Advice for new developers (including me)

JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Just a tip - Spend the money and Play EVERYTHING that is hot in the app store.
Even if the game sucks, find out why yourself.

I've been trying to play most of the top games. It only makes sense that if you want this to be a serious job that you would study your field.
A good architect would travel the world to see what other people have built. An NFL coach or player goes home and watches every other game from sunday all week over and over. Etc Etc.....

Ive also downloaded "position app" and set some top apps to favorite and a few random ones
To try to see some of the trends and better understand the app store market. For example ive really been watching "glow Doodle" just because it has changed categories so many times and now it is free. I cant help but wonder what they are up to with that.

I know a lot of us do this but, its easy to miss something we should see.

Wish i would have played Angry Birds before making "protect your Nuts"
Now thats a catapult game. Sad that my game is so much like it and now that i downloaded it last night I cant put it down.

I realize i cant make something that smooth with GS yet just due to the FPS issues but, i think i would have made some things diff had i have seen something near perfection in my genre.

Just a small bit of advice. Take it for what you want.

Comments

  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    One other question if anyone knows the answer (had no luck googling)

    Do upgrades count towards rank?

    Glow jump has gathered over a million DL since going free.

    If they do count (although i don't think they do) Moving back to paid and releasing an update would gather a few thousand DLs while in the paid category.
  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    i don't think updates count towards rank at all, but I could be wrong

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  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    From googling i have found some people that think DL count towards about 5% of rank based on some sort of algorithm apple runs but no one can confirm

    Most just say no so, i guess it is hard to know

    Watching Glow jump i hope will show something at least

    If they go paid and are in the top 25 in the first day then a would think some of the updates count
  • SingleSparqSingleSparq Member Posts: 1,339
    Check out Flowers vs Zombies - sold 300,000 in 9 days at 2.99 a pop (it's also available for free to play online) - I got it and It's the type of game that could be made with gamesalad with the right artistry behind it.
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  • VmlwebVmlweb Member Posts: 427
    Yeh I herd Plants vs Zombies is calculated to earn 1 million dollars every month
    Even though it was made by a company it's still a hell of a lot.
  • ckurt25ckurt25 Member Posts: 122
    I can't wait til Monday. Ragdoll Blaster 2 comes out. I'm working on puzzle game that's going to be a combination of games of course partially inspired by the original Ragdoll Blaster. I think their new one will set the bar very high. I don't expect my game to get anywhere near it but I'd like to think it can do well for a GS game.
  • synthesissynthesis Member Posts: 1,693
    In my opinion, almost anything can be done with GameSalad...just have to keep things simple and use some cleverness to achieve similar results.
  • synthesissynthesis Member Posts: 1,693
    I'm not suggesting you make THAT game...but the concept is doable...just have to develop a variant that fits GameSalad's capabilities.
  • synthesissynthesis Member Posts: 1,693
    Upon further thought...Plants vs Zombies is doable with GS. It would take about 3-4 months to develop...but I think its possible. You could execute a level with less than 50 total spawns over the lifespan of the level.

    The key to this...RECYCLE ACTORS
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    Updates get you to the main page and on the main page you get downloads and that counts toward ranking.

    I am not sure if the update itself downloaded counts toward ranking, but I believe so.
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    do updates still put you on page 1? I thought they changed it to avoid people spamming the app store with useless updates.
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    nevermind. I do see updates in the new releases.
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    You do see updates in the new release section? I was under the impression that they eliminated that, so you only get in the new release section once, when your game debuts
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    I will tell you if you get to the first page, when I update our games the next time :-)

    I didn't look at it really since a long time.
  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    No, those are people re releasing a game as an update i think
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