A little experiment with Game Center I tried to get more downloads

Mammoth

Most developers use game center as a ploy to get more sales. It works and is a great tactic to get people to buy your game. But what if you had game center on the lite version but it was only for 1 level. The reason behind this is that game center games have their own category. Getting higher in any category is good for your game so If you put game center for just one level or for a small part of your game you can in theory climb the ranks in that area.

I released a free version with iAds and Game center it seemed to do better than my other lite games that did not have Game Center.

Anyway feel free to comment.

SlickZero

Im not sure I understand. Why would you have Game Center in just one level of your game? If you are going to go through the money and trouble to get the availability of implementing Game Center, why wouldn't you have it throughout your entire game? I think people might get pissed that only one level of your game is on Game Center.

Having Game Center would be in another category, yes, but I wouldn't have it on one level just so I could work my way into the category with the intention of only increasing sales. More sales would be an added bonus, but I would have Game Center in my game so people that bought my game can compare their scores with other people around the world. If you're gonna go through the trouble of putting it in 1 level, might as well finish it out and do the whole game. That's just me...

MagoNicolas

I think is a good strategy, because as you said, they can found you in one additional way, as a Gamecenter Game.

Cheers.

Mammoth

The idea is that it gives you more exposure. More people will download your game.