[APP][UPDATED 2009/01/03 v0.8.1] G-Invaders (tilt-sensor and nav-sensor game)

[ageye]

Hi,

I proudly announce my next game for devices which have a tilt sensor: G-Invaders. Like Caver (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=410178) it uses the tilt sensor to steer the ship and nav sensor (scroll wheel to shoot missiles/bombs).

If you have ideas, which are not on my todo list, please post them here. Thanks!

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(Thanks to hdblog.it for the screenshots!)

Game instructions
- Steer the ship by moving the PocketPC (uses tilt sensor)
- Fire missiles by rotating the "scroll wheel" (aka navsensor) anti clockwise
- Fire bombs by rotating the scroll whell clockwise until the polygon around the ship is closed (screenshots will follow or just try it)
- collect weapon upgrades to get better weapons
- collect shild upgrades to repair your ship
- receive new bombs every 500 points
- receive extra lives every 25 shield upgrades
- receive a helper ship every 10 weapon upgrades
- the helper ship fires and collects by itself...
- if you fire a bomb you won't get points or upgrades for the aliens which are killed by the bomb. you also get -100 points. so use it only if you need to...
- if you fire a missile you get -1 points. so don't fire them blindly.
- Online Highscore List at www.ageye.de (http://www.ageye.de)
- have fun and respect my work (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=joerg%40jomagese%2ede&item_name=Respect%20my%20work%20%3b%2d%29&item_number=xdadev_ginv&no_shipping=1&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=EUR&lc=DE&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)!

Changelog:
http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=ginv/changelog

Donations so far:
http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=donations
Thanks to all who have donated

If you like the game, support it by submitting bugs (just pm me/post them here), by suggesting features or by donating (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=joerg%40jomagese%2ede&item_name=Respect%20my%20work%20%3b%2d%29&item_number=xdadev_ginv&no_shipping=1&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=EUR&lc=DE&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)... THANKS

I hope you like it!
ageye

Download

from ageye.de: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download



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[kultus]

amazing man...some things I noticed:
-gsensor could by more responsive more sensible
- when Im destroyed no window GAME OVER and I dont know if it will be another round or end aliens are still there no plane
-some lifes would be necessary and score ofcourse
-oh and it lags sometimes...but still hot game in future keep working

[Narco77]

very nice ! we need more of those !
not very smooth, though. But it's just the beginning I guess !

[irus]

Hi,

I proudly announce my next game for the Diamond: G-Invaders. Like Caver (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=410178) it uses the tilt sensor to steer the ship.

I came to the idea as I saw an example on MSDN - so this is just an adapted game, but I will update and extend it soon...

This is just a preview version... That means, there are no features like score, lives, upgrades, etc. If you have ideas, which are not on my todo list, please post them here. Thanks!

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Todo List:
- Count score + Highscore list + Online Highscore list
- Weapon and shield upgrades
- Aliens can shoot
- Ship has more than just one life
- Show ship damage
- Make some levels, more enemies
- Use of the scroll wheel to apply special shields/bombs
- Calibration of tilt sensor

Changelog:
0.1
- First release

Donations so far:
nothing received yet ;)

If you like the game, support it by submitting bugs (just pm me/post them here), by suggesting features or by donating (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=joerg%40jomagese%2ede&item_name=Respect%20my%20work%20%3b%2d%29&item_number=xdadev_ginv&no_shipping=1&no_note=1&tax=0&currency_code=EUR&lc=DE&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)... THANKS

I hope you like it!
ageye

does this have the calibration option like the other game

[pinele]

a new best G-Invaders video!! http://www.hdblog.it/mobile/?p=406

[sandervanzijl]

i prefer not to shoot at the enterprise. maybe you can switch the ships around ;-)

[phillipxenxciel]

ha~! i knew it~~didnt work in my Omnia~~

[gadmanz]

Thanks waiting to see the full rel...;)

[ageye]

New version online

I decided to release the 0.2 version now although I couldn't work through the whole todo list. But I added lots of features which make it more playable than the first version so I think you'll have more fun with it!

There is still no highscore list because the next big step will be the creation of more and better levels. It wouldn't make sense to have highscore now recorded which will not be valid in the next version(s).
Therefore there is also no "Game over" sign, but I think you know when you have no more lives left ;-)

The lives are displayed on the lower right corner, on the top of the lives there is the current damage of the ship displayed... On the left side you can see your current score and how many shots you can make.

Please test it and report me how you like it. If you have any ideas which I don't have on my todo list, post them here, too...
THANK YOU!

And by the way: If someone could make some cool ingame screenshots I would be very glad!

[ageye]

new screenshots online...

these screenshots are from the next version which I will release soon (thanks to pinele from hdblog.it)

I finished 5 of 10 galaxies (35 of 70 levels)... Stay tuned!

[KukurikU]

wow! impressed! thank you and keep up the good work!

[ageye]

New version online

Big Update!!!

Changes and game instruction:

Game instructions
- Steer the ship by moving the diamond (uses tilt sensor)
- Fire missiles by rotating the "scroll wheel" (aka navsensor) anti clockwise
- Fire bombs by rotating the scroll whell clockwise until the polygon around the ship is closed (screenshots will follow or just try it)
- collect weapon upgrades to get better weapons
- collect shild upgrades to repair your ship
- receive new bombs every 500 points
- receive extra lives every 25 shield upgrades
- receive a helper ship every 10 weapon upgrades
- the helper ship fires and collects by itself...
- if you fire a bomb you won't get points or upgrades for the aliens which are killed by the bomb. you also get -100 points. so use it only if you need to...
- if you fire a missile you get -1 points. so don't fire them blindly.
- have fun and respect my work!


Changes
- Biiiiiig Update
- Finished all levels (70 levels in 10 galaxies!!)
- Added more enemies (still need 1 or 2)
- Added use of scroll wheel (aka NavSensor)
- Added bombs which destroy all visible aliens (except final opponents of each galaxy)
- Added extra life every 25 Shields upgrades
- Added helper ship every 10 Weapon upgrades (helper ship shoots at enemies, screenshots will follow)
- Added highscore list (online highscore is already implemented but not working yet)
- Added sounds (not all yet finished)
- Added 4 different difficulty levels
- Reduced lagging (if it still lags, try disabling sound - if it's still lagging then, try soft resetting the diamond or deactivate background software)


have fun and report bugs, ideas, etc ;-)

[KukurikU]

now, that's a real game...sounds, scores...everything!
thanks....great, great work!

[Trem]

You are so gonna get me in trouble at work lol

Brilliant! Hooked already. :)

[iliescu902]

amaizing job. well done :)

[ageye]

New version online! v0.4!

Changes:
You can save and load now...

The game has now nearly reached final state, so please report me if you find any bugs. Thanks!

[ageye]

had to re upload v0.4 because of a small bug! please re download!

[Furbious]

Damn fine game, nice work :)

[Sleehond]

This game is AWESOME!

Thanks man, you are great :D

[vmakkad1982]

awesome man:)
gr8 work!!

[ceevee369]

If donations don't come in, just try to sell it to a vendor. (unless you're doing this as a hobby -and for the sake of the community) :)

dob't get me wrong, but many Gsen applic's - games are no made or under construction, so plenty of people hope for small donations :p

I have no time to play around, though ..
success further on - hope your game hits the "best of" one day!

[surur]

Video of the game here:
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=741

Could touching the navi-wheel not be used as a fire-button instead of spinning, which is pretty difficult to do when you are also maneuvering around?

Surur

[ageye]

If donations don't come in, just try to sell it to a vendor. (unless you're doing this as a hobby -and for the sake of the community) :)

dob't get me wrong, but many Gsen applic's - games are no made or under construction, so plenty of people hope for small donations :p

I have no time to play around, though ..
success further on - hope your game hits the "best of" one day!

well, propably I won't sell it (because I don't know any vendor ;-))
I wanted to keep it free because I thought that at least someone would donate me a cup of coffee or s.th.
But until now nothing happens... this is a bit disappointing. Don't get me wrong! I do this for the community but I thought I get something back...

[surur]

well, propably I won't sell it (because I don't know any vendor ;-))
I wanted to keep it free because I thought that at least someone would donate me a cup of coffee or s.th.
But until now nothing happens... this is a bit disappointing. Don't get me wrong! I do this for the community but I thought I get something back...

Thats sad. Let me be the first then, as this game is certainly approaching commercial quality. 5 euros sent your way.

Any chance of getting touching the naviwheel to shoot then ;)

Surur

[ageye]

Thats sad. Let me be the first then, as this game is certainly approaching commercial quality. 5 euros sent your way.

Any chance of getting touching the naviwheel to shoot then ;)

Surur

:) THANK YOU!!! :)

I just don't understand 100% your question: do you mean that you fire missiles by just touching the navwheel?

If so, I have to say no, this is not (yet) possible because I only receive rotations to the left or right from the nav sensor...

[surur]

I just don't understand 100% your question: do you mean that you fire missiles by just touching the navwheel?

If so, I have to say no, this is not (yet) possible because I only receive rotations to the left or right from the nav sensor...

Yes, thats what I mean. If thats the case (and I know Koush Dutta is saying the same thing) how about mapping it to the actual hard D-pad (up for example)

Surur

[ageye]

Yes, thats what I mean. If thats the case (and I know Koush Dutta is saying the same thing) how about mapping it to the actual hard D-pad (up for example)

Surur
In the version 0.1 I had mapped the firing to the D-pad but it seemed to lag awfully...
If you wish I can make an option for the next version wether to use D-pad or Navwheel to fire...

[lightman3dd]

In the version 0.1 I had mapped the firing to the D-pad but it seemed to lag awfully...
If you wish I can make an option for the next version wether to use D-pad or Navwheel to fire...

An option to choose how to fire missiles could be very great!...a CupOfCoffee for you sent ;-)

[mikil]

It would be great to be able to watch the highscore list from the main menu :)

finished the game...7892 is my score

[ageye]

An option to choose how to fire missiles could be very great!...a CupOfCoffee for you sent ;-)

Thank you so much!

I'll add the option soon

[irus]

In the version 0.1 I had mapped the firing to the D-pad but it seemed to lag awfully...
If you wish I can make an option for the next version wether to use D-pad or Navwheel to fire...

yes please do this i love this game but i have the x7500 and when you switched to the navwheel i can no longer fire. i was thinking you press the dpad down to fire standard weapon and press right to fire bomb.... thanks so much for this game

[ageye]

New version online! v0.5!

Now it is possible to fire with D-Pad (up: missile, down: bombs)
Have fun with it!

[irus]

New version online! v0.5!

Now it is possible to fire with D-Pad (up: missile, down: bombs)
Have fun with it!

thanks so much

[ageye]

Online Highscore List available
under http://www.ageye.de

Finally, you can submit your highscore to the official G-Invaders online highscore list under www.ageye.de (http://www.ageye.de)

This will only work for version 0.6 or above which you can download in a few minutes from here or from the homepage named above! Have fun and play fair!

[jamesd256]

I really love this game.

I'm not obsessed with playing for hours, but I appreciate it as part of a new wave of playable games on the mobile platform.

There is some activity on the FPSECE project, so I think we can finally expect version 0.10 to arrive.

I would love to find the time to develop a plugin for mapping the gsensor to analog joystick inputs to FPSECE!

Anyway, 10 euros sent.

[ageye]

Thank you so much for donating!i'm glad that you like the game!
I'll add you to the donation list after my vacation.
By the way:what is FPSECE?

[SkizZO]

I really love this game.

I'm not obsessed with playing for hours, but I appreciate it as part of a new wave of playable games on the mobile platform.

There is some activity on the FPSECE project, so I think we can finally expect version 0.10 to arrive.

I would love to find the time to develop a plugin for mapping the gsensor to analog joystick inputs to FPSECE!

Anyway, 10 euros sent.

WoW! where can i follow the development?

FPSECE is a playstation emulator.

[marco.catelli]

wow, at the beginning I thought it was a simple game made as a coding training, but after a while, when I get used with the tilt and nav-sensor it became very very very exciting.
Now I'm playing it very much, I like it. Graphics aren't so beautiful, but this is his main good feature: a simple game but VERY funny!
Compliments, I'm looking for you to develope a new game, you're really good!
I'll donate something!

[marco.catelli]

5 Euros sent!

[Mr.Sir]

Does it work with the HTC Touch Pro? I suppose so but better safe than sorry. :)

[ageye]

Does it work with the HTC Touch Pro? I suppose so but better safe than sorry. :)

try it and tell me

[Mr.Sir]

I don´t want to permanently hang my device by trying untested stuff. But maybe a soft reset would fix software errors?

[ageye]

I can promise it but I'm sure that G-Invaders will not freeze your device...

[ageye]

New version online: 0.7

Omnia users: Listen!

Koushik Dutta (http://www.koushikdutta.com/) extended his SDK to access other tilt sensors.
Therefore I could implement the support at least for Samsung Omnia (probably also other devices)
I can't test it because I don't have an Omnia - Please test it and report me if it works! Thank you

Changelog: http://www.ageye.de/?s=ginv/changelog
Download: http://www.ageye.de/?s=download

[xacsx]

plz add an option to change the firebutton on this device. it has no dpad or scrollwheel, only volume-slider, cam and web'n'walk.

[flaviocc]

Hi guys...

Very nice, but I have a ELF touch.

Anybody knows if work on it ? Or if have any space invaders for touch, u can play by touch the screen ???

I did a search and don´t find......

Great job !!!!

Fcc

[del4]

Fun little game that is quite addictive! Just got my Touch Pro and was surprised to see so few games out that utilize the g-sensor, but luckily came across your games while checking out GAlarm (another good app). Your website is also quite nice and I really like the online high score lists. A little competition is always a good thing, right? ;)

About the only thing missing is a help option explaining the scoring. For example, I didn't realize that I lost a point for every missile I shot! :eek: Definitely makes it more challenging than your typical shooter game...

Thanks for the fun and a small donation has been made to show my appreciation.

[del4]

Does it work with the HTC Touch Pro? I suppose so but better safe than sorry. :)

Yes, I can attest that it works great on the Touch Pro!

[del4]

In addition to my request for a page explaining the scoring, I would like to see the following minor changes:

- pause function accessible from the center d-pad instead of tapping on screen (just seems more natural)
- some way of knowing how much more damage must be inflicted upon the different aliens (for example, so we don't use a bomb when just one or two more missiles would be enough)

[jamesd256]

Sorry ageye, this is off topic but:

By the way:what is FPSECE?

http://fpsece.net/

and

http://fpsece.net/forum/


WoW! where can i follow the development?

I will update this forum if make any progress.

At the moment, I've got as far as building some gsensor test apps. The FPSECE devs say that you will be able to easily write plug ins.

To be honest, I'm hoping someone else will develop some kick ass gsensor apps suitable for g-enabling existing games/emus. Gcontroller and gremote have come close but nothing yet that works for gaming how it should.

Any takers? ageye? :)

[hklcf]

thanks for share, thats great :)

[Beards]

It would be nice if support for the Touch HD could be implemented.

Besides the screen size, the other main problem is going to be with firing!

Beards

[texasez]

how do you get the d pad to work on the touch pro?
The sensor moves the ship but i cannot get the missles and bombs to work.
Larry

[ageye]

New version released: v0.8

It finally offers a better support for WQVGA/WVGA devices. Also you can now switch between three fire modes:
scroll wheel, dpad (which are only available on the diamond) and softkeys (for all devices with no dpad)

Changelog: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=ginv/changelog
Download: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download


Have fun with it!

[taurusmillenium]

Having a lot of issues with the new version...
Using an Omnia and wasn't able to shoot the bomb using the d-pad so was glad I could with the soft keys, but now there is serious lag and the game crashes very often...
Hope you get it fixed, because I love this app!
If the program makes a log file or something and you need it, just ask...

Greets,

Peejee

[ageye]

Having a lot of issues with the new version...
Using an Omnia and wasn't able to shoot the bomb using the d-pad so was glad I could with the soft keys, but now there is serious lag and the game crashes very often...
Hope you get it fixed, because I love this app!
If the program makes a log file or something and you need it, just ask...

Greets,

Peejee

can you please make a screenshot of the error details e.g. with mymobiler and post it here
thank you

[taurusmillenium]

There you go...

greets,

peejee

[ageye]

New version released: 0.8.1

Bug (which is described above) fixed -> Thanks to taurusmillennium

Download: http://www.ageye.de/index.php?s=download

[N!ghty]

as mentioned before i would love to play this on my touch hd =D
resolution seems to already work fine but maybe there should be an option to map the volume keys (others might be hard i guess) or a simple press on the screen to fire
would be awesome! :cool:

[ageye]

as mentioned before i would love to play this on my touch hd =D
resolution seems to already work fine but maybe there should be an option to map the volume keys (others might be hard i guess) or a simple press on the screen to fire
would be awesome! :cool:

Options -> Software buttons

[N!ghty]

thanks :D works fine with the new version :)

[ageye]

Announcement: Please read

Dear users,
we made a fantastically way which started here. In the great community of xda-developers.com
I love this forum and its user but unfortunately after over 3000 posts about my software (yeah!!) it has become soooo hard to reply to all of your questions / ideas / bug reports because one topic per tool is just confusing...

That's why I uploaded my own forum to my server and I recommend you to post your problems / ideas there. There is more space for it and I'll be there more often!

Thank you for everything! I hope you understand this decision and I'll see you over there!

Some of you know me and my tools since the beginning and support my way through all ups and downs. I need some moderators over there who keep the forum clean and move the posts to the right locations. If you're interested, just register and pm me.

If I ever release a new tool, this community will be the first to know ;)


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ageye

[kareeem]

Thread closed per OP request.