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52 pointszerobudgetdev14 comments

First: Thanks for launching on WP8 - I see you've already launched it on other platforms so hopefully adding WP8 to the mix was relatively easy.

- your app is currently using the default Unity logo in the app listing once a user downloads it so you may wish to add your own logo there instead. - the game itself feels sluggish even when used on a high-end Lumia 920 - I'd check out any optimizations that could be made as other Unity games run far smoother - the gameplay is entertaining but you may want to add some pickups such as missile-armour or 5sec invincibility, etc as the rockets are very difficult to avoid

Thank you a lot for the suggestions :-) At the moment I use the free version of Unity which doesn't allow having a custom logo on the splashscreen. The pickup you suggested are cool. Will probably work on this (in my free time).

FYI, It is unplayable on my low-end Lumia 520. I'm getting about 1 fps.

See answer about the shader above ;-)

If you launched it on other platforms, why is the headline making it sound like you're just launching it on WP8? Why is that news is what I'm asking, I guess.

Sounds like he is saying it is showing the default icon in the app listing, the icon in the Windows launcher. Not the splash screen.

Unplayable on my Lumia 520. Very laggy. What could be causing this?

Just found the problem. It's a not optimized shader I left out in the scene. Expect a fix soon.

Same issue on Lumia 920

Laggy on Lumia 925 as well. But still looks like a fun game so far.. Looking forward to the fix.

An update should be available for the game now. Let me know if you encounter problems.

Can you dodge behind the barrels/rocks/cacti to let the rockets blow them up instead of you?

Also - wasn't really sure what the condition is to get to the next level -- survive for so long?

Youtube video, anyone?

Not the best video I made, but here it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3oPl5FIt5U

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