http://www.appcraver.com/rasta-monkey/ news and reviews for iphone apps Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:18:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.appcraver.com/rasta-monkey/comment-page-1/#comment-4856 Mark Weber Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:55:06 +0000 http://www.appcraver.com/?p=15655#comment-4856 Frustration with controls sums it up. You hit the nail on the head when you suggested that users would need a "bit of practice" to get the hang of the controls. What frustrates me about the spinning launch system for jumping is that the game's designer Nitako could have used countless more intuitive and easier systems for jumping: directional finger flicks, a stationary & a moving finger to create a virtual sling shot, tapping twice in the jumping direction, etc. For such an otherwise simple and approachable game, they've added a needlessly frustrating learning curve without with I believe the game would be much much more successful. My hope is that they’ll make a revision that gives a varied control scheme, because this one seems to be hurting the game more than helping it. Frustration with controls sums it up. You hit the nail on the head when you suggested that users would need a “bit of practice” to get the hang of the controls. What frustrates me about the spinning launch system for jumping is that the game’s designer Nitako could have used countless more intuitive and easier systems for jumping: directional finger flicks, a stationary & a moving finger to create a virtual sling shot, tapping twice in the jumping direction, etc. For such an otherwise simple and approachable game, they’ve added a needlessly frustrating learning curve without with I believe the game would be much much more successful. My hope is that they’ll make a revision that gives a varied control scheme, because this one seems to be hurting the game more than helping it.

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