[DaveyDoomsday]

Lunick, on 02 April 2013 - 06:06 PM, said:

https://itunes.apple...d619201240?mt=8

Runs like shit on my iPod though

EDIT: After investigating the files:

-Duke Nukem 1 will be an in app purchase
-There are multiple levels of emulation to get this game running including http://www.aemula.net/ and http://rxdos.sourceforge.net/

EDIT2: Looks like someone made a booboo at Apple, the game wasn't apparently meant to be out yet and the screenshots don't have the sunglasses on Duke.

GOOD JOB APPLE. Yeah, we're fixing the page now and making it official Tomorrow!

Let us know what you think! Please rate it up! The future of Interceptor depends on the $3.50 we make off this game!

[Lunick]

DaveyDoomsday, on 02 April 2013 - 07:53 PM, said:

GOOD JOB APPLE. Yeah, we're fixing the page now and making it official Tomorrow!

Let us know what you think! Please rate it up! The future of Interceptor depends on the $3.50 we make off this game!

Already rated

Although, I'm surprised you were able to sneak a mp3 file past Apple. I always thought their apps only had m4a files in them.

[DaveyDoomsday]

OMGAD THE GAME IS OUT

https://itunes.apple...d619201240?mt=8

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK I FEED OFF YOUR TEARS :-)

[Green]

Duke Nukem II for iOS has been released and is now available on the iTunes App Store for $1.99.

Read the Duke4.net news post for more information.

Here's a brand new behind-the-scenes video offering insight into the making of Duke II for iOS.

[Micky C]

So has anyone played this? How are the controls?

I disagree that it's "aged so well", some of the mechanics like not being able to switch weapons is so old fashioned. And the level design can be a bit confusing and random for what is essentially an action game. The problem is that most new gamers will see this and think it's a simple casual game, then actually play it and find out it's fairly hard, and they don't know where to go, then get frustrated and give the app a low rating.

[Lunick]

Controls are spot on. I tried it on an iPad 2 but I still feel like the game is too slow for me, probably would have been better to code the game instead of multilayer emulating.

[thatguy]

Loved it! Spot on!

[DaveyDoomsday]

s.b.Newsom, on 04 April 2013 - 09:24 AM, said:

Loved it! Spot on!

Hey guys, if you love it please please rate and review it on the app store!

We've had some reviews that were like, "WTF THIS ISN'T DUKE NUKEM 3D!"

/facepalm

Also, we're gonna give Green a few codes to giveaway!

[thatguy]

DaveyDoomsday, on 04 April 2013 - 02:13 PM, said:

Hey guys, if you love it please please rate and review it on the app store!

We've had some reviews that were like, "WTF THIS ISN'T DUKE NUKEM 3D!"

/facepalm

Also, we're gonna give Green a few codes to giveaway!

really? I rarely rate games, but i'll make an exception. I hate spam ratings.

[Lunick]

DaveyDoomsday, on 04 April 2013 - 02:13 PM, said:

Also, we're gonna give Green a few codes to giveaway!

That's hot.

[Green]

The first person to reply with this post quoted will be sent a redeemable key for Duke Nukem II for iOS.

[Radar]

Too bad I don't own any Apple products.

[LeoD]

Green, on 04 April 2013 - 03:51 PM, said:

The first person to reply with this post quoted will be sent a redeemable key for Duke Nukem II for iOS.

Don't want that.

[DaveyDoomsday]

s.b.Newsom, on 04 April 2013 - 02:26 PM, said:

really? I rarely rate games, but i'll make an exception. I hate spam ratings.

Yeah, as you know I'm all for legit criticism but when someone is like WTF IS THIS 8 BIT GRAPHICS THIS ISN'T DUKE NUKEM it makes me die a little inside.

Please rate and review

[Micky C]

Green, on 04 April 2013 - 03:51 PM, said:

The first person to reply with this post quoted will be sent a redeemable key for Duke Nukem II for iOS.

I'm the first person to quote the post on a phone. Does that count?!?

[Green]

The first person to reply with this post quoted with something Rise of the Triad related will be sent a redeemable key for Duke Nukem II for iOS.

[NUKEMDAVE]

Green, on 04 April 2013 - 06:21 PM, said:

The first person to reply with this post quoted with something Rise of the Triad related will be sent a redeemable key for Duke Nukem II for iOS.

[TerminX]

What are the current plans for an Android version? We have an iPad and an iPhone floating around here but all of my personal devices are Android (of course).

[DaveyDoomsday]

TerminX, on 04 April 2013 - 06:37 PM, said:

What are the current plans for an Android version? We have an iPad and an iPhone floating around here but all of my personal devices are Android (of course).

Depends on the reception to the iOS version. Android takes significantly more effort due to all the different devices and resolutions etc. As an Android user myself I'd like it as well, and it's definitely in the cards, but not something we can start working on right away,

[Hank]

What engine do you guys use for iOS or Android development?

[Lunick]

Hank, on 04 April 2013 - 07:10 PM, said:

What engine do you guys use for iOS or Android development?

Lunick, on 02 April 2013 - 06:06 PM, said:

https://itunes.apple...d619201240?mt=8

Runs like shit on my iPod though

EDIT: After investigating the files:

-Duke Nukem 1 will be an in app purchase
-There are multiple levels of emulation to get this game running including http://www.aemula.net/ and http://rxdos.sourceforge.net/

EDIT2: Looks like someone made a booboo at Apple, the game wasn't apparently meant to be out yet and the screenshots don't have the sunglasses on Duke.

[ReaperMan]

When is the Duke Nukem 2 arcade cabinet going to be released?

[Micky C]

Just fired it up on the iPad, and something that struck me right away is that there needs to be an option for resizing the controls. The stick is huge! Occasionally Duke goes in the wrong direction before it decides to go in the direction I pulled it it to, and I think a smaller stick would fix that. The d pad on the other hand could be a touch bigger on the ipad. In fact, it would be cool if the individual buttons on the d pad could be moved around a bit; that way the user could put more emphasis on the sideways buttons rather than the up/down buttons which are used much less frequently.

Like this (proposed option on the right):


Otherwise the controls are pretty good. Thank god the jump button is 'tap anywhere on the screen' rather than having a button.

[Frederik Schreiber]

Thank you for the great Feedback.
The next version will include

- iCade and iCade 8bitty Support
- Increased iPad Speed
- Fixed Mute Bug
- Added option to switch between Tap to Jump / Dedicated Button to jump
- Trooper Mick's suggestion for the D-Pad
- Option to hide frame

[Micky C]

I'm sure you guys have done everything you can to optimise it, but I'll mention anyway that it's running a bit slow on my iPhone 4. The game itself is playable most of the time (although a tad slow), however the music is pretty obviously affected by the slowness. A lot of new players out there are going to be frustrated by such an obviously minimal graphics game lagging so much and hence give the app a low rating, so I hope you still have a few tricks up your sleeves for the iPhone speed. The iPhone 4 is less than 3 years old so there's still a lot of them out there (plus new ones are still being sold at discount IIRC).

Edit: Also, if possible I think it would be a good idea for the casual players if when you load a saved game, you load from the position where you saved rather than the start of the level.

[Frederik Schreiber]

Trooper, we dont recommend the game iPhone 4. It will run, but it wont be smooth.
This is stated in the first line of the description of the App on the Appstore.

Our Coder Chaoji, shared some great insight into how the game was ported to iOS on his blog, including whats possible and whats not.
You can check it out here - It's pretty good!

http://dev.litchie.com/dn2ios.html

[Steveeeie]

A 20 year old game doesn't work properly on an iPhone 4?, that just sounds like poor optimization to me.

Frederik Schreiber, on 06 April 2013 - 07:17 AM, said:

Trooper, we dont recommend the game iPhone 4. It will run, but it wont be smooth.
This is stated in the first line of the description of the App on the Appstore.

Our Coder Chaoji, shared some great insight into how the game was ported to iOS on his blog, including whats possible and whats not.
You can check it out here - It's pretty good!

http://dev.litchie.com/dn2ios.html

[Frederik Schreiber]

Aemula, which our coder created to specifically emulate DOS on iOS devices, is actually the fastest Mobile DOS emulator codebase out there.
In this article he explains why he decided to develop Aemula for ARM devices, and covers why DosBox was too slow.
http://dev.litchie.com/aemula.html

The game is very optimized compared to what we had to work with, and we spent a lot of time increasing performance in every way possible.
As he explains in the Dn2 Article - The Emulation Performance is heavily increased by using Dual Core processing, since the emulation can ultilize multithreading.
The iPhone 4S is the first iPhone to have a Dual Core CPU.

[DaveyDoomsday]

ReaperMan, on 04 April 2013 - 08:56 PM, said:

When is the Duke Nukem 2 arcade cabinet going to be released?

Stop leaking my top secret marketing plans.

[Green]

Quote

We just Submitted the first Update for Duke Nukem II, to Apple. Expect it to be online within next week. The update includes a ton of fixes and additions, that our fans have been asking for. Amogst these are:

* Added "Cinema Mode" which hides the Frame (Shown on this image)
* Added option to add a seperate Jump button
* Fixed Mute Bug
* Fixed Game Unable to Start on some iOS 5 devices
* Added iCade and iCade 8bitty Support
* Added Option to Mute Music and Sound in the Pause Menu
* Save Instruction Warning added before game Starts
* Added speed increase to iPad devices

Stay Tuned!

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