Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I don't think it is a good idea to only show story and no gameplay in the trailer. That is obvious. But it is always better to show some kind of context before you show gameplay. Cut The Rope: Magic does a good with this and I think this game would do better with the same approach. In the Cut The Rope: Magic trailer the show a few seconds of story to set the stage, then they show mostly different gameplay situations and then they end it with a story clip. Just random clips of gameplay is a missed opportunity to draw people into your game in my opinion.
Wow! thank you guys,
I see the comment,
that makes me feel happy you guys talk about Roll Turtle Preview Video.
Yes,this Perview Video is for app store,
and there are just 30 seconds and other guide and rules.
Roll Turtle have another trailer, have a story and gameplay,
I'll put this link on app store description.
trailer: Roll Turtle - Official Trailer Tokyo Game Show 2015 ( 1 min 14 seconds)
app store Preview Video (30 seconds)
===============================
and this week's progress,
I finished all the prepar work before apple review.
#RollTurtle reday to submit to apple review now!
I'll press that "Submit to Review" button tomorrow,
This may be a bit superstitious, but 4/25 it's my birthday
The App Store preview video is perfect, it shows the gameplay and different scenes from the game.
PhilipCCEncounter Bay, South AustraliaMemberPosts: 1,390
edited April 2016
@kirafu
Yes,this Perview Video is for app store,
and there are just 30 seconds and other guide and rules.
Roll Turtle have another trailer, have a story and gameplay,
I'll put this link on app store description.
The Gameshow trailer is terrific. Good idea to put the link in the AppStore description.
I agree that 30 seconds is not long for the AppStore, but think how many 15 second TV commercials manage to tell a story, show the benefits and impress the brand on you.
PhilipCCEncounter Bay, South AustraliaMemberPosts: 1,390
this week's progress,
Finally, I am very excited to tell you,
Roll Turtle will be released on Thursday, May 19, 2016 on the iTunes AppStore.
This discussion thread 2 years, it's a long journey,
I quit my job for develop Roll Turtle,
when Roll Turtle project started, my child was born, now he is 2 years old.
finally, time to create another new thread Roll Turtle - an exciting rolling journey platform game.
thank you guys with me 2 year,
without you, I can't finished it,
I read every comment and give me the power to keep going,
you guys like my family,
really touch my heart,
thanks GS team,
thank you,
story is not ending,
I love you GS forums guys.
On the eve Roll Turtle launch, I want to talk about Roll Turtle dev story, It was a long journey, if you are interested in Roll Turtle, you can read it.
I have been a full time Indie Developer since 2014. I quit my regular job to create "Roll Turtle". At that time my son was born, he gave me the courage and inspiration to create something for him.
Since becoming self-employed, I have received no income and have been living off my life savings. I have a home mortgage, a baby and a family to take care of. It is a big risk and difficult journey. But when my baby grows up in 5 or 10 years, I hope that his favorite games are made by his father. Well at least one of his favorite games is made by me.
I would like share every game development experience, play the game with him and just chat all day
"This game is funny? This game was created by your father when you were 2 years old!"
I want to tell him this story,
I want to see him raised his head and eyes to his father,
I want to him proud of his father.
This is a difficult decision,
when you not a young man, when you have a baby,
when you have home mortgage loans.
I am grateful to my wife for her encouragement.
She told me "just do it!"
「Insanity： doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results。」
~by Einstein
I know that if I continue to stay with my regular job, this would never have happened. Things would be probably be just fine and secure, but you won't know unless you give it a shot. If you want something, you have to do something about it.
Special thanks to my wife for her support. I did all the development on Roll Turtle except for the sound design. I never wanted to say that I'm a one man Indie developer, because without my wife and baby, I could never of completed Roll Turtle. (Although my baby frequently climbs on my lap and wants to type on the keyboard... this drives me insane)
As a family,
we push Roll Turtle forward,
we adventure together, travel together, laugh together, cry together,
we setup the monitor together, carry laptop in the rain,
we pulled luggage, stroller and equipment in the sun,
we participated in Causal Connect Asia 2015, Tokyo Game Show 2015, Taipei Game Show 2016...etc,
we've been through all of this together,
Roll Turtle filled me, my wife and baby with love and memories of the past 2 years.
Thanks to God, these memories will be my life's most precious treasures.
Roll Turtle is another one of my babies.
If you love action puzzle game,
if you love stand-alone consoles game,
if you love adventure stories that have beginning and end,
if you love cute characters and fairy tales,
if you love to only pay once for a truly complete game,
you must try Roll Turtle
Roll Turtle will be release on iTunes App Store May 19, 2016!
~ Fin
*Roll Turtle development has come to a close. I hope that after the launch Roll Turtle can earn enough to help support the development the next game. This is the hope of most Indie developers : "Use funds from the previous game to support the next game". I understand that achieving this is out of my control even after doing all that I can do to make Roll Turtle great.
If you like Roll Turtle, please introduce it to your friends to play or share any information about Roll Turtle with others. This would help me tremendously.
Finally, Roll Turtle is officially released on the App Store,
it's an easy to play but challenging, action driven puzzle platformer That embarks you on an exciting rolling journey. Help Daddy Turtle to save his baby in 5 fantastic worlds! That's Rolling!
Well done @kirafu – the whole thing has been amazingly presented, including the ongoing updates here. I'll be getting the game tonight (in Australia here). Nice pic of you and your tribe. Certainly you deserve to go well. You're an inspiration to me, though I lack the skills and courage to quit my job. I'll be following your progress.. but first, I must play your game dude!
Finished world 1! Great game – I could spend a lot of time with this game. This is a winner bro! AU$4:49 well spent! Look out for my inspired review – I think I'm the first! Yay!
First All Level Perfect Player!
After game released 2 weeks, finally someone did it!
Roll Turtle All Level Perfect is really hard and challenge, and this player just use Daddy Turtle did it!
Great player! great skill! it's amazing!
Who's next?
"Congratulations of the great achievement!!! It's extremely hard to collect all the crowns, however, it's possible~ Thanks for your excellent work, I really have a great time during these days!!!"
~Yuxuan
"GameSalad Game of the Month!"
33% OFF for a limited time ( 6/4 ~ 6/18).
It is not a Baby game, even though it looks very cute, some player say this game is the Dark Souls style of cute game with fun, if you want to try it, Don't miss out!
app store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id985077390
And don't hesitate to let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions. thank you
@kirafu Well done. What a journey you had. I didn't finish the entire thread, but I really liked your passion and everything! Whatever you do and what next for you, please continue to share! :-)
Comments
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I don't think it is a good idea to only show story and no gameplay in the trailer. That is obvious. But it is always better to show some kind of context before you show gameplay. Cut The Rope: Magic does a good with this and I think this game would do better with the same approach. In the Cut The Rope: Magic trailer the show a few seconds of story to set the stage, then they show mostly different gameplay situations and then they end it with a story clip. Just random clips of gameplay is a missed opportunity to draw people into your game in my opinion.
Wow! thank you guys,
I see the comment,
that makes me feel happy you guys talk about Roll Turtle Preview Video.
Yes,this Perview Video is for app store,
and there are just 30 seconds and other guide and rules.
Roll Turtle have another trailer, have a story and gameplay,
I'll put this link on app store description.
trailer: Roll Turtle - Official Trailer Tokyo Game Show 2015 ( 1 min 14 seconds)
app store Preview Video (30 seconds)
===============================
and this week's progress,
I finished all the prepar work before apple review.
#RollTurtle reday to submit to apple review now!
I'll press that "Submit to Review" button tomorrow,
This may be a bit superstitious, but 4/25 it's my birthday
Let me know when it's active. I would like to be first in line to buy!
4/25 my birthday too
The App Store preview video is perfect, it shows the gameplay and different scenes from the game.
The Gameshow trailer is terrific. Good idea to put the link in the AppStore description.
I agree that 30 seconds is not long for the AppStore, but think how many 15 second TV commercials manage to tell a story, show the benefits and impress the brand on you.
Well, Happy Birthday... we even had a holiday down here to celebrate!
Thanks @gattoman @AngryBoi @BazookaTime @PhilipCC for giving me positive comments and birthday wishes
========================
this week's progress,
Finally, I am very excited to tell you,
Roll Turtle will be released on Thursday, May 19, 2016 on the iTunes AppStore.
This discussion thread 2 years, it's a long journey,
I quit my job for develop Roll Turtle,
when Roll Turtle project started, my child was born, now he is 2 years old.
finally, time to create another new thread
Roll Turtle - an exciting rolling journey platform game.
thank you guys with me 2 year,
without you, I can't finished it,
I read every comment and give me the power to keep going,
you guys like my family,
really touch my heart,
thanks GS team,
thank you,
story is not ending,
I love you GS forums guys.
#screenshotsaturday
Good luck with your release. I look forward to playing this game and will post about it on my social media sites!
Guru Video Channel | Lost Oasis Games | FRYING BACON STUDIOS
Nice job – I'll be getting it too!
@Lost_Oasis_Games @monkeyboy simian thank you guys
Countdown 11 days.
RollTurtle will be released on Thursday, May 19, 2016 on the iTunes AppStore.
screenshotsaturday
Okay, added to my Calendar with a reminder set.
@PhilipCC thank you
Countdown 4 days!
Roll Turtle will be released on Thursday, May 19, 2016 on the iTunes AppStore.
On the eve Roll Turtle launch, I want to talk about Roll Turtle dev story, It was a long journey, if you are interested in Roll Turtle, you can read it.
Dev log - 0108 Final Chapter - On the eve Roll Turtle launch
I have been a full time Indie Developer since 2014. I quit my regular job to create "Roll Turtle". At that time my son was born, he gave me the courage and inspiration to create something for him.
Since becoming self-employed, I have received no income and have been living off my life savings. I have a home mortgage, a baby and a family to take care of. It is a big risk and difficult journey. But when my baby grows up in 5 or 10 years, I hope that his favorite games are made by his father. Well at least one of his favorite games is made by me.
I would like share every game development experience, play the game with him and just chat all day
"This game is funny? This game was created by your father when you were 2 years old!"
I want to tell him this story,
I want to see him raised his head and eyes to his father,
I want to him proud of his father.
This is a difficult decision,
when you not a young man, when you have a baby,
when you have home mortgage loans.
I am grateful to my wife for her encouragement.
She told me "just do it!"
「Insanity： doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results。」
~by Einstein
I know that if I continue to stay with my regular job, this would never have happened. Things would be probably be just fine and secure, but you won't know unless you give it a shot. If you want something, you have to do something about it.
Special thanks to my wife for her support. I did all the development on Roll Turtle except for the sound design. I never wanted to say that I'm a one man Indie developer, because without my wife and baby, I could never of completed Roll Turtle. (Although my baby frequently climbs on my lap and wants to type on the keyboard... this drives me insane)
As a family,
we push Roll Turtle forward,
we adventure together, travel together, laugh together, cry together,
we setup the monitor together, carry laptop in the rain,
we pulled luggage, stroller and equipment in the sun,
we participated in Causal Connect Asia 2015, Tokyo Game Show 2015, Taipei Game Show 2016...etc,
we've been through all of this together,
Roll Turtle filled me, my wife and baby with love and memories of the past 2 years.
Thanks to God, these memories will be my life's most precious treasures.
Roll Turtle is another one of my babies.
If you love action puzzle game,
if you love stand-alone consoles game,
if you love adventure stories that have beginning and end,
if you love cute characters and fairy tales,
if you love to only pay once for a truly complete game,
you must try Roll Turtle
Roll Turtle will be release on iTunes App Store May 19, 2016!
~ Fin
*Roll Turtle development has come to a close. I hope that after the launch Roll Turtle can earn enough to help support the development the next game. This is the hope of most Indie developers : "Use funds from the previous game to support the next game". I understand that achieving this is out of my control even after doing all that I can do to make Roll Turtle great.
If you like Roll Turtle, please introduce it to your friends to play or share any information about Roll Turtle with others. This would help me tremendously.
A Big thanks to all my supporters!
Finally, Roll Turtle is officially released on the App Store,
it's an easy to play but challenging, action driven puzzle platformer That embarks you on an exciting rolling journey. Help Daddy Turtle to save his baby in 5 fantastic worlds! That's Rolling!
Available on the App Store now:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id985077390
Once again,thank you
Finally I can play this one!!!
if you have any review, please let me know, I love read any comment.
thank you guys
Well done @kirafu – the whole thing has been amazingly presented, including the ongoing updates here. I'll be getting the game tonight (in Australia here). Nice pic of you and your tribe. Certainly you deserve to go well. You're an inspiration to me, though I lack the skills and courage to quit my job. I'll be following your progress.. but first, I must play your game dude!
Just downloading it now!
Finished world 1! Great game – I could spend a lot of time with this game. This is a winner bro! AU$4:49 well spent! Look out for my inspired review – I think I'm the first! Yay!
Downloaded it from France!
Good luck with you amazing work!
My iOS games here and Android games here
@Benjamin_m5 @mars-seven thank you guys, hope you can enjoy Roll Turtle, have fun
@monkeyboy simian thanks of your wonderful review, I'm glad you love it, and I hope you can be the first Finished world 5 player hahaha
"All Level Perfect!"
First All Level Perfect Player!
After game released 2 weeks, finally someone did it!
Roll Turtle All Level Perfect is really hard and challenge, and this player just use Daddy Turtle did it!
Great player! great skill! it's amazing!
Who's next?
"Congratulations of the great achievement!!! It's extremely hard to collect all the crowns, however, it's possible~ Thanks for your excellent work, I really have a great time during these days!!!"
~Yuxuan
Glad to see it happen!
This player post on Roll Turtle Facebook page
"GameSalad Game of the Month!"
33% OFF for a limited time ( 6/4 ~ 6/18).
It is not a Baby game, even though it looks very cute, some player say this game is the Dark Souls style of cute game with fun, if you want to try it, Don't miss out!
app store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id985077390
And don't hesitate to let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions. thank you
@kirafu Well done. What a journey you had. I didn't finish the entire thread, but I really liked your passion and everything! Whatever you do and what next for you, please continue to share! :-)