Need help testing a game

[sergey]

Hi,

We are a small company based in Europe, that's why we have no chance to test the game we developed for iPhone on an actual device ourselves, so we need your little help.

The game is located here:
http://www.brickshooter.com/online/

We tested the logic etc. thoroughly, the only question is if it is correctly displayed and if interaction works as intended.

Things to test:
1. Is everything is displayed correctly, not scaled down etc. ?
2. Does the tutorial start on the first run?
3. Is it easy to hit the bricks with a fingertip?
4. If you open game rules (Menu -> Game rules), can you scroll the text?
5. Do you like it?

For comparison, if you open the following link in Safari — that is how it is supposed to look:
http://www.brickshooter.com/online/?iphone

Thanks in advance.

I believe I can give away some half-year member accounts for those who help

 

[bdj21ya]

Here's some quick things I noticed:

1. It displays scaled down, set width of page to 320 pixels
2. The fade animations are really choppy, maybe cut them out.
3. It is easy enough to hit the bricks
4. Tutorial does start on first run.

 

[sergey]

Thank you!

1. It displays scaled down, set width of page to 320 pixels

When it detects iPhone it sets the width to exactly 320 pixels.

Does it look on the iPhone in a different way than http://www.brickshooter.com/online/?iphone in Safari on a Mac?
The "?iphone" thing triggers the iPhone optimization which is supposed to work automatically when it detects iPhone's user agent.

 

[sergey]

Added a width meta tag. Does it scale down now?

 

[diamond.g]

Your game is pretty cool. Is there anyway to keep the iPhone from zooming in if you accidentally double tap?

 

[Steve1496]

Cool game! Page looks fine, and you have nice effects. Haven't found any problems yet. I bookmarked it to come back to when I'm bored.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[sergey]

Do the "BrickShooter live" and "High scores" features work?
I can't seem to find any ajax calls from iPhones in server logs

 

[ZachBrock]

Do the "BrickShooter live" and "High scores" features work?
I can't seem to find any ajax calls from iPhones in server logs

I just tried it out. If I go to brickshooter.com/online it crashes safari on my iphone. If I go to brickshooter.com/online/?iphone it works ok. The animations is kind of choppy, and it's a little hard to hit the little blocks with my index finger, I had to switch to my pinkie. Overall it looks really good though, best iPhone app I've found so far.

 

[billchase2]

cool game. It seems to be working well on my phone

 

[MBp lover]

works really well. great job puting out so quickly. Now how about that free membership

 

[kman34]

worked well once you get the hang of it and not touching the screen too much...

Thanks!

 

[Xelnaga15]

Other than the fade transitions are copy and slow the game over all is a great time killer ... ive allread booked marked it... love it

 

[macfaninpdx]

Things to test:
1. Is everything is displayed correctly, not scaled down etc. ?
2. Does the tutorial start on the first run?
3. Is it easy to hit the bricks with a fingertip?
4. If you open game rules (Menu -> Game rules), can you scroll the text?
5. Do you like it?

I loaded the game over the EDGE network.
1. Yes, the game was the correct size.
2. The tutorial started off on the first run, and when I refreshed the page it took me right to the new game menu.
3. It is a little difficult - maybe my fingers are fat but I hit the wrong bricks a few times. Zooming in can help, but then you miss the whole picture.
4. No scrolling. The last paragraph seen on the bottom of the screen ends with "hits another brick it stops."
5. Yes, it is fun.

The fades are pretty choppy, so they make the game seem like it is not working well - although it is only during the transitions.

Nice job.

 

[aria505]

Added a width meta tag. Does it scale down now?

<meta name="viewport" content="width=320" />

 

[ouegamer]

Added a width meta tag. Does it scale down now?

If you rotate the iphone it has only half the game on the screen....

 

[kellen]

Animations are slow, even over wi-fi, but useable. Transitions are slow as well, ie from hitting menu while playing a game, then going back to same game.

Also the scale when on either landscape or portrait mode is a little off. Portrait cuts off the sides (L & R), while landscape cuts top and bottom.

Fun game, I could put up with most of the things, but the speed of the flying blocks needs some attention in my opinion.