Ranked #1010
230 Points
Shadō is a modern twist on the classic "snake" game genre featuring dynamic lights and shadows with a minimalist design.Just swipe to collect all the balls and advance to the next level. The moving balls will "shadow" you (they'll follow your every move), but be careful not to crash into the walls! Each section introduces a new twist, including shadows, switches, portals, and more...The first twist being that you move slower when you're in the shadows.Get it here on the Google Play storeShadō: The Minimal Snake Game
Hello, Thank you for taking the time to try my game. To your point about the controls, there are several different control methods besides swipe which can be changed in the options. You can even use an external gamepad for even greater control. And what you describe as latency is more than likely the fact that the gameplay happens on a grid.So if you tell the ball to more right it will move right as soon as it fully enters the next row. When people realize this they usually have a much better time controlling it. However, I have yet to come up with a good way of describing this in game.
As far as the title screen, point taken...the overall design is "minimal" but perhaps it's too minimal. I have been thinking of updating it. And you're not the first person to suggest making the first level shorter so I might do that as well.
I would prefer not to have ads, but asking people to pay even 99 cents is asking too much these days. This would literally be the only "snake" game on the play store if I did that. So instead, I actually tried to keep the ads to a minimum. They only happen in between level after at least 40 seconds. So if you crash really soon you won't see them right away. And if you beat a level(s) I have it set so you won't see an ad for at least 3 minutes as sort of a reward. I do occasionally show ads in the menus like you mentioned(also if one hasn't been displayed for a while) because otherwise there would be a way to never see an ad if you went back to the menu and then started a new level. This is in contrast to other games on the Play Store with similar graphical styles that display an ad when you start the app, between every single restart of a level, forcing you watch it for 20 seconds before continuing. I didn't want that. But why do they do it? Greed? Maybe, but with my way I have over 1500 downloads but have only made $4 so far showing ads! So I can certainly see why they do it.
Thank you for the review and the suggestions.