RC1 released to testers

Posted on July 22, 2009 - benbritten

Hello all you beta testers! Beta 4 (Release Candidate 1) is ready!

You should go and get it here: http://sfdev.snowferno.com/current-beta/.

ChangeLog:

  • Added final scene, for those of you who have finished the last level, you can go right there from the world map, the rest of you slackers have to finish before you can see the final scene. Final scene includes it’s own custom music track and a groovy ‘cutscene’ kinda thing, as well as your final game time (all the best level completions added up) and your final game ranking.
  • added all sound fx
  • Changed the way the throttle works again, so it should not get stuck anymore (again)
  • fixed the fire wheel, now you will always hit the platform when shot from the cannon
  • added external linkage to the score board settings panel, now you can get to your user account page (which will eventually allow you to change your screen name)
  • added external linkage to the score board settings panel, now you can get to your leaderboard page, which shows all your stats
  • fixed some issues with the moving boxes, now they stay put better in level 12 when on the moving platform.
  • yet more performance tweaks, the internal builds were quite smooth on 3g phones.
  • changed the way the ball interacts with the walls to make it less jarring when you roll along a wall (it is still somewhat jarring, but now less so)
  • scads of changes and updates to the website. the summary: leaderboards are all working and have lots of cool stats. still to come: account changes (ie change yer screen name)

Cheers! and as always let me know if you have any comments/problems/anything.

-ben

3 Responses to “RC1 released to testers”

  1. balord
    Jul 22, 2009
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    The screen name changer is also live on the website side now. We’ve got more features planned to add to this (like being able to enter your First/Last Name, scores reset, and so on), but for now the basic framework is in place. WordPress’ built-in gravatar support provides profile pictures based on the email address you specify.

    From the game home menu, tap Settings > Score Board, then “Edit Leaderboard Settings”. Your device will log you in to snowferno.com and launch a webpage where you setup your account.

    More details at the Support page.


  2. balord
    Jul 22, 2009
    Reply

    FYI – there’s something happening on levels 1 and 2 where it hangs up on certain fallouts. Consider it a “known issue”. Doesn’t seem to be any problems with later levels, so … just get thru 1 and 2 without falling out! :)


  3. benbritten
    Jul 22, 2009
    Reply

    Yep, big fat crasher. What would an RC1 be without a critical crashing bug i ask you?

    Anyway, RC2 is on the way and will be out momentarily..



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