CowPotato Feedback Requested!
CowPotato fans, we haven’t forgot about you! It’s been a little over 2 months since we released the beta of CowPotato for the android developer challenge….which btw we still have no idea what the results are! By this time we had hoped to have delivered multiple game-play enhancements. However, the sad truth is we’ve been catching our breath (pretty much ran the gauntlet trying to get CP finished in time for the contest) and the updates we released have all dealt with performance issues in the background. Building a 3D game is by no means a simple task and performance is a huge concern. For example, we had hoped to have added flying cows, grazing cows and various other animations in the game-play by now which we could have done, BUT it would have exponentially increased the game loading time which we’re trying to avoid at all costs. We have a plan to help minimize impact to the loading time and we’re actively working on game-play enhancements. However, to continue making progress WE NEED YOUR FEEDBACK!!!! We need help coming up with new animations that will make the game more fun and keep users interested! Ideally we’re looking for animations where we’ll get the best bang for the buck! i.e. animations that don’t require a ton of loading time, but offer a lot of value during game play. To put this into perspective, having all the cows graze at the same time would require a lot of animation/loading time, but might not provide as much entertainment/fun as a farmer driving a tractor throught the open field, stopping and then shooting back at you! Make sense? Anyways, let’s hear your feedback! Big or small…. we want to hear it all! Here’s couple ideas we’ve recieved from users or devised ourselves… let us know your thoughts!
- + Additional cow fight back animation. Cow would stand up in the open field and throw a cowpie at the shooter like a frisbee! The user would then have to clen the screen similar to how the y would for the manure attack! Personally, I really like this one… in fact, we’ve already began some of the animation work.
- + Cow kicking the shooter. (via Daniel C. ~ thanks man!). Maybe we could make it look like it broke the glass on screen?
- + Have the shooter move (Via Fernando C. ~ this may be really tricky to pull off)
- + Exploding chickens (Via Zereal ~ twisted and I kinda like it haha!)
Come on, give us some ideas! Any and all game-play ideas are VERY much appreciated! ~ Team CowPotato @ Froogloid
