http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13593420/TotalPoolFree.apk
Fixed bug where taking a shot during opponent's thinking time messed it up.
Fixed bug where taking a shot during opponent's thinking time messed it up.
No one biting? It even has a bug which gives you an unlock for free.Ok first pass of AI is complete. I am sharing it here so people can try it out and give me feedback/report bugs before I put it on the store and push it to a couple of thousand people.
This should be absolutely fine to install over/run alongside your other version without damaging your save file, however since it has not been thoroughly tested it is slightly more risky.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13593420/TotalPoolFree.apk
I'm only sharing the free version, however it's fine to run alongside the paid version (they will share the save data).
Features
- 4 difficulty levels of AI for every single game mode
- AI can sensibly lag, break, call balls and pockets, opt to replace cue ball, rerack, push out
- AI can play shots at varying speeds and spin
What you can tell me
- does it work? is it fun? is it realistic? is it slow? are the difficulties what you expected? any glaring bugs? any ridiculous strengths of the ai? any obvious weaknesses?
This is by no means done, I still have a nice big list of ways I can improve it, however I know a lot of people wanted to try this out so I wanted to get something playable in your hands as quickly as possible. As well as improving on the ai and performance I want to add game modes and unlocks related to the ai, is there anything here you'd really like to see (no promises).
Thanks a lot for your time, please try it out and give me feedback.
Cheers, it's been a lot of work already but as I say since so many people are asking I want to get this into people's hands as quickly as possible.Playing with the AI version now. Will let you know how it goes.
BTW, it's impressive you managed to have an almost-complete AI version in like a week...
Thank you.
Cool, I will tone down the difficulty. Developing it I was playing it on PC mainly which is actually quite a bit easier than on phone. Nothing in particular to test, just wanted to get a multitude of opinions on it as well as having it running on different hardware to see if there's any massive problems there. Did you ever have that save problem repeat?Well, the AI is genuinely fun. I didn't find any bugs as far as I'm aware of. I'm not familiar with the different rulesets so I can't comment on that, but I did have quite a challenge beating the AI on medium difficulty and it was downright impossible for me to do so on Hard or Expert, but I'm not a very good player (IRL and in the game).
Let me know if you want me to test something in particular, but it was pretty fun as it is. Can't wait to have it in the full version.
Don't tone down the difficulty just based on my experience, I'm really not great at the game, plus I enjoy the challenge. Wait until more people comment on it. And I've seen the CPU miss a few shots on Medium, so that's good.Cool, I will tone down the difficulty. Developing it I was playing it on PC mainly which is actually quite a bit easier than on phone. Nothing in particular to test, just wanted to get a multitude of opinions on it as well as having it running on different hardware to see if there's any massive problems there. Did you ever have that save problem repeat?
Hey, it's not just your experience, but reaching a bit of a consensus now . The more opinions the better as far as this one goes.Don't tone down the difficulty just based on my experience, I'm really not great at the game, plus I enjoy the challenge. Wait until more people comment on it. And I've seen the CPU miss a few shots on Medium, so that's good.
I'm running it on my Galaxy S2, with MIUI (2.3.7) and it runs great, same as the stable version as far as I can tell.
And no, haven't had the save file issue again, although I make a backup every now and then, just in case.
Wow, thanks a lot, I'm a big snooker/pool fan too, I hope it shows. I'd love to do a snooker game too but it's just too tiny on a phone if I do it the same way!My word, hats off to you developer. This is the most amazing, polished and superbly designed game I've ever played. I'm a big snooker/pool fan, and trust me this is as good as it gets on a smartphone!! I love it man.
Just saw the AI pre-release, will test asap. Thank you. Just a quick suggestion - while progressing with this app, I'd say keep it as simple, fast and efficient as possible. This is what I love about it.
Also, it runs very smoothly on my Wildfire S. Running only at 806mhz with Adreno GPU binaries on CM7.2. Lags only after playing for a long time.
Thanks a lot.You have done a fantastic job with this game. I haven't had the opportunity to play for very long, but I did not experience any issues while I was playing. I have a few suggestions for your consideration:
I am a big snooker fan too, and of course a lot of the systems I have written for Total Pool would work great for snooker. The big problem however is the size of the balls on screen, the initial tests I have done are not promising. Either I could keep the same camera and controls and restrict the game to large screen devices, or I could rewrite controls to allow a movable camera (perhaps using multi-touch). I feel that either way I would want to do the game justice and it would be a separate entity to Total Pool, rather than a sub-optimal tacked-on experience. I hope this makes sense.- Add the game of snooker - I am a big snooker fan and would love to be able to play snooker;
This is true, there is no mute button. I will bear it in mind and certainly try to add it if I get more feedback saying this is an issue.- Mute button (minor point) - This may be there, but I could not find an easy way to mute all sounds other than setting all three sound bars in options; and
The slider thing would not be difficult to implement, sounds like a nice idea, plus it will probably look better than those icons.- Replay speed control (minor point) - It's great how you can re-watch a match. I wonder if it might be possible to replace the three speeds with a slider which would provide the player with more control? (as an aside, is it possible to save a played match for viewing later?)
Could you clarify this? I'm not quite sure what you mean. The adverts are persistently at the top but the orientation can be changed in settings.The ai version was great
Bugs :
- landscape orientation always on left side (latest paid version was fine on both orientation)
I'm still not convinced about fine-tuning, it's hard to think of a nice way to integrate it with the current controls, and the further shots should be more difficult than the closer ones, I don't like cue sports games when you line up your shot and then just press "go".Suggestions:
- add fine tuning
- add ball rack sound in the begining of rack
- multiplayer mode via bluetooth, wifi or online
There is no alternative view, the game is designed to be played top-down and I can guarantee that is how it is going to stay. If you want a 3d pool game then I'd say either pool break lite or virtual pool are the best ones out there.Thanks for the updates. The games is running well for me. Is there currently a way to change the view and play as if you are standing at the table rather than always above the table? (See International Snooker HD by My interactive for an example).
P.S. A stupid question, but how do you save/retrieve games?