How to get Top #50 in Singapore Appstore
Hi guys,
I might be new here,
but certainly not in the IOS game industry and its marketing side.
Before continuing, I want to make it clear.
I AM NOT SELLING anything, AND IF I SELL this kind of services, in the future,
THAT MEANS my account is being hacked, OR it is a scam or bogus offer, NOT associated with me.
Now, one of my free (Lite) game is getting ALOT of download (let's say in the millions) and most of it came from Singapore, USA, Indonesia and the southeast asia community.
I use admob on that game, and as you guys know, I can allocate some percentage of In House Ads to any link I want.
Here is the Deal
And I am Only doing this Once for the time being, Period
AND AGAIN I DON'T want and DON'T intend to SELL this in the future, Forever!!
I want to choose one Game that is Free/Lite And Promote it in My in House ads in my game,
And Push it to the Top #50 Overall Free game in Singapore Appstore, For FREE, NIL, NOT even a backlink or recognition.
and the criteria must be:
1. game created with gamesalad (reason: because I love gamesalad)
2. Must be Free/Lite
3. Must be a "game" that is related to my game, or Interesting enough
4. Must be somewhat not new to gamesalad forum (I don't want people who just joined for 2 days and participate)
Optional Criteria:
1. Someone that helps alot and are active in the GS community (good karma for you!)
2. Someone that is preferably a sous-chef, so that the community can trust him/her,
when he/she publish the result in this forum.
Benefits
1. It's Free advertising for you, your company/app development studio
2. Again it's Free advertising for your other apps (if it is a lite, you advertise your pro, if it not, you promote your paid apps/other apps)
3. You get noticed in the (quite highly ranked, but mostly forgotten country: Singapore)
For your information, You can get from 1000-3000 downloads from that country per day if it is in top 50.
Not too shabby I assume.
What's the catch
NONE, really guys, I love this community, I love Gamesalad,
and I am doing this, you can say, like charity..
The only "catch" if you want one, is to publish your findings here,
MEANING, what was it like to be Top 50 in Singapore store? What does it convert in terms of sale
Let us learn together... and let us grow as a community,
But even so, you are not obliged in any way to publish your findings/experience.
FAQ
What is your game?
Ans: Sushi Chain Lite
Are you Nuts?
Ans: Maybe, but I can't force everyone to believe I am nuts.
Seriously, There must be some catch, or something to be paid?
ANS: I can guarantee you, in this public forum, that I swear to my great ancestor soul,
I WILL NOT SELL this services, I WILL not ask ANYONE to pay me, I DO this, because,
after what happened in Japan, I feel that Life is about helping each other out...
And thanks for letting me help you.
How many are you taking?
ANS: For now One lucky member of GS, maybe one more in the future.
What do you really want to achieve from doing this?
ANS:
Let me list down my intention
1. Learning together with data received from the promotion (the appstore is lacking of data man!)
2. If I am lucky maybe some of you might consider to buy my games/apps... (BUT AGAIN) please do not do so, IF you do not feel like doing it, NO obligation whatsoever.
3. If I am lucky, I can get some karma from you guys, some trust maybe...
PLEASE NO PM, NO Email, Because I want this to be transparent (no back room dealings)
I want GS community to know this, AND that I WILL NEVER sell this as a service, or ASK you for money or anything in exchange for this....(IF I was, this account have definitely been hacked into)
RULE
1. read the criteria above
2. Post your game itunes Link and preferably youtube video and screenshot so that I can review them
3. No sad stories to appeal (ALL will have the same chance)
4. IF you don't like this thread, just ignore it, Don't bash people or me..
5. Post about what you have done here in the forum for appeal (let's say , hey man in this forum link, I helped out bla blabla)
THAT's IT!
let the game begins!!
Power be with the Indie Developer!
Cheers
Anton
EDIT: FYI: I will choose the First winner on Tuesday 19th, April 2011. So Keep Posting!!
I might be new here,
but certainly not in the IOS game industry and its marketing side.
Before continuing, I want to make it clear.
I AM NOT SELLING anything, AND IF I SELL this kind of services, in the future,
THAT MEANS my account is being hacked, OR it is a scam or bogus offer, NOT associated with me.
Now, one of my free (Lite) game is getting ALOT of download (let's say in the millions) and most of it came from Singapore, USA, Indonesia and the southeast asia community.
I use admob on that game, and as you guys know, I can allocate some percentage of In House Ads to any link I want.
Here is the Deal
And I am Only doing this Once for the time being, Period
AND AGAIN I DON'T want and DON'T intend to SELL this in the future, Forever!!
I want to choose one Game that is Free/Lite And Promote it in My in House ads in my game,
And Push it to the Top #50 Overall Free game in Singapore Appstore, For FREE, NIL, NOT even a backlink or recognition.
and the criteria must be:
1. game created with gamesalad (reason: because I love gamesalad)
2. Must be Free/Lite
3. Must be a "game" that is related to my game, or Interesting enough
4. Must be somewhat not new to gamesalad forum (I don't want people who just joined for 2 days and participate)
Optional Criteria:
1. Someone that helps alot and are active in the GS community (good karma for you!)
2. Someone that is preferably a sous-chef, so that the community can trust him/her,
when he/she publish the result in this forum.
Benefits
1. It's Free advertising for you, your company/app development studio
2. Again it's Free advertising for your other apps (if it is a lite, you advertise your pro, if it not, you promote your paid apps/other apps)
3. You get noticed in the (quite highly ranked, but mostly forgotten country: Singapore)
For your information, You can get from 1000-3000 downloads from that country per day if it is in top 50.
Not too shabby I assume.
What's the catch
NONE, really guys, I love this community, I love Gamesalad,
and I am doing this, you can say, like charity..
The only "catch" if you want one, is to publish your findings here,
MEANING, what was it like to be Top 50 in Singapore store? What does it convert in terms of sale
Let us learn together... and let us grow as a community,
But even so, you are not obliged in any way to publish your findings/experience.
FAQ
What is your game?
Ans: Sushi Chain Lite
Are you Nuts?
Ans: Maybe, but I can't force everyone to believe I am nuts.
Seriously, There must be some catch, or something to be paid?
ANS: I can guarantee you, in this public forum, that I swear to my great ancestor soul,
I WILL NOT SELL this services, I WILL not ask ANYONE to pay me, I DO this, because,
after what happened in Japan, I feel that Life is about helping each other out...
And thanks for letting me help you.
How many are you taking?
ANS: For now One lucky member of GS, maybe one more in the future.
What do you really want to achieve from doing this?
ANS:
Let me list down my intention
1. Learning together with data received from the promotion (the appstore is lacking of data man!)
2. If I am lucky maybe some of you might consider to buy my games/apps... (BUT AGAIN) please do not do so, IF you do not feel like doing it, NO obligation whatsoever.
3. If I am lucky, I can get some karma from you guys, some trust maybe...
PLEASE NO PM, NO Email, Because I want this to be transparent (no back room dealings)
I want GS community to know this, AND that I WILL NEVER sell this as a service, or ASK you for money or anything in exchange for this....(IF I was, this account have definitely been hacked into)
RULE
1. read the criteria above
2. Post your game itunes Link and preferably youtube video and screenshot so that I can review them
3. No sad stories to appeal (ALL will have the same chance)
4. IF you don't like this thread, just ignore it, Don't bash people or me..
5. Post about what you have done here in the forum for appeal (let's say , hey man in this forum link, I helped out bla blabla)
THAT's IT!
let the game begins!!
Power be with the Indie Developer!
Cheers
Anton
EDIT: FYI: I will choose the First winner on Tuesday 19th, April 2011. So Keep Posting!!
Comments
but, I don't remember you saying what your game was, and in the criteria you said that the winning game must be simular to yours. People want to put their best foot forward, but can't if they don't know where to step.
the game is in the FAQ above,
after similar I added interesting enough,
so to clarify, as long as it is a good game or a decent one,
feel free to participate
cheers
Anton
I've been on the forums a while. Not a Chef but I get help from people like Tshirt booth etc. Majority of people I get paid assistance from let "get no, pay later" I owed one guy $100. I'm very broke but I paid him on the day we specified.
I have very high hopes for my game and would be willing to make a light version if you think it'll really help : )
Please email me on: ozboybrian@hotmail.com
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Here is the Lite of my latest game : http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/super-stack-attack-lite/id428750245?mt=8&ls=1
Could be an interesting experiment to see :
1. How well your plan will work re: getting that amount of extra downloads
2. How those extra dls might up-sell to the paid version.
thanks for the participation
@outasite No worries m8
@ozboybrian can you post any artwork or anything for us to see?
@Sparkyidr Wow your game looks good, so far this can be the contender
I am announcing, to give two people a shot, (Simultaneously , and not at the same week/time for maximum exposure)
so keep posting guys!
cheers
Anton
My Game just released this saturday is top 1 in 15 stores, but doesn't have to much downloads where you say.
This game is COMPLETELY free (No iAds), made with Gamesalad, i use gs since the beginning of 2010, and I love to Help Community
My game is ePig Dash, so far 126.000 downloads in 6 days:
http://itunes.apple.com//app/epig-rush/id427457283?mt=8
http://www.epiggames.com/games/epig-dash
Trailer:
And I Love to Share results, I Always tell people of sales, My sales increments thanks to this free game, etc, Will be glad yo share everyone how this works.
Thanks Dude,
Cheers.
I actually have an embarrassing confession to make,
I love epig rush! it is great, yes I am one of the 126000 who downloaded for sure
Anyway guys, keep posting! two winners on tuesday, one to be given the promotion AS soon as NEXT weekend!
cheers
Anton
Yoenoesz you should ask for help in forums, sometimes you have bad luck and no one read your post… but that happen to all of use.
I REALLY want to Win this, I need to Increase in Downloads in those countries!
Will have to wait to tuesday to see what happens!!
Cheers.
you said you are going to release tour game for at least 1 month
when you said nobody helps you, have you actually search around the forum,
and ask?
I am sure if you seek, you will find the answer
cheers mate
Anton
Cheers.
Sparks.
My first game came out last month called Sketch Ball.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sketch-ball/id426237047?mt=8&ls=1
When I released Sketch Ball I gave away a free menu template ( http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=20303 ) to help out the community and I try to help out when I find questions I can actually answer with my somewhat limited knowledge.
I'd be more than happy to share my results with the GameSalad Community.
*Proceeds to cross fingers!*
Thanks for the submission, I sent you an email asking if you have the lite version
and we are communicating! yay haha
@Sparkyidr looking good so far
The rest of you lads, time is ticking.. Tick Tock Tick Tock..
Will tell you numbers later.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/food-fight/id352646643?mt=8
I never made a video. Look forward to seeing how your project turn out.
When WIll the winner be announced? I know is today, but hour? Lol
Cheers.
sorry for the delay,
HMMM this is a very tough decision,
But since there is only 4 candidate for this,
I have decided to
drum rolls please....
Promote ALL four!!! YAY!!!
BUT I will go for lite version, and will go on a priority basis
So the schedule will be (tentatively)
1. Sparkyidr (Super Stack Attack Lite) Promotion will start 22nd April 2011
To anticipate the weekend
2. design 219 (Food Fight) Promotion will start 29th April 2011
3. MagoNicolas (epig Dash) Promotion will start 6th May 2011
4. GamersRejoice (Sketch ball Lite) awaiting your lite version to come out
I dont recommend going free, as the Singapore crowd, are not the buy it, after free type... according to my experience..
So congrats for all the winner!
you guys are (I believe) good people, who will give me good karma
and just for your info, I do not select the winner based on quality of the game or anything,
So does not mean, game #1 is better than game #2 and so on.. and since everyone is getting it,
It will be interesting for the 4 to share..
AND PLEASE
if you have any thoughts on the schedule, let me know, and discuss here,
(example: MAgo Nicolas might want an earlier date, please ask the earlier date app, for their permission here, and I will initiate the change)
BUT do so way ahead of the promotion, once the promotion starts, we cant do anything to stop it, WELL we can.. but what is the point...
Some of you reading this might ask me, (especially after seeing results posted here)
When am I going to do this again?
Who knows? lets see the reactions first!
AGAIN, even if I do this again, I WILL never ask you for fee, or money..
(maybe I might consider hiring you to make games for me.. but I wont ask anything for free from you, and I WILL never put you in the situation to do things that you dont like to do, or dont want to do)
Comprene?
HEHE
Okay, So whats next?
Nothing! IF there is no changes, just sit back and relax, and post your amazing result!!
Power be onto the indie developer!
cheers!
Anton
Quite excited to be first up to the plate.
Just to add my opinion about the dates :
It's a slightly double edged thing with Nicolas' game. If he goes early whilst he already has a fair bit of heat on the game, could be good. But then again, will that skew the results of this experiment BECAUSE the game is already pretty hot and doing well in a lot of countries it seems......?tough call.
Like I say.. looking forward to seeing what happens, and what it means in terms of numbers and what have you, and of course looking forward to posting those results here.
It's great that you're helping these guys touchten.
Thanks Dude, Im very happy we all will have promotion!
As you Said, I will love to have the promotion right now, because my game is Hot in 15 countries, but not on the ones you said.
I Got your point Sparky, but,
Im Really Bad in USa, Singapore and those you mention, So this extra promotion NOW, will really help me a LOT.
Also, If I went to top 10 en USa or Singapore, will really help me a lot, and would get more media coverage maybe in other countries!
Thanks Touchten! You Rule! Good Karma For You!
Will be glad to share ALL information as detailed as possible.
Cheers.
Like I say, its a tough call, as I could see 2 ways of thinking.
I dont have a prob letting you guys go first.
If you don't mind, I would Love to be the first
Cheers.
hmm I leave it up to you guys, If Sparkyidr says next after my post,
then I will just switch it so that
Mago goes first, Sparky goes next, and design219 goes after that.. while we awaits for gamers rejoice''s cool game!
Please discuss it
IMHO: since Mago has alot of attention and downloads already, it would be better to get it after the attention kind of fades (in a couple of weeks) to see the real result of this promotion,
BUT these are your call, I don;t mind at all
cheerss!!
Anton
PS: would any of you mind if I contact you for future development of a game or games?
I actually am in need of help to resize my upcoming game into an ipad.. (i bought GS resizer) so all you need to do is changed the coordinates (i guess) of the resized project...? But I am asking this not for free, I wish to compensate your time too.. (unless you insisted otherwise ... LOL)
I'm easy either way though, so will leave it up to you.
And yeah, feel free to contact me and I can try to help.
I've used the re-sizer on a couple of projects, so I have a fair idea of what issues you might have. (email is : sparky(at)indiscriminate(dot)co.uk