Keep breathing and play Stay Alive on iOS and Android
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Some days you fight to not be bored, some days you fight your boss, and some days you jump in a spaceship, blast off into deep space and you fight to Stay Alive -- get it? That's the name of this game that Redditor Vole85 spent more than 100 hours creating for iOS and Android markets, and we think every minute of dedication shows.
Stay Alive is a fast-paced spaceship side-scroller that would be fairly standard if it didn't have such a rockin' soundtrack and charming bonuses. It's available now for free on Android and for $0.99 on the App Store. Vole85 -- of Drummer Games -- is taking suggestions now for improvements or additions to Stay Alive, and we're sure he'd like to hear your feedback.
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Reader Comments (20)
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 8:30PM kidable said
it's quite laggy on Android, and I'm rocking a Samsung Galaxy S. Hopefully a patch will fix it. Other than, I'm loving it.
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 8:49PM liquidsoap89 said
At first I thought this was a mobile version of pOnd... Then I read the article, and I was sad.
http://peanutgallerygames.com/games/pond/
That ending gets me every time!
http://peanutgallerygames.com/games/pond/
That ending gets me every time!
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 9:42PM liquidsoap89 said
@Cirrus
The downloads a virus or the websites virus ridden? I've downloaded the game and have had no issues...
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The downloads a virus or the websites virus ridden? I've downloaded the game and have had no issues...
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 11:22PM beano311 said
@Cirrus
Uhh, wow. Just shows that you shouldn't be running IE. Both Chrome and Firefox come up with no virus pop-ups from MSE, IE on the other hand shows both a "TrojanDownloader:Java/Comesis.A" and "Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.YN"... appears to be trying to open a PDF as well.
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Uhh, wow. Just shows that you shouldn't be running IE. Both Chrome and Firefox come up with no virus pop-ups from MSE, IE on the other hand shows both a "TrojanDownloader:Java/Comesis.A" and "Exploit:Win32/Pdfjsc.YN"... appears to be trying to open a PDF as well.
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 11:25PM liquidsoap89 said
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 9:48PM pluupy said
Was expecting a mobile Portal game.
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 10:45PM Infinatenothing said
Not compatible with my dual core android device? I is this a side scroller or crysis?
Posted: Dec 18th 2011 11:04PM goat biscuit said
no
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 1:49AM President Taco said
Saw this on Reddit this morning, always good to see some Reddit love.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 4:43AM pibs said
fml I visit Joystiq to forget about Reddit, then I see this haha getting worse than that Kevin Bacon game.
ah!, ah!, ah!, ah!, staying aliiiiive!
ah!, ah!, ah!, ah!, staying aliiiiive!
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 4:43AM uncolober said
Either the player was absolutely amazing, or the gameplay's pretty mindless. And the whole thing looks dead. Even NES shooters had animated player character and obstacles. Ooh, you can rotate a static sprite! on dual-core hardware with a dedicated GPU and 1gig+ RAM! WHOO
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 6:16AM Andrew12h said
This was a triumph.
Wait, wrong article.
Damn it.
Wait, wrong article.
Damn it.
Posted: Dec 19th 2011 10:02AM Jerk Face said
Great little game! I find the more evasion-focused gameplay to be pretty interesting. It's not just another shmup. Runs fine on my Android HTC T-Mobile G2. Occasionally gets a little rough on the framerate, but nothing unplayable. Definitely worth checking out!





