The game Pathogen on Kindle Fire - it's easy to drag Editor screen UI onto the main menu

Date: 08/23/2014

Description:

I downloaded the game Pathogen on my Kindle Fire.  It’s pretty fun, you should download it and try it out.

I did find one bug which I felt like I needed to write down.  This bug takes a little two finger dexterity, but I’ve noticed that I can consistently get this to reproduce.

What’s worse is that once it happens, it sometimes continues to happen even if you exit the game and then restart it.

Basically, it’s very easy to drag the “Editor” screen UI options onto other screens.  This happens if you select/press the “Editor” option while also pressing “Single Player” or “Multiplayer” at the same time.

It is much easier to show this bug than to describe it, so please see the attached screenshots. 

Steps to Reproduce:

1.     Download and launch Pathogen on a Kindle Fire

2.     From the Pathogen main menu, press and hold “Editor”

3.     From the Pathogen main menu, press and hold “Single Player”

4.     Simultaneously release both

5.     Exit out of the “Editor” screen using the back arrow

6.     Note that the “New Map” UI from the “Editor” screen has been dragged onto the Pathogen main menu

Result:  It’s very easy to drag the “Editor” screen UI onto the Pathogen main menu

Expected:  You shouldn’t be able to drag the “Editor” screen UI onto the Pathogen main menu

This is the Pathogen main menu, you'll notice the "Single Player" and "Editor" options.

Use two fingers - first press (and hold) the "Editor" option.  Next, while holding down "Editor", press (and hold) the "Single Player" option.  Then release both options at the exact same time.

As you can see, it's quite easy to drag the "New Map" UI from the "Editor" screen back onto the main menu.

You can enter into gameplay, with the "New Map" UI still on screen.

The first level tutorial with the "New Map" UI pieces still on screen.