We just released our newest game, Aero Effect, on iOS and Android! You can get it here.
Description
Race an "aero" (with realistic lift and drag physics) through a maze of animated, geometric peril. The aero actually uses some of the same lift and drag equations from SimplePlanes, so if you're not careful and you lose your airspeed, you can stall it out!
It's a bit different than our other games, but we had a blast developing this game and we hope you enjoy it! Here's the trailer.
Dev Story
This game may seem a bit out of the blue to some of you, because it is quite a bit different than the heavy simulation games we normally make. I just wanted to make a game that was actually somewhat simple, a break from the complexity of SimpleRockets 2. So, I did a game jam by myself over Christmas break last year (I'm somewhat addicted to programming). At that point, it looked something like this.
When I showed it to the team after the new year, it was met with a warm welcome of "meh's", but Kevin had some ideas on how to improve the visuals, so he took it over for a while and made a few levels (then it looked something like this). Whenever I was burnt out on working on SimpleRockets 2, because heavy simulation games are hard as hell to write, I would take a break by working on Aero Effect. SR2 didn't need a lot of art yet, so Kevin kept very busy with Aero Effect, designing the visuals and all 50 levels. Philip, Nathan, and William kept busy working on SP and SR2.
OKAY BUT WHAT ABOUT SIMPLEPLANES?
William and Nathan are currently working on the SimplePlanes 1.7 update and we're hoping to release that next month. And after the 1.7 update, we will immediately start working on the 1.8 update. Fear not, we have not abandoned Simpleplanes!
In the meantime, Philip and I are full steam ahead on SimpleRockets 2, and Kevin is bouncing around between SP and SR2.
Add another option in menu where you can make custom islands, you can shape, divide into however many, and save and add their preset locations by yourself. Also dont need to be discovered. And can build anything in islands plus, you make it have stuff like sand and gravel, add custom runway and customizable builds like a home, simple planes logo, and everything.
Wow please heli parts or even mp without mods :O
Maybe real helicopter parts for us mobile peasants? @AndrewGarrison
Off-Topic, but would it be possible to add Multiplayer as a default feature ingame? This would greatly increase the enjoyment of IOS users. Thanks.
@SpartanAirplanes thx!
Thanks for letting me know. Still, nice job!@ForeverPie
@SpartanAirplanes I never said I passed every level full score. Some levels are made so it's quite literally impossible to get through without losing health and precious time. I passed every level with 2 or more stars.
I'm stuck on getting a full score on 5-10. Do you have any advice? @ForeverPie
@AndrewGarrison very noice
@AndrewGarrison nice :) 😱
@AndrewGarrison cool
Cool! @AndrewGarrison
@TheCrazyInsanity 1.7 will have torpedoes and a lot of other stuff. We're still not sure what 1.8 is going to have yet, but we have several ideas.
@Planesaremygame @14ROVI We're hoping early next year for SR2. Probably will cost about the same as SimplePlanes.
@AndrewGarrison Rolling Sky (if you know it) Does this
@AndrewGarrison why don't you (instead) make it a free game doesn't advertisement and maybe some kind of lives system so you can say to the player your out of lives you can wait maybe a minute or watch this ad for 5+ Lives
What are the 1.7 and 1.8 going to have? @AndrewGarrison
@AudioDud3 Kerbal Space Program has a very lively plane, rover and even boat-building community. Should it be renamed Kerbal Engineering Program for that reason?
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@GINGER01 fire HD 10 5th gen
@robloxweponco what kindle fire do you have. I have a Kindle fire gen 2. It's 3 years old. But my points still stands. It would take a while for the devs ro test this. Time the devs don't have.
@Chesty it is an announcement, it is displayed everywhere, in the blog, in the airplanes, in the forums, and in the mods.
THIS SHOULD NOT BE IN THE MODS TAB
That is what I wish for my next ipad, but they cost as much as you thought, right here
@destroyerP if your iPad will not survive the next update, you can get a high end kindle for 100 dollars, they can handle over 1200 parts