Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wavecade/id1661057707 Wavecade Andrew Spalato Inspired by classic arcade shooters such as 'Space Invaders' and 'Galaga', Wavecade brings back the original nostalgia f… $2.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsInspired by classic arcade shooters such as 'Space Invaders' and 'Galaga', Wavecade brings back the original nostalgia feeling to players from arcades, using sleek retro 80's and sci-fi aesthetic. TIME MANIPULATION: Bend time at your will by moving up and down the screen. After each wave, the game speeds up a small amount. making the game more challenging on each new wave. POWERUPS: You can accumulate multiple powerups at the same time. Collecting the same powerup upgrades it and increases your time with them active. ABILITIES: Activate your ability when you are facing near certain destruction to turn the tables of the game. It might be the one thing that saves you from a GAME OVER. BLOCKS: - Blocks spawn at the top of the playfield and move down the screen. Line up your shots and shoot them for points. They can come in a variety of types: - Blocks can have armor - Blocks can change lanes - Blocks can change their type - Blocks can spawn randomly, in rows, in a single stream, or in a pattern spanning the playfield HAZARDS: Hazards can appear at any time and can lose you a life if you happen to hit any of them. They can help destroy blocks if you're agile enough, could be a blessing in disguise. MULTIPLAYER: Play online co-operatively and destroy waves of blocks. Your scores are saved to the leader boards with your names. How long can you stay #1? VARIETY OF GAME MODES: Start a game with standard arcade rules, or customize your own. CUSTOMIZATION: Personalize your player ship and choose from a selection of colours as well as your propulsion effect. FOR SPEEDRUNNERS: Set a custom game mode and get the fastest time or highest score for that mode. Information Seller:Andrew Spalato Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Jan 04, 2023 Updated:Oct 14, 2023 Version:1.6.3 Size:334.9 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube Channel Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,319 997 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #2 Anotherkellydown, Jan 5, 2023 Awesome and well-made shooter! Well worth the $2 in my opinion. Steam reviews seem good as well. squarezero likes this. squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,407 976 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #3 squarezero, Jan 6, 2023 Very much agree. Interesting and original concept combines with fairly flawless execution. Highly recommended! DonnyDJ76 and Anotherkellydown like this. Chq Well-Known Member Jul 20, 2013 351 25 28 #4 Chq, Jan 7, 2023 I can't get along with the spongy controls, but i‘m too old, maybe. Controls feels so soft like the controls in Binding of Isaac to me. Greetz Chris squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,407 976 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #5 squarezero, Jan 7, 2023 I get what you’re saying, but I think it’s in the nature of the mechanic. Game speed changes as you move up and down the screen, which makes the ship seem less responsive (with the benefit that the enemies slow down to a crawl). That can make the controls feel “soft,” but once you get the hang of the mechanic, you kind of compensate. I died a lot on my first run in collisions that seemed easily avoidable. By the second one, though, I got the right feel and it wasn’t an issue. But, of course, no game is for everybody . Chq Well-Known Member Jul 20, 2013 351 25 28 #6 Chq, Jan 7, 2023 You‘re right and this is good so. Greetz Chris Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,319 997 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #7 Anotherkellydown, Jan 7, 2023 Twelve people on the leaderboard?! That’s crazy. Hope word gets out on this one. Just came off a decent run with 767,464. There’s so much to unlock and so many ways to customize almost everything. You can even change the falling blocks to invaders and change the sound of your shots, among many other things. I customized my ship to look pretty cool with the cosmetic unlocks I’ve got so far. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #8 metalcasket, Jan 7, 2023 This is why I've been hesitant to pick up the game, even though I'm part of the problem. While I really don't care about competition anymore, when you have games that have so little people playing it on a platform, you kind of ask yourself "What's the point of playing it then?". That said, it's 2 bucks and I had no issue idiotically throwing down $90 on a pre-order for SW Jedi: Survivor on Steam literally seconds ago...I'm in. See y'all on the 'boards. Anotherkellydown likes this. elcrazy Well-Known Member Sep 19, 2017 513 367 63 #9 elcrazy, Jan 7, 2023 I picked it up yesterday. Haven’t had time to play. Anotherkellydown likes this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,319 997 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #10 Anotherkellydown, Jan 7, 2023 I haven’t really tried the multiplayer but apparently it’s cross-platform play. I’m hoping that mitigates the low player count problem on iOS. I’m just having fun unlocking stuff for now. Once I feel like I can compete I’ll try a multiplayer match. So glad you and @elcrazy picked it up metalcasket likes this. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,064 1,340 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #11 metalcasket, Jan 7, 2023 This might be the best game ever to hit iOS in terms of messing with your senses. The combination of the audiovisual and haptic experience this game throws at you is unbelievable. Myrkul Active Member Mar 13, 2018 32 4 8 #12 Myrkul, Jan 7, 2023 Controller support? squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,407 976 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #13 squarezero, Jan 7, 2023 Works great with my Backbone. Myrkul likes this. macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #14 macplash, Jan 7, 2023 Of course I’m late to the party, but better late than never, right? This seems like something right up my alley, so let me give it a fair try. Anotherkellydown likes this. elcrazy Well-Known Member Sep 19, 2017 513 367 63 #15 elcrazy, Jan 8, 2023 Just had my first run. Got 354k. Wondered if it was good. Checked boards and nope….. @Anotherkellydown But that’s just my first run. I will for sure be playing more later. Not sure I quite understand how the speed works. But for now I am exhausted lol. Literally just finished a 24hr straight drive, which I drove 17 hrs of. 13 of those straight from 10pm - 11am…. Time to unpack the car and relax lol. squarezero Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Dec 10, 2008 13,407 976 113 Male Chief Strategy Officer Salem, Massachusetts, USA #16 squarezero, Jan 8, 2023 It’s actually pretty simple: the game speeds up at a steady rate when you go up, slows down at the same rate when you go down. Various power ups can speed up your bullets faster than the current game speed. The maximum speed I’ve seen so far is 160% of normal, but I expect the game can go faster. elcrazy Well-Known Member Sep 19, 2017 513 367 63 #17 elcrazy, Jan 8, 2023 and just noticed you are even higher on the board. Gonna give it another go lol squarezero likes this. elcrazy Well-Known Member Sep 19, 2017 513 367 63 #18 elcrazy, Jan 8, 2023 So I just had back to back crashes. Both times around 425k had full lives the second time and was so powerful. Anyone else getting crashes? Because that sucked. Was hoping to come gloat with a very high score too lol Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,319 997 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #19 Anotherkellydown, Jan 8, 2023 No crashes here. I also noticed squarezero’s score elcrazy Well-Known Member Sep 19, 2017 513 367 63 #20 elcrazy, Jan 8, 2023 So I think I fixed the crashes. But my last two games seemed to hang around wave 24. Once again I had full health and over 800k but I couldn’t get it to spawn a new wave. Just kept playing 24 over and was waiting so long at time for enemies to come. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Very much agree. Interesting and original concept combines with fairly flawless execution. Highly recommended!
I can't get along with the spongy controls, but i‘m too old, maybe. Controls feels so soft like the controls in Binding of Isaac to me. Greetz Chris
I get what you’re saying, but I think it’s in the nature of the mechanic. Game speed changes as you move up and down the screen, which makes the ship seem less responsive (with the benefit that the enemies slow down to a crawl). That can make the controls feel “soft,” but once you get the hang of the mechanic, you kind of compensate. I died a lot on my first run in collisions that seemed easily avoidable. By the second one, though, I got the right feel and it wasn’t an issue. But, of course, no game is for everybody .
Twelve people on the leaderboard?! That’s crazy. Hope word gets out on this one. Just came off a decent run with 767,464. There’s so much to unlock and so many ways to customize almost everything. You can even change the falling blocks to invaders and change the sound of your shots, among many other things. I customized my ship to look pretty cool with the cosmetic unlocks I’ve got so far.
This is why I've been hesitant to pick up the game, even though I'm part of the problem. While I really don't care about competition anymore, when you have games that have so little people playing it on a platform, you kind of ask yourself "What's the point of playing it then?". That said, it's 2 bucks and I had no issue idiotically throwing down $90 on a pre-order for SW Jedi: Survivor on Steam literally seconds ago...I'm in. See y'all on the 'boards.
I haven’t really tried the multiplayer but apparently it’s cross-platform play. I’m hoping that mitigates the low player count problem on iOS. I’m just having fun unlocking stuff for now. Once I feel like I can compete I’ll try a multiplayer match. So glad you and @elcrazy picked it up
This might be the best game ever to hit iOS in terms of messing with your senses. The combination of the audiovisual and haptic experience this game throws at you is unbelievable.
Of course I’m late to the party, but better late than never, right? This seems like something right up my alley, so let me give it a fair try.
Just had my first run. Got 354k. Wondered if it was good. Checked boards and nope….. @Anotherkellydown But that’s just my first run. I will for sure be playing more later. Not sure I quite understand how the speed works. But for now I am exhausted lol. Literally just finished a 24hr straight drive, which I drove 17 hrs of. 13 of those straight from 10pm - 11am…. Time to unpack the car and relax lol.
It’s actually pretty simple: the game speeds up at a steady rate when you go up, slows down at the same rate when you go down. Various power ups can speed up your bullets faster than the current game speed. The maximum speed I’ve seen so far is 160% of normal, but I expect the game can go faster.
So I just had back to back crashes. Both times around 425k had full lives the second time and was so powerful. Anyone else getting crashes? Because that sucked. Was hoping to come gloat with a very high score too lol
So I think I fixed the crashes. But my last two games seemed to hang around wave 24. Once again I had full health and over 800k but I couldn’t get it to spawn a new wave. Just kept playing 24 over and was waiting so long at time for enemies to come.
