http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCWCwimYsgo Gameplay video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XcnXuPTfVs development time-lapse

Too hard to get an environment where I could try this game out.

Followin rules you must provide at least an executable working on Windows!

Breaks the rooooools. Still I got it to run here :) Was a bit odd and I couldn't really understand what I was doing.

There's nothing in the rules that states that supplying exes for windows is required. Read the rules before you preach them, folks.

It is *NOT* against the rules to not provide a Windows executable. If you actually READ the compo rules page it says this.

And the environment to try this is:
1. install Xcode 4 on a mac. (which, if you're a dev, you have already) - this includes the iOS SDKs
2. unzip the archive, open the Raclette Xcode project
3. build and run for simulator. Done.

btw it's a suggestion:

"After web, Windows is your best bet. We do have a number of Mac and Linux developers, but they’re a minority compared to web and Windows."

unable to play it or rate it

I was actually able to get it to build using xcode 3 somehow. A cute game, but it seemed like there wasn't too much of a challenge. I was able to make it a ton through the levels without things getting hard. I think that would be the number one thing to do with this if you could.

jobro - yah. i ran out of time to get to game balancing and progression. Thanks for trying it out though. :)

er. *jonbro sorry. brain not working right

Haven't been able to play it yet. I'll play it when you get it on the app store.

I don't have an iOS device therefore I can't test this game :'(

Have you looked into TestFlight? With that, people won't have to sign up as an iOS developer to play your game.

ExciteMike - true, but they still ahve to give me their UDIDs for the AdHoc provisioning, but i have a very limited number of slots left I can use. I've got it "in the machinery" at apple, and hopefully will be approved for the app store shortly.

I'm an iOS developer, so I was able to run this. An interesting start, but the gameplay is very lacking at this point. I was pretty much ignoring the red lights and then just tap-and-holding each light one after the other in order to win. There was no strategy and no level of difficulty, I made it to a high level and stopped from boredom. I think it's an interesting idea to start with, but it needs more substance.

Managed to run it! I don't really have anything more to add to what demonpants said, though. There definitely needs to be something more to it if it's going to keep people interested.

I can't argue with that at all. I was only able to devote about 10-15 hours to work on it, so it's really unfinished in this state. Thanks for digging in though, I appreciate it. :D

It's now available in the Apple iOS App Store. Link is above.

Well, this is probably the best game ever about vandalising street lamps, but that's probably not saying much.

The game also seems like an odd fit for the theme. You could have probably swung the same mechanics with a different theme like fighting dragons that are taking people into captivity, or something.

As for the game mechanics themselves, I didn't really feel like I was Perry, but that I was just telling him where to go. Playing seemed to be simpler than what the controls were designed to. I ended up just tapping on the streetlamps one after one. I did also find that the collision detection felt a bit finicky, as sometimes I'd be right next to a lamp but nothing would happen. I also noticed that if I walked onto a red lamp, Perry wouldn't start shaking the lamp when the lamp turned white again, but I had to tap once more. Like demonpants, I mostly found the red lamps to be inconsequential and the game never really got difficult. I played until level 10 and quit.

I think making the actual breaking of the streetlamps a more interesting and active part of the game, it might be more interesting.