- Selectable starting wave for faster-paced games
If the starting wave is cleared, there's a bonus that makes scores are comparable with starting from wave 1. However, you get at most one extra life while skipping. - Official game controller support
Rock Rats uses the standard iOS controller support now, so remapping of controls can be done from settings - Haptics support (on iPhone or via a game controller)
- Weekly and daily recurring leaderboards
- A few new achievements
- Play area limited to at most 3:2 aspect ratio
This makes scores more comparable between iPad and iPhone - Updates for iOS 15+, removal of dependence on deprecated functionality
- A few minor tweaks and bug fixes
This is a joint project with Footkick72, our first iOS game, released on the App Store as Rock Rats. Here's some game footage on YouTube:
If you're as old as I am, you might remember when this first appeared:
Graphics have come a fair way since this was state-of-the-art:
But my memories of dropping waaaaay too many quarters into one of these machines and flying around imagining that I was Duck Dodgers are lovely. They inspired this homage to a classic arcade game from my youth.
Wikipedia article on the Asteroids game
Images possibly copyright by Atari; they appear here under the fair use doctrine
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22012621
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asteroi1.png
