{"id":30,"date":"2013-01-23T23:17:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T23:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/?p=30"},"modified":"2013-01-23T23:19:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T23:19:20","slug":"a-bit-of-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/2013\/01\/a-bit-of-info\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit of info"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Twist is on the home stretch &#8211; at least for the initial release. \u00a0Today I&#8217;m sending the game out to some people for testing on various devices. \u00a0Personally I only own a Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy S 2, and a Google Nexus 7. \u00a0So getting it tested on more devices is a no brainer. \u00a0I don&#8217;t think I need to write a blog about the importance of testing!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve set up a lander page which will be updated when the game comes out, you can visit it at <a href=\"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/thetwist\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/thetwist\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also recently uploaded a trailer video. \u00a0Have a look<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nQCdXfw6vu0<\/p>\n<p>So I&#8217;ve had a few questions about the game I figured I&#8217;d just answer a few of them here.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Will the twist be free?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-33\" alt=\"damsel\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/damsel.gif\" width=\"85\" height=\"85\" \/>The Twist will cost 99c. \u00a0However, soon after release\u00a0( not sure exactly when, could be days, or weeks ) I&#8217;ll be submitting a free version. \u00a0The Free version will lack Damsels (which provide time bonuses) and the online high-score system.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;What is it coded in?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Twist is coded in Adobe Air, using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com.au\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CDUQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fgamua.com%2Fstarling%2F&amp;ei=DG4AUdetMeWTiAfRw4DADg&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKL4BaeidkUlpmw48eBMwyhwG2tw&amp;sig2=2sr0T94gLOuelU6K2zVEdg&amp;bvm=bv.41248874,d.aGc\" target=\"_blank\">Starling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;How many game modes are there?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Currently, just the one &#8216;Twist&#8217;. \u00a0However a second &#8216;Grab&#8217; is in production, and will be added sometime after the initial release of the game.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Will it come out on iDevices?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Not in the\u00a0foreseeable\u00a0future I&#8217;m afraid. \u00a0In order to develop for iPhone, you need two things that I am without. \u00a0Money, and a Mac. \u00a0If my situation changes, then I will most certainly look at porting it.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;When will it be out?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Very<\/strong> soon!<\/p>\n<p>If you have any other questions, feel free to ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twist is on the home stretch &#8211; at least for the initial release. \u00a0Today I&#8217;m sending the game out to some people for testing on various devices. \u00a0Personally I only own a Nexus One, Samsung Galaxy S 2, and a Google Nexus 7. \u00a0So getting it tested on more devices is a no brainer. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10,22,21,20,14,19],"class_list":["post-30","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-twist","tag-actionscript-2","tag-air","tag-flash","tag-game","tag-game-design","tag-moustache"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonymassingham.com\/games\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}