[GAME][2.3+] BallMaze! (Material Puzzle Game, Google Play Game Services, Mutiplayer!)

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oprisnik

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Hello everybody!

I would like to present you my Android game - BallMaze.

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BallMaze is a fun and addicting puzzle game.
You have to get the ball on a target field by rolling it through an unlimited number of challenging mazes.


The rules are simple:
The ball rolls until it hits an obstacle. Blocking fields have different colors and you can select which color blocks the ball.
Different game modes include real-time multiplayer challenges as well as singleplayer fun.
No worries - a tutorial will guide you through the first levels!


Google Play Game Services integration!
Sign in with your Google account to sync your scores and stars between all your devices!
Achievements and leaderboards - share your progress with your friends and try to climb the leaderboards.
Thanks to Cloud Save, your progress will be synced between all your devices and between all editions of BallMaze (Lite and Unlimited).


Real-time Multiplayer: Challenge your friends and see who is the best!
There are two different multiplayer modes available: 1v1 Challenge and 5 wins.
- In 1v1 Challenge, you have to solve 5 levels in a row. The first one to solve all levels, wins.
- In 5 wins, you can play with up to three friends. You all play on the same board and the first of you to reach the target wins the round. Win 5 rounds to be the champion.
All multiplayer levels are automatically generated so that it never gets boring.


Singleplayer:
- Levels: Over 1600 pre-loaded levels (300 in Lite), different difficulties, sizes and styles guarantee hours of gameplay.
- Time Race: Solve as many mazes as you can - until the time is up. You start with 60 seconds and for each solved level you get a time bonus and points. With an unlimited number of automatically generated levels it never gets boring.

A colorblind mode is available as well.



Ball Maze Lite edition (free)- 300 pre-loaded levels:


Ball Maze Unlimited edition- no ads, Time Race mode and 1600 pre-loaded levels:





Follow BallMaze on Google+ or on Facebook.


Suggest and vote for new features at http://ballmaze.uservoice.com/
Want to help translate BallMaze? Visit http://getlocalization.com/ballmaze/

Feedback and suggestions are always appreciated!

Have fun!

 

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oprisnik

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Changelog:

v5.0.0:
- Material design
- Many internal changes and improvements

v4.0.2:
- Level overview: Compact view is now default layout for phones, large layout for tablets
- Updated translations
- Added Galician translations

v4.0.1:
- Fixed some "Same 9x9" levels (Unlimited)
- Displaying colored app icon in the action bar

v4.0.0:
- New icon
- Added 5 new stages with a total of 500 new levels (Unlimited version)
- New target field design: Star. The old design can still be enabled in the settings
- Added new "large" level selection layout
- Improved "compact" level selection layout (old layout)
- Streamlined navigation drawer
- Various UI improvements

Older:

v3.5.0:
- Optimized landscape/tablet layouts
- Optional exit warning for Time Race mode
- Fixed Cloud Save bug
- Updated Google Play Game Services to new API
- Updated error dialogs

v3.4.0:
- Colored level overview tabs
- Added profile picture to navigation drawer if logged in
- Added Chinese translations. Updated various translations. Thanks to all translators!

v3.3.0:
- New level overview tabs
- Added XXXHDPI launcher icon

v3.2.5:
- Added French, Spanish and Russian translations
- Support for Android 4.4
- Minor navigation drawer layout changes
- Bugfixes
- Resolved Android 3.x compatibility problem

v3.2.4:
- Multiplayer stability improvements

v3.2.3:
- Added color blind mode! Enable it in the settings
- Minor bugfixes

v3.2.2:
- Settings menu
- Added option to disable ball animation
- Fixed a bug where moving the ball caused the game to crash on older Android versions

v3.2.1:
- New ball animation
- Improved buttons
- Improved color selection size for tablets.
- Added Finnish and Polish translations.

v3.2:
- Multiplayer mode: Accepting invitations as well as inviting friends should now work flawlessly
- 320 new levels added: Squares and Lines (Lite: 100)
- Added translations for Spanish and Italian

v3.1
- New multiplayer mode: 1v1 Challenge
- Complete multiplayer re-write
- New achievements
- German and Dutch translations
- Design improvements

v3.0.1:
- Multiplayer fixes

v3.0:
- Added Time Race game mode
- New leaderboard and achievements
- New navigation drawer
- Android 4.3 compatibility
- Bugfixes, performance improvements, layout optimizations


v2.2.4:
- Landscape mode
- Design improvements

v2.2.3:
- Drawer icon changes

v2.2.2:
- New icons
- Level preview optimizations
- Drawer fixes

v2.2.1:
- Multiplayer bugfixes

v2.2.0:
- Real-time multiplayer! Challenge your friends and see who's the fastest!
- New navigation drawer
- Level select preview design improvements for better readability
- Google Play Game Services fixes.

v2.1.0:
- Google Play Games integration
- Added achievements, leaderboard
- Cloud backup of level data / stars
- Smoother level list scrolling


===== v2.0.6 =====
  • Animation optimizations

===== v2.0.5 =====
  • New statistics overview
  • Layout / image optimizations

===== v2.0.4 =====
  • Stars in level selection displayed correctly
  • Level selection color changes

===== v2.0.3 =====
  • Correct action bar coloring for Android versions <4.2
  • Color fixes for Android versions <4.2
  • Dialog improvements
===== v2.0.2 =====
  • Improved gesture recognition responsiveness
  • Minor board layout fix (field gap for bigger devices/tablets)

===== v2.0.1 =====
  • Fixed a bug where color selection would not work properly when on colored field
  • Minor other bugfixes
===== v2.0 =====
  • Complete re-write
  • New look and feel
  • Holo look, Google "cards UI"
  • Animations
  • Level preview
  • More levels
  • Many bugfixes, stability improvements
  • Much more...
===== v1.1 =====
  • Tablet support
  • All screen sizes supported
  • Action bar for devices > Android 3.0

===== v1.0 =====
  • Initial version
 
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oprisnik

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Hi everybody!

I just released version 2 of Ball Maze - a complete re-write with new design and many new levels.

I hope you enjoy it!
 
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oprisnik

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Hi!

A video is now available:


Additionally I improved some animations.

Feedback is always welcome :)
 

oprisnik

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NEW: Google Play Games integration!
Sign in with your Google account to sync your scores and stars between all your devices!
Added achievements and leaderbords - share with your friends and see who's the best.

Stars are also synced between lite edition and unlimited edition!
 

silvbm

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I'm enjoying this game a lot, however I'm not able to join or host a multiplayer game. If I host, no one can join; the other way I am not invited:(. Any way to fix this?
 

oprisnik

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I'm enjoying this game a lot, however I'm not able to join or host a multiplayer game. If I host, no one can join; the other way I am not invited:(. Any way to fix this?

Hi!
You should be able to invite your friends and play with them ("Select players", choose friends and wait for them to accept the game invitation).

Playing a quick match works as well but unfortunately there are not many people playing multiplayer games. So it takes quite some time to get an opponent :(

So spread the word and make the game more popular! :)

If you experience any problems, please contact me again!
 

silvbm

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Hi!
You should be able to invite your friends and play with them ("Select players", choose friends and wait for them to accept the game invitation).

Playing a quick match works as well but unfortunately there are not many people playing multiplayer games. So it takes quite some time to get an opponent :(

So spread the word and make the game more popular! :)

If you experience any problems, please contact me again!


Ok, got it working :fingers-crossed:. Sadly I am experiencing two "bugs":

  1. One player gets thrown out like he willingly left the game, but he did not
  2. sync is lost, so both players can place their balls on the target field, but noone wins

Also, I think there should a possibility to resign or an overall countdown. Sometimes none could figure out the solution, and we could't proceed. ;)

Overall I think this one of the best, if not the BEST game I played on android so far and I have bought the full version. :good:
 

oprisnik

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Ok, got it working :fingers-crossed:. Sadly I am experiencing two "bugs":

  1. One player gets thrown out like he willingly left the game, but he did not
  2. sync is lost, so both players can place their balls on the target field, but noone wins

Also, I think there should a possibility to resign or an overall countdown. Sometimes none could figure out the solution, and we could't proceed. ;)

Overall I think this one of the best, if not the BEST game I played on android so far and I have bought the full version. :good:

Thanks for the feedback!
Great that you like the game and that multiplayer works now.

First bug: Yeah, if the game is not in the foreground any more, the player will leave the game. I'll try to fix that as soon as possible.

Second bug: Yes, unfortunately this happens sometimes. Since I am not really satisfied with the current multiplayer implementation, I will rewrite the multiplayer code in the next couple of dasy and hopefully fix this issue as well.

And a resign option is a good idea :)

Greetings,
Alex
 
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    Hello everybody!

    I would like to present you my Android game - BallMaze.

    material_3devices2.png



    BallMaze is a fun and addicting puzzle game.
    You have to get the ball on a target field by rolling it through an unlimited number of challenging mazes.


    The rules are simple:
    The ball rolls until it hits an obstacle. Blocking fields have different colors and you can select which color blocks the ball.
    Different game modes include real-time multiplayer challenges as well as singleplayer fun.
    No worries - a tutorial will guide you through the first levels!


    Google Play Game Services integration!
    Sign in with your Google account to sync your scores and stars between all your devices!
    Achievements and leaderboards - share your progress with your friends and try to climb the leaderboards.
    Thanks to Cloud Save, your progress will be synced between all your devices and between all editions of BallMaze (Lite and Unlimited).


    Real-time Multiplayer: Challenge your friends and see who is the best!
    There are two different multiplayer modes available: 1v1 Challenge and 5 wins.
    - In 1v1 Challenge, you have to solve 5 levels in a row. The first one to solve all levels, wins.
    - In 5 wins, you can play with up to three friends. You all play on the same board and the first of you to reach the target wins the round. Win 5 rounds to be the champion.
    All multiplayer levels are automatically generated so that it never gets boring.


    Singleplayer:
    - Levels: Over 1600 pre-loaded levels (300 in Lite), different difficulties, sizes and styles guarantee hours of gameplay.
    - Time Race: Solve as many mazes as you can - until the time is up. You start with 60 seconds and for each solved level you get a time bonus and points. With an unlimited number of automatically generated levels it never gets boring.

    A colorblind mode is available as well.



    Ball Maze Lite edition (free)- 300 pre-loaded levels:


    Ball Maze Unlimited edition- no ads, Time Race mode and 1600 pre-loaded levels:





    Follow BallMaze on Google+ or on Facebook.


    Suggest and vote for new features at http://ballmaze.uservoice.com/
    Want to help translate BallMaze? Visit http://getlocalization.com/ballmaze/

    Feedback and suggestions are always appreciated!

    Have fun!

    2
    Hi!

    A new version of BallMaze has just been released, which adds a little more color to the level overview tabs.
    Furthermore, the user's profile picture is shown in the navigation drawer.
    Chinese translations have been added as well. Big thanks to all translators :)
    2
    The game is so addicting I wish there will be more features to come..!! :)

    Thanks! :)
    Anything in specific you would like to have?
    I'm always trying to improve the game.
    An unlimited mode is in the works and I might add some new level packs as well.

    +1 I usually play hardcore graphics games but because of the holo look and how the game works for me its the best mind testing game Ive*played. Already played this for less than an hour until level 26 of think! Chapter. I wish the developer would make more of this kind of games with Google's new ui

    Thanks again!
    If you have ideas for new games, feel free to share them ;)
    2
    The new version has already been released.
    Full change log:

    v3.5.0:
    - Optimized landscape/tablet layouts
    - Optional exit warning for Time Race mode
    - Fixed Cloud Save bug
    - Updated Google Play Game Services to new API
    - Updated error dialogs
    2
    I'll help you to translate this game into Bahasa Indonesia as much as I can :good::)