NEWS | Rubber Duck Software

New Version of Pizza Runner Released

We have just released a new version of Pizza Runner which resolves the display issue for Samsung Galaxy 6 and Nexus 6 devices. This update also includes a couple of minor changes to improve gameplay.

When preparing a pizza, the ingredient items you don’t have on hand will be greyed out. There is now a confirmation step when ending a pizza delivery run to prevent accidentally ending the run before you have finished (and missing out on those hard-earned distance bonuses!).

Download the latest update (version 1.25) from the Google Play Store and get fit delivering virtual pizzas!

Pizza Runner – Fitness Game Released

After much wandering and cycling around our local neighbourhoods, attracting odd stares as we stop in the middle of the street to deliver a virtual pizza, we are very pleased to announce the release of Pizza Runner!

Pizza Runner is a virtual pizza delivery game that turns your home into a virtual pizza shop and your neighbours are your customers! Collect ingredients, make your pizzas and then using your phone’s inbuilt GPS and local maps, walk or ride around to make your deliveries. Do it quickly to earn bigger tips from your customers! Cash earned from deliveries will help you to upgrade your shop fittings and grow your business into a pizza empire!

Pizza Runner is a very different type of game to our other releases. We wanted to encourage players to be active and make it fun! The app reminds you to get out there and make your pizza deliveries, tracks your data over time and there are loads of achievements to keep you moving and motivated. Compete against your friends, people in the local area or the whole world via Google+ Leaderboards. We might have even got a little fitter ourselves by testing it out!

A big thanks to our beta testers who helped us immensely by providing valuable feedback to help us improve the game. The game is currently available on Google Play here; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubberducksoftware.PizzaRunner

We hope you enjoy Pizza Runner and maybe even get a little bit fitter too!

Play Hooves Reloaded on the Web!

Is your phone running out of battery playing Hooves Reloaded for hours on end? We have just released Hooves Reloaded for the web so that you can play from either your mobile device or a PC. You must sign up for an account (either linked to your Facebook or email) from mobile first to be able to play the web version. Now your horses will run out of power before your phone does!

Hooves Reloaded: Performance fixes

Hooves Reloaded v1.497 has just been released in the Google Play Store. A number of players with older/low spec devices were having issues with the game not loading or races crashing. This new version has several improvements to memory usage that should resolve the majority of those issues.

The update includes fixes for races crashing/game not loading as well as a few extras and bug fixes.

+ Improvements to memory usage
+ Addition of “High Quality Animation” option which can be turned off for better performance in the race screen
+ Memory improvements to shoutbox
+ Boosters slide bar
+ Prize money and game cash display fix

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Hooves Reloaded Website is Live!

We have just released the new Hooves Reloaded website at www.hoovesreloaded.com

The site is a one-stop shop for all things related to Hooves Reloaded. You can quickly access the game wiki, forum, news updates, support pages and social media all from the one place. The site has also been optimised to display on mobile devices.

Hooves Reloaded Website

Notifications for Hooves Reloaded

A minor update (Version 1.484) of Hooves Reloaded is available in Google Play Store. The new version allows you to set up notifications for in game events such as when your daily bonus is available, when your newborn arrives or when your horse finishes a race.

Some devices may have issues with this update, if you have problems installing or running the game, please contact us.

Minor updates for Hooves of Fire and Hooves Reloaded

Both Hooves of Fire and Hooves Reloaded have minor updates released today to coincide with an update to Facebook’s Graph API version 2.0.

Hooves Reloaded:

Includes fixes for Facebook Graph API 2.0. We have also added a new leaderboard for Sales by breeder showing the top horse sellers. Please note: that if a horse that you bred is resold multiple times by other players, each of these sales also count towards your total (hence “Breeder Sales”).

Hooves of Fire:

Includes the implementation of Facebook Graph 2.0 API. We have added some new Private Elite countries for rental (only accessible via www.hoovesoffire.com). For more info on how to rent countries, please see the wiki.

Players must be VIP to enter Elite private countries, but a non VIP player may rent the Private Elite country (only their VIP friends will be able to enter the room).

Also, for players that have been inactive for a period of time and have frozen horses stuck in the freezer, you will be given an offer to unfreeze one of your prized ponies on return to the game, free of charge.

Breeding fixes for Hooves Reloaded

We have just released a new version of Hooves Reloaded which incorporates the new Facebook Graph API v2.0 as well as changes to breeding. Some players were finding that their horses were born at maximum strength or endurance, unable to train higher. We have made changes to breeding to increase these trait caps and also implemented a small chance of mutations occurring on particular inheritable traits. These changes will increase the breeding diversity of horses and allow horses to train higher. Please note this change will only apply to horses bred after the patch is applied.

If players have issues with Facebook login or Facebook invites after the update, please try clearing the Hooves Reloaded application data on your device (usually under Settings > Apps > Hooves Reloaded > Clear data). You can also contact support for more help.

Leaderboard update for Hooves Reloaded

We have just released a minor update for Hooves Reloaded to coincide with some mandatory changes to in-app billing for Google Play.

We’ve also added in some new leaderboards for players. You will now be able to see the highest percentage ranked horses (wins %), the number of members in the top 10 Racing Syndicates and the Top 10 most studded horses.

Hooves Reloaded is available from the Google Play Store.

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Hooves of Fire 5th Birthday!

Hooves of Fire celebrates its 5th Birthday today! What an achievement!

Players will find 5th Birthday cupcakes treats from the shop for free – guaranteed to give your horse ultimate happiness and training results.

Buy 5 cupcakes at a time and stock up while you can, they will only be in the shop for a very limited time!

Fix for Stable Manager

Attention VIP’s using Stable Manager! The app is now fixed and the latest update is available for download from the Google Play Store:

Please note: Stable Manager requires VIP and a Hooves Passport email to be set up via the web before you can access it.

For more information on how to set up Hooves Passport, please see the Wiki

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100k installs!

We’ve just reached 100,000+ installs for Hooves Reloaded on Google Play! Hooray!

New Racing Syndicates Feature for Hooves Reloaded

A new version of Hooves Reloaded for Android has been released with a new Racing Syndicates feature.

Players can create and name their own syndicates, and invite other players to join. Team up with other players and earn tokens! Syndicates have their own leaderboards showing the top all time and top syndicate for the week.

The wiki outlines the How To’s for Racing Syndicates.

Update for Hooves Reloaded

Players requested the ability to chat to others in game and we have now added a shoutbox! The new shoutbox feature lets you message other players within the app – just click “SHOUTBOX” from the main menu screen. Type your message in the text box and tap “post” and your message will be visible to all players who visit the shoutbox.

Happy 4th Birthday Hooves of Fire!

Happy 4th Birthday Hooves Of Fire – Horse Racing Game! A big thank you to all of our VIP’s past and present, players who buy tokens, game cash and support the game by recommending it to their friends, write reviews, post videos, run tournaments and post about Hooves on their Facebook wall – we really appreciate your support and thank you for bringing us this far.

Hooves of Fire Update

A minor update for Hooves of Fire was completed yesterday, just in time for Hooves of Fire’s 4th Birthday (16th December).

The update had a few player suggested features: players can now delete horseshoes and saddles from storage using the Blacksmith; Hardcore players received an extra 5 slots of freezer space and we asked players to name some new Hooves of Fire filler horses. We took the liberty of naming one of the Hooves filler horses “Mister Honey” after we saw a video posted by a Hooves fan on YouTube, it was a bit of a crowd pleaser here at Hooves HQ.

There’s still a couple of little bonuses for players in the next few weeks!