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me_mantis Joined: 26 September 2003 Posts: 1152

02 October 2013 18:56 (UK time) Do any of y'all play app games? I have not, and I've got a 85% chance of being able to work on an app game doing graphics and maybe sound stuff. I'd be interested to know what y'all like / dislike. The game I'm going to be working on is a learning game (with a great idea) - so I'm not sure if I want to go all sparkly jewely with the art design, or go more carved stone / historic / polished. Do y'all think a more sophisticated look would work better than the classic sugar coated glassy gem feel of almost every game? You need to login to create posts in this thread.

Erik Joined: 16 August 2006 Posts: 424

03 October 2013 00:35 (UK time) User friendly, clean and sophisticated look would definitely be a good start! If you want a more "mainstream" shiny look it could be 2.0 so to speak. Learning is probably more stimulated through a clean layout :-) Good luck! You need to login to create posts in this thread.

nyasudah  Official Sponsor Joined: 06 February 2005 Posts: 832

07 October 2013 19:00 (UK time) I don't play app games, but I like the shiny designs as well. Though of course functionality is what's important, gfx are only a presentation. In short, you should focus on usability, and the app shouldn't be about gfx making skills (unless you intend to do that exactly ). nyasudah / masuda / mp / PetiX / PtX You need to login to create posts in this thread.

me_mantis Joined: 26 September 2003 Posts: 1152

07 October 2013 19:48 (UK time) This is actually a really cool project, and it's way better as a touch game than with a mouse. Clean / vectory stuff is fun, but I think I'm going to go with a more realistic shiny amber look. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

me_mantis Joined: 26 September 2003 Posts: 1152

14 January 2014 03:11 (UK time) I've been here over 10 years! Yay! Anyways, JohnWE and I finished up the app. Full version: 120 hours of gameplay (60 levels) Free version: 6+ Hours gameplay (3 levels) It's pretty fun to play, and you even learn Chinese! I've learned mostly numbers 1-8. =) Edited: 14 January 2014 03:13 You need to login to create posts in this thread.

ParaSait Joined: 26 June 2007 Posts: 1478

17 January 2014 05:21 (UK time) Too bad I'm already learning Japanese. Adding in some Chinese could make it really confusing. This link is dead. It's only still here because, err... yknow, it's some sort of... memorial. You need to login to create posts in this thread.

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