New beta android app (game)

tagoona

Can I ask what happens to you when the application is not running.
Can you be infected while you're not playing?

theblacknight

tagoona wrote: »

Can I ask what happens to you when the application is not running.
Can you be infected while you're not playing?

Yes you can the map will always display your last known location, I am currently working on a notification service that will warning you when zombies are nearby, but for now you have to keep "looking over your shoulder" .

Atomic Pineapple

theblacknight wrote: »

I've had a few crash reports now without my package name in there eg:

java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
at android.graphics.Bitmap.nativeCreate(Native Method)
at android.graphics.Bitmap.createBitmap(Bitmap.java:574)
at com.google.android.maps.ZoomHelper.createSnapshot(ZoomHelper.java:444)
at com.google.android.maps.ZoomHelper.beginZoom(ZoomHelper.java:194)
at com.google.android.maps.MapView$2.onScaleBegin(MapView.java:371)
at android.view.ScaleGestureDetector.onTouchEvent(ScaleGestureDetector.java:216)

Looks like a memory leak somewhere in the app, pretty hard to track down

theblacknight

draffodx wrote: »

Looks like a memory leak somewhere in the app, pretty hard to track down

There are problems with the map view, I've taken some steps to try mitigate some of the problems, just need to do some testing. I've been scouring my code for potential leaks, and haven't spotted anything so far.

Ste-

Getting a few force closes when I close this app.
Will send on the reports.

Gryzor

Cool idea, Galway is getting overrun...get out now!! :eek:

budgemook

Was at lunch there today on Pearse street. I checked my status and was clean but had 2 zombies near by. I got my friend to install it then so he did and when he opened it he said there was an infected person right beside him. Me of course so I opened it up and infected him right away.

Some craic.

longshanks

Its getting a bit dodgy here in waterford, I seem to be surrounded

Mars Bar

Limerick is far too quiet! Nearest person to me at the moment is marcbrophy and he's clean.

Galway City is well infected though.

cooperguy

budgemook wrote: »

Cool thanks, I have an idea. How about the uninfected can kill Zombies but make it harder than infection. Maybe 50 metres or something. Then the Zombie respawns as uninfected adter 3 days or something.

Zombies are always getting killed in the movies.

Thats a good idea. Clean people just have to wait around to be infected! Not much else to do.

Iv been surviving well though considering im in Galway which is pretty over run

theblacknight

cooperguy wrote: »

Thats a good idea. Clean people just have to wait around to be infected! Not much else to do.

Iv been surviving well though considering im in Galway which is pretty over run

I will be doing stuff like this for the full version, which is a work in progress at the moment. There will be a level up system, and people will be able to fight back, and hopefully some achievements
Thanks for the feedback

projectgtr

I got got

Damn you Satchmo DAMN YOU TO HELL mmmmmmmmmmmmmm bbbrrrraaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnssssssss


no to get working on north of Dublin

lintdrummer

Great idea for an app! Works perfectly on my SE X10 mini pro.

Have you started a thread in Zombie Survival? I'd say they'd be mad into it.

theblacknight

emmettogara wrote: »

Great idea for an app! Works perfectly on my SE X10 mini pro.

Have you started a thread in Zombie Survival? I'd say they'd be mad into it.

Yeh there's a thread there, not much going on in it though, it's here.

seanybiker

longshanks wrote: »

Its getting a bit dodgy here in waterford, I seem to be surrounded

Some fooker infected me I'm heartbroken haha

Martron

projectgtr wrote: »

I got got

Damn you Satchmo DAMN YOU TO HELL mmmmmmmmmmmmmm bbbrrrraaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnssssssss


no to get working on north of Dublin

you have just gone and got ,got

i drove 40 miles to get you!!!

seanybiker

Martron wrote: »

you have just gone and got ,got

i drove 40 miles to get you!!!

Haha no way.

Martron

yep , did it in stealth zombie mode too.

turned off location on my phone when i was in town. and only turned it back on when i had infected him!!!

ah i can see how this game will get good. especially if you go hunting people.

i think some people need to be of higher value to make them targets. there needs to be an incentive to both survive or be a zombie. perhaps you gain survival points for the length of time you survive for. and it costs you points to hide and heal etc etc.

you get points for revivving zombies. the oppisite when you are a zombie. you get death points..... etc etc/.

budgemook

Martron wrote: »

yep , did it in stealth zombie mode too.

turned off location on my phone when i was in town. and only turned it back on when i had infected him!!!

ah i can see how this game will get good. especially if you go hunting people.

i think some people need to be of higher value to make them targets. there needs to be an incentive to both survive or be a zombie. perhaps you gain survival points for the length of time you survive for. and it costs you points to hide and heal etc etc.

you get points for revivving zombies. the oppisite when you are a zombie. you get death points..... etc etc/.

Leader board def needed and maybe a notification of who infected you. Nice if you don't check for a while and the person has moved on.

seanybiker

Martron wrote: »

yep , did it in stealth zombie mode too.

turned off location on my phone when i was in town. and only turned it back on when i had infected him!!!

ah i can see how this game will get good. especially if you go hunting people.

i think some people need to be of higher value to make them targets. there needs to be an incentive to both survive or be a zombie. perhaps you gain survival points for the length of time you survive for. and it costs you points to hide and heal etc etc.

you get points for revivving zombies. the oppisite when you are a zombie. you get death points..... etc etc/.

Haha that's priceless. Getting all sneaky sneaky about it and all. Excellent work

Pimp Ninja

Just joined the fray tonight. I was looking all isolated and stuff till a walker showed up about 5 miles away.

Just the two of us out here ....
Im gonna have to keep my eye on this now.

Martron wrote: »

Satchmo

ITS YOU !!! - KEEP AWAY !!

Ste- wrote: »

Yep twas me.

Damn you !! sending zombies out to me !
:-P

Vego

got someone at pearse street today brings my tally to 5

allen175

haha town got hit bad! looks like howth would be a safe place to hide for the moment.

Paparazzo

There's a zombie in the carpark outside my gaff. I'm scared

Vego

Paparazzo wrote: »

There's a zombie in the carpark outside my gaff. I'm scared

hes waiting for you

Paparazzo

I quit out and used the task killer. Hopefully he can't see me now

theblacknight

Paparazzo wrote: »

I quit out and used the task killer. Hopefully he can't see me now

He can you need to hide using the menu on the map view, if the zombie is in range, but this won't hide you forever

heebusjeebus

Took a different route to work to get infect someone. My sincerest apologies to "Hrafyn" but I fupping love brains.

seanybiker

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Took a different route to work to get infect someone. My sincerest apologies to "Hrafyn" but I fupping love brains.

Lol. This game is really taking off

Martron

To pimp ninja ,

Hope you are enjoying your last few moments on this planet . Stealth zombie is activated and will be coming for you.

Signed

Satchm......brrrrraaaaaiiiiinnnssssss

The_B_Man

Looks like a bitta craic. Downloaded. No zombies go to IT Tallaght for the next cupla hours, thanks!

Mimikyu

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jArgHA

1000+ users now, that's pretty impressive

Martron

To pimpninja aka. survivor............ welcome to the dark side!

tagoona

I don't think the website has it....
But a forum to talk (like this one here) , maybe broken down by region would be awesome
Just think about taunting zombies in you're area, or congratulating them on a good hunt.
Being able to message the user who infected you would also be nice.

BTW ,things are very lonely here in clare

Paparazzo

Lonely is good if you're clean. There's a zombie just outside my circle in an office. I'd say a trip to the jacks would put them in range.

Cork looks clean. A zombie would have a feast down there

tagoona

As a clean person though, there's no objective.
As others have said, the ability to attack a zombie with a "heal gun" or something, would make it more interesting

I'd love to be able to see the map on the web of the players
but I know that would be abused in terms of figuring if people are close before turning on the app.

jArgHA

It's mad to see on the map the amount of countries participating in this, there's zombies / survivors in Amsterdam, Paris, London, Trondheim .. the list goes on

Pimp Ninja

Martron wrote: »

To pimpninja aka. survivor............ welcome to the dark side!

Ahh NO fair !
I were studying all morning

Time to wreak havoc !
Nyom Nyom Nyom

theblacknight

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Yes, please do. Did last nights update help? Do you still see the force close when you scan your finger, ie. just before the finger animation plays or is it unpredictable?

Pimp Ninja

The game still needs something for the survivors to do, even tho I have only been "playing" for one night as a Survivor, I wasnt actually doing anything.

Also - some sort of notification when you have been infected?
I just loaded the app and my pin was red instead of blue.

theblacknight

Pimp Ninja wrote: »

The game still needs something for the survivors to do, even tho I have only been "playing" for one night as a Survivor, I wasnt actually doing anything.

Also - some sort of notification when you have been infected?
I just loaded the app and my pin was red instead of blue.

Working on stuff for survivors to do, will be a little while because I work full time, so only get to work on this at night and at weekends. Also working on a notification system that will run in the background.

Also the app is meant to vibrate an SOS pattern when you get infected, but there seems to be a bug that is breaking that, will look into it. The user info section on the main screen will tell you if you are infected also.

PogMoThoin

I got an idea, How about, if someone gets infected they have 24 hours for a survivor to cure them or they become fully infected

seanybiker

Only thing I noticed is after the scan is complete it says scan cancelled but works perfectly other than that.

Mimikyu

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theblacknight

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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That's a strange one! Haven't gotten the crash report yet, will check through old ones for anything that may have come from you before.

Atomic Pineapple

Lestroni...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn it I thought I was safe in Dun Loaghaire!

The_B_Man

I had a problem where I was at home on the wireless, kept the wireless turned on, left the house, then went onto 3G and it was getting a connection error.

Once I disabled the wifi, it was grand off the 3G.

HTC Desire, Cyanogenmod7, Launcher Pro 0.8.2.

theblacknight

The_B_Man wrote: »

I had a problem where I was at home on the wireless, kept the wireless turned on, left the house, then went onto 3G and it was getting a connection error.

Once I disabled the wifi, it was grand off the 3G.

HTC Desire, Cyanogenmod7, Launcher Pro 0.8.2.

Thanks, will investigate.

heebusjeebus

draffodx wrote: »

Lestroni...........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Damn it I thought I was safe in Dun Loaghaire!

I know him. He's an awful b0llix