New teaser trailer for The Lost City from Fire Maple Games!

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  • LeonardDeveloperLeonardDeveloper Member Posts: 4,630
    Already bought! :P
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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thank you soooooooo much guys!

    @Braydon: It's doing really well!
    It's the #1 Mover and Shaker on Amazon right now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/movers-and-shakers/mobile-apps/ref=zg_bs_tab
    having moved up 1500 spots since this morning. It just broke into the Top 100 games on Amazon.

    It is selling a few hundred copies a day on the Android Market

    It just broke into the top 100 of its Adventure and Puzzle categories.

    Hopefully the sales of Grisly Manor will keep propelling it upwards!

    Joe

  • LuckyLurcherLuckyLurcher Member Posts: 343
    Hi Joe,
    I've been playing your game on and off during the day (Keeping me back from my own work! ; I'm currently designing my own adventure game in GS) and I really must congratulate you again on creating such a top notch game. I left a 5★ review for you on the Irish Appstore. This is such a positive take on the classic adventure. :)
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thanks so much, luckylurcher! Sorry about your productivity! ;)
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    edited February 2012
    Holy crud! That's awesome!

    Which my games would do as well. :P

    And just a quick question that we all probably know the answer to - Are there more sales with Amazon(Android) or Apple? And by how much?

    Congrats!

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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @Braydon: The Secret of Grisly Manor currently pulls in $25K/month. Initially it was all iOS sales, but now the Nook Color and Kindle Fire are each on track to outpace the iOS version. Grisly Manor on the regular Android marketplace pulls in 200$/day. Not nearly as much as the other three, but still pretty amazing. And now The Lost City also is pulling in 200$/day on the Android marketplace.

    I won't know until tomorrow how the iOS is doing, but it has been climbing all day.

    It is also about to break into the Top 100 overall on the Amazon Appstore.

    So it's doing really well for me right now. We'll see if it continues. I'm hopefull that it gets chosen for New&Noteworthy on Thursday
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @firemaplegames - Mouth drop. Wow!

    Did you market the game at all?

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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @Braydon: I sent out a press release from PRMac for 19$. But that is the only money I spent. I also made a forum post on Touch Arcade.
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @firemaplegames - Amazing. I envy you, sir!

    Keep us posted on those sales!

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  • Benjamin_m5Benjamin_m5 Member Posts: 646
    Wow.
    bought this game last night and i was playing now for about 2 hours and i'm not finish now. This game is SOO amazing. Very very nice done! All Images in each season are so nice done! Where have you made this images?! Have you seen this environement anywhere or are all images manipulated?! The snow on the ground is very very nice :)
    PS. witch program you used to made this? loading times are nice :)
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    Benjamin
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @Benjamin: Thanks! I make all the images in Photoshop. I work with a partner on these games and he is an amazing photographer. He takes literally 10's of thousands of photos for me. We visited lots of state parks all over the US to get the images. I then collage bits of each one together and hand paint (in Photoshop) on top of everything to make it all cohesive. This game was programmed in Corona, but a lot of it could have also been done in GameSalad. GameSalad is currently working on a new version of the engine that is apparently 10X faster than the current one, so that will hopefully decrease the loading times as well.
  • Benjamin_m5Benjamin_m5 Member Posts: 646
    @firemaplegames OK, thx for your answer :) The images are awesome. Really much time to make all images in each season! Respect.
    Ah ok, was just wondering :) Because as i started the game i saw that there was no loading wheel. I hope you make more games like this in the future.
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    Benjamin
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thanks Benjamin! Yes, the game took over a year to produce. Mainly because of the 214 Scenes of Artwork!!!

    I am going to take a two-week nap and then start on a proper sequel to Grisly manor! ;-)
  • Benjamin_m5Benjamin_m5 Member Posts: 646
    edited February 2012
    214 is very much. Every scene is very nice! are all ideas in the game from you?! Every thing matchs so good together as a puzzle :)

    Yes, have a lil break. you deserve it!
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    As you know via Skype just got this for my girlfriend, best of luck with sales and look out for a 5star review in the UK store:)

    Darren.

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  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Amazing figures Joe, so glad for you. Have left a 5 star review for this on the UK store :)
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  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    It must be a great feeling to see all the hours you put into your games paying off. Both financially and in terms of comments/emails/support. Nice that you still post here too, I'm sure many of us find your success inspiring.

    Oh, and if the free download numbers that I got for my game are anything to go by Grisly Manor will prob reach the 100s of thousands in no time at all. I got a 4% click through from the 'more games' button so your cross promo should help out quite well.
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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thanks, guys!
    @HoneyTribe: Thanks! Yeah, I just hope people like the game. And I wish success for everyone here! yeah, I am excited to see how high Grisly Manor will Climb! It's currently at #147 Overall in the US and climbing fast. Doing the same around the world. It's amazing to see! At the very least it increases the user base for Grisly Manor 2! ;-)
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    lost city is close to breaking the top 100 is its game categories in the us 117 and 106 is adventure and strategy, respectively.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Lost City #180 :)

    Darren.
  • osalzanoosalzano Member, PRO Posts: 136
    @firemaplegames When I grow up, I want to make a game like this :D
    Can't stop playing! Simply wonderful, Joe! Congrats!
  • CrazybreadmanCrazybreadman Member Posts: 674
    Congrats on the release Joe! Looks epic! I just bought it and am looking forward to playing it w/ my wife tonight (she loves adventure games).
  • 3xL3xL Member Posts: 676
    I like the waterfall. I achieve some awesome effects similar to your by using animation, particles and a mixture of both.. Keep us posted!
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    I want to hear how much he's make since it launched. :P Just so I can sleep tonight. ;)

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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    The Lost City has made about $20K so far. Absolutely ridiculous
  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    when grisley manor came out how long did it sustain high sales? or did it stay high/constant forever?

    btw that is freaking fantastic! makin bank! so what was your goal for this game? 200kish? two people worked on it right? about a year into it?
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @firemaplegames - are you saying that is good or bad? Lol thats great!

    Which market is working best for you? Android or iOS?

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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @mgm: Grisly Manor started out strong and keeps getting stronger. Plus it now works on even more devices like the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet.
    This past month was Grisly Manor's highest selling yet, over a year after its initial release.
    Yeah two people working on the game for a little over a year. With time off, etc. It wasn't a solid year of work.
    I'll be happy with any amount! It was a blast to work on. We'll see how it does! Definitely an amazing start!
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    edited February 2012
    @Braydon: haha, good! I can't believe how well it is doing!

    Kindle Fire is currently the champ. #2 on Amazon. But iOS is climbing steadily!
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    #48 overall on the US app store. wow!!
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