blaxphoenix / touch-reflex

Touch Reflex Android Game

Touch Reflex

touch-reflex

A simple game testing your reflexes, where you need to tap all the appearing bubbles before they manage to disappear.
Beat your highscore!

touch-reflex's Issues

Google Play Services - integration

Integrate with Google Play Services, to have a global leaderboard for high scores for players.

cover code with tests

performance problems (taps not recognized?)

• in game? need to confirm
• when switching game modes fast

include ads

link to tutorial

support sdk 33 (android 13)

Improvements (by Szilard)

• circles should not appear on the top 5% part of the screen (difficult to reach and also notifications can obscure them)
• circles hard to tap when too small (increase area when small, or have a minimum area)

fine tune difficulty part 2

make the difficulty function a bit more complex

new game mode(s)

investigate adding new game mode(s):

• hard mode (faster)
• drag and drop colored bubbles into appropriate color (drag and throw, keep velocity)
• levels?
• circles with numbers, touch in order, 3 lives (misses possible)
• rhythm mode

branding

Brand for the game:

• name
• icon
• colors

prepare first release

play console:

• prepare release build
• video
• screenshots
• description

github:

• update README (details, photos, dependencies, credits?)
• create release

fine tune difficulty part 3 (final)

• longer time before circle disappers (reverse int.)
• Utils.nextLong (percentage instead of margin, don't go in negative)
• flash to white before disappearing
• increase circle isInBoundaryCircle() to make clicking easier when circle is small
• max number of circles on screen at a time?
• ask for feedback (longer testing before final version)
• fine tune RangeMap values
• circles come too grouped

test app

consider db versioning

revise github build yml

• release to store

save score in db

use Room?

touch overhaul

improve how touches are interpreted, for example, navigation swipes should trigger the game

music won't stop on focus loss

by Szilard M.

dependency injection

Investigate a dependency injection framework.
Possible frameworks:

• Toothpick?

separate layers

Separate the layers of the application (clean code)

general improvements part 2

• better graphics + design changes
• text colors
• change music or add more music tracks (/game mode?)
• sound changes, nicer sound effects (+ add for high score)
• current high score on main screen before start
• text changes: improvements, check for typos (score missing ":"), etc.
• back button go back to start menu (second time exit app, popup message like in 9gag app)
• bugs by Lucian (text + sound)
• don't overlap circles
• hard mode with only 2 circles posted?
• keep screen on while in game
• press to start game only on the middle (START/RESTART GAME)
• back button top left corner on restart?
• separate music for hard mode (more intense)
• easy mode too easy
• some kind of color differentiation between game modes
• ?raname applicationId + repackage application?
• click sound when pressing buttons (game mode, back button)
• bubble size and test size based on w/h
• aspect ratio fix (text is going out of screen on some devices)
• animation when scored (score text animation + on click?)
• trophy/crown for highscore (would fix problem when current score text too long, overlaps with back button)
• trophy icon when highscore reached
• increase clickable area for START/RESTART GAME (suggestion by @maheleanmark)
• tactile feedback when game over
• show which bubble caused the game over (X marker)
• bug: double check sizes, text goes out of the screen, buttons overlap (on Note 20 Ultra? [1080x2316], Luci: [1080x2400 20:9])
• hide current score on RESTART screen when new highscore reached? (don't show 2 scores)
• sound when highscore reached
• bug: RESTART triggering multiple times (video from Lucian) -> circlesNotDrawn not cleared in time
• hard not hard enough

configure deobfuscation

Score number in-game animation problem

back button not closing process?

new game mode: hard mode

general iprovements part 1

• new font
• make app fullscreen
• gesture overhaul part 1
• game mode description on start screen (+other text after game over)
• actual wallpaper color instead of theme
• change color / flash bubble when decreasing size (let player know when a bubble is close to disappearing)

general improvements part 3

• pause/suspend app when not in focus to save resources
• screen orientation support
• fix TODOs and FIXMEs in the code
• improve code quality (+ best practices)
• effect after pressing start game?
• add more images/icons
• remember last selected gamemode?
• some kind of achievements
• investigate: shared preferences for configs
• improve fullscreen logic + support for screen cutouts
• dim screen after time (don't turn off)
• START/RESTART GAME button/text replacement idea: instead of text press any circle on the screen (demo) or have a dedicated clickable circle on the middle to start/restart (by @maheleanmark) [START/RESTART not intuitive enoug]
• multiple motivation messages based on how close to last highscore
• reset all highscores button (recycle bin icon)
• shadow under drawables (images)
• find a better trophy icon?
• NEW HIGHSCORE text to show beside the crown icon?
• more vibration feedbacks
• X mark not intuitive enough on RESTART SCREEN - same style as last bubble?
• infinite popping sound
• recognize as a game

release resources

release all resources when closing stuff (to save memory?) and all

support for lower SDK versions (>=22)

• update code
• test if all good

fine tune difficulty

update dependencies