Korphane Studio

Introducing Fighter Equipment

admin — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 12:32:00 +0000

Just a tease of what’s to come…

Carrier Squadron now on IndieDB

admin — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:05:02 +0000

Check it out:

Coming soon: More glow for v0.75

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:52:57 +0000

So for I’ve added in a bloom effect to give projectiles and some other effects a bit of eye-candy in the next version of Carrier Squadron. The lasers also have additive blending now, which can be seen in the screenshots below.

Since this is a shader-based effect, there are differences in appearance between the desktop and Android versions of the game – even between different Android devices! So to compensate, I had to split the original shader scripts used between the two platforms while adding in additional parameters to further adjust luminance/saturation. there will be a bloom/glow adjustment setting in-game, with an option to turn it off for older devices.

Online profiles, and another update

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 21:00:54 +0000

I’ve also added rudimentary support for online profiles – as folks play their saves will be linked in the Top 50. The stats are straight from the online saves. Don’t worry about others importing your profile, as they’re not referenced by import code. The biggest hurdle was getting the website to generate custom carrier graphics like these (all based on actual players in the top 50):

So I should have the next version (v0.74) uploaded today. Some bugfixes:

Corrected crashes in the applet version under Windows 7
Added button backgrounds behind touchable UI elements
Corrected some carrier health glitches
Increased enemy firepower in normal mode
Corrected some small, unexpected null pointer problems

Carrier Squadron v0.73 released…

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:29:55 +0000

It’s out! Look for it on Google Play, SlideME and (whenever they approve it) Amazon. Everything’s linked over here, there’s even an APK for you sideloaders out there.

Since the first release of Carrier Squadron over a month ago, there have been over twenty-three thousand Challenge Mode matches held online…and over 2,200 of them happened today! For a little game like this, I think it’s pretty awesome.

Carrier Squadon v0.73 in the works…

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 08:13:50 +0000

Coming up in the next release:

Two new types of stages (asteroids and pylons)
Proper multitouch
In-game Challenge rankings
Bugfixes!

v0.72 is live…

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:52:44 +0000

The new version has been pushed to SAM and Google Play, though there seems to be a lag on the latter. If you just can’t wait to get it, the APK is on the Carrier Squadron page!

Carrier Squadron v0.72

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:05:53 +0000

I normally don’t do this over a single issue, but I’m pushing out an update to address the malfunctioning local save problem. Please note that if you want to change the colors of your profile back to where you had them, you’ll need to create a new game with the same name – your Challenge mode win/loss record and bonus upgrade points are maintained on the server and should remain the same.

Once the update is live on GP and SAM your game will let you know in the main menu.

A sincere thanks to all those who contacted us regarding this issue, and I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause for our players.

v0.71 Posted

admin — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:02:47 +0000

Updated on GP, SAM and here. Just a few bugfixes:

“Black Carrier” on starting the tutorial on a fresh install
Tweaked the name input dialogs (Applet/Android)
Tamed an extra beepy menu item
Removed a glitch that allowed for unlimited (!) fighters

I’m going to bed…

Carrier Squadron beta now on Google Play!

admin — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:13:19 +0000

Check it out. Also, screenshots: