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at least get your kids to follow you on twitter, one single follower looks a bit... well. (see here)
Don't know about the rest. But then I am not your target audience, so I won't comment ;)
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dude, I totally don't get twitter. I have no idea how to get people to follow me on twitter. I might just add it into the code so that if you follow me on twitter you get 100 points or something.
I might just add it into the code so that if you follow me on twitter you get 100 points or something.
Congratulation, you have understood how twitter works. Promo code give aways tend to work, too.
Be your self or be a ninja, but put out tweets to that style. Look around who is tweeting about similar subjects and follow them. It is considered being polite to follow back, if there is some mutual interest in the subject. Google for "getting twitter followers" but ignore anything that costs money or promises to get rich quick. Read through the advice given, that should get you started. A bit of patience and you are up and running.
I'm not really a fan of your icon, but I've never liked "real" icons where it is created from a photo like that, something about it just looks cheap to me and I often just move right on by those apps.
The quotes are kind of funny I guess, but since they are obviously not true they seem a little useless too, maybe don't make those be the first thing you see on the page.
I get the game and I think it is really cool, it's like those shooting games in the arcade with the plus of some humor. From the video it seems well put together, so I don't really have anything to say about the game itself except good job!
This is just being nitpicky, and I've never created a gameplay trailer so I don't really know what is involved, but the mouse cursor is really throwing it off. iOS has no mouse cursor, if you could make it a finger or something I think that would be a big improvement.
Also I don't know if you have already, but you should visit toucharcade, read through the posting rules there, and get a upcoming game thread going for your game. It is crucial to get at least some hype going before your game is released.
I'm not really a fan of your icon, but I've never liked "real" icons where it is created from a photo like that, something about it just looks cheap to me and I often just move right on by those apps.
The quotes are kind of funny I guess, but since they are obviously not true they seem a little useless too, maybe don't make those be the first thing you see on the page.
Also I don't know if you have already, but you should visit toucharcade, read through the posting rules there, and get a upcoming game thread going for your game. It is crucial to get at least some hype going before your game is released.
But it seems like I'm getting my *** kicked with all the big names on there and their massive marketing teams. I can only spend an hour or two total whereas some of them have all day to promote their games.
Where would you move the quotes? You're actually the second person to mention this.
I kinda liked the icon -- but I'm worried about what you said, that people would move on, but the only problem is, since the game is photo-realistic, I thought the icon should be as well, otherwise it's kinda false advertising.
The quotes are kind of funny I guess, but since they are obviously not true they seem a little useless too, maybe don't make those be the first thing you see on the page.
Changed the website, not sure if I'm going to keep it like this, but apparently not many people other than me think its funny. :rolleyes:
I would move the quotes to the bottom, or at least below the game description.
When users are looking through searches, charts, etc on the app store all they see is icon and name. You absolutely need an awesome icon, it's not false advertising, you are not deliberately making statements that are untrue about your game, it's just an icon. Obviously you need it to still somehow be related to your game...
But hey it's just my opinion, not everyone likes my icons either, so if you like it then go for it.
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I like the Impreza. ;)
EDIT: After seeing the website and the app, I kinda like the game. The website I think needs a little more ninja/bullets touch to it. I mean that page is dedicated only for Ninja Please right? And agreeing with the icon.. too boring.. looks like cheapo "app made with automated script" feel to it. I think, if you polish a little more on the graphics/animation of the game, it could be nice game. Some animations are jerky.. and those people don't have a shadow at their feet. It feels too cheap. I don't know what else. but the gameplay, i think it is nice.
Only 2 things that I feel could be changed are the icon and possibly the name.
Having a slick Icon will help your sales and maybe even get put in the N&N. Check this template out. PixelResort » Home of Designer & Iconist Michael Flarup Perhaps, instead of 1 ninja, put in like an army of ninjas behind each other lined up?
Also I would leave out the screenshots with the text in it. The text makes it look less professional. imo.
Possible names... Ninja Panic Ninja Hai! Verbal Ninja (name prob isn't that big of deal, but the icon for sure)
You probably dont even need to make up quotes too. You could get some good reviews.
Just a note, if you are using pictures from google street view I would double check their terms and conditions. For peace of mind.
really? you could tell? I checked the terms and conditions and they seem to just talk about using images if they were embedded as a map, it wasn't that clear about static screenshots.
Only 2 things that I feel could be changed are the icon and possibly the name.
Having a slick Icon will help your sales and maybe even get put in the N&N. Check this template out. PixelResort » Home of Designer & Iconist Michael Flarup Perhaps, instead of 1 ninja, put in like an army of ninjas behind each other lined up?
Also I would leave out the screenshots with the text in it. The text makes it look less professional. imo.
Possible names... Ninja Panic Ninja Hai! Verbal Ninja (name prob isn't that big of deal, but the icon for sure)
You probably dont even need to make up quotes too. You could get some good reviews.
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The icon sucked that bad? I really though it looked awesome. On my ipod it looks really awesome on the black background with the other cartoony icons. I'll consider it for the next release, but I'm a bit bummed as I thought it was one of the best features. :(
EDIT: After seeing the website and the app, I kinda like the game. The website I think needs a little more ninja/bullets touch to it. I mean that page is dedicated only for Ninja Please right? And agreeing with the icon.. too boring.. looks like cheapo "app made with automated script" feel to it. I think, if you polish a little more on the graphics/animation of the game, it could be nice game. Some animations are jerky.. and those people don't have a shadow at their feet. It feels too cheap. I don't know what else. but the gameplay, i think it is nice.
The graphics are kinda tough to improve on, not because I don't want to but because I'm straddling the 20MB download over 3G limit. If I make the images more detailed then I also run the risk of memory issues because right now all the images have 16-bit color, if I were to make it 32 bit I pretty much limit myself to 4th-gen devices and maybe 3rd gen.
I was kind of hoping this game would be compared to all the casual games (tiny wings, angry birds, etc...) and not something like infinity blade.
really? you could tell? I checked the terms and conditions and they seem to just talk about using images if they were embedded as a map, it wasn't that clear about static screenshots.
Yes that's the thing, you can use those images only if you are using their map services. I don't want to be picky but I've seen many devs got bitten by google about copyright issues.
(The most ridiculous one was one dev being sued because it used google search inside his app, pretty pathetic..)
But if I were in you I would just go out with your digital camera and take some pictures around.
Yes that's the thing, you can use those images only if you are using their map services. I don't want to be picky but I've seen many devs got bitten by google about copyright issues.
(The most ridiculous one was one dev being sued because it used google search inside his app, pretty pathetic..)
But if I were in you I would just go out with your digital camera and take some pictures around.
uh, when you say "bitten" what do you mean? :(:confused:
The best case scenario is that they just ask you to remove the app, or to make it free supported by (their) ads.
Bottom line is: they dont want you to make money out of their work.
what stood out as being "google mappy" to you? I'm going to take them all out in the next update, it's too late at this point for me, but thanks for pointing it out. I can't remember where but I read something a while back that made me think that using static images/screenshots were okay and I just didn't think about it after that.
I really would think that google would have better stuff to do than to go after some schmuck coding in his mom's basement covered in hot pockets...
I opened the site in another tab while I read the rest of the thread and almost didn't go back because I thought the page never loaded, since it still shows the URL as the title.
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eviljack;316820 said:
The graphics are kinda tough to improve on, not because I don't want to but because I'm straddling the 20MB download over 3G limit. If I make the images more detailed then I also run the risk of memory issues because right now all the images have 16-bit color, if I were to make it 32 bit I pretty much limit myself to 4th-gen devices and maybe 3rd gen.
I was kind of hoping this game would be compared to all the casual games (tiny wings, angry birds, etc...) and not something like infinity blade.
You can still make a 16bit, and make it better graphic. Just use a same (but darker) pallete for the shadows (i mean the shadows at their feet).
For the animation, if you nearing to 20mb, then just leave it as it is. But, the icon, man.... really? :p
I opened the site in another tab while I read the rest of the thread and almost didn't go back because I thought the page never loaded, since it still shows the URL as the title.
D'oh! Thanks man! It's the little itsy bitsy things like this that tick people off that you never think about!! Fixed.
You can still make a 16bit, and make it better graphic. Just use a same (but darker) pallete for the shadows (i mean the shadows at their feet).
For the animation, if you nearing to 20mb, then just leave it as it is. But, the icon, man.... really? :p
Dude, it's like you just told me my baby daughter is ugly, lol. I'll look into the shadows -- I've got about 5MB to play with right now so I'm safe, but I'd really like to keep it under 15MB.
I'm not sure how to do the shadows at this point, because I've got so much other stuff happening along with it -- and judging from sales, I don't think the one guy that downloaded it will mind too much if I take a while to do it.
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eviljack;317361 said:
Dude, it's like you just told me my baby daughter is ugly, lol. I'll look into the shadows -- I've got about 5MB to play with right now so I'm safe, but I'd really like to keep it under 15MB.
I'm not sure how to do the shadows at this point, because I've got so much other stuff happening along with it -- and judging from sales, I don't think the one guy that downloaded it will mind too much if I take a while to do it.
lol. sorry.. i was just being honest with my opinion. Anyway, this is the shadow im talking about: you could do it with checkered pattern on black/gray and alpha=0. Something like that..
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Don't know about the rest. But then I am not your target audience, so I won't comment ;)
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like Awesomedude, I totally don't get twitter. I have no idea how to get people to follow me on twitter. I might just add it into the code so that if you follow me on twitter you get 100 points or something.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeBe your self or be a ninja, but put out tweets to that style. Look around who is tweeting about similar subjects and follow them. It is considered being polite to follow back, if there is some mutual interest in the subject.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeI'm not really a fan of your icon, but I've never liked "real" icons where it is created from a photo like that, something about it just looks cheap to me and I often just move right on by those apps.
The quotes are kind of funny I guess, but since they are obviously not true they seem a little useless too, maybe don't make those be the first thing you see on the page.
I get the game and I think it is really cool, it's like those shooting games in the arcade with the plus of some humor. From the video it seems well put together, so I don't really have anything to say about the game itself except good job!
This is just being nitpicky, and I've never created a gameplay trailer so I don't really know what is involved, but the mouse cursor is really throwing it off. iOS has no mouse cursor, if you could make it a finger or something I think that would be a big improvement.
Also I don't know if you have already, but you should visit toucharcade, read through the posting rules there, and get a upcoming game thread going for your game. It is crucial to get at least some hype going before your game is released.
Now you have two followers :)
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But it seems like I'm getting my *** kicked with all the big names on there and their massive marketing teams. I can only spend an hour or two total whereas some of them have all day to promote their games.
Where would you move the quotes? You're actually the second person to mention this.
I kinda liked the icon -- but I'm worried about what you said, that people would move on, but the only problem is, since the game is photo-realistic, I thought the icon should be as well, otherwise it's kinda false advertising.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeWhen users are looking through searches, charts, etc on the app store all they see is icon and name. You absolutely need an awesome icon, it's not false advertising, you are not deliberately making statements that are untrue about your game, it's just an icon. Obviously you need it to still somehow be related to your game...
But hey it's just my opinion, not everyone likes my icons either, so if you like it then go for it.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeHmmm, I'll think about it. I'm just not sure what icon would work in a 52x52 image. I was lucky mine came out as clear as it did.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeEDIT: After seeing the website and the app, I kinda like the game. The website I think needs a little more ninja/bullets touch to it. I mean that page is dedicated only for Ninja Please right? And agreeing with the icon.. too boring.. looks like cheapo "app made with automated script" feel to it. I think, if you polish a little more on the graphics/animation of the game, it could be nice game. Some animations are jerky.. and those people don't have a shadow at their feet. It feels too cheap. I don't know what else. but the gameplay, i think it is nice.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeOnly 2 things that I feel could be changed are the icon and possibly the name.
Having a slick Icon will help your sales and maybe even get put in the N&N. Check this template out. PixelResort » Home of Designer & Iconist Michael Flarup Perhaps, instead of 1 ninja, put in like an army of ninjas behind each other lined up?
Also I would leave out the screenshots with the text in it. The text makes it look less professional. imo.
Possible names...
Ninja Panic
Ninja Hai!
Verbal Ninja
(name prob isn't that big of deal, but the icon for sure)
You probably dont even need to make up quotes too. You could get some good reviews.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeThe icon sucked that bad? I really though it looked awesome. On my ipod it looks really awesome on the black background with the other cartoony icons. I'll consider it for the next release, but I'm a bit bummed as I thought it was one of the best features. :(
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeI was kind of hoping this game would be compared to all the casual games (tiny wings, angry birds, etc...) and not something like infinity blade.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like Awesome(The most ridiculous one was one dev being sued because it used google search inside his app, pretty pathetic..)
But if I were in you I would just go out with your digital camera and take some pictures around.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like Awesomeuh, when you say "bitten" what do you mean? :(:confused:
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeI really would think that google would have better stuff to do than to go after some schmuck coding in his mom's basement covered in hot pockets...
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I opened the site in another tab while I read the rest of the thread and almost didn't go back because I thought the page never loaded, since it still shows the URL as the title.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeFor the animation, if you nearing to 20mb, then just leave it as it is. But, the icon, man.... really? :p
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeI'm not sure how to do the shadows at this point, because I've got so much other stuff happening along with it -- and judging from sales, I don't think the one guy that downloaded it will mind too much if I take a while to do it.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeAfter added shadow at their feet.
Your original graphics.
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