G4 spotlights Gamesalad

GingerBGamesGingerBGames Member Posts: 390
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
I know this may not belong in this forum but, I just thought you all may be interested in this.

http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/709864/GameSalad-3-Percent-Of-iTunes-Apps-Developed-With-GameSalad.html

Comments

  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    Wow... 3% of all iOS apps... that's cool.

    Why isn't that in a GameSalad press release?!

    GET MOVING ON MARKETING!
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    pathetic article!

    even idiots and lowlifes
  • GingerBGamesGingerBGames Member Posts: 390
    I was curious about the 3 million dollar one as well!?
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Hmmmm... yes the 3 million dollar one sparked my interest.... :) Although I think we would have more than heard about it by now, or it would be on the cover of GS's website?
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    xyloFUN said:
    pathetic article!

    even idiots and lowlifes

    I think that might have been an inside joke or a shot at Yodapollo.

    It's also the stigma that GameSalad faces. There's this mindset in game development that it has to be about code. I've also seen this same nonsense applied to web development - job postings with the words "Must know how to hand code HTML". Would you hire a carpenter with such a requirement, "No power tools!"

    That would be silly!
    Too many people in the world lack vision.

    GameSalad (or programs like it) is the future of game development. I don't use command prompts to use my computer. I don't see a need to type out wacky lines of code to make a character move across the screen.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    I bet this guy didn't research crap. Bubble Ball is over 3million downloads now. I bet he saw that story and the number of downloads and ran with it not realizing bubble ball only started as a GS game, but didnt finish that way and is a free app with 3,000,000 downloads not revenue.
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  • peachpellenpeachpellen Member Posts: 977
    To be fair, even idiots and lowlifes can and DO make apps with GameSalad.

    Mateen would be a good example. He publishes templates, steals names and has over 50 iPhone apps up. (I think it might actually be in the 80s?) Plus he recently tried to sell an opensource Emoji enabler here for $100 a pop claiming to have written it himself.

    Side note: Anyone seen those bogus phone tracker apps that Apple is doing NOTHING about? There are a few identical ones up, just saw one was in top grossing entertainment.
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Apparently somebody did use gamesalad to make a 3M$ app, but it was a white label product for a different company and they are not allowed to talk about it.
  • xyloFUNxyloFUN Member Posts: 1,593
    I figured it was a typo ... ho nose ;-)

    Photics,
    great analysis "carpenter with no power tools". I like it. I like it a lot!

    @firemaplegames
    The other day, someone posted an interview of a Croatian dev who stated that hey (him and his brother) had the best selling app ever ... some doodle thing and it sold ~ 3 million or a little more.

    I find that hard to believe that there was a GS game that could do so much without anyone knowing. Especially that review guy who pretends to have insider info ... or maybe he has.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    firemaplegames said:
    Apparently somebody did use gamesalad to make a 3M$ app, but it was a white label product for a different company and they are not allowed to talk about it.

    There are a lot of clues to track it down...

    #1 entertainment app — that narrows down the possibilities significantly.
    It's also likely a paid app, as it made money.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    And if it has had an update in the last few months it should now have a splash screen
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  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Hmmmm very interesting Firemaple! I wasn't aware of it, but kudos to them if it's true :)

    @Photics: Do some detective work, and let us know! :)
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    butterbean said:
    @Photics: Do some detective work, and let us know! :)

    I'm too busy for that. :)

    Here's a pretty big magnifying glass though...
    http://www.appannie.com/top/united-states/entertainment/

    Basically, it's a matter of going back in time and creating a list of #1 apps. That should reduce the possibilities even further.

    Maybe this is related to the GameSalad direct® thing. Perhaps GameSalad saw the $3 Million app and wanted a piece of the action, so maybe this is something that happened between the Summer and now. I'm thinking it probably happened in the last year. So, that's only 365 pages to check.

    Here's a start...

    Jan 19, 2011 - Fatbooth
    Jan 18, 2011 - Fatbooth
    Jan 17, 2011 - Fatbooth
    Jan 16, 2011 - Fatbooth
    Jan 15, 2011 - Fatbooth

    I'm thinking it's not that. The technology required for something like that doesn't exactly say, "Made with GameSalad".

    Jan 14, 2011 - Gun Builder

    I'm thinking it's not that either. This doesn't appear to be a big company that would demand silence.
  • osalzanoosalzano Member, PRO Posts: 136
    firemaplegames said:
    Apparently somebody did use gamesalad to make a 3M$ app, but it was a white label product for a different company and they are not allowed to talk about it.

    @firemaplegames
    You might be right, Joe.
    I heard from a partner developer here in Brazil that a publisher company from Austin used Gamesalad to make an app for a huge media group, and made a 7-digit income with it, about a year ago.
  • EatingMyHatEatingMyHat Member Posts: 1,246
    Lame article... made me feel bad about being a GS developer
  • chicopchicop Member Posts: 263
    wel he obviously gets payed to take a piss at stuff so..
  • inceptioninception Member Posts: 74
    Photics said:
    I'm too busy for that. :)

    Here's a pretty big magnifying glass though...
    http://www.appannie.com/top/united-states/entertainment/

    Basically, it's a matter of going back in time and creating a list of #1 apps. That should reduce the possibilities even further.

    Maybe it was a #1 app somewhere outside of the US?
  • ScootsScoots Member Posts: 507
    I think Tenrdrmer nailed it right, This goof mixed up some info he glanced at and made a stupid article. Why the secrecy if an app was successful and made with Gamesalad? 3 million dollar app and nobody here knows of it? hard to believe,
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