Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad • Hacker News Board

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by officemonkey » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 11:33 AM UTC

moblivu wrote: post #30

amalcon wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's no denying that there's a difference between this and (something like) Civilization. It won't hurt anyone to recognize that this is a completely different sort of game, so long as we don't jump to the conclusion that that's a bad thing. There's certainly room for this sort of thing, just as there's room for horror flicks in a world with Citizen Kane. There absolutely is: they are entirely different products.…

Compare with numbers: A "real" game like you say costs around 40$. It is a very well known gameplay (RTS,FPS,RPG,MMORPG,etc.) but in different clothing. You might play with it for 2-3 months. Slice HD is a unique gameply, a new experience. You will have a heck lot of fun playing it because it is something fresh that you interact with. I may not be an iPad fan, but the thing is that your 1 month with this whole new ga…

Also, I can totally see you taking this out when you have friends over and passing it around, making this more of a true "game" (where there is social interaction) than something like "Civilization".

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by officemonkey » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 11:34 AM UTC

edanm wrote: post #22

Looks amazing. No iPhone version :(

The iPhone version just looks like an electric pencil sharpener.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by arn » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 5:05 PM UTC

edanm wrote: post #22

Looks amazing. No iPhone version :(

Not quite same but similar concept

http://toucharcade.com/2010/05/07/hand-of-greed-dodge-the-bl...

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by cageface » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 5:32 PM UTC

aristus wrote: post #41

cageface wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's surprising to me how few apps really seem to get the touchscreen. So much of what's on the store would work well enough with a mouse. I guess the upside is that there's still a lot of room for new ideas.

I collected a few thoughts about that from friends who do touch apps for a living: http://carlos.bueno.org/2010/05/wysiwyt.html

Insightful piece. Thanks for the link.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by bpd1069 » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

some1else wrote: post #15

Cool trick, but the blood spatter could be done a lot better. From what I can see, blood just "grows out of" the point of contact, and a general splat appears all over the screen. I hope knife velocity impacts the blood splat in the next version.

Since you brought up suggestions on how to improve, using the front facing camera to reflect the surrounding area on the blades, would add a touch of realism that would be ire.

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by greattypo » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 7:54 PM UTC

Anyone else beat it? I'm still not sure what exactly happened in that last level..

Re: Slice HD: you will hurt your fingers on your iPad

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Post by VomisaCaasi » Sat, Apr 02, 2011, 8:56 PM UTC

barredo wrote: post #21

Tycho wrote: post #2

I've got to try this. I love it when people come up with really original stuff for the iPad like this. edit: bought it, great fun. the touch interaction works the way you need it to (ie. more advanced than most touch apps) so you can come up with lots of different techniques to beat the levels. when you get cut it does cause a slight 'aaaahh!' reaction and withdrawal of fingers. you get kicked back a level if you get…

I'm stuck at level 16 or so, I had to use my nose to touch the red button in one level because I ran out of fingers. Amazing game.

I noticed that when you push blades out, some stay in locked position longer than the others. Start from 8 o'clock and keep going clockwise, very, very fast.