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11/22/14 12:32 PM (9 years ago)

IT'S ALIVE! First(?) buzztouch iOS Game released! (Code Camp 14')

Hi folks! For those of you wondering what I was doing the past half year+ since Code Camp, I've been working hard on a buzztouch based iOS game - which finally went live yesterday! This is the product of what I was taught during Buzztouch's Code Camp 14', without taking that class, there is no possible way I could have done this. Big thanks to David Book - Buzztouch - and my wife, @Feather, who also helped with the knowledge she learned from Code Camp. I also want to quickly thank the plugin developers who wrote the code that I modified for this game - you guys rock! Please feel free to check the game out here: http://goo.gl/1lgK6F Please feel free to check out the company/game website here: http://itstartswithasquare.com/ For those wondering, most of the game functions you see are custom and are heavily integrated into the app bt-core files, self-written classes, and custom plugins - the custom code in here is intense! I won't be releasing any source code or new plugins - instead, I *highly* recommend you take the next Code Camp opportunity buzztouch may present, or pick up a Objective-C/Swift book by The Big Nerd Ranch, these guys are awesome - and learning this yourself is equally as rewarding as releasing the game! Hope everyone has a great weekend and a warm Thanksgiving! David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/22/14 12:41 PM (9 years ago)
Wow, that looks pretty darn cool, and super professional! I'll download it and give it a spin. Very cool! Mark
 
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11/22/14 01:25 PM (9 years ago)
Wow. Built this AND grew campusOrb too! You always impress. I grabbed the game to keep me busy during staff meetings :)
 
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11/22/14 02:27 PM (9 years ago)
Completed game, it didn't save my score. Fuming
 
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11/22/14 02:29 PM (9 years ago)
No way! Really? I assume you didn't have cheats enabled? You have to be logged into Game Center first before playing. Checking on this now. David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/22/14 02:48 PM (9 years ago)
I was definately logged in was checking if anyone else had finished. You shouldn't really have to login to game centre, should be done auto this will annoy people greatly.
 
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11/22/14 02:52 PM (9 years ago)
It was intended for it to log in during the app launch, found the bug, fixed it, found another that submitted the score before level 20 was complete - fixed this too - sending update to Apple. Thanks Kittsy - huge bug, LOL! Edit: sent you an email with a question or two about this bug if you have the time. :-) David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/22/14 04:52 PM (9 years ago)
Cool! Im going to check it out
 
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11/22/14 06:48 PM (9 years ago)
Nabbed my copy! Cheers! -- Smug
 
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11/23/14 04:44 AM (9 years ago)
It looks like a great game...good to see people using buzz touch for these apps
 
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11/23/14 07:19 PM (9 years ago)
I've asked the kids to take a look. First feedback "ooh, inverted colours". "how do you know about this game?" "I kind of, sort of know the person who helped write it" "oh, buzztouch"
 
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11/23/14 07:37 PM (9 years ago)
@sarahk Haha! Love it! Thanks for the feedback guys. David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/24/14 02:53 PM (9 years ago)
Congratulations, David! I will try it tonight.
 
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11/24/14 08:15 PM (9 years ago)
Ironically, I saw this on the weekend while wandering through the app store on my phone. I almost bought it then, but didn't since I didn't totally get the sense of what you actually do. Since it's done with BT (albeit custom), I'll go and give it a shot. Happy to support a fellow BT coder. Good luck with your first million in sales :)
 
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11/24/14 08:37 PM (9 years ago)
Another "save isn't working" Kids doing exams, supposedly Me: why are you running around the room looking at your phone? Son: it says to run...
 
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11/24/14 08:41 PM (9 years ago)
@sarahk LOL! One level requires you to actually run, yup! Any idea if you could ask them where it failed to save? If they are having problems, I'll look into it, for now, AutoSave should keep them OK. Thanks for updating me, made me smile to read your comment! David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/25/14 10:30 AM (9 years ago)
Looks cool. Mine also fails to let me continue. I worked the first couple of times I left the app and came back, but now it never allows me to continue, the button is greyed out. Miguel
 
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11/25/14 10:30 AM (9 years ago)
I decided to test it again, it seems I only have problems when I activated the autosave. If I have it unchecked and manually save it, it seems to work fine. Thanks.
 
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11/25/14 10:47 AM (9 years ago)
Tested and see the same bug - excellent, working on a fix now! Are you using version 1.1? What happens when you try to login to GameCenter by tapping the Leaderboard? Thanks for the info! David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/25/14 11:29 AM (9 years ago)
Yes I using the last version. When tapping scoreboard, I get no scores.
 
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11/25/14 11:58 AM (9 years ago)
Dude - you found one hell of a bug. I fixed it. AutoSave should work after Apple releases 1.2 ;-) What do you think of the game so far? Thanks a ton for purchasing and playing! David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/25/14 12:04 PM (9 years ago)
I liked it.... but got stuck in the first levels.... it starts with a..... :) Always glad to help a fellow BTer.... Cheers
 
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11/25/14 12:05 PM (9 years ago)
Hint: It Starts With A... Square. Start from Top Left, make a square. :-) David Van Beveren http://btmods.com/chat ^ Chat with other BT members live! http://btmods.com/hire ^ Hire MrDavid for one of his services!
 
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11/26/14 03:58 PM (9 years ago)
He tried saving manually and autosaving and neither seemed to work. Or maybe it's the continue button that isn't working? iphone5s, ios7
 

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