Cube is out!(FPS)

[TheZimm]

The first real first person shooter is finally out. Yay!:) It's called cube, and it's free! It's a 50 mb download so I suggest doing it on your macs or pcs, although I did it on my iPod, it just takes a while. The game is pretty nice. Some levels have frame rate issues but others are golden. There's the ability to edit and create your own levels, but that takes time, so I just use the ones that are built in. Happily for us iPod touch users all the levels are downloaded, so you don't need wifi. I say get it. It's well worth the free price. Also, there's multiplayer, I haven't tryed it out but will report back when I do.

Zym

[liptonlover]

I'm so excited... I know of 4-5 fps's coming out, this was one of them. Unfortunately it has blaring problems, imo. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon. But I still say download it now, people! Get it on the top 25/featured lists!

[SeVeN]

I don't see it

[Habakuk]

Look in App Store for
fernLightning

[ghostwriter]

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=292763299&mt=8

[DigMe]

Sweet! I've been waiting for a true FPS and I'm so glad it's free since I just blew 20 bucks on Beatmaker!

I just did a search for "cube fps" (minus quotations) and found it.

[Jayrezzy]

That game was retarded, there is no one to shoot or anything. I deleted it within 5 mins.

[Pookieinc]

That game was retarded, there is no one to shoot or anything. I deleted it within 5 mins.

Same here. I didn't know how to move, shoot, even get out of the game... so I just deleted it. Maybe I'll try the next one to come out. It had good graphics, good music, etc., but the control was too wonky for me.

[spyker3292]

I"m here to help!
This is basically a direct port of the computer version. To load a single player game, go to the menu (top-left). Scroll to single player. Choose start SP map or start SPDM map. And pick a map :P.

Menu controls
-finger slide in the middle of the screen: up-down
-fire button: select
-menu button: back

It's pretty cool. Takes a while to get used to and needs the FPS to be improved. If you want, you can download the real game. Then you will at least be able to learn everything but the controls.
http://cubeengine.com/

[Inukami]

I tried it, it's not bad you just have to know what areas to hit on the iphone for a control.

Also the moving forward control is way fast, it needs to be slowed down for better maneuver. Also some monsters or point would be great...

and of course frame rate needs to be imrpoved.

[spyker3292]

So people still don't know how to load a map with monsters..... :|.

[TheZimm]

when the app is loading it tells you all the controls, I had this issue in the beginning but then I realized what the loading screen was

Here are the controls:
http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p339/Zymman/IMG_0002-6.png

Zym

[firteen888]

The game is getting some very good reviews in the app store. i just played it and deleted it off my phone in around 20 minutes. The framerate is pretty horrible. Makes it very hard to play. The controls aren't very good (not sure how they can be improved with no buttons). People say how graphically the iphone has better hardware than the PSP, but I just don't see it. I've played some great looking FPS's on the PSP and this game doesn't even compare.

[TheZimm]

The game is getting some very good reviews in the app store. i just played it and deleted it off my phone in around 20 minutes. The framerate is pretty horrible. Makes it very hard to play. The controls aren't very good (not sure how they can be improved with no buttons). People say how graphically the iphone has better hardware than the PSP, but I just don't see it. I've played some great looking FPS's on the PSP and this game doesn't even compare.
for the framerate, go to the level called cube101, it has no issues, also the dev is going to get some updates out to smooth it out, and this is only the first version(remember mobilechat =]). I'm just sayin for free its probably one of the best.

Zym

[spyker3292]

(remember mobilechat =])

So you are pretty much expecting the app to stop working and no updates to come out? :P

Anyways... it's pretty cool. I don't know why some hate it, it's not bad.

Ah, thanks for the cube101 tip. That level really is playable! It's under singleplayer... start SP map... more sp maps...

I wish the switch weapon controls were better...

[TheZimm]

So you are pretty much expecting the app to stop working and no updates to come out? :P

Anyways... it's pretty cool. I don't know why some hate it, it's not bad.
today I told my friends about it and their like, an ipod playin an fps? wow that is awesome. =]

And I did not implie that cube will crash and burn like MC3

Zym

[mcdj]

lol it's so funny that people get so excited about being able to play a game with 1998 graphics on a phone.

[THE JUICEMAN]

So.........who am I supposed to be shooting?

[spyker3292]

So.........who am I supposed to be shooting?

*sigh*

read my post

This is basically a direct port of the computer version. To load a single player game, go to the menu (top-left). Scroll to single player. Choose start SP map or start SPDM map. And pick a map :P.

Menu controls
-finger slide in the middle of the screen: up-down
-fire button: select
-menu button: back
The standard map is just... a map. Nothing there. Load a SP map.

[THE JUICEMAN]

*sigh*

read my post

The standard map is just... a map. Nothing there. Load a SP map.


i found it.....this is a little confusing but its ok. Good start but it's so hard to control and to see I dont know if anybody will be able to play it well. Thanks though.

[outz]

nice!

[hellomoto4]

Dont like it all all. Way too laggy and the controls suck.

[mikelsa]

That game was retarded, there is no one to shoot or anything. I deleted it within 5 mins.

dude, you have to click left up corner and select single or multiple player, then you will see hell of the enemies, enjoy~

[thomahawk]

its cool but, the controls, more like the aiming, kind of sucks (no offense), i think the creator should improve the accelormeter uses for aiming, for me i wouldnt mind if we used the touch screen to aim, do it like metroid hunters for DS style LOL

[spyker3292]

its cool but, the controls, more like the aiming, kind of sucks (no offense), i think the creator should improve the accelormeter uses for aiming, for me i wouldnt mind if we used the touch screen to aim, do it like metroid hunters for DS style LOL

Ya but your thumb would cover the whole screen.... I think this works, but the app needs to calibrate the accelerometer so you can actually play laying down. It's not perfect, but it's not.... unusable.

[shigzeo]

im impressed. controls seem pretty good and the graphics are from what i can (barely see - glare on my screen), it has good shadows and colours that remind me of quake 3! quake three quality graphics on an iphone are indeed a feat.

[firteen888]

Can you actually BEAT a level or do you just go around shooting monsters?

[Jiddick ExRex]

Controls are very limited because you cannot strafe. Until some intuitive and practical way of controlling an fps is invented (not to mention improved overall framerate), I would stay clear. This is not to say that the game isn't a step in the right direction!

[spyker3292]

Controls are very limited because you cannot strafe. Until some intuitive and practical way of controlling an fps is invented (not to mention improved overall framerate), I would stay clear. This is not to say that the game isn't a step in the right direction!

I was thinking that strafe would work if they just put a button right above the move forward button. Then, while holding that and tilting, you would strafe left and right.

[ryanwarsaw]

Controls are very limited because you cannot strafe. Until some intuitive and practical way of controlling an fps is invented (not to mention improved overall framerate), I would stay clear. This is not to say that the game isn't a step in the right direction!

Why stay clear of something that is free? Hopefully they put it out for people to try and will listen to what people say. If we are lucky the developer will be proactive like the dev for virtual pool and we will end up with an awesome game eventually. Downloading and using the game will hopefully show other potential developers that there is interest in a good FPS. So why not do some beta testing, if it is free and doesn't cause your phone any problems?

[DigMe]

When I start mine my character just constantly and slowly spins and there seems to be no way to stop it.

[jarofclay73]

Free is good. I don't even like FPS but I'll still download it. :p

[vrflyer]

When I start mine my character just constantly and slowly spins and there seems to be no way to stop it.

You have to maintain your phone sort of down, the app does need a bit more work - control wise. I got to admit I got dizzy after 20min of playing around. :D