Some of the main issues were:

Game Play – Difficult because there wasn’t enough leafs and ledges to bounce off of. This causes the character to drop all the way down.

We are adding more leafs and ledges to help ease the player into the first level.

Game Play – It is hard to see the leafs when moving your finger to guide the character. Also the movement is too sensitive.

We will work on adjusting the sensitivity. We will include a tutorial mode and guide users to controlling the character by placing their finger towards the bottom of the screen. Since the game only has left and right movements it is best to keep the finger at the bottom of the screen and out of game play view.

New Features:

Level Select – We are working on a level selector that way players can select the stage they want to play. There will be a campaign mode where it goes through all the levels and a stage select.

This is not the finalized level select. This is the draft version:

Invincibility mode – We are adding in invincibility mode. When you collect any combination of spicy items you will become invincible for a certain amount of time.

Life – We are adding in life power ups to help restore your heart in the game. This will help players that aren’t good at dodging coconuts yet. =d

Stages:

We have added two more stages.

If you have tested the game and have not given feed back yet please do so. We appreciate it!

Beta Sign Up is still open if you haven’t already signed up!

Below is our official game play video of the Beta with sound and music!! The previous videos we posted didn’t have sound or music in it.

For those with PC having trouble dragging the beta app into iTunes:

1. Download the LeafBoundBeta.zip

2. Extract the LeafBoundBeta.zip file

3. Look for Leaf Bound Beta.app and drag that into iTunes. Do not drag the folder into iTunes because that won’t work.

4. Do the same thing with Leaf_Bound_Beta.mobileprovision (doesn’t matter if you drag this file in first or Leaf Bound Beta.app)

5. Sync the app to your device

For those who are having trouble receiving our emails for the Beta please read below:

Overview of Beta:

Thank you for testing our BETA VERSION of our game “LEAFBOUND”.

Leaf Bound is a side scrolling game in which the player controls a Ninja name Yuri. The goal is to jump your way to the top, while battling robot monkeys, collecting items, and defeating a boss. The release of the final will feature 8 levels, and a mini-game (maybe) for $1.99 (not final price).

We are nearing the completing the core of our game. We included 2 levels for testing. Level 2 is buggy but the intention is to play through level 1 and load level 2. We will release another beta after input and major revisions.

Developer’s notes: We wanted to make in game in which players can play for a few minutes at the time. Pick up and start whenever. Its not an epic game that takes 3-4 hours to beat. It is for those who simply have 2-3 minutes to spare while waiting; in line, for movie to begin, waiting for food, and the list goes on. We’ve poured countless hours, worked 10-18 hour days for weeks to make this game possible, and we hope to bring better quality, better experience, games to iPhone as we grow our library. It is an honor for us, for you to take part in our BETA Testing Phase–Go ahead and go BANANAS!

Don’t forget to respond back to us with the questionnaire below! Thanks!!

Game Play Instructions

Controls:

Yuri is always jumping so control where she goes by moving your finger side to side. It is best to keep your finger towards the bottom of the screen for visibility.

Enemies:

Bounce off leafs to advance higher into the stage. Stomp on Monkeys to destroy them and watch out for coconuts. You can stomp on the coconuts but don’t let it hit your head!

Graphic Interface:

The bar on the left side indicates how far up in the stage you have to go before completion.
The hearts are how many hit damage you have left.
The 3 circle slots are food items you have collected. Pairing the items in certain combinations will give your character special abilities or power ups.

Questionnaire:

1.) How would you rate the DIFFICULTY of the game?

2.) How would you rate the GAMEPLAY?

3.) How would you rate the REPLAY VALUE?

4.) How would you rate the GRAPHICS?

5.) How would you rate the MUSIC?

6.) How would you rate the SOUNDFX?

7.) Is the game music balance with the soundFX?

8.) What would you like to see more of?

9.) Did you find any glitches, bugs, or lags?

10.) What can we improve on?

11.) Would you purchase this game on iTunes APP Store for $1.99? If not $1.99 then how much?

Known Issues:

- Level is shorter in length so that the boss will come out sooner.
- Main stage audio isn’t looped.
- Food item pairing does not trigger any special abilities
- Tapping the up or down arrow on the main menu screen rapidly causes the menu to act funky.
- Credits and About page goes to the same web page.

Hang in there!

Hang in there! We are getting there!

Quynh is finishing up the sound track for the boss battle and finalizing some in game sound effects. We should have those ready by the time we release the Beta. All the pieces are being put together rapidly the further we go into the project.

We are completing the transition of the levels and main boss for the first level. Once we have our two levels with boss in it then we will release the beta. We will keep the beta updated with revisions until the official release of the game. We just have to get the hard part out of the way.

There are a lot of small items in the game play that makes it fun and exciting. We are going to add invincibility for our character. If she collects 3 hot sauce bottles in a row then she will turn red and become faster and invincible for a period of time.

I will email everyone that is on our beta test list instructions on how to download it as soon as we get the official one going.

In the screen shots below I demonstrate the resized smoke explosion of the monkeys. Now the explosions are even bigger!

Pictures below:

I’ve been working on the explosion animation all day. Spent a while tweaking it so it would look right when I stomp on the Monkeys.

Enjoy the video!

Here are some screen shots of our game play: