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Android Gaming Thread: News & Recommendations

autoduelist

Member
Card Crawl is an excellent recommendation, exactly the kind of game I was looking for. Though I'll unfortunately have to stick to the f2p version (amazon underground isn't available here).

iirc the upgrade to full is actually quite cheap, I just wasn't quite 'sold' on it via the free version. Now that I'm playing the full amazon version I know enough that I'd have bought the original full game, but... now I don't have to. Go figure.
 

RS4-

Member
Card Crawl is an excellent recommendation, exactly the kind of game I was looking for. Though I'll unfortunately have to stick to the f2p version (amazon underground isn't available here).

Lol whoops, I had the free version I guess? Didn't play it in months, uninstalled, then grabbed the one from amazon.

I guess mines the full version, but all my progression is gone :(
 

louiedog

Member
tap my katamari is incompatible w/ my note 4 and my brother's year old htc. Only 1 review. Is it in pre release or something? Are android games region locked?

Sometimes they roll them out slowly to devices and regions. Hopefully it's more wildly available soon.
 

Nightbird

Member
I am currently playing Beat Hazard Ultra, wich is definitely the most expensive App I've ever purchased at around 4 Bucks, but it's so fun.

The Arcade like feel, the soundtrack being your own music, upgrades, achievements, that game has everything to be the perfect time-waster.

I can only recommend it.
 
I am currently playing Beat Hazard Ultra, wich is definitely the most expensive App I've ever purchased at around 4 Bucks, but it's so fun.

The Arcade like feel, the soundtrack being your own music, upgrades, achievements, that game has everything to be the perfect time-waster.

I can only recommend it.

I had that on Steam. Just downloaded the Android version. Fun times.

Edit - ugh - spent $4 and just found out in the troubleshooting that Google Music isn't supported, even if downloaded.

Edit 2 - refunded. :-(
 

soultron

Banned
Played Katamari for an hour. It's so underwhelming and lacks any charm of the source material.

This is how the game is structured, roughly:

"n : y"
where
n is main level counter (starts at 0, goes to target number that ends that "stage")
y is sub-level counter (starts at 0, increments main level counter by 1 every time the sub-level counter hits 10)

you get a time attack every time y = 10
if you do not complete the time attack (you can cancel at any time and then re-attempt) you can't advance

Stage 1 ends when the main level counter hits 30. So 29-9 -> 30-0 means you're on Stage 2.

The game starts with no fanfare, no explanation, no goofy cutscene. Transitions between stages also have nothing.

King of All Cosmos will appear every 30-60s and if you click him he drops random stuff (coins, candies, ads that ask you to watch a video to get a different random reward).

You can buy Special Cousins that are your passive points-per-second with coins.
You can power up the Prince with coins as well, that's your active points-per-click.
Your Prince can gain powers at level 100, 300, etc. but they're honestly not exciting. Same goes for each of your Special Cousins (stuff like 8% more points-per-second during a time attack, etc.). But it's all so bland.

Each sub-level counter is a distance. Ex 12.5M kilometres. If your Prince does 50K/click and your Special Cousins do 250K/second, you can do the math. You get coins every time you clear a distance, the value goes up the higher level your Prince is, your Cousins are, and your main and sub-level ratings.

It's just boring. It's a pure chore. KoAC's quotes don't get funny or tell a story. The music sucks -- mainly because it's not Katamari Damacy's amazing main theme.
When I saw the target for Stage 2 was 70, I bailed out and uninstalled. Gave it 2 stars on the Play Store, saw the devs (from the credits) were giving it 5 stars. Hah.

It's so boring. Don't do it.
 

Nightbird

Member
I had that on Steam. Just downloaded the Android version. Fun times.

Edit - ugh - spent $4 and just found out in the troubleshooting that Google Music isn't supported, even if downloaded.

Edit 2 - refunded. :-(

That's strange, I use Google Play Music, and it works!

Or is your music not actually on your device? Because that might explain it
 

CloakBass

Member
So the company I'm interning at is working on bringing our soon-to-be-released mobile game to PC. We just got greenlit on Steam and the response has been a lot stronger than we expected for a game of our type (we're an educational ecology simulator).

I've read a bunch of articles and have solid examples of games that have made the PC-to-mobile transition, but I haven't found many that go the other way. We have a list of what we believe to be best practices, but I'd love some examples to study and see what PC/console gamers did and did not like. Anyone have any?

Particularly useful: clear examples of when things both DID and DID NOT work in the transition.
 
That's strange, I use Google Play Music, and it works!

Or is your music not actually on your device? Because that might explain it

Quite a bit of my music is downloaded. I followed the troubleshooting link they had up and it indicated that Google Play Music can't be used, even if the music is on the device.
 
Quite a bit of my music is downloaded. I followed the troubleshooting link they had up and it indicated that Google Play Music can't be used, even if the music is on the device.
I believe he or she is just using the Google Play Music app to play already locally stored music, which would play in any other music player, unlike pinned/downloaded Play Music tracks that can't be seen by other apps. Unless you have root I guess?
 

Nightbird

Member
I believe he or she is just using the Google Play Music app to play already locally stored music, which would play in any other music player, unlike pinned/downloaded Play Music tracks that can't be seen by other apps. Unless you have root I guess?

Yeah, that's exactly what I am doing :)
 

Tregard

Soothsayer
So I was up to the Maze of spirits in Lara Croft Go and the save file seems to have completely disappeared and I'm back at the entrance, can anyone help me?
 

louiedog

Member
So I was up to the Maze of spirits in Lara Croft Go and the save file seems to have completely disappeared and I'm back at the entrance, can anyone help me?

I think it has a cloud save feature. If you're back at the beginning you could try deleting and redownloading the game because you've got nothing to lose. If you're really lucky perhaps it'll grab your original save.

You may want to wait for other people to suggest something first though as it could wipe out any local save recovery ideas they have.
 

Alo81

Low Poly Gynecologist
I found this thread just so I could ask the same thing. wtf is taking so long to port this game??

They posted on twitter recently that they send the game to Google and Google sent back some changes the developers needed to make in order to be published.

It sounds like overall unfamiliarity with the store and the OS is causing the Android version to lag far behind.
 
Humble Mobile Bundle: Bandai-Namco:
https://www.humblebundle.com/mobile

PWYW tier ($1 min.)
Crush the Castle
Pac-Man Kart Rally
Flight Control

BTA tier
Puzzle Quest 2 (Full Edition)
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Ridge Racer Slipstream (Special Edition)
BirdZapper Special Edition
Mahjong Butterfly
Galaga Special Edition

$5+ tier
Pac-Man CE DX
 

jvm

Gamasutra.
If there are good controllers and a lag-free means to play on a big TV, then this is worth it for Pac-man CE DX. So... controller support?
 

Vorg

Banned
Humble Mobile Bundle: Bandai-Namco:
https://www.humblebundle.com/mobile

PWYW tier ($1 min.)
Crush the Castle
Pac-Man Kart Rally
Flight Control

BTA tier
Puzzle Quest 2 (Full Edition)
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Ridge Racer Slipstream (Special Edition)
+ More next week

$5+ tier
Pac-Man CE DX

Aren't Ridge racer and puzzle quest f2p anyway? I guess this is worth it for a drm free version of Pac-Man ce DX.

Edit: My Google play version of Pac-Man ce DX does support controllers. I guess this version will too.
 
Aren't Ridge racer and puzzle quest f2p anyway? I guess this is worth it for a drm free version of Pac-Man ce DX.

Edit: My Google play version of Pac-Man ce DX does support controllers. I guess this version will too.

If a F2P game is in a Humble Mobile Bundle, it's usually rebalanced so that the microtransactions are eliminated or rendered unnecessary (reducing the cost of items via in-game currency, unlocking everything upfront, etc.).
 

soultron

Banned
Just finished The Room 3 and wanted to drop in and recommend it. It's even better than TR1/2. It's also replayable this time around, with alternate endings depending on how many of the optional puzzles you solve in the "hub" world.
 

linsivvi

Member
Just finished The Room 3 and wanted to drop in and recommend it. It's even better than TR1/2. It's also replayable this time around, with alternate endings depending on how many of the optional puzzles you solve in the "hub" world.

I agree. Fantastic game!
 

Clearos

Member
Recently bought an nvidia shield tablet + controller so looking to get a good collection of games to work on.

1. Minus Gaf is there a good android site that has good coverage of game news? I found a few but no idea if there is a main one that everyone gets their information from.

2. Lots of FPS games, is there one that is the go to for multiplayer?
 

elty

Member
I saw an ad on YouTube about a SRPG that has

3d combat
Fire emblem like map
Anime cut scene

Any idea what it is?
 

louiedog

Member
Anyone know when Downwell is coming to Android?

In about 27 hours.

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