Mini Plane

Got lag?

pascal — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:46:55 +0000

We read some comments about “lag” or slowdowns in the previous update. We just pushed a new update hopefully fixing this. If you still have lag, please tell us here on the blog, add some details on the phone you use, and we will do our best to fix it!

Bug fixes

pascal — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:59:57 +0000

Another update pushed to the market, fixing some crash problems, annoying achievement and highscore popup messages, and other gameplay issues. If you still notice problems please let us know so we can fix it!

New achievement

pascal — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:46:39 +0000

We just pushed a small update fixing some issues with flyby-achievements that would sometimes not be given. We also added the new OpenFeint features, so your achievements now show percentage-complete where possible and you can add your Facebook friends. Finally the last feature adds a star-combo counter in the lower-right corner when you are in a combo streak.

Hall of Fame #android

pascal — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:02:32 +0000

We’ve been doing some small fixes and improvements to the game speed and interface, on top of that we finally had some good idea’s for new upgradable items: two engine upgrades are waiting in the shop! These engines will make your fuel last longer, so might be interesting to get them as soon as you can.

Another interesting feature is the new leaderboard and achievements: Hall of Fame. You will need to reach a score of 10.000 without using extended play (so that’s with a single life). The more you can achieve that, the higher you will get in the “Hall of Fame”!

The full list of fixes and updates:

- fix: browsing the store is working again

- new: Two engine upgrades, improves fuel usage

- new: added low-detail setting (for slow devices)

- new: added settings to the pause screen

- new: Hall of Fame achievement and leaderboard: get 10.000 points without using extended play to enter!

- small updates to interface

New levels coming

pascal — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:41:57 +0000

We have been pushing some smaller updates to Mini Plane on Android, mostly fixing just little things in controls, gameplay , etc. We are still planning on adding new levels to the game in a bigger update coming hopefully early 2011, some idea’s are being bounced around now as to how it should look, but we figured: let’s ask the gamers!

So, if you have idea’s for new worlds/levels to play in, let us know! maybe we can make it work. Just leave your idea’s in the comments or contact us on twitter or facebook.

version 4.0 #android and OpenFeint!

pascal — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:14:32 +0000

We just pushed a new update for Mini Plane on Android. Version 4.0 is a pretty big update as we changed some of the game elements while staying true to the great gameplay. Below is the full list of all the many little changes we made to the game. We listened to all the feedback from the gamers, and we tried to make the game less hard and easier to get into, while still keeping the fun and challenge there for the more advanced Mini Plane pilots.

One of the biggest changes, is replacing the old RumbleX profiles with the new OpenFeint services. This sadly means existing achievements and highscores are all gone, but you will keep your star count, your planes, and engine enhancements and on top of that you get a new challenges in the shape of some great achievements !

The next big thing is the extended-play has been modified. You can still collect three super-stars to extend your play, but you will continue that play in the same level. So all levels are now seperate mini-games, all slightly different, and all with their own highscores. Upgraded players should have the three old levels unlocked (if you had enough playtime), and new players will have to unlock those levels by playing and reaching enough checkpoints!

Full update details:

* replaced RumbleX with OpenFeint for highscores and achievements
* made game run faster on slower hardware (like HTC Hero)
* small improvement to gameplay
* small changes in plane controls
* changed frequency of obstacles
* 3x Superstar is now extended play in same level (harder to collect, but worth it)
* mostly new achievements to unlock, some really challenging
* Added a fourth world: Vulcano
* Worlds can be unlocked with achievements or buying them with Stars
* Modified look of the planes

What’s this? #android

pascal — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:58:08 +0000

….a sign of things to come?

Small #android update

pascal — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:39:38 +0000

We just uploaded a small update for the Android version. The game controls are slightly tweaked on some faster devices, and we finally locked the volume-buttons to only control the media-volume while the game is running.. so no more changing the ringer volume by accident.

v3.1.0 finally for #Android !

pascal — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:14:11 +0000

We just uploaded the new version for Android devices, the iPhone version will follow a little later, the new update brings another level to fly in and many little changes and improvements. It’s taken much longer to get this update out, basically we had a hard time getting level three to look and play the way we wanted.

Here is the full list of new stuff, and as mentioned, this is also coming to iPhone soon!

- Added the Techno World
- World-selection map, pick your fly zone!
- Helicopters now also give flyby points, and a nice sound
- fixed the bonus-zone buildings (sometimes they looked wrong)
- Scores of 1000 and up will get uploaded (no need to beat your own best)
- add various special effects left and right
- the upgradable planes have their own special abilities! so it’s worth trying them all
- Android: Gameplay fix for fast devices, the plane is more controllable now
- Android: Install to SD added

Still flying high

pascal — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:41:07 +0000

It’s been some time since we talked about the next update for Mini Plane, and that’s because the direction we were going with the “bee world” just wasn’t really what we were hoping for. After some more thinking and designing we came up with a new world to add to the game, much more inline with the rest of the worlds we already had.

There have also been some more tweaks towards faster Android devices, because the touch-controls just didn’t feel correct (we designed the game for the older phones with apparently slower input handling) and that will all be in the next update and new Lite version. It will also include some speed-enhancements that bring the framerate slightly higher on the slower phones, making it a smoother game to enjoy.

Right now we are doing some fine tuning and checking if we can do some additional new features before releasing the next version, but it is coming soon!