pennmom
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Post by pennmom on May 17, 2023 12:19:28 GMT
It's alive I tell ya!
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Post by SynthpopAddict on May 17, 2023 17:35:44 GMT
I bought it today but life is still crazy and I haven't slept much in about 2 weeks with all the beta testing projects I've been doing. Don't worry, this is up next on my play list! No demons can keep a house cursed for long when I'm in charge of the Amulet, so they better enjoy their reprieve while they can.
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Post by SynthpopAddict on Jun 14, 2023 15:15:41 GMT
lgtsia I noticed your "Bundle 1" is now available at Steam where it's the first game in each series. (Currently about $15 if anyone's interested.) Does the "part 1" bit mean you're going to offer the rest of the games as bundles eventually?
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Post by SynthpopAddict on Jun 22, 2023 4:44:41 GMT
I'm in between games for the moment so may buy this bundle (again) during the Steam Summer Sale. New mechanics for Laruaville 14...cool!
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Post by lgtsia on Jul 29, 2023 14:30:50 GMT
Laruaville14 will be released soon! We've tried to refresh the series and added some new mechanics and also changed power-ups. Bonus games are the same. It will be available on Steam on Aug,2 ( or maybe a bit later ) store.steampowered.com/app/2515910/Laruaville_14/BFG release planned to August,23 Other publishers - TBD Mac will be published as soon as it is ready and approved ( within a week or two )
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Post by SynthpopAddict on Jul 30, 2023 23:20:57 GMT
Yay! Will wishlist this later when I get back from assorted life stuff. Thanks for the heads-up lgtsia .
Question: The Steam page says something about the powerups being changed somehow, but the demo video still shows the usual rockets. What was the update? The 2 new mechanics I can see are the rising lanterns which look like they can also be matched, and the refillable coin slots which can take multiple drops to produce several coins out of one slot.
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Post by lgtsia on Aug 1, 2023 5:18:20 GMT
Yes, that's correct There are 1) Refillable coin slots 2) Lantern, it's actually a regular tile but it moves up instead of dropping down thus allowing to make combo in places which otherwise are unreachable. Lanterns are being generated a bit different than regular tiles. You're making a combo, combo collapses and lantern appearing in place of the collapsed tiles ( other tiles just dropping down and being generated at the top ) 3) Now there are 2 tiles: Rocket tile and Row/Column tile. If they're presented in the level, you can create a Rocket or a Row/Column bomb respectively by making Match 4 or more with that bonus tiles. If they're not presented, you can't create powerups on that particular level. Another difference is that now Row/Column bomb has an unlimited explosion distance. If there are power-up tiles, it means that this particular level can't be completed without using of corresponding power-ups. 4) There are also some changes in the game which are actual rather for level design.
We've also added some weather FX to the town which aren't shown in the video trailer. And previous laruavilles ate a lot of memory ( 600+Mb ) In this game we've significantly reduced memory consumption.
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Post by SynthpopAddict on Aug 1, 2023 16:12:23 GMT
Thanks lgtsia for the info! I like that there aren't powerups except for levels where they're required, because having random bombs, rockets etc. appearing any time I make a larger match drives me crazy...but for future games you'd be better off with an option in the game menu to enable/disable powerups for larger matches. I'm not a "normal" player and probably a lot of fans like having powerups for bigger matches.
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Post by lgtsia on Aug 2, 2023 7:47:49 GMT
Powerups and their frequency is a very big headache for the level design. I don't think that it is possible to make them optional. However, we understand that there will be people who don't like that big match with regular tiles is worthless in that game. We will thing what we can do.
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Post by SynthpopAddict on Aug 2, 2023 15:28:31 GMT
You can't just put something into the code to shut off powerups? I've seen this option in a few other M3 games by other designers of late. Of course, this makes level design more tricky because if the level requires powerups, if you simply have a "shut off" option, then you couldn't get past that level. I do understand that trying to fit in levels where you must use powerups with this kind of game option would be difficult to tell the game not to shut off powerups for that level only.
Steam says L14 will unlock in about 2 hours, so will be looking. :)
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Post by lgtsia on Aug 3, 2023 11:01:50 GMT
The steam app has been released. BFG premiere date will be changed for August,15. MAC in Appstore will be released in a week
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Post by SynthpopAddict on Aug 3, 2023 15:59:38 GMT
A wee bit later than expected, but it's OK. Was hoping for a better initial sale price, but if you've seen those ads for the Galaxy flip phones...it's me right now with this game.
[update] This Laruaville is great! I really like the new mechanics, although it is more challenging to have to match just the right way to get your bombs in just the right locations on levels where you need bombs. The playing tiles are also really well done to suit the Chinese theme, yet easy to distinguish from each other. And the ghosts are hilarious! Covid got me (again) exactly one year after I caught it the first time, so playing is going very slowly with having to deal with brain fog and writing the walkthrough, but I'm slowly getting better and this bout doesn't seem as bad as last year's. Will publish the WT hopefully in a few more days assuming I don't spend too much time just staring at some level LOL...
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Post by lgtsia on Aug 7, 2023 7:03:11 GMT
We need a help regarding Laruaville 11 (NOT Laruaville 14!!!!) on Steam! Could someone who 1) has a Steam account 2) bought our game on steam 3) haven't reviewed this game write a review. There are 9 reviews, we need just one, to be 10. thanks!
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pennmom
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Post by pennmom on Aug 7, 2023 12:24:28 GMT
We need a help regarding Laruaville 11 (NOT Laruaville 14!!!!) on Steam! Could someone who 1) has a Steam account 2) bought our game on steam 3) haven't reviewed this game write a review. There are 9 reviews, we need just one, to be 10. thanks! I can write a review for you, I actually bought the BF version at the time so I'd have to play the Steam version for a bit to prompt the review status. Is it okay if I don't play the whole game? I could probably play for an hour or so but I'm editing Ukrainian to English scripts and it's a huge game that needs to be wrapped up by tomorrow.
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Post by SynthpopAddict on Aug 7, 2023 14:04:27 GMT
My curiosity is killing me. What's the significance of getting 10 reviews for a game at Steam?
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pennmom
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[TI0] IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK AND ALL'S WELL
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Post by pennmom on Aug 7, 2023 14:48:13 GMT
My curiosity is killing me. What's the significance of getting 10 reviews for a game at Steam? When a game reaches a 10 reviews milestone, the algorithm places it into the Discovery Queue section on Steam. It is where the most valuable traffic comes from because people can find new titles.
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Post by lgtsia on Aug 14, 2023 4:21:04 GMT
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Post by lgtsia on Aug 15, 2023 7:36:18 GMT
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Post by lgtsia on Oct 17, 2023 11:37:49 GMT
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Post by lgtsia on Nov 13, 2023 18:25:01 GMT
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