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PewPew Beta, for Android

Currently my work has shifted from developing PewPew to porting it to several different phone OS. I'll try to write a post later about the process of porting, because there's lot's of interesting bits I've discovered.

A few weeks ago I submitted a version of PewPew for the Bada OS to Samsung, but it got rejected because my website contained an image of an iPhone and a link to the App Store. At first I was surprised, but they simply don't want to have iPhone advertisement flaunted at their customers, which is understandable.

In the meanwhile I ported PewPew to Android and improved many things, and because I got rejected, those improvements will get to be in the initial Bada OS release as well (I try to look on the bright side of things).

Regarding the Android version, I don't know how well my app works on other phones, so I am starting a beta process. I want to get PewPew perfectly right before I submit it to the Android Market: I am a firm believer that first impressions counts.

If you want to test it, here is the .apk.
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  1. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Huuuh... hi !
    I'm here to ask : How did I play a campaign mod on Pewpew 1 without buying anything ?
    Was it free ?
    Because when I played it first, I was playing a campaign. Then campaign disapeared, and instead I had a menu to choose a game mode.
    Normal or not ?

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  2. Ferdian HendrastoJanuary 9, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Can't get into the game
    Whenever I try to it kicks me back out to homescreen. - HTC Legend with Stock 2.2

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    I just installed the apk on an original Moto Droid, works great so far. In the tutorial the text is a little obscured by the top pull down bar in your app.
    I am so happy that you ported this over to Android! I had a work iph*ne that I had it on, but my personal phone is android. ;)
    Great work, and Thank You!
    /Earl

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  4. Jean-François GeyelinJanuary 19, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    Anonymous from January 3> It's a small bug :) It will be corrected in the next update.

    Ferdian> Ok, I'll investigate.

    Anonymous from January 17> Thanks for testing !

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  5. AnonymousMay 23, 2011 at 2:41 AM

    I got it off the Android market, played it a couple of times but the scrubbing around on the "joysticks" was racking the slider on my Samsung Epic, so I uninstalled it.

    Reminds me of Robotron 2084, but with the ability to shoot 360 degrees. :)

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