Thank goodness! iFighter is available now! @ EpicForce

Thank goodness! iFighter is available now!

Posted on May 9th, 2009 Dr.Watson 68 comments

The wait is over, the full version of iFighter is available now!

It has been “Ready for Sale” just for an hour so you have to follow this link to see it:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=314099570&mt=8

It should be listed in App Store soon!

Thank goodness. The torture is finally over for us!

iFighter
68 responses to “Thank goodness! iFighter is available now!”
1. laccio85 May 9th, 2009 at 06:50
  
  It’s a Wonderful!!!
  
  Thanks you very much!!!
2. Ron May 9th, 2009 at 07:11
  
  Woohoo, cannot wait to download it!!!!
3. Marc May 9th, 2009 at 07:27
  
  Yay! On my iPhone now–I’ll be playing it on the train home tonight.
  
  Thanks,
  
  -marc
4. Dr.Coyote May 9th, 2009 at 08:12
  
  Great. Very well done again! Kudos.
5. Parker May 9th, 2009 at 09:05
  
  You guys are awesome! Best game I’ve found on iTouch and it’s worth a lot more than 99 cents! Fantastic job with the programming.
6. Ramiro May 9th, 2009 at 09:19
  
  Hooray!
  I just downloaded it.
  Thanks!
  Ramiro
7. Mark May 9th, 2009 at 09:26
  
  Thanks! I’ve been searching the app store for this DAILY! Just left a review as well with the name maxsplat. Hope it helps.
8. Dinofond May 9th, 2009 at 10:35
  
  All Hail Dr Watson and Epicforce!
9. Harinder May 9th, 2009 at 11:34
  
  Good i got it thanks
10. tosui May 9th, 2009 at 12:47
  
  Thanks for making such an awesome game! There’s a good thread loving it up on Touch Arcade: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?threadid=11918
  
  Can you add the option to listen to our own music?
  
  And then, can you make me better at the game? (Seriously, I’m stuck on Mission 2! It’s embarrassing!)
  
  Put a glowing review in the Canadian app store for ya. Well deserved! Hope the game brings lots of success for ya.
11. raafa17 May 9th, 2009 at 13:27
  
  its baadd ass good jod Devs
12. Dr.Watson May 9th, 2009 at 13:39
  
  Thanks for all the good words! Thank you for patiently waiting for such a long time.
  
  @tosui: if you turn the volume of the background music to 0, you can listen to your own music when you start the game the next time! Of course you need to start your iPod music before starting iFighter
  
  For the next update, we will probably make the iPod music detection done automatically!
13. Fongz May 9th, 2009 at 14:41
  
  can you add the option for player to choose the location of the bomb button in the option menu in the future update? Also make it bigger and more sensitive? BTW, very nice game, good job!
14. Woodpecker May 9th, 2009 at 15:06
  
  Very Good!!!!
  It Works Fantastic!!!
  Many Greetings from Germany!!!
15. Loubets May 9th, 2009 at 15:11
  
  Great!!!
  Thanks you very much!!!
16. Howard May 9th, 2009 at 15:50
  
  Dude man!!!….. seriously… NICE JOB. the game does not disappoint a bit. i paid my $1 soon as it came on today. and never regret it.
  
  couple things:
  1. definitely make the BOMB button a liiitttle bigger.
  
  2. those of you who were worrying about the demo being too easy, you’ll be glad to know that it’s a lot more challenging in the retail version. i am playing normal mode and i am still stuck at mission 2 boss stage.
  
  3. how many stages are there total?
17. $ark May 9th, 2009 at 16:00
  
  It’s like Christmas morning!!!
  Playing with the new toy before breakfast!;-)
  Loving it as far as I’ve gotten on level 2 but just thought I’d stop in to say thanks and well done!!
  It’s certainly been worth the wait and far more than the 59p
  I paid:-)
  Hope you sell a copy to every of the 1.8million who’ve been playing the lite!!
  
  Keep up the good work guys
  P.S: Any chance of us ever seeing a level editor on the app store??
18. putaman May 9th, 2009 at 16:29
  
  Hi, finally!! Ya compré mi copia de ifighter a los minutos de salir. Me alegra comprar aplicaciones tan buenas y de esta manera contribuir a que podáis seguir desarrollando otras. Bienvenidos los 0′79€ que he pagado con mucho gusto. Ya jugué en el nivel segundo, solo puedo decir unas palabras emocionantes: ESPECTACULAR!!!
  BRAVOOO!!!!
  Congratulatios Dr. Watson, felicidades por el buen trabajo!! Puntué la aplicación en el store con 5 estrellas.
  A ver si vais sacando algún nivel más, aunque sea de pago.
  Saludos a todos los fanáticos de iFighter
19. L'As May 9th, 2009 at 17:16
  
  At last !
  Excellent game. Still at level 2 (Hard).
  
  Great to see that you improved the game and UI from feedback.
  
  I was expecting 7-10 levels though and not only 4. I know, I know, I’m greedy…
  
  There’s the SALE bar in the icon : it should be on iTunes only and not on the iPod / iPhone s’one !
  
  Keep up the good work and don’t forget to add extra levels !
20. L'As May 9th, 2009 at 17:18
  
  At last, the full version is here !
  Excellent game, so far (still at level 2 on Hard).
  
  Great to see that you improved the game and UI from feedback.
  
  I was expecting 7-10 levels though and not only 4. I know, I know, I’m greedy…
  
  There’s the SALE bar in the icon : it should be on iTunes only and not on the iPod / iPhone !
  
  Keep up the good work and don’t forget to add extra levels !
21. fenris May 9th, 2009 at 17:26
  
  bought it finally ~~~ waited for years~~ XD
  just 0.99~~ so good
22. Dr.Watson May 9th, 2009 at 17:53
  
  @L’As: yes, we will remove the “SALE” bar in the icon in the update. We’d love to have more levels too but it’s not easy to make levels since we want to make each one rather unique. However, we’ll definitely throw in more levels through updates.
  
  @Howard: we’ll make the bomb button bigger as some other people think it’s not big enough too.
  
  Thanks everyone again for your support. We’ll keep improving iFighter through updates so please feel free to sending in feedbacks and bugs. Cheers!
23. chrome May 9th, 2009 at 18:32
  
  FINALLY! Just bought it! Many thanks from Romania and Spain
24. Norcallights May 9th, 2009 at 22:51
  
  YAY!
  
  (that is all for now).
25. Matter375 May 9th, 2009 at 23:03
  
  Uggh! Great game but it’s way too hard! Can’t beat level two on easy! I definately think you should let people ha e 2-3 main fighter lives.
26. Nishant May 9th, 2009 at 23:59
  
  Great game. Just got it!
27. Ascavera May 10th, 2009 at 01:21
  
  hey
  finally
  glad its around
  downloading it rite now
  can’t wait and see what unfolds
  hope the game is long and difficult
28. Phil May 10th, 2009 at 05:45
  
  Damn, hanging at level 4. The Easy mode is too heave for me…
  Too hard game but best iphone game!!!
29. Lestek May 10th, 2009 at 16:39
  
  I wrote small review on polish Apple community forum: http://www.myapple.pl/showthread.php?t=104106
30. Dr.Watson May 10th, 2009 at 16:49
  
  @Lestek; Thanks for the review! Much appreciated!
  
  So how many people think it’s too hard to play? It’s almost impossible to balance the game for everyone. I guess if you play it a few times, the easy mode shouldn’t be too hard for most people.
  
  FYI: you can also discuss about iFighter in our own forum here:
  http://epicforce.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=12
31. Mike May 10th, 2009 at 18:07
  
  I purchased the game the day it came out, just made it to level 4 on normal and died a good bit into the level. I have yet to try easy or hard modes, but I think this game is perfect as far as difficulty goes. Challenging, but not impossible or frustrating. I love the addition of the in-game music. From one band geek to another, the composer did a fantastic job!
  
  For those of you who are having trouble with the level 2 boss, save up your bombs. They have defensive capabilities.
32. jay May 10th, 2009 at 18:47
  
  GUYS!
  
  COMMON! Stop posting all these RAVING REVIEWS here!
  
  We need to post ‘em on the iTunes store so everyone in whole wide world can see what a FANTASTIC game iFighter by epicforce really is and BUY IT!!!
  
  Let’s make epicforce some money people! =)
  
  I LOVE THIS GAME SO MUCH!!!
  
  jay
33. Brigao May 10th, 2009 at 19:21
  
  Without a doubt the best 99 cents I have ever spent! Not sure how you did it but please don’t stop.
  
  I’m buying your other app too.
  
  No suggestions yet but one question…Any cheat codes?
34. tongteh May 10th, 2009 at 20:48
  
  i would love to see a retry button in the next update.. you know there are times where you start bad, and probably want to restart the game? that’s the button i am looking for.. bomb button bigger would be nice… Overall it;s a great game, i gave it 5star in app store review..
35. dasHaendchen May 10th, 2009 at 21:53
  
  Thank you. You have done a great job. The game is quite cheap (e.g. iShoot costs € 1,59)… The easy mode is a “little bit” (only a little bit) too heavy (especially for the second stage). The bullets, if you have collected the same bullets again, could be a little bit more efficient. How about a looping, if you push the “red button” on the left hand-side? But you don’t really need something like this (only a gimmick). But a red button an the left hand-side could be an option for a new function… Thank you.
36. Dr.Coyote May 10th, 2009 at 22:21
  
  Now I’ve been playing through the weekend and can tell you that it doesn’t dissapoint a bit. As good as expected. Even I aprecciate the realism: I happily recognized the shape of the Me-262 in level 3 (by the way, I didn’t make it yet to level 4, even in easy mode… Isn’t it too hard? I’ll keep trying.
  
  Thanks for the game, the great price and the friendliness: it’s great to be able to talk to the developer! I rated it 5 stars and wrote a review in the Spain’s appstore: El mejor juego, de lejos (Best game by far).
  
  Good luck and keep going like this. And greetings to all of the ifighters…
  
  dr. coyote
37. jay May 10th, 2009 at 22:27
  
  GUYS!
  
  We have to stop raving about this game here!
  
  We need to post our reviews on the iTunes store to let the whole wide world know how truly AWESOME iFighter is!
  
  Let’s make the good guys at epicforce the money they deserve, people!!!
  
  WOOO!!!
  
  I LOVE THIS GAME! It’s ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!
  
  jay
38. Wonder Boi May 10th, 2009 at 23:24
  
  I like this game a lot. It is definitely challenging. I was going crazy trying to finish level 4 on easy. I’m afraid to see how hard “normal” and “hard” are. How about increasing the upgrades for the weapons and not having to start the weapon upgrade over when switching from spread to straight shooter? Can we have the option to play any level at any difficulty once it’s completed?I’m wondering if an energy bar for the sidekicks would be helpful. Just my 2 cents for now. Glad the game is here.
39. JeegBot May 11th, 2009 at 03:33
  
  Amazing Game!
  I’ve just downloaded it and i’m playng now!
  I’m happy like a children!
  PS:
  Just Reviewed in AppStore: 5 Stars (obiovsly!)
40. Myles May 11th, 2009 at 10:54
  
  Just reached 1717550 after being killed by the Zepplin. Looking forward to that global high score board…
  LOVE this game!
  
  And I have included my review on iTunes. I do hope you make a killing off this game. You deserve every sale you get. I’ll be directly encouraging all my friends with iPhones/Touches to buy this game.
  
  Bravo Epicforce!!
41. Myles May 11th, 2009 at 10:56
  
  Still on easy, but it just reached 1717550 after being killed by the Zepplin. Looking forward to that global high score board guys…
  LOVE this game!
  
  And I have included my review on iTunes. I do hope you make a killing off this game. You deserve every sale you get. I’ll be directly encouraging all my friends with iPhones/Touches to buy this game.
  
  Bravo Epicforce!!
42. Nerkelman May 11th, 2009 at 11:17
  
  This game was definitely worth the wait. The only thing I noticed was that the bomb was not as responsive as I would have liked. Please don’t adjust the difficulty too much. I was able to get through normal without too much trouble and I would hate for the replayability to suffer by making it too easy. Maybe just adjust the easy difficulty if you think it is necessary. Great job and hopefully it will top the charts for a while. I can’t wait for updates (hopefully some of them will include more levels!).
43. netgui May 11th, 2009 at 18:02
  
  YES ! This game is fabulous ! It’s the first time i have pelasure playing on the iPhone, you gave me that dude.. and for only 0,79 Euros, that’s even too cheap !
  
  Just one little point : it’s sad that when we loose one aircraft on level 2+ we completely loose the guns because it all became very hard to go on
44. Dr.Coyote May 11th, 2009 at 21:05
  
  Since you ask for feedback, here are my two cents:
  - I agree with the bomb thing, sometimes not too responsive (or maybe in such a hurry that it’s difficult to get it as soon as we want)
  - related with this: as someone pointed out before, bombs can be used in a defensive way; in this case, it would be helpful to know when we are running out of HP. Wouldn’t it be better if that info was on the top of the screen, so the finger doesn’t hide it? Other tip: how about a sound when approaching the end of life (kind of stressing, but fun)?
  - I wonder if any powerups are added as far as we progress and add points right now. How about random elements that have hidden powerups (like the truck in level 1), depending of the score we are getting?
  
  Thanks again for so much fun!
45. Jason May 12th, 2009 at 00:52
  
  I’m only up to level 3 on the hard level and find the challenge just about right.
  
  A couple of notes…
  
  1. The bomb button. I’ve discovered that if you have the game set to autofire, and then tap the screen to increase the rate of fire, it can have an affect on the ability to release the bomb. If you have a finger touching the screen somewhere and then try to bomb, it just won’t release it. So make sure you fingers are off the screen when you go to tap the bomb!
  
  2. In the third level, there are “darts” as I call them… or suicide planes. They come at you at an incredible rate of speed. However, when you kill them, they don’t leave behind a star! Everything else you kill leaves something behind for you to collect except these “dart” like planes. What’s up with that?
  
  3. I still find that when you tap to accelerate your bullets, the sound of the “hits” still don’t match the speed of fire. Almost like it’s out of sync.
  
  4. When I turn off the game music and use my own, I find that the sound effects don’t turn up loud enough. Even cranked, they barely register unless you’re using headphones or external speakers. - it’s a minor complaint, but still…
  
  5. I also find it weird how “star” value is assigned to some of the things you kill throughout the game. Some stuff that’s easy to kill yields a Medal, yet some things that seem to require a dozen or more shots to finish off only yield a silver star. I figure the harder it is to kill, the bigger the reward.
  
  Otherwise, not bad. The game is fun and very addictive.
46. /me May 12th, 2009 at 05:14
  
  Great! I was so looking forward to this moment. Great job, guys!
47. Myles May 12th, 2009 at 12:25
  
  It’s great that a game like this has a finite number of points that can be scored on each level. When you update to a global scoring system I’m certain that we will all be extremely competitive.
  
  Before that happens, I think it would be better if high scores were split on a Mission basis and Career basis.
  
  At the moment, the only score that gets recorded is a cumulation of all the missions you have completed using that life. And looking at the high score table I don’t even know which mission I fought in to record the scores.
  
  So, if you split the scores out, we will be able to compete in 15 different categories, ie. Mission 1-4 on Easy, Medium and Hard AND Career high scores for Easy, Medium and Hard. Take it global and it will kick ass!!
  
  Could you maybe even start a thread on this site so we can start comparing now??
48. Dr.Watson May 12th, 2009 at 15:26
  
  @Myles: maybe you can start a thread in our forums here:
  http://epicforce.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=12
49. Dr.Watson May 12th, 2009 at 15:31
  
  Thanks Jason, Dr.Coyote and everyone else for the feedbacks. I’m taking notes and putting some of them in our to-do list for the update. Cheers!
50. Jason May 14th, 2009 at 00:54
  
  No worries, I’m glad to contribute feedback, but I understand that my concerns may not reflect the majority of users. I found your forums and have started a couple of topics where other users may like to share their own thoughts…
  
  http://www.epicforce.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=12
  
  It’s great to have a game that gets better with input!
51. dasHaendchen May 14th, 2009 at 23:41
  
  That’s unbelievable! The easy mode is a “little bit” (only a little bit) too heavy (especially for the second stage). And I agree with Phil (May 10th, 2009 at 05:45). “I’m hanging at level 4. The Easy mode is too heave for me…
  Too hard game but best iphone game!” To sum up (on easy mode): 2. stage: a little bit too heavy, but you can finish the second stage; 4. stage: absolutely to heavy (on easy mode). I cannot finish it! The 4. level is not easy, it is between normal mode an hard mode (with direction to normal).
52. Dinofond May 15th, 2009 at 03:06
  
  Hi Dr. Watson, I have a request. Could you please mod your forums, it’s slammed with spam and makes it really a pain to use.
  
  Still can’t pass LvL4 on easy like everyone else but It’s fun trying! I even purchased the game for my Son’s iphone, best 99 cents I spent ever!
  
  Thanks for such a great game, I hope you make a bundle so you can keep developing for this platform. Your team is really talented at it.
53. Fongz May 15th, 2009 at 12:32
  
  tips for lv.4 (easy)
  
  Multi bullets are a must for this level, use one bomb when the 2 trianglar bomber appear, try to stay in the center as soon as u see those jet fighter slaming into u in the middle of level; near the end of the level, u will see those twin engine jets coming at u, try to stay in the middle and pay attention to the ones that are coming from the bottom. In order to kill the boss without too much trouble, You may need 4 bombs to kill the boss. Once u reach the boss, use one bomb as soon it starting shooting at u, try to hit the center of the air ship as much as u can once the bomb is release, then dodge all the bullets and wait for the complete ship move in the upper screen, use another bomb, and kill off all the guns, as soon as all the guns are gone, the air ship will fire some missle at u, fire a bomb, which will destroy all the incoming missle, and try to hit the center as much as u can, as soon as the boss fire another set of missles, fire your last bomb, and you should be able to kill off the boss now.
54. Dr.Watson May 15th, 2009 at 12:52
  
  @Fongz: Thanks for the tips! I’ve posted it in our forums:
  http://www.epicforce.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=847
  
  @Dinofond: Yes, I’m cleaning the spams everyday except they keep coming up
55. Myles May 16th, 2009 at 10:44
  
  Just got 2,143,700 points on easy.
  
  Not getting any love for high scores on your forums Dr. Watson.
  
  Looking forward to that global high score board…
  
  My other highs are:
  Normal 1,584,150
  Hard 634,600
56. jay May 20th, 2009 at 05:09
  
  dr. watson,
  
  how many downloads have there been of the full version ifighter?
57. Dr.Watson May 20th, 2009 at 15:14
  
  @jay: it’s not bad but not too impressive neither It has just covered our 6 months development cost and if it stays in the chart for another few weeks, we can recruit 1 or 2 people to help with the future development. Although we’re not making big money here but shooting straight into the Top 10 list was still a big achievement for us. We are extremely happy about it!
58. Macuber May 24th, 2009 at 12:58
  
  Well Dr Watson I was so impressed with iFighter, that every customer that comes into my store with their iPhone or Touch, I tell them:
  You have to get iFighter! lol!
59. Gus May 24th, 2009 at 23:26
  
  Nice game. I’m not sure about this “tap the screen to get a fastest shoot”. I found it tiring for the fingers after a little while
60. Dr.Watson May 27th, 2009 at 14:08
  
  @Macuber: Thank you so much!
61. Erik May 27th, 2009 at 19:14
  
  How will I sink the big ship in level 2 (easy)? I hate that ship…
62. Netgui May 28th, 2009 at 00:38
  
  Hey Dr. Watson,
  
  I’m wondering : did one guy of your team already finished the game on hard level ?
  
  It seems so hard even on normal mode that i’m wondering… i would totaly be impressed by a “yes” and by a video of what could be called an authentic piece of greater success !!
63. Dr.Watson May 28th, 2009 at 12:45
  
  @Erik: you need to use 2~3 bombs on it. Try to destroy most of the big guns with the cover of the bombs!
64. Lloyd June 2nd, 2009 at 02:08
  
  Is iFighter going to be available on the AppStore Brazil? It hasn´t shown up yet and the Lite version is no longer there. Lloyd
65. Dr.Watson June 2nd, 2009 at 07:11
  
  @Lloyd: iFighter is supposed to be available worldwide. Unfortunately I don’t know what happen to the App Store Brazil. You may need to contact the local Apple representatives for more information. I’ve noticed in the past that the Games category is not available in certain countries.
66. Lloyd June 3rd, 2009 at 00:41
  
  Hello Dr. Watson. Games are included in the “Entertainment” category. In fact, nearly all of the content there is games. That is where I downloaded the Lite version. We are really eager to get the complete version. Lloyd
67. Lloyd June 7th, 2009 at 05:23
  
  Dr. Watson. Thanks for all your help. I just posted a positive comment on the US AppStore under Brasil Gamer. Lloyd
68. Arthur (iArt7) June 20th, 2009 at 13:31
  
  ¡What PUTAMAN said!
  
  ¡Espectacular! Si!
  
  ¡Y saludos a ti tambien!
  
  Hey putaman, que clase de nombre es eso? Sin verguenso!
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