App-a-Day #4: Tumblecaps
by Dave Calabrese · 06/16/2009 (1:32 pm) · 6 comments
App-a-Day 4 got to be rather interesting. You may have noticed it's a bit late - by almost 2 days! So what happened? On Sunday, I was working on a new game, and got quite far in it. However, but Sunday night, I realized that the game needed a bit more 'oomph' to really have the quality and fun bar that I was trying to reach in that really short amount of time. So, I opted to push it forward into Monday. As I worked on it Monday, I realized I had a game with quite a lot of depth - though it would need a few days more work to really be solid. So, already a day late, I opted to shelve that game and return to it after the App-a-Day project so I can have a few days to complete it.
Monday night I sat around thinking, "I want to do a game with bottlecaps". After about an hour of staring at pictures of bottlecaps and at my wall (the wall gives me game ideas), I came up with Tumblecaps.
Tumblecaps is a frantic fast-paced game where you have to tap like-caps to create chains, then tap a different cap to turn in the chain and start a new one. The bigger the chain, the more the multipler. But you have to be fast - the Soda Bar at the top of the screen is constantly draining, and only refills when you turn in a cap chain. As you progress and your score increases, the draining of the Soda Bar becomes faster and faster! Try and store big chains and collect them when you need them, and stock up on hourglasses which slow down the Soda Bar for 4 seconds, because when it gets fast, it moves REALLY fast!
My best score so far is 29,100. Who can beat me? Reply to this with your scores and photos of the score screen!
I feel this app has a lot of potential. This is one of the ones I am really looking forward to revisiting after App-a-Day and put a few days of polish on and rerelease it, probably as "Tumblecaps 2" or something.
Learn more about the App-a-Day Project at app-a-day.blogspot.com
Monday night I sat around thinking, "I want to do a game with bottlecaps". After about an hour of staring at pictures of bottlecaps and at my wall (the wall gives me game ideas), I came up with Tumblecaps.
Tumblecaps is a frantic fast-paced game where you have to tap like-caps to create chains, then tap a different cap to turn in the chain and start a new one. The bigger the chain, the more the multipler. But you have to be fast - the Soda Bar at the top of the screen is constantly draining, and only refills when you turn in a cap chain. As you progress and your score increases, the draining of the Soda Bar becomes faster and faster! Try and store big chains and collect them when you need them, and stock up on hourglasses which slow down the Soda Bar for 4 seconds, because when it gets fast, it moves REALLY fast!
My best score so far is 29,100. Who can beat me? Reply to this with your scores and photos of the score screen!
I feel this app has a lot of potential. This is one of the ones I am really looking forward to revisiting after App-a-Day and put a few days of polish on and rerelease it, probably as "Tumblecaps 2" or something.
Learn more about the App-a-Day Project at app-a-day.blogspot.com
#2
06/16/2009 (2:56 pm)
Bacons are a strong source of win (and your full weekly dose of cholesterol in a single serving). I suspect bacon may make a comeback in something before this App-a-Day project is over... 
#3
06/17/2009 (9:35 am)
App-a-day is a cool concept and I wish you much luck. I'm a big believer in getting things done and learning from iteration, so I like what you're doing. Though I should note that Mini Chess does have a bottlecap theme. ;)
#4
06/17/2009 (1:35 pm)
@Chris - Woah, it does have a bottlecap theme! I did a search for 'bottlecap' in the app store and the chess game did not come up (actually, nothing comes up when I search for 'bottlecap')... we should both change that! :)
#5
06/17/2009 (3:57 pm)
@Dave - Yup. Actually, many people say that's their favorite theme. It's interesting that you brought up bottlecaps because I've had a game idea tucked in the back of my mind that uses them. Maybe I'll have to squeeze that project in somewhere.
#6
06/17/2009 (4:09 pm)
@Chris: Do it! Bottlecaps are awesome!! 
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