greenyadzer

Lines
Version 1.3
(No ads and absolutely free)



This is classic color lines puzzle game where you need to stay in game as long as you can and get points. Each turn your field will be added with 3 more balls of random color and you can move any ball on the field to any empty cell if the path exists. Turn ends if you moved the ball and didn't score, otherwise you can move one more ball and so on until you unable to score. To score you have to collect 5 or more balls of the same color in a row (vertically, horizontally or diagonally).

Controls
- Touch the ball which you want to move, it will start jumping on place indicating that you have selected it.
- Touch empty cell to move selected ball to desired cell or touch another ball to change selection.
If you accidentally missed the cell and the turn is over, you can open main menu by "Menu" or "Back" button and choose "Undo" to revert game state back.

Hints
- You gain more points if you score more balls, so always try to score more than only 5 balls.
- Small balls shows you where and what color the next balls will be, so you can plan your moves better.

Features
- Nice graphics, ball movement animation.
- Looks good on tablets with high screen resolution, while application size is only 1,5 MB.
- Doesn't requires Internet connection, no ads, completely free.
- Function "Undo" which allows to rollback game state for one turn.
- Local High scores and Online leader board using Scoreloop.

The Game at Google Play
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greenya.lines


P.S.: please tell me what you think about it and thank you for your time!

Last edited by greenyadzer; December 6th, 2012 at 09:32 AM. Reason: Updated version to 1.3

johnmcenroy

Thank you for your game. I am a beginner developer and it is interesting to me.

greenyadzer

Cool! Feel free to ask about internal implementation of the game. All you need to know is some knowledge of Java programming (preferably for Android)

StudioHo

Looking good!
When you chose between Scoreloop or OpenFeint, tell me which one you chose and why. I'm very interested on that.
I also heard that OpenFeint was bought by japanese company GREE last year and they are integrating their systems now.

greenyadzer

Found some interesting comparison here - Android: Scoreloop vs OpenFeint - Stack Overflow
Not completely sure but looks like Scoreloop is the way to go.

greenyadzer

Version 1.1
+ Added ability to do moves faster. Now while the ball is moving to destination cell, you already can select next ball which you want to move and actually start move it too. The previous moving ball will be placed to destination cell immediately. If your new ball hasn't affected by previous move (didn't scored and disappeared) your new ball will begin to move with no problems, otherwise you will need to select another ball.
+ Improved graphic look of texts "Score" and "Highest Score": now they are separate from the background, rendered same good as score numbers on high-resolution devices.
+ Added localizations for French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and Ukrainian languages.
+ Added "first run" dialog which shows latest changes.

P.S.: no Scoreloop integration for this time; i plan to add it on next release.

greenyadzer

Version 1.2
+ Integrated Scoreloop, an online scoring service.
+ Now you get additional points for scoring two or more times in a row. You get +5 points for second score, +10 points for third and so on.
+ Local High Scores storage increased up to 20 records.
+ Fixed rare crash with drawing selected ball.

greenyadzer

Version 1.3
+ Added "Options" dialog.
+ Added "Game mode" option. Each mode has own rules and high scores. See "Options" for more details.
+ Added visual floating "+scores" when user scores.
+ Now Android status bar is always visible.
+ Now "Submit Online" check box remembers last choice.
+ Changed amount of points gained when player scores, now it is defined by next formula: N * (N - 4).
+ Fixed bug when ball scored only single line when it could score more lines (with different directions).
+ Fixed visual bug on displays with aspect ratio higher than 1:1.6.