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Power Hover [ANDROID][FREE] Hoverboarding robots!

Discussion in 'Made With Unity' started by 4s4, Feb 10, 2016.

  1. 4s4

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    HOVERBOARDS & ROBOTS!
    Power Hover is an action game about hoverboarding robots! It was first released on iOS in December, now it's on Android.
    FREE TO TRY!
    You can play through 8 first levels including first boss level of the game.
    Unlock the game with a one time in App purchase. Have fun!

    Metacritic for iOS version stand at 86%, players have rated the game 4.5+/5.
    few quotes from reviewers:
    “Marty McFly would certainly approve” - The Guardian
    “Power Hover grabs hold and never lets go” - Stuff.tv
    “The simple visuals are some of the best I've seen this year” - Pocketgamer
    “Practically begs you to hit the replay button” - 148apps
    “The physics and gameplay are awesome” - Duuro.net


    >>>>GOOGLE PLAY LINK<<<<





    >>>also on iOS!<<<
     
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  2. 4s4

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    Here's something fun we did today evening while refreshing the internet :D
    WebGL Diorama
    Small Interactive WebGL Diorama out of that Android promo picture I posted earlier, check it out, it's pretty RAD!
     
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  3. HotPhone

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    I like that game.
     
  4. jmarquiso

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    This looks awesome.
     
  5. zoran404

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    It looks like you put a lot of effort into it :)
     
  6. 4s4

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    Hey thanks! Pretty good start on Google Play: (217 players ratings: average 4.5>) :)

    BTW. Game is also out on iOS since last December, here's iOS thread
     
  7. qiqette

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    Do this game use custom shaders?
    By the way, it's amazing and i wish you the best :D
     
  8. 4s4

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    Many thanks!

    Most of the game uses same shared "mainmaterial" which is just 32x32 unlit texture for colors.

    On top of that we are using few custom shaders here and there, mainly unlit texture + something extra on top. For example in the Orca screen above There's a custom altitudefog shader visible.
     
  9. 4s4

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    More footage from the upcoming content update:
     
  10. undyingwill

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    Glad to see one successful game out there made with unity (this one is first from past year). Good work!
     
  11. 4s4

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    Seeing the responses from the players and some early the financial data.
    We decided to get rid of the ads, and change the game into Free To try(basically shareware model), now you can play the first chapter of the game for free without ads. To access rest of the game you can unlock the game with (2.99). (if you bought the remove ads iAP earlier that also grants full access to the game, or same thing if you managed to get far enough with watching ads). Lets see how this model works!
     
  12. Sabathius

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    Say hello to the next Sonic. This looks fun-as-hell!
     
  13. undyingwill

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    Is possible to make in next update these lasers to leave traces on the ground? Like black trace and burning effect.
     
  14. 4s4

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    Not a bad idea, I've actually done few test for burn effect like that, but haven't yet figured a way to make it efficient enough. Maybe static texture planes could be solution for lasers that repeat same tracks. Need to think about it :)
     
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    Thanks for those, first plug-in gave me an idea how to do it.

    It's just that we have A LOT of lasers firing at the same time! It could be cool, but it also could be too demanding for older devices. We'll see :)
     
  17. undyingwill

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    You are right about demanding. Before spend dollars in store try some similar effect for free and check FPS before and after you put it.
    Even if you don't put that fire effect, the game is still YEY :), but i've noticed that after every uploaded update more people are downloading the app. Maybe when you upload new update, your game is shown for a range of time in first pages, so don't forget to update it often. :)

    EDIT: BTW just saw your game info in google play and saw that your last actualisation were on 22 february, but you forgot to write what was included in this version. After every update you must raise the number ( like 1 to 1.1) and write description of what is new in this update. ( can be just "fix". :)
     
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    yeah about that, we had a bit of persistent problem/bug with a third party plugin and had to do multible really quick updates in a row. So we decided to leave the update comments empty(dunno if it was wise).
    Anyways, I think we finally got the bug fixed, from now on we will update bit more scarcely and we will definitly use the "whats new in update" feature :)

    Here's new gif from the content update(few more weeks before its out):

    Exploring deep waters!
     
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    We got featured by Google Play this week! That's pretty amazing :)

    We are also almost done with update, little tweaking and testing left.
     
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    Power Hover 1.5.0 is finally out on Android as well.

    Hoverboarding adventure continues with all new fourth chapter! Conquer the snowy landscape, spiral your way in deep underwater tunnels and ride in the sky!

    NEW STUFF
    • All new fourth chapter (6 normal levels, 1 endless boss level)
    • New character to unlock
    • New Snow, Planet & Underwater themes

    IMPROVEMENTS
    • performance issues
    • battery placements
    • adjusted difficulty curve
     
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