congrats quantumsheep

jonmulcahy

@quantumsheep‌
front page of toucharcade again, seems like AirSupply SOS got you on some permanent radar!

http://toucharcade.com/2014/12/09/docking-sequence-announced/

KillerPenguinStudios

Congrats @quantumsheep‌!!!

Braydon_SFX

Wohoo!

jamie_c

cool, congrats!

gyroscope

Mighty congrats, QS, mightily deserved!

Malkovich

Congrats @quantumsheep‌, nice job!

iamcartez

Whoa nice man... Congratulations. (*)

Chunkypixels

Enjoyed the earlier version QuantumSheep entered into the game jam, so really looking forward to the iOS version.

QuantumSheep seems to have a really good following over on TouchArcade. I think theres quite a crowd who appreciate his retro games, along with his activity on the Forums there, and his very humble personality.

Lets hope this little gem gives him more of a breakout hit with a wider audience... he definitely deserves it

-Timo-

congrats!!

FallingBoxStudios

congrats QS!

jigglybean

Cool beans. Great to see some media go back to their roots and give the indie some love. tweeted it using #indiedev

Dues

Awesome! Congrats!

sebmat86

Wow! Awesome. Congrats man @quantumsheep‌

Lovejoy

Congrats!

Socks

Good one QS !!!

gamestudent

Way to go! Keep workin' hard QS!

Hopscotch

@quantumsheep‌, nice, keep the pressure on! Wish you success!

neoman

Well done ... Nice work ...

quantumsheep

@jonmulcahy said:
quantumsheep‌
front page of toucharcade again, seems like AirSupply SOS got you on some permanent radar!

http://toucharcade.com/2014/12/09/docking-sequence-announced/

Thank you (and thanks all for the 'congrats') but I didn't do anything! As in I haven't sent out any press release or info about the game, other than write about the game in the TA Forums.

Though I do have a video now:

But again, not publicised at all. It really was rather lovely and a genuine surprise!

@Chunkypixels said:
Enjoyed the earlier version QuantumSheep entered into the game jam, so really looking forward to the iOS version.

QuantumSheep seems to have a really good following over on TouchArcade. I think theres quite a crowd who appreciate his retro games, along with his activity on the Forums there, and his very humble personality.

Lets hope this little gem gives him more of a breakout hit with a wider audience... he definitely deserves it

The TA forumites are lovely. Very kind and supportive. I love talking about my games, so doing so with interested parties (rather than alarmed looking strangers who are desperately trying to run away) is always fun!

I've always believed that treating people as 'people' - rather than be the sort of person that sees them as a walking wallet, or as users to be acquired, or as downloads, or other such dehumanising references - is the best way forward in anything really.

But that's just me

As to the game being a 'breakout hit' - I really doubt it, and that's ok. I'm releasing a week before Xmas and it's a paid app - I doubt the sites will have time to review the game and get an article up before Xmas (which is why the TA article was a lovely surprise!) and I'm sure Apple will feature Xmas centric apps that week too.

So it'll sink without a trace apart from a few lovely people that will give it a go. And that's ok! I feel very relaxed about it all! It took me a month to expand on the gamejam entry and was fun to make and I really love the whole feel of it. I'm just glad it exists and that I could make it!

But thank you, and thanks all, for the encouraging words!

QS =D

jigglybean

So why release it before Christmas? Over the festive period, the big boys will throw their discounts at players to swallow up their festive pot, so personally, I would hold off for an end of January early Feb release and contact TA mid Jan for an editorial pointing to this article and letting them know its out.

You will most certainly get more coverage as hardly anything new has been released. It just seems a shame to push something out you've worked so hard on and watch it vanish without actually putting some effort behind increasing its awareness

quantumsheep

@jigglybean said:
So why release it before Christmas? Over the festive period, the big boys will throw their discounts at players to swallow up their festive pot, so personally, I would hold off for an end of January early Feb release and contact TA mid Jan for an editorial pointing to this article and letting them know its out.

You will most certainly get more coverage as hardly anything new has been released. It just seems a shame to push something out you've worked so hard on and watch it vanish without actually putting some effort behind increasing its awareness

Nothing you say is factually wrong and I appreciate the concern!

I've got a million reasons to release it now rather than later though. And I never said I wasn't going to try and increase its awareness either!

QS

Socks

@quantumsheep said:
And I never said I wasn't going to try and increase its awareness either!

So still going ahead with the naked Q & A phone-in ?

quantumsheep

@Socks said:
So still going ahead with the naked Q & A phone-in ?

Of course!

Lovejoy

Congrats @quantumsheep‌ on getting featured by apple today!

jonmulcahy

yea very cool!
in the game section under Best New Games

quantumsheep

I just woke up to this

I suppose I should make a Docking Sequence thread at some point

QS =D

Chunkypixels

Uber congrats fella.... front page of the App Store... and just days before it locks for the Christmas period!!

Only seems to be showing one screenshot though... and not the best... which is a bit of a concern, and probably something that could do with prompt intervention.

Will download now, but will have to wait til after the new Winter Wonderland Game Jam before giving it a good play

Good work though, and good luck with the Christmas sales for this one

beefy_clyro

Maybe submit an update (of nothing really) which would allow you to edit screenshots and plead for an expedited review.

Congrats again bud, seems the Apple overlords really have taken a shine to you!

quantumsheep

@Chunkypixels said:
Uber congrats fella.... front page of the App Store... and just days before it locks for the Christmas period!!

Only seems to be showing one screenshot though... and not the best... which is a bit of a concern, and probably something that could do with prompt intervention.

Will download now, but will have to wait til after the new Winter Wonderland Game Jam before giving it a good play

Good work though, and good luck with the Christmas sales for this one

Thank you, sir, that's very kind! I'm amazed at the response the game's got :O

@beefy_clyro said:
Maybe submit an update (of nothing really) which would allow you to edit screenshots and plead for an expedited review.

Congrats again bud, seems the Apple overlords really have taken a shine to you!

Thanks! I have already done that, Beefy - it's the ONLY thing I could do to remedy it. Not heard anything back

Kicking myself - my own stupid fault, really. I made a bunch of assumptions that turned out wrong!

Live and learn, eh?

QS =D

jonmulcahy

@quantumsheep‌

make sure you submit the request through the official channel if you have not:
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/contact/?topic=expedite

quantumsheep

@jonmulcahy said:
quantumsheep‌

make sure you submit the request through the official channel if you have not:
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/contact/?topic=expedite

Thanks Jon, I did just that!

If they say no, I will need to call them to cry/beg, so a number could be useful!