Looking for some feedback on my (free) game

It looks very well designed. I have touch pool 2d lite, and yours looks much more attractive than it, and seems to have a better layout. I'll give it a try sometime in the few days and let you know what i think of it.

Looks cool and well designed, I am downloading it now...
Will try it out and post my feedback..

Good luck.

I really like this game! Very good graphics. I was having some of the aiming issue though. I think it's because of my phone is a low end (old) model. When rotating the pool stick, it seemed to pause as your trajectory intersected a group of balls, then by the time the game caught up, you were way past where you were trying to aim. I'll try to record a video of playing it on my phone so you can see what I mean.

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I made a short video of the aiming problems I was having. Sorry for the shakiness of the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xktZeOlkOpU My phone is the htc hero.

I think your game is very well done and well thought out. I am running it on a Backflip and it runs very smoothly. I do a couple minor critiques, though. and the first is about, you guessed it, the aiming. To me, I think you have it backwards. that's not to say that its wrong, but when most people play virtual pool/billiards, they tend to want to "grab" the back end of the cue and aim that way. You've got it set the complete opposite, meaning if the player wants to aim towards the left side of the table you have to touch the left side of the screen and drag to the right. you explain it very thoroughly in the tutorial, but most people do not bother with them. I myself had to go back from a fresh game and go through the tutorial just to figure out and learn how to aim. Maybe you could either switch to what I call "traditional" aiming, or make an option to pick between the two?

the second is the mandatory nominating. that's fine for tournament play (career in the virtual world), but not for casual play. think about it, the last time you went to a bar or pool hall with a group of buddies, was anyone that serious about calling each and every single pocket, aside from the eight ball? I think it would be just super if you either got rid of that, or make a career mode that does require it and a casual mode that does not.

aside from those two things, though, I think you have done a spectacular job on this game. it is by far, flaws or not, the BEST pool game on the market. its so good that after a tweek or two you could charge people for it. (I prefer it be free, because I can't afford to buy anything, but you could totally make some extra spending money with this)

this is the best pool game i ever plaued on any of the mobile os. awesome work bro.....

hey Nikos...

first, thanks for taking my, and everybody else's feedback so graciously. there are so many people who just can't take feedback very well. and because you do, I am thankful.

after I posted my original post and went back to play a bit more and finally figured out how to really aim. to be honest, although it does take getting used to, I am starting to favor you way, or as we are now calling it, the" backwards" way. :-) I do like being able to see exactly where I am trying to aim. by no means perfect, because even in doing it that way you cant *always* see where you're aiming.

and I still don't see the point of nominating, although I did notice that its not actually "mandatory" as I originally thought, just as you pointed out. and I've only got the lite version, so im not sure of all your options and gameplay, but it would be cool to see a career mode, if you haven't already implemented something to the effect.

what else would be neat-o, would be to get "upgrades" for completing certain criteria, much like achievements on an x-box, like different colored balls and pool fabric, lighter/heavier sticks, etc. plus different games altogether, such as frustration, and maybe some regional versions of 8/9-ball, that sort of thing. I don't know, just tossing ideas out there for you.

all-in-all, it is still by far the best pool game out on the market now. only thing better is the real thing.

frustration can be very difficult, but it is fun as hell! you set the table up by placing one ball on the edge of each pocket, and three balls where you would normally set up the balls in just about any other billiards game. the object is to hit all the balls next to the pockets in BEFORE and WITHOUT so much as touching the three in the middle. once that is accomplished, then you have three, and only three shots to get the three remaining balls in. point is, you only have as many shots as there are balls, so 9 in all. you can place the cue anywhere on the table to start, but once you've taken your first shot you play where it stops. sound easy? think again. again, it is a very fun gane, especially with a bunch of driends and a bunch of drinks, but that's a whole othere story :-) so, what do you think?

also, you really should unlock regular 8-ball for the lite version. i'd love to buy the full version myself, but I just can't afford to. and I know that's another thing that puts a lot of people off too. that's the one "version" everyone wants to, and should be able to play- free or otherwise. the 14.1 conituous thing you've got is great for practise, but most people want a clear-cut end to the game.

just a suggestion ;-)

don't know if there are any "official" rules. its just one of those things that just gets handed down through the generations, so to speak. and there may very well be different names for it, but "frustration" is simply what I have always called it.

and as far as the windows version, id love to download it, but I don't own my own computer. :-/ but, you can't blame me for asking, right? lol

I've downloaded the new version. Works great. I should have read the tutorial the first time I played it. Most pool games I've played you swing the pool stick around to aim, but I see now. I like the line aiming too.