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Thanks for the feedback! I studied graphic design, played\u002Fmade music as a hobby, and became passionate about coding (mostly self taught), so much that I tend to integrate…",{"value":59,"source":53,"evidence":60},"OpenGL",[61,62],{"id":56,"by":11,"text":57},{"id":63,"by":11,"text":64},"7194369","Thanks! About OpenGL I don't know if I'm a good example to follow, in my case I mostly needed to understand how to setup, send vertices to OpenGL, set colors, activate blending,…",{"value":66,"source":53,"evidence":67},"Apple Logic",[68],{"id":69,"by":11,"text":70},"7192484","https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=7191782 Thanks! I used Apple Logic, long time user since the Emagic days. [1] My dad and his brothers and sisters grew up under a strict…","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":75,"objections":130,"requests":169,"questions":193,"alternatives":212},[76,96,111],{"value":77,"source":78,"evidence":79},"Art style and visuals praised","commenter",[80,84,88,92],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"7192301","tumes","Did you have anything to do with bringing the the scarf that's for sale on attractmo.de to market? I got one for my wife and it's really beautiful.",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"7192818","cLeEOGPw","While doing everything alone, developers tend to create really alien-looking things, just like your game. It is awesome.",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"7194523","angelinvest","You did a great job of creating a style and ambience for the game. The colorful graphics make it stand out among similar apps.",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"7192971","realrocker","That is some impressive graphics.",{"value":97,"source":78,"evidence":98},"Music praised",[99,103,107],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"7191568","carl689","Maybe it's just me but after watching the video I don't understand what the game play is. I saw what I think was a combining and separating spheres mechanic but past that it…",{"id":104,"by":105,"text":106},"7191585","famousactress","Did some googling and came across mention of an interview that tells some of the story : http:\u002F\u002Fwww.indiegamethemovie.com\u002Fnews\u002F2014\u002F2\u002F5\u002Feliss-infinity.html Unfortunately, I think…",{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"7192909","bashcoder","Yes, love the soundtrack - EDM producer here - great job!",{"value":112,"source":78,"evidence":113},"Original Eliss remembered fondly",[114,118,122,126],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"7192783","htp","Just wanted to say I loved the original Eliss. Can’t wait to give this a shot later tonight!",{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"7193317","brightghost","So surprised (pleasantly) to see this! The original Eliss is still one of my favorite games. Last I heard though you were working on Faraway? What's the status of that project?",{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"7194551","dschoon","I adored Eliss when it released. I still use it at one of the single best examples of how a touch UX radically changes the computing experience by aligning software behavior with…",{"id":127,"by":128,"text":129},"7196379","davidhariri","This was one of the first iPhone games I ever REALLY enjoyed back in 2009 ish. Stoked it's back",[131,147,162],{"value":132,"source":78,"evidence":133},"Gameplay unclear from the trailer alone",[134,135,139,143],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"7191693","frakkingcylons","Please provide some (any) information about your game that isn't contained in a video.",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"7192042","xenophanes","Looked at the video some, it doesn't tell me anything about what i'm trying to do or how to play, i just see stuff moving around. hard to sell it like that. other than that,…",{"id":144,"by":145,"text":146},"7191536","benihana","Great production values and music and a really cool video. But I have no idea what the gameplay of your game is. It looked more like a really cool music video than a game…",{"value":148,"source":78,"evidence":149},"iOS only, no Android",[150,154,158],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"7194003","Sir_Cmpwn","Looks neat, but why make games only for iOS? It seems like a very limited market when it's so easy to get into game dev for other platforms these days.",{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"7194607","barbs","This has been out for a while. I'd buy it if it were on Android...",{"id":159,"by":160,"text":161},"7194658","JungleGymSam","\"Download on the App Store\" Well... Fuck.",{"value":163,"source":78,"evidence":164},"Apple-only notice hidden on the site",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"7193507","Mithaldu","I found myself annoyed that after the beautiful and charming video you hide the \"APPLE ONLY\" bit behind the first scroll-down. It is not a big thing, but it has soured me a bit…",[170,179,186],{"value":171,"source":53,"evidence":172},"Release on Android and other platforms",[173,176],{"id":174,"by":11,"text":175},"7194382","Sorry it made you feel that way, it's nothing personal against non Apple-y things :) I hope to be able to ship to Android too soonish.",{"id":177,"by":11,"text":178},"7194437","You're right. I'm planning on publishing on other platforms soon, I wanted to focus on one first.",{"value":180,"source":78,"evidence":181},"Make the soundtrack available",[182],{"id":183,"by":184,"text":185},"7192140","malnourish","Will you (please) make the soundtrack available?",{"value":187,"source":78,"evidence":188},"Add a text description of gameplay to the site",[189],{"id":190,"by":191,"text":192},"7193309","smickie","First of all. This looks like great game (after reading the description on there), I'll be downloading. You may want to put a description of the gameplay on the site. I was only…",[194,201,205],{"value":195,"source":78,"evidence":196},"Is the music procedurally generated?",[197],{"id":198,"by":199,"text":200},"7192298","woebtz","Hey phest! Great looking game! It has got a really unique style. Is the music\u002Fsound procedurally generated too? 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