About In-App Purchase in gamesalad

YYGamesYYGames Member, BASIC Posts: 26
edited March 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Hello

I'm having hard time with In-App purchase :(
I want to update my published app with In-App Purchase.
My published app is 0.99, but im planning to change price tier for free, and
put In-App purchase in game.(Like Purchase Full Ver for 0.99).
But If I do this, what will happen to people who already bought my app?
I want them to unlock whole stages without buying In-App purchase since they already paid for full version.
Is this possible thing to do??
Or is it too late to put In-App purchase??

Help me Please !

Comments

  • LBGLBG Member Posts: 277
    I don't think you can turn a paid app into a free one with iAP in this way. You'll probably have to create a new free version and then include the iAP in that. Some of the more experienced guys will probably know for sure.

    LBG
  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    edited March 2012
    It might be possible to do two updates. In update number one you create a game attribute called game.AlreadyBought. Then have a rule that checks the real device time (date actually) and if the device date is before the release date of the second update change already bought to true. Then in the second update that includes IAP you would check to see if already bought is false - if so show levels locked and show the button that offers the IAP, if true show levels unlocked and hide/deactivate IAP button.

    Never tried this but it seems like it should work.
  • 3xL3xL Member Posts: 676
    DAMN scitunes.... nice thinking. i gotta try this
  • YYGamesYYGames Member, BASIC Posts: 26
    scitunes really nice thinking. Thank you gotta try this too
  • MarkOnTheIronMarkOnTheIron Member Posts: 1,447
    @Scitunes That will surely work but what if the original user delete the game and then reinstalls it? Or if he want to install it in another device? Then since all saves will be lost he will be screwed and be forced to pay again to play the game.

    This method could work better if we had access to iCloud storage, but even in that case there could be problems.

    So @yyj0728 the only safe solution to preserve your customer base (assuming you have a consistent one, otherwise you can take the risk with Scitunes method) is to upload a "Lite" version with the unlock IAP and maintain both full and lite versions up and running.

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  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    Ahh, good points. Didn't think of that.
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