what I'm talking about. Your game would improve so much if the ship would move and shoot as smoothly as that one.
Primary tip #2
- Remove almost every game button except the two joysticks.
- Phone games should be easier to handle. If you have a console controller or the keyboard your fingers can handle a lot of buttons, but it just doesnt work like that on the phones. It's waaaaay more difficult to implement a lot of buttons, so you should just simplify it.
- The boost didn't make much of a difference so I never used it. I preffered the normal firing vs the charge option, and switching between them was a hastle, so I just used normal firing.
- In a fast paced game like this, the skills need to work perfectly, and since they didn't, using them was also an inconvenience or a distraction even. I got hit multiple times because of this.
- I personally would just keep the two joysticks and get rid of everything else. I know you must have worked a lot on all the weapons or skills, but if it makes the game better it's better to get rid of them.
- Maybe you could keep the Tank's Time Shield and Cannon's Plasma Mines, since they are easier to handle, but move the buttons to the right, closer to the firing button.
The following points are also regarding gameplay but are not as important as the previous two:
- Sometimes the joysticks don't respond when you try to grab them for the first time.
- Tank's Missile and Laser Volley never go where I tell them to. They're always a little off and it's a bit frustrating.
- Boost should have a sound effect so the player can feel the change.
- Block the game to Landscape mode ONLY
- Player's health and shield should be shown with a bar, not numbers
- Bosses should have a healthbar
What I liked:
- The theme was cool, I liked having to fight while escaping the black hole.
- The gameplay graphics were great also, I liked the background, the player's ship, the enemy ships and the bosses ships, but did not like the flower looking ships. I also liked the visual effects for the bullet trajectory and the effect for the ship propulsion or acceleration.
- The boss (or miniboss?) battles are cool. I also liked the idea of the wormhole after defeating the boss.
- The game has potential, keep it up!
By the way, would please play my game? <strong>Here's the link</strong>. I don't need feedback, just for you to play the whole game.
Asked the original owner of the sub to become a mod to promote this game: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jyaif.pewpew&hl=en
haha well glad she had a good time!