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Sharpshooter Plus for Xbox Manual/FAQ
This is the Sharpshooter Plus electronic manual.
Buy and download the game here: https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9NSWLT2WGGP8
Version History
2.1.1 - Released 12/12/2023.
- Initial release.
Controls
Gameplay:
Begin/Join/Skip intros/Pause = Menu
Aim = Left analog stick (can be switched in Options)
Fire = A, or the left or right trigger
Menus:
Choose menu option = aim at it and fire
Go back = B
Quick FAQ/Known Issues
Falling Plus for Xbox Manual/FAQ
Buy and download the game here: https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/falling-plus/9n5qppzrc9p8?rtc=1
Version History
2.21.2 - Released 4/18/2022.
- Now, when you buy the game using in-app purchase, you get prompted to restart the game for the change to take effect, and a pop-up menu offers to restart it for you.
2.21.1 - Released 4/12/2022.
- Attempted to fix the issue with in-app purchase, where the game doesn't recognize that you purchased it, and therefore does not switch from trial mode to full mode. The effort was unsuccessful.
2.21 - Released 4/10/2022.
- Initial release.
Default Controls
yyrGames ending macOS support
For about the past 4 years, it has been a pleasure to offer my current library of games on macOS. But as I’ve mentioned before, properly supporting macOS today requires notarizing my games each time I build or update them, which would cost $100 per year and also require (significant) extra time for the process. I still, to date, have not grossed $100 lifetime in sales on the Mac platform. From a financial standpoint, I can’t even justify supporting macOS to the extent that I currently am, let alone supporting it properly going forward. So I’m making the difficult decision to discontinue Mac support across my product line.
Farewell, Internet Ranking
Xbox Live Indie Games didn't support Leaderboards. So several XBLIG used various methods to get around this limitation. Some used a peer-to-peer system to provide in-game leaderboards, but this required Xbox Live Gold, and became fragmented as the player count dropped. So most yyrGames titles used a system called Internet Ranking. The games would provide 16-digit alphanumeric codes that corresponded to your score or time; yyrgames.com would accept these codes, and post your results.
After 11 years, and after accepting 619 entries from 178 unique players, Internet Ranking was closed on November 23, 2019. The most popular leaderboard, Snake360's Course 1 on Easy, contained 54 entries. To all players who participated, from the bottom of my heart, thank you very much!
End of Internet Ranking service
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Dec 30, 2016 at 4:01 pm, and was last updated on 2/7/2019.
Hello yyrGames fans!!
As many of you know, Xbox Live Indie Games did not support proper leaderboards. Some games instead utilized Web-based scoreboards, or a peer-to-peer system (as CardArcade does).
ALL Xbox Live Indie Games titles have been delisted
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Jun 20, 2017 at 5:26 pm, and last updated on 7/27/2022.
Hello.
Xbox Live Indie Games have gone away.
Unfortunately, just like all 3,000+ other Xbox Live Indie Games titles, this means that Snake360, Snake360 Lite, CardArcade, Falling, Sharpshooter, Bungee Ferret Tossing, Multitasking, and Snake Party are no longer available for purchase. It was a good run!
FAQ
How to play Cooking Fever "correctly"
This is unrelated to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Other Gaming Discussion" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Aug 05, 2016 at 1:12 pm.
(Last updated 9/5/2018. I haven't played this game in a while, but have updated a few things and added a few notes. The information contained here is all still correct and relevant.)
As with most gamers, I've been playing some games on my phone. Actually, I mostly only play two, and I've been playing them for quite some time.
King of Thieves is my favorite. I love it so much that I play three different accounts. Or was it four...?
The last 11 Xbox Live Indie Games
This is only loosely related to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Other Gaming Discussion" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Sep 24, 2017 at 5:14 pm.
After submitting this story to several Web sites with no success, I've decided to just post it here. Virtually no one will ever see it, but at least my work won't go to waste!
10 things about developing for Xbox LIVE Indie Games
This is only loosely related to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Other Gaming Discussion" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Aug 18, 2009 at 12:25 am.
Here are 10 pieces of advice I'd give to anyone considering developing independently for Xbox LIVE Indie Games (although a lot of these apply to iPhone, or other development platforms as well). These assume that you're going to be doing it by yourself, or in a very small team, in your spare time.
1. Be prepared to sink a lot of time into this. Like, a lot.
Find Mii 1 with under 30 heroes
This is unrelated to yyrGames, but was previously posted in the "Off-Topic" section of the yyrGames forums.
This was originally posted to the yyrGames forums on Nov 30, 2013 at 4:04 am.
This was posted on GameFAQs, but since GameFAQs topics automatically delete themselves after a while and I may want this in the future, I'm pasting it here.
Originally from a Japanese wiki, translated by AdamantBMage, cleanup by silktail.
1st RED lv.7:
Room 01: Ghost - kill with red magic
Room 02: Ghost x2 - kill with red magic
Room 03: Blue Ghost - attack with red magic
2nd RED lv.7:
Room 03: Blue Ghost - kill with red magic
Room 04: Ghost (yellow shield) & Blue Ghost - attack with red magic (kills Ghost)