Repulze

Bugs. No matter how well you code or how much you test, there’s bound to be one or two bugs in your software. One of the most reported bugs we got on Repulze was a rather curious one; the steering arrows slowly inched closer and closer towards the center of the screen. “How does a thing like that even occur?” you might wonder.

The answer was found in a small feature that scaled the buttons depending on device. On an iPhone, the touch area for the buttons felt too small relative to the bigger screen of an iPad, so we scaled up the buttons automatically on iPhone and iPod.

Unfortunately, this happened every single time you started a new race! So for each race, the touch zone for the buttons were slightly scaled up and since the actual button graphic remains centered within the touch zone, it looked like the steering arrows moved. Simple.

The bug was quickly fixed and now we continue working on Phase 2!

What is Repulze Phase Two?

Phase Two will be the first free content update and, basically, it’ll add new tracks and features. The plan is to have it released early February and so far we’re on schedule. We’ll announce and leak more info on this blog in the near future. So stay tuned!

First tweak-and-fix patch incoming!

We’ve submitted a first tweak-and-fix patch Tuesday 8/1 and are hoping it’ll be available soon.

CHANGES:

• Touch and tilt controls have been tweaked and improved.
• Stay up-to-date with the Repulze Phase Two blog linked from the main menu.
• Minor bug fixes.

The hope is that this will address much of the controller feedback out there. Internally, with these tweaks, we’ve shaved off several seconds per race.  Also, last but not least. Thank you for all the support and feedback! We are listening to you and these are a few changes that didn’t make it into this patch but will be available in Phase Two at the latest:

• Drag-to-steer controls (Similar to a stick, but.. well.. different)
• First person view
• Ghosts