Happy New Year everyone! It’s been too long since we shared any info on the blog so I wanted to take a minute and let you know how development is proceeding on Pocket Heroes.
We’ve been hard at work on the game. There is a ton to do, but I really feel like we’re starting to turn the corner as things have been progressing much faster lately. We’ve been upgrading the stats of the characters, extending the item and equipment system, and building out the storyline and mission structure for the first campaign. We’ve also had a lot of great discussions about the game with everyone on the TouchArcade forums and being able to interact with people who are so excited about the game has been really great. If you’re interested in Pocket Heroes and you haven’t checked out our forum thread yet, click here and make sure you do.
While a lot of the work we’ve been doing has been behind the scenes our most recent achievement is actually very visible, and that’s what I want to show you now. We’ve just rolled out version one of the turn replay system which lets you watch the moves that your companions, and your enemies, made since your last turn. This is a feature that we’ve always planned to have but I don’t think any of us understood just how much it would add to the experience until we got it working. Being able to see the turns unfold on your screen really brings the whole experience to life.
To try and show you what I’m talking about I took a video off the iPhone simulator tonight that shows our replay system playing in action. Usually you’ll only see the moves since your last turn but because I had logged in on a different device the game started moving though all of the turns since the last time I had played in the simulator. I was actually pretty surprised at first but it turned out to be a great way to show off the new system.
As you can see we still have some bugs to fix and tweaks to make, but overall the replay feature really changes the feel of the game in a great way.
We love to hear from you! So if you have any questions, or want to talk about the video, please leave a comment or ask us in the TouchArcade forums and we’ll do our best to answer them. We’ve got another development milestone set for the end of the month so I’ll try to put together another blog post then and let you know what we get accomplished.
