09-12-2010, 02:20 AM
I agree with Vern here keeping the game 3 difficulties. The number of mansions, however, could vary, with larger ones and smaller ones to fit in with a nice storyline, in my opinion. 
When you first mentioned to me how easy mansions' gaps should be 2 wide I had to agree, after watching my younger brother have a go at my Leofani Manor Easy, prior from when I made the change you suggested to make the gaps smaller. For example, that gap in the 'mad scientist's lab' there was originally 4 tiles wide. I remember you had someone test it and they didn't even attempt to jump it, instead they tried to find another way around. Making the mansions so to speak 'stupid-easy' to us is indeed advisable even though not quite enjoyable to more advanced players. That's what hard mode is for.
Anyway, on a side note, Rob was speaking of having MM on mobile. Speaking of that, I was kinda curious on how you would have that work on the iPhone and whatnot.
I noticed that Apple's new Retina (on the new touch and on the new iPhone) display has a massive screen resolution for such as small space -- 960x640. MM's game resolution is currently 640x480. This leaves so much room for controls and whatnot -- I remember Toybox (or someone) giving an example to have certain parts of the screen which you can touch do different things. I must say, that would be rather complicated and not too user-friendly.
With the larger display on the iPod now, you'll have about an inch on each side of the screen for controls such as movement (up down left right buttons) and on the other side two buttons for the action and map and across the bottom jump, or something. You'd have lots of room for these controls to be put in.
On a further note: Remember Pangea software and Enigmo? Did decently well on computer in terms of sales. The guy released the first version on iPod after Enigmo 2 was already had already been out for a couple years. Instead of just flat-out putting Engimo 2 out there because it's simply better he went a head and released the first version instead. It sold awesomely, and waited about a year and then released Engimo 2 for the iPod which did really well I hear. Are you going to plan on doing something like that with MM on the iPod/iPhone? :
Anyway.
When you first mentioned to me how easy mansions' gaps should be 2 wide I had to agree, after watching my younger brother have a go at my Leofani Manor Easy, prior from when I made the change you suggested to make the gaps smaller. For example, that gap in the 'mad scientist's lab' there was originally 4 tiles wide. I remember you had someone test it and they didn't even attempt to jump it, instead they tried to find another way around. Making the mansions so to speak 'stupid-easy' to us is indeed advisable even though not quite enjoyable to more advanced players. That's what hard mode is for.
Anyway, on a side note, Rob was speaking of having MM on mobile. Speaking of that, I was kinda curious on how you would have that work on the iPhone and whatnot.
I noticed that Apple's new Retina (on the new touch and on the new iPhone) display has a massive screen resolution for such as small space -- 960x640. MM's game resolution is currently 640x480. This leaves so much room for controls and whatnot -- I remember Toybox (or someone) giving an example to have certain parts of the screen which you can touch do different things. I must say, that would be rather complicated and not too user-friendly.
With the larger display on the iPod now, you'll have about an inch on each side of the screen for controls such as movement (up down left right buttons) and on the other side two buttons for the action and map and across the bottom jump, or something. You'd have lots of room for these controls to be put in.
On a further note: Remember Pangea software and Enigmo? Did decently well on computer in terms of sales. The guy released the first version on iPod after Enigmo 2 was already had already been out for a couple years. Instead of just flat-out putting Engimo 2 out there because it's simply better he went a head and released the first version instead. It sold awesomely, and waited about a year and then released Engimo 2 for the iPod which did really well I hear. Are you going to plan on doing something like that with MM on the iPod/iPhone? :
Anyway.