Gemsweeper - Testers for release candidate wanted
by Sandra Erb · in General Discussion · 05/08/2007 (12:11 pm) · 8 replies
Greetings,
A few months ago I posted a request for beta testers in this group and some of you tried the beta version of our new game Gemsweeper.
Game description:
Follow Professor McGuffog on his path through an ancient Mayan city in this original and mind-bending puzzle game. Solve 225 unique puzzles on your way to gold, gems and treasurehunting glory.
Screenshots:
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey0.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey1.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey2.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey3.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey4.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey5.jpg
Based on the comments of our beta testers we have added many changes to the game.
- New, highly improved graphics
- New music track
- Over 70 new puzzles
- New, captivating comic story
- All bugs that were reported to us were fixed
And much more!
We have just published the release candidate of Gemsweeper.
If you would like to try the game, you can download it for Windows 98,ME,2000,XP,Vista at:
http://www.lobstersoft.com/downloads/gemsweeper/gemsweeper.exe
Everybody who plays the game and fills out a short survey will get the full version (a $19.95 value) for free!
If there are any problems or questions, please drop me an e-mail. Thank you!
Best Regards,
Sandra Erb
sandra@lobstersoft.com
www.lobstersoft.com - Non-violent logic games for all ages
A few months ago I posted a request for beta testers in this group and some of you tried the beta version of our new game Gemsweeper.
Game description:
Follow Professor McGuffog on his path through an ancient Mayan city in this original and mind-bending puzzle game. Solve 225 unique puzzles on your way to gold, gems and treasurehunting glory.
Screenshots:
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey0.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey1.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey2.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey3.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey4.jpg
http://www.lobstersoft.biz/temp/survey5.jpg
Based on the comments of our beta testers we have added many changes to the game.
- New, highly improved graphics
- New music track
- Over 70 new puzzles
- New, captivating comic story
- All bugs that were reported to us were fixed
And much more!
We have just published the release candidate of Gemsweeper.
If you would like to try the game, you can download it for Windows 98,ME,2000,XP,Vista at:
http://www.lobstersoft.com/downloads/gemsweeper/gemsweeper.exe
Everybody who plays the game and fills out a short survey will get the full version (a $19.95 value) for free!
If there are any problems or questions, please drop me an e-mail. Thank you!
Best Regards,
Sandra Erb
sandra@lobstersoft.com
www.lobstersoft.com - Non-violent logic games for all ages
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#3
Well, my wife (Anna) and I both played it through till the survey popped up. She's the one that filled out the survey at the end though (she plays more of these types of games than I do). Even though I don't play many puzzle games, it was easy for me to pick this one up. Great game and very professional look to it; the graphics were as good as any of the Pro games out there (like Zuma, Bejewelled, etc.), maybe better.:)
There wasn't much we could add, as she filled out the survey (which was very well put together as well); I did think the speech bubbles for the statue could use a few touches (they looked a little flat to me, and kind of clashed with the rest of the graphics), perhaps you could add a bit of depth to them with just a hint of a colored gradient around the edges (probably a shade of light brown).
I did find myself making a few mistakes once I discovered that you could use the right-click to change between tools (sometimes I used the hammer, where I should have used the hand). I really liked that you can hold down the mouse button and "zip" through multiple blocks.
The graphics were a little jerky on her Laptop (Dell Inspiron, with Mobile Intel Pentium 4 2.8G/512MB RAM/Windows XP SP2), but still fully playable. I've had similar experiences when playing Phantasia, mostly with the particle effects.
Anyways, thanks again for letting us try it out; I'm sure my wife will enjoy playing the full version.:)
-Keith
05/10/2007 (4:27 am)
Hey Sandra,Well, my wife (Anna) and I both played it through till the survey popped up. She's the one that filled out the survey at the end though (she plays more of these types of games than I do). Even though I don't play many puzzle games, it was easy for me to pick this one up. Great game and very professional look to it; the graphics were as good as any of the Pro games out there (like Zuma, Bejewelled, etc.), maybe better.:)
There wasn't much we could add, as she filled out the survey (which was very well put together as well); I did think the speech bubbles for the statue could use a few touches (they looked a little flat to me, and kind of clashed with the rest of the graphics), perhaps you could add a bit of depth to them with just a hint of a colored gradient around the edges (probably a shade of light brown).
I did find myself making a few mistakes once I discovered that you could use the right-click to change between tools (sometimes I used the hammer, where I should have used the hand). I really liked that you can hold down the mouse button and "zip" through multiple blocks.
The graphics were a little jerky on her Laptop (Dell Inspiron, with Mobile Intel Pentium 4 2.8G/512MB RAM/Windows XP SP2), but still fully playable. I've had similar experiences when playing Phantasia, mostly with the particle effects.
Anyways, thanks again for letting us try it out; I'm sure my wife will enjoy playing the full version.:)
-Keith
#4
Great to hear that you liked it!
If anyone else would like to try the game, the beta will continue for about a week.
Sandra
05/10/2007 (5:46 am)
Keith,Great to hear that you liked it!
If anyone else would like to try the game, the beta will continue for about a week.
Sandra
#5
It appears that the Beta version of the game has expired and the game no longer functions as such. Although my wife tried to download the newer version and use the code sent to her, it still says it's a Beta version and is expired. Any way to fix this? Also, she found a bug in the game; I'll let her explain it to you:
"When you earn over 2,500,000 points the game no longer tells you how many points until the next "rank".
It continues to say next rank at 2,500,000 points even though I have already surpassed 2,500,000."
-Keith
05/20/2007 (3:50 pm)
Sandra,It appears that the Beta version of the game has expired and the game no longer functions as such. Although my wife tried to download the newer version and use the code sent to her, it still says it's a Beta version and is expired. Any way to fix this? Also, she found a bug in the game; I'll let her explain it to you:
"When you earn over 2,500,000 points the game no longer tells you how many points until the next "rank".
It continues to say next rank at 2,500,000 points even though I have already surpassed 2,500,000."
-Keith
#6
-Keith
05/30/2007 (8:01 am)
Well, still haven't gotten a response; I guess it was fun while it lasted. :)-Keith
#7
05/31/2007 (5:37 am)
Keith, the beta test is over and so the beta version expired. The good news is, that we are going to release the full version soon. Every beta tester will receive a copy of the game which never expires.
#8
Did you need my e-mail address to send me the info on the final version (I can't rmemeber if you already have it)?
-Keith
05/31/2007 (7:36 am)
Ah, I thought it had already been released and our key just wasn't unlocking the full version fo rsome reason. Thanks Sandra, I know my wife will look forward to continue playing the game. :)Did you need my e-mail address to send me the info on the final version (I can't rmemeber if you already have it)?
-Keith
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