Biozombie is out
by Eyal Erez · in iTorque 2D · 11/06/2009 (1:38 am) · 16 replies
My Halloween game is finally out.. unfortunately a few days too late :(
But if you like zombies it's never too late.
How often do you get to play a vegetarian zombie that is getting chased by a bunch of rednecks that live in a trailer?
I'd like to thank all of you guys in the forum, irc and GG that are constantly helping us out. You know who I'm talking about ;)
itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335413328&mt=8
But if you like zombies it's never too late.
How often do you get to play a vegetarian zombie that is getting chased by a bunch of rednecks that live in a trailer?
I'd like to thank all of you guys in the forum, irc and GG that are constantly helping us out. You know who I'm talking about ;)
itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=335413328&mt=8
#2
11/06/2009 (10:13 am)
Congratulations! How long did it take Apple to approve it?
#3
11/06/2009 (10:42 am)
3.5 weeks, but it was mostly my fault. a week after I submit it originally I had to reject the application and resubmit with new keywords. you can't use brands in your keywords. I had pacman. 
#4
11/06/2009 (10:46 am)
congrats on the release! I will be downloading it soon.
#5
I'll download it as soon as I get back, nice work.
11/06/2009 (10:51 am)
So 2.5 weeks, that's not too bad compared to some that I've seen. I'll download it as soon as I get back, nice work.
#6
11/06/2009 (11:45 am)
Congratulations! Now Apple should hurry up with the other ones. 
#7
11/06/2009 (2:58 pm)
Ha! I love the look and play style. I'll definitely download this one tonight. :) 
#8
Did you use TGB's a-star path finding for Biozombie?
Astro Bugz runs great with all the flashy graphics on my 3g. Any tips to get this kind of performance?
Congratz.
11/06/2009 (4:31 pm)
Bought Biozombie and also bought your other game Astro Bugz last night. I"m really enjoying both games!Did you use TGB's a-star path finding for Biozombie?
Astro Bugz runs great with all the flashy graphics on my 3g. Any tips to get this kind of performance?
Congratz.
#9
Biozombie does use the built in A* that comes with TGB.
For Astro Bugz, my biggest performance tips, would be pooling.
Making new objects would suck up all your performance. so I actually allocate all the objects that I need for each level when the level loads and I never create new ones. a good example would be the split bomb powerup. at the beginning of each level I create 12 fireballs, and each split powerups would use 4 of them to a max of 12.
11/06/2009 (4:41 pm)
Glad to hear you enjoy them.Biozombie does use the built in A* that comes with TGB.
For Astro Bugz, my biggest performance tips, would be pooling.
Making new objects would suck up all your performance. so I actually allocate all the objects that I need for each level when the level loads and I never create new ones. a good example would be the split bomb powerup. at the beginning of each level I create 12 fireballs, and each split powerups would use 4 of them to a max of 12.
#11
My username is eyalfx
11/06/2009 (6:38 pm)
Did you approved Open Feint? I'd love to see your score.My username is eyalfx
#12
11/07/2009 (3:31 pm)
I like Biozombie. Downloaded it and will recommend it to a friend. As an aside, how did you capture such smooth video of Astro Bugs? All screen-cap programs I use have poor framerates.
#14
11/07/2009 (4:15 pm)
@Chris: I can recommend Screenflick if you want a good capture program for Mac.
#15
11/07/2009 (4:28 pm)
Okay, will look at both. I have tried the demo of FRAPS but it didn't like the funky 480x320 resolution.
#16
11/07/2009 (9:21 pm)
Screenflick has shortcuts specifically to capture the iPhone simulator. Instant win. 
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