Floyd Worthwhile Endeavor v1.1 Released!

A brand new version of Floyd has been released!

Here’s what’s new:

  • A new game element: Moving platforms!
  • Ten new levels (41 through 50)!
  • A new background music song (hear it in levels 41, 42, and 46)!
  • Two gorgeous new level backgrounds
  • A counter on the main screen that shows your total number of hats
  • Finding Floyd slips off those platforms a little too easily? Now, you can reduce his running speed by changing the “Controller Sensitivity” setting in the “Settings” dialog. (More virtual gamepad settings on the way.)
  • If you are a GameCenter user, your game progress should now sync across all of your devices.

Enjoy!

Floyd’s Worthwhile Endeavor v1.0 Released

  • Ghost hats! These turn Floyd into ghost for short amounts of time. Useful for sneaking past dangerous animals such as…
  • Packs of vicious dogs. Watch out!
  • Ten more levels!
  • Intro animation with voices
  • When Floyd gets three ribbons at the end of a level, we can now hear Muybridge say “Well done, my boy!”
  • It’s no longer possible for Floyd to continue running when he falls off the bottom of the screen.
  • Floyd now longer dies twice when he gets bitten by a dog and then falls off a cliff.
  • The game should now work for iOS 5.0 users again (sorry!)
  • Build 2680: Game has been built 658 times since last revision (11 days ago). That’s an average of 59 builds a day.

Enjoy!

Presenting Floyd’s Worthwhile Endeavor

For the past eight months, I have been working on an iOS game based on the photography of Eadward Muybridge. As of this week, the game is now in the App Store. Since my quiet soft-launch earlier this week, it has already been downloaded more than five thousand times!

Main Menu!

Floyd runs atop a floating island

Floyd leaps off an elephant’s back

Floyd jumps a rooftop onto a building below

Floyd rides an elephant across a rope bridge

Floyd jumps from fiery island to fiery island

Floyd jumps onto a rope bridge

Floyd meets an ostrich for the first time

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Floyd’s Worthwhile Endeavor v0.9.6 Released!

A new version of Floyd has made its way to the App Store.

  • Added a brand new game element: springboards!
  • Ten new levels featuring springboards!
  • Floyd now dies when he rides an elephant off a cliff.
  • The controller selection box now only shows up for new, new players.
  • Mid-air half jumps are no longer possible.
  • Turned external controller sensitivity down a little bit.
  • The green bamboo background is gone in favor of a darker, lettucey green artwork.
  • Lowered games file size by 10MB.
  • Added a brand new Intro Scene before the first level that explains a bit about Floyd’s mission.
  • Added GameCenter integration.
  • Added Achievements.
  • Added a new option for controlling Floyd: Virtual gamepad!
  • Game is now fully compatible with the new SteelSeries Stratus wireless gamepad.
  • Physics update: Floyd doesn’t start off running quite as fast.
  • Stone blocks can no longer knock Floyd off of an elephant's back.
  • Elephants now start off facing the right direction.
  • Minor updates to levels 2, 3, 17, 18, and 19 to make them more fun.
  • It should now be easier to control Floyd in touch mode on an iPad.
  • Touching an ostrich while jumping on a rope bridge no longer robs Floyd of the ability to jump forever.
  • Build 2022: Game has been built 261 times since last revision (7 days ago). That’s an average of 37.29 builds a day.

Enjoy!