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iOS games are a lovely, lovely market to be highly-priced in. Just look at the New & Noteworthy category Crabitron is featured in: Cut the Rope, Ninja Turtles, and Wizard of Oz Temple Run are all big name brands, and are all cheaper than Crabitron ($3, $2, $1 respectively). Bookworm is a pretty big name in the casual market, and it's free. Crabitron, the unknown app that all the iPhone owners will never see and doesn't show up on desktop iTunes unless you click the "iPad" button is the most expensive game on the list and 2nd most expensive app. Anyone looking to try a game out on a whim will look somewhere else first. If they buy one of them, they probably won't be looking for another app until the list is updated. The only thing more expensive, by the way, is an app based on a book that had a radio play featuring Orson Wells, a movie by Alfred Hitchcock, and a recent West End/Broadway show that won both Tony and Olivier awards. If you haven't heard of it, you're not the target market. That said, it looks cool as hell. I probably won't buy it, though, because I have tons of games I still haven't played yet, and this thread keeps telling me about other good games that I can get for free.
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xzzy posted:If Crabitron could use a front facing camera to track my hands (kinect style) I'd buy it. I would buy an iPad for that.
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Apr 24, 2013 02:28
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Now we're cooking with gas. Maybe I could also dismiss ads or premium timers by throwing up a bird at eeen.
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Apr 24, 2013 02:31
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rogue wave posted:Now we're cooking with gas. Maybe I could also dismiss ads or premium timers by throwing up a bird at eeen. Your birds will only make me stronger.
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Apr 24, 2013 02:49
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I just tore apart and ate the Space Titanic. Complete with cheesy music and tiny little guy at the prow. Buy Crabitron. Retro42 fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Apr 24, 2013 |
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Apr 24, 2013 03:05
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xzzy posted:If Crabitron could use a front facing camera to track my hands (kinect style) I'd buy it. Haha I was thinking of how cool a kinect version would be the other day
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Maybe this is an extremely dumb question, but if its so hard to make money developing for iPhone, why develop for iPhone? Bear in mind I am (obviously) not a game dev, but from the outside it seems that things like desura, steam greenlight, kickstarter, or just 'self publishing' on a website with a good word-of-mouth campaign are making it easier than ever to reach a wider audience on the PC. Just look at Starbounds kickstarter-esque pre purchase scheme.
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Apr 24, 2013 03:16
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It was a goldrush after a few simple games raked in the millions (think Angry Birds), but now the market is flooded with quality titles and it's hard to differentiate or get notice but people have been working on the games for a year or more so they can't just stop.
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Apr 24, 2013 03:20
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Because it's way easier to get on iOS than on Steam. *cough* please vote for us on Steam Greenlight... http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=136497027
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Davoren posted:Maybe this is an extremely dumb question, but if its so hard to make money developing for iPhone, why develop for iPhone? Bear in mind I am (obviously) not a game dev, but from the outside it seems that things like desura, steam greenlight, kickstarter, or just 'self publishing' on a website with a good word-of-mouth campaign are making it easier than ever to reach a wider audience on the PC. Just look at Starbounds kickstarter-esque pre purchase scheme. That said, there are a ton of games you just can't practically sell anywhere else. Mobile owns the casual/experimental puzzler market right now, so if those are the games you want to make (or all you've got the budget or time for), well, there you go. ... like, for instance, crabitron. That is a game you couldn't make anywhere else, outside of the Kinect. EDIT: TRAINS. Shalinor fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Apr 24, 2013 |
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Apr 24, 2013 03:27
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Oh my god oh my god oh my god. TRAINS https://vine.co/v/bPvh0miU1Aj
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Disappointing Pie posted:Oh my god oh my god oh my god. Finally, a worthwhile link to a Vine that doesn't involve Will Sasso and lemons.
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Disappointing Pie posted:Oh my god oh my god oh my god. Day 1 purchase take all my money 
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Disappointing Pie posted:Oh my god oh my god oh my god. What in the hell is this beautiful poo poo? Tell me it's real nimblebros.
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Apr 24, 2013 04:08
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Chooooo chooooooo
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Kepa posted:Crabitron ( http://www.crabitron.com ) rules and it's a travesty that it's selling so poorly. If they're lucky they might hit 5 figures before their game sinks into oblivion. Did Punch Quest do alright in the end? Coz that game rules so ridiculously hard. I bought a bunch of IAP I didn't even want to communicate my love in the proper way.
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sebmojo posted:Did Punch Quest do alright in the end? Coz that game rules so ridiculously hard. I bought a bunch of IAP I didn't even want to communicate my love in the proper way. It did ok, it's not our worst profit game anyway. That honor goes to our 99 cent game. Made a little less than half that Mage Gauntlet has so far. Should be cool to see how much we can boost the next game, using our Punch Quest active numbers, and also the upcoming android port should help.
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I just got an iPad mini and was wondering if someone could fill me in on all the iPad only games I've been missing out on all this time?
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Apocron posted:I just got an iPad mini and was wondering if someone could fill me in on all the iPad only games I've been missing out on all this time? Dunno by iPad only if you mean this is your first apple thing or just the iPad, so I'll just say these so you cant go wrong either way. Search Nimblebit. Download those, all of them. After several months once you come off your Nimblebit high (unless Pocket Trains is a thing, in which case there's like a force multiplier there when it comes out) Rayman Run, Spacechem and Jetpack Joyride if you haven't played the later 2 anywhere else.
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Spaceman Future! posted:Dunno by iPad only if you mean this is your first apple thing or just the iPad, so I'll just say these so you cant go wrong either way. Search Nimblebit. Download those, all of them. After several months once you come off your Nimblebit high (unless Pocket Trains is a thing, in which case there's like a force multiplier there when it comes out) Rayman Run, Spacechem and Jetpack Joyride if you haven't played the later 2 anywhere else. Pocket Trains? Come on, it's gonna be Teensy Trains. Lil' Locomotives. Cute Cabooses.
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No I have an iPhone so I've already played Pocket Planes, Tiny Tower, Nimble Quest, etc. so I'm looking for stuff that is iPad only and I haven't been able to play before.
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Battle of the Bulge.
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TransCyberian Travellers , Pixel Pathways , Pocket Pathways, Pocket Passengers, Twittle Twacks, Tiny Trains, Tiny Tracks, Tricky Tracks, Traveling Tracks , Retro Railways, Retro Rails , Retro Railcar , Radical Railways , Minuscule Motors , Mini Motors , Mobile Motors , Mobile Monorails , Mobile Miles , Compact Choo Choo, Chugga Chugga Choo, Crazy Choochoo, Crazy Caboose, Compact Caboose, Crazy Carts, Cray Carts, Compact Carts, Cruising Carts, Cruising Cargo, Crazy Cargo, Compact Cargo, Pocket Cargo (getting loose), Tiny Cargo (looser yet), Titular Tracks, Cargo Tracks, (I need sleep), Captain Cargo, Traversing Tracks, Cargo Trains, Traveling Trains, Mobile Trains, Loose Trains, Loopy Locomotives, Loco Locomotives, Lauded Locomotives, Lazy Locomotives, Rail Rage, Rolling Rails, Rocky Rails, Radical Rails, Raging Rails, Raging Railways, Ready Rails, Rigid Rails, Rigid Railways, Trigger Trains, Track Traversals, Trigger Tracks, Tacky Tracky, Track Trials, Trial Tracks, Totally Trains, Trains 'N Tracks, Train Tracks, Train Trips, Track Trips, Trip Tracks, Trippy Tracks, Trippy Trains, Regional Rails, Regional Railways, Rail Revolt, Rail Rave, Raving Rails, Raving Railways Rocking Rails, Rocking Railways Enormous Engines , Elusive Engines Ok I swear I'm done for now. (my money is on Teensy Trains, but it SHOULD be Twittle Twacks) rogue wave fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Apr 24, 2013 |
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If it does end up being Teensy Tracks I demand that a special passenger be a Teddybear with my name and a special cargo be a box of corgis. Traveling the country, givin' hugs where needed. Ol' Teddybear Traveler and his faithful pup, Corgo.
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Teddybear posted:Pocket Trains? Come on, it's gonna be Teensy Trains. I was just going off of the name they had for it before the original iteration got reworked and became Pocket Planes. But, if that's how we're gonna be, Tiny Tooters is where its at 
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Teddybear posted:If it does end up being Teensy Tracks I demand that a special passenger be a Teddybear with my name and a special cargo be a box of corgis. Uh can this happen no matter what it ends up being named?
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Apr 24, 2013 06:54
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How about "Digitalized Small Train Simulation Game for iOS and Android Mobile Devices?"
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Apr 24, 2013 08:20
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Pocomotives! With the exclamation point.
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Pokemotives, a train travelling game. Gotta catch em all! Okay, I'll get my coat...
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Forums iOS Games Developer Tycoon Simulator would be a great game with Forums Economist Speculator IAP. Imagine facing off against "I make games okay so i'm always right" vs "I took a business class once so i'm always right" AI to see which theory reigns supreme. Get Paul Krugman's endorsement and it can be the new Madden.
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Any other iPad only suggestions besides Battle of the Bulge?
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Some great iPad only (or best-on-ipad) games: - Magic 2013 - Baldur's Gate - Little Inferno - World of Goo - Walking Dead - Bastion - GTA 3 - Ravenmark - King of Dragon Pass That should keep you busy for a while, and that's only going slightly into my purchase history for ios
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Apocron posted:Any other iPad only suggestions besides Battle of the Bulge? Maybe Bard's Tale? I think it's technically universal, but I vaguely remember it being best on iPad.
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Apocron posted:Any other iPad only suggestions besides Battle of the Bulge? Cook Serve Delicious
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Uplink and Battle Academy are both solid iPad-only games and haven't been mentioned yet. Also Pinball Arcade/Zen Pinball are fantastic yet almost worthless on an iPhone.
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No problems there though, shocker. I dun reed gud rogue wave fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Apr 24, 2013 |
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Apr 24, 2013 17:50
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rogue wave posted:http://appshopper.com/lifestyle/apple-store ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? What's wrong?
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rogue wave posted:http://appshopper.com/lifestyle/apple-store ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? What? That's an official Apple app if that's your beef with it.
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I assumed it wasn't. Boy is there egg on my face.
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The Apple Store app is great yo. Fire it up in an Apple Store and it lets you pick something up off the shelf, scan the barcode to check yourself out, then pay through iTunes without having to stand in line or flag down an employee.
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