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Tiny Tower |OT| Elevator action, Dream-Jobs & Bitbook updates
- Thread starter mattiewheels
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BlackWaltz
lotta black folks here
Been playing for a couple weeks... I really need to delete this "game" before I get as bad as some people in this thread.
AlphaTwo00
Member
Showed up on my twitter feed:
-Deadpool-
Member
Wow, should have known to check GAF for a thread. Subscribed..
Been playing this since I got my HTC before Christmas, sitting on 99 floors right now. So addicted.
Pretty jealous after I read all the extra stuff the iOS version has got, but hopefully Mobage bring over all the updates soon. Loving it regardless.
Been playing this since I got my HTC before Christmas, sitting on 99 floors right now. So addicted.
Pretty jealous after I read all the extra stuff the iOS version has got, but hopefully Mobage bring over all the updates soon. Loving it regardless.
IndieJones
Member
Has anyone installed Tiny Tower on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1? If I do a search of the Android Market from the tablet itself, Tiny Tower doesn't show up at all.
If I do a search on a PC that the tablet is synced with, it DOES show up in the market place but it tells me it's incompatible with my device, so I can't download it.
Any idea what this could be? Could it possible have to do with the specific carrier I'm on, because it shows up in the compatibility list as a Rogers device.
If I do a search on a PC that the tablet is synced with, it DOES show up in the market place but it tells me it's incompatible with my device, so I can't download it.
Any idea what this could be? Could it possible have to do with the specific carrier I'm on, because it shows up in the compatibility list as a Rogers device.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
How do you guys keep stuff simultaneously fully stocked? Just throw Bux at it to speed it up?
151, so close now.
Try restocking the third item first, it usually lasts enough time for you to restock the second and then the first one. I never use bux to advance stock time unless it's just 1 or 2 hours away and I'm in a dream job/bux-farming hurry with a dream jobber sitting around.How do you guys keep stuff simultaneously fully stocked? Just throw Bux at it to speed it up?
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
How do you guys keep stuff simultaneously fully stocked? Just throw Bux at it to speed it up?
Allow me to blow your mind Ben....for some reason, don't know why, stocking the 2nd and 3rd item in all stores and forgetting about the 1st one will actually bring you more customers and thereby bring the money in a lot faster. Can anyone explain that to me? It works for me, but I don't understand math.
FUCKING HELL. I just posted a rant about Zynga and the damn website fucked up and didn't post it. And pressing Back doesn't work when I typed it in the Quick Reply box. Fuck.
Long story short, bullet points:
Jonathan Blow ranting about Zynga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFu5O-oPmU
Zynga is terrible.
Anonymous needs to target them and take them down.
I don't remember the rest. Fucking hell.
Zynga doesn't create games. They create lab experiments and use people as lab rats to make them money. They're immoral and should have been shut down or sued into oblivion by now. They're the worst game company ever created, even worse than EA, who has been quoted as saying "We don't create games, we create franchises." If I were NimbleBit, I'd contact Apple and prevent the iOS game from being released and then find a lawyer to sue their pants off. All Zynga does is take another persons work, copy it exactly with the only differences being graphics, then put in a monetary system to make money off of it and release it to the sheep on FaceBook and their smart phones who don't realize they're being taken for a ride. At least Tiny Tower was fun and never once asked me to buy Bux. I got all the way to the top without spending any money. But you know what, I would have rather paid NimbleBit for their awesome game than Zynga because I have to in order to get something in the game.
NimbleBit is taking the passive route. But they should really be going after them. Let me guess, Zynga has high priced lawyers on hand to shoot anyone down who doesn't like what they're doing. Fuck you Zynga.
Long story short, bullet points:
Jonathan Blow ranting about Zynga: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqFu5O-oPmU
Zynga is terrible.
Anonymous needs to target them and take them down.
I don't remember the rest. Fucking hell.
Zynga doesn't create games. They create lab experiments and use people as lab rats to make them money. They're immoral and should have been shut down or sued into oblivion by now. They're the worst game company ever created, even worse than EA, who has been quoted as saying "We don't create games, we create franchises." If I were NimbleBit, I'd contact Apple and prevent the iOS game from being released and then find a lawyer to sue their pants off. All Zynga does is take another persons work, copy it exactly with the only differences being graphics, then put in a monetary system to make money off of it and release it to the sheep on FaceBook and their smart phones who don't realize they're being taken for a ride. At least Tiny Tower was fun and never once asked me to buy Bux. I got all the way to the top without spending any money. But you know what, I would have rather paid NimbleBit for their awesome game than Zynga because I have to in order to get something in the game.
NimbleBit is taking the passive route. But they should really be going after them. Let me guess, Zynga has high priced lawyers on hand to shoot anyone down who doesn't like what they're doing. Fuck you Zynga.
DangerousDave
Member
There is no way. A lot of iOS games should have to go out (and the funny part is that a lot of them are Farmville clones). Think in all the space invaders clone, jump clones, canabalt clones, time management clones, arkanoid clones and games that follow the exact same formula as a previous game.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
bbbbsssshhhhhhhhhh
*mindblown*
I shall try it. I only got like 10 floors and I hate coming back to any closed stores.
I would always stock the items backwards (3, 2, 1). The third items would always last a long time due to their huge stock, but I would have to restock the first item fairly often. The benefit to doing that is that it increases your chances of getting the bonus bux for fully stocking your stores.
http://kotaku.com/5879441/tiny-tower-rips-off-a-flash-gameand-simtower
Some idiot tried to say TinyTower ripped off other games as well. As the comments point out, there's a huge difference between a game that bears a passing resemblance to games the developer may or may not have ever played or heard of, and a company releasing a game that is exactly the same game with a different art style right down to how things are laid out and how they work.
Seriously. Tiny Tower looks and plays nothing like Sim Tower, nor does it feel anything like Corporation Inc. However Dream Heights is THE EXACT SAME FUCKING GAME AS TINY TOWER with a different more Zynga-y art style.
Some idiot tried to say TinyTower ripped off other games as well. As the comments point out, there's a huge difference between a game that bears a passing resemblance to games the developer may or may not have ever played or heard of, and a company releasing a game that is exactly the same game with a different art style right down to how things are laid out and how they work.
Seriously. Tiny Tower looks and plays nothing like Sim Tower, nor does it feel anything like Corporation Inc. However Dream Heights is THE EXACT SAME FUCKING GAME AS TINY TOWER with a different more Zynga-y art style.
I upgraded all my floors so that the 1-coin item took a minimum of 1 hour to stock. This made it so I had to update them far less and get more coinage back in the process.
dakkumauji
Member
So it looks like the android version got updated with upgrading floors, naming floors, costumes and I guess whatever else the iOS version had.
More hours I'll lose to this now. Fuuu, with a faster elevator too?
More hours I'll lose to this now. Fuuu, with a faster elevator too?
-Deadpool-
Member
Been costuming up my Bitizens for the last half-hour haha.. So cool.
I thought I was doing well with ~450 Bux saved up.. Then I see the new elevator. 499 Bux! Holy shit..
Yeah...at least dream jobs give you 2 bux now like the iOS version. Makes it much easier to save up.
http://towers.nimblebit.com/158225401
finally free from the clutches of tiny tower!
until the next update
-Deadpool-
Member
Really liking that change. Makes a lot of sense now to throw people into 'dream jobs' before you evict them for example.
I'm liking the floor upgrades, expecially on the Food floors. So much better having longer restocking periods on some of those. Woke up this morning to ~540,000 coin! And promptly started floor 111.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I'm still at 132 floors, but I keep realizing that I'll never catch up to guys with 155+
Has anyone built 200 yet?
Has anyone built 200 yet?
According to the Game Center leaderboard, the record is 7,005 floors. I assume that's the result of an exploit.
-Deadpool-
Member
Boy this game starts running like shiiiiiiit on 120+ floors.
Seems to become a slideshow after I've opened the Bitizens list, or the Assign Jobs list..
Seems to become a slideshow after I've opened the Bitizens list, or the Assign Jobs list..
paparazzo
Member
Well, after only five days and 16 floors, I think I'm finished with this game. I thought it was great at first and was somewhat addicted and thought I'd be playing for a while, but it really doesn't feel like a game as much as it feels like work. Even stocking things and then closing the app to work/browse gaf/etc feels like a chore because things run out pretty quick so I have to remember to come back to it or leave on notifications, eff that. It's a neat concept, but it lacks something to hook the player.
-Deadpool-
Member
Hit 499 Tower Bux last night, promptly bought the Infini-Lift Lightspeed elevator. Holy crap that thing is awesome! I wasn't prepared for the complete night-and-day change from the gold elevator, almost instant deliveries now! And getting to my top floors is super quick now, I'm back to delivering people around again.
From 499 Tower Bux, to 0. It hurts man.
Don't realise how much you use them when you have them too. Populating residential floors, speeding up the odd delivery before bed, upgrading a floor here and there..
From 499 Tower Bux, to 0. It hurts man.
Don't realise how much you use them when you have them too. Populating residential floors, speeding up the odd delivery before bed, upgrading a floor here and there..
I bet Zynga tried to buy Tiny Tower and was turned down. Glad though because they would have ruined the game. So instead they did the other thing Zynga is good for. They copied 95% of its design and added 5% of their own look to make people think it's different.
I hope their version fails big time. I wish Zynga would get in legal trouble and have to shut down. They're the worst thing to happen to gaming since the video game crash in the 80's.
I hope their version fails big time. I wish Zynga would get in legal trouble and have to shut down. They're the worst thing to happen to gaming since the video game crash in the 80's.
haha wow, i didn't even read/notice that, just went blindly ahead and completeted it. awesome.
I haven't check recently, but they are focused on their new game so it may be awhile. To me, the Zynga crap would make me want to update my game and keep it moving though so maybe soon? Dunno.
Zynga did try to buy them. They said this and that they passed. So at least they attempted to purchase before the blatant ripoff.
-Deadpool-
Member
Got the "downloading new content" thing again this morning (Android), but had a good look around and couldn't see anything had changed. No costumes, still haven't got the missions, so maybe they just added the floors from 1.5 or something.
Still isn't running any better, so it's not been optimised at all. 137 floors now.
Still isn't running any better, so it's not been optimised at all. 137 floors now.
OccamsBlender
Member
I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair when I saw Beware of Dog on my mission list! My tower is only 50 floors and I'm totally addicted. I love thinking up of little uniforms for each store to make it easier to find people.
I've got a Japanese iTunes account, can I add non-JP friends?
I've got a Japanese iTunes account, can I add non-JP friends?
TunaMarshmallow
Member
Do we have any sense of whether they're planning to release an update at some point? I've joined the ranks of the 153ers and I'm looking forward to more content.
(Why am I playing this "game"? What the fuck is wrong with me? Can someone help me? Please?)
(Why am I playing this "game"? What the fuck is wrong with me? Can someone help me? Please?)
TunaMarshmallow
Member
Has the addiction died for everyone else?! Where is my update?! ARARGHG?!!?!?
Taco_Human
Member
I couldn't play this before because you needed an Internet connection with the Android version but now I pay for it so I may give it a try...
-Deadpool-
Member
145 floors (max for Android version at this stage), 270 Bitizens. 270 Dream Jobs.
Feels good man.
Already put another 3 floors on so far in prep for the next update.
Feels good man.
Already put another 3 floors on so far in prep for the next update.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Update time, new floors! No info past that for now, though...
toythatkills
Member
Has anyone built more than eight floors? It doesn't actually say how many new floors there are, but I don't want to build beyond eight in case I'm stuck with an empty floor for eternity!