chosenonestudios said: PEOPLE WITH CRACKED VERSIONS OF YOUR GAMES CAN WRITE REVIEWS....
Fan-freakin-tastic. Yeah I noticed a lot of 1 stars for Doodle Cannon after it got cracked, yet not one took the time to actually write something... just one star. Prolly the same crashing issue because of ram though. So lame
Sorry to rant on your thread utopian lol... this whole chart dominating thing with Bumps is so awesome!
utopiangames said: Ahh that explains the 1 stars ....cracked Bumps and able to leave a review now that sucks big time!!!
Glad its still climbing!
http://spriteattack.cator.de/ Graphics etc his name is Chris and he's German living in Australia and an amazing guy not only for his art skills but in general.
We now have 7 1star reviews and i cant report a concern because im from UK:(
Darren.
I think you should focus on whom like bumps, and what they want!
utopiangames said: Ahh that explains the 1 stars ....cracked Bumps and able to leave a review now that sucks big time!!!
Glad its still climbing!
http://spriteattack.cator.de/ Graphics etc his name is Chris and he's German living in Australia and an amazing guy not only for his art skills but in general.
We now have 7 1star reviews and i cant report a concern because im from UK:(
Darren.
You're always gonna get negative reviews. Can't please everyone. Of course, they are wrong :-P
utopiangames said: Ahh that explains the 1 stars ....cracked Bumps and able to leave a review now that sucks big time!!!
Glad its still climbing!
http://spriteattack.cator.de/ Graphics etc his name is Chris and he's German living in Australia and an amazing guy not only for his art skills but in general.
We now have 7 1star reviews and i cant report a concern because im from UK:(
"Yeah UK has been a bit of a disaster tbh, thought id get a little more support from my fellow countrymen."
I wouldnt worry about UK sales just at the moment... theyre always going to be a fraction of the US ones anyway. Also, now the game has gained massive visibility, its going to start generating articles and reviews across the internet, and websites like pocketgamers.co.uk should start showing an interest, which in turns opens it up to a wider UK audience.
So you should see sales across other territories increase...just delayed somewhat behind the US.
number 20 in all games though..... so only another 10 to climb and it'll be truly amongst the big boys
#19 in All Games, #4!! in Puzzles, and #32 overall. Man, that is just so awesome!!!
You could be the first GameSalad millionaire!
And don't let the 1 stars worry you too much. Angry Birds has over 51,000 ratings - I'm sure some of those are negative!
And I know a bunch of those 1 stars are from that same person who trashes all of our Apps.
He said "Danger Cats! loads as fast as a 100-year old woman, just like all other GameSalad trash."
Eventually he was reported and Apple removed that review and all his others. Hopefully yours will get removed as well.
I wouldn't worry about it too much.
If it's a specific problem, like when the key didn't reload on level 49 for synthesis, I would do my best to replicate it. But all the "It doesn't load on my device", I would take that with a grain of salt.
I have seen similar reviews like that with every single top-selling App.
hey utopian, Just bought the game and left a 5 star review. I don't get any of the crashes people are talking about, just the regular (long and slow GS splash screen), but other than that, it's all 'game'!
On a side note, who would've thought that something so simple (yet polished) with GS could've made it this far?! Truly inspirational and motivating to keep us little people keep looking forward and not give up.
Congrats and don't forget about us when ur a freaking millionaire ;^)
It's great to see it's still climbing, I mean 20th in all games is just brilliant. This game is a great testimonial for gamesalad. It will surely help the gs reputation. Very well done!
Such a shame we have 20 5 star and 9 1 star reviews it would put me off buying i must admit but it looks like its still climbing...god knows why with 9 1 star reviews:(
Bit pissed off but happy with the rankings.
Edit...make that 10 1 star what the hell can i do?
Stop worrying so much about the 1 stars lol... Every game gets them no matter what. Just take the GOOD criticism from your reviews, and put those features in your game.
I would recommend letting people turn off sound (Someone left a review for you saying that they couldn't). People like me hate it when we can't turn off the sound in a game because I personally usually listen to music when I play iphone games.
Anyways update us tomorrow on your sales. I'm curious how many people downloaded your game today. Hopefully we can keep your app on the top of the app store.
@Utopian: Seriously when you climb the charts it's bound to happen with the 1 star reviews. Look at the top, most polished games, they all have 1 star reviews. Heck even Doodle Cake which is the perfect food app does.
It does not affect sales. If people really want your app, they will buy it regardless.
This is why apps like "Mirror" apps still stay at the top even with several 1 star reviews.
I doubt its the ratings...It just gets harder and harder to continue to climb the higher you get. But you have great momentum. Perhaps its will continue...just not as quickly.
@ Riffel I have gotten that message "null_explanation" a few times trying to leave reviews but after reading some other forums try putting in your review without a star rating and then a message will come up saying please select star rating or something like that and then when you do it seems to go through.
@Tshirt, I'm not sure what experience you have with jailbreaking and installous, but you can write reviews, by getting a cracked copy, with the new update when you download games it throws them into your device list, and when you go to write a review, it sees them in your device list and it's cleared. I'll see if I can find a video on YouTube showing this. I'm not at my house right now, but I might make a video later if I can't find anything.
I have a jailbroken iPod touch, I still bought it to support the GS community. Fantastic game! I love the zoom effect when you move the little guys and the collision is amazing, how did you getmake those curves so good?!
#edit: Just to clear things up: I DON"T have installous installed. That's just wrong, especially if your an iPhone dev.
Comments
Sorry to rant on your thread utopian lol... this whole chart dominating thing with Bumps is so awesome!
Edit:
I emailed him directly...
I wouldnt worry about UK sales just at the moment... theyre always going to be a fraction of the US ones anyway. Also, now the game has gained massive visibility, its going to start generating articles and reviews across the internet, and websites like pocketgamers.co.uk should start showing an interest, which in turns opens it up to a wider UK audience.
So you should see sales across other territories increase...just delayed somewhat behind the US.
number 20 in all games though..... so only another 10 to climb and it'll be truly amongst the big boys
Imagine that.
This is fairytale stuff, everyone! So chuffed for Darren and the team!
QS
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io
You could be the first GameSalad millionaire!
And don't let the 1 stars worry you too much.
Angry Birds has over 51,000 ratings - I'm sure some of those are negative!
And I know a bunch of those 1 stars are from that same person who trashes all of our Apps.
He said "Danger Cats! loads as fast as a 100-year old woman, just like all other GameSalad trash."
Eventually he was reported and Apple removed that review and all his others. Hopefully yours will get removed as well.
I wouldn't worry about it too much.
If it's a specific problem, like when the key didn't reload on level 49 for synthesis, I would do my best to replicate it. But all the "It doesn't load on my device", I would take that with a grain of salt.
I have seen similar reviews like that with every single top-selling App.
Sitting at 44 in UK puzzles.
4 in US puzzle, 20 all games and 32 all apps.
Niiice.
Just bought the game and left a 5 star review.
I don't get any of the crashes people are talking about, just the regular (long and slow GS splash screen), but other than that, it's all 'game'!
On a side note, who would've thought that something so simple (yet polished) with GS could've made it this far?! Truly inspirational and motivating to keep us little people keep looking forward and not give up.
Congrats and don't forget about us when ur a freaking millionaire ;^)
Bit pissed off but happy with the rankings.
Edit...make that 10 1 star
Darren.
I would recommend letting people turn off sound (Someone left a review for you saying that they couldn't). People like me hate it when we can't turn off the sound in a game because I personally usually listen to music when I play iphone games.
Anyways update us tomorrow on your sales. I'm curious how many people downloaded your game today. Hopefully we can keep your app on the top of the app store.
Thanks,
Ben
It does not affect sales. If people really want your app, they will buy it regardless.
This is why apps like "Mirror" apps still stay at the top even with several 1 star reviews.
Hope that helps
www.marcosriffel.com
I tried to report the 1 starers but i cant because i live in UK.
I haven't given promo codes out so they must be Jail Broken devices pissed off that they got the game for free and the memory got full.
We are starting to slide down a little now (im sure its because of the ratings).
Darren.
But you have great momentum. Perhaps its will continue...just not as quickly.
Had about 3 hours sleep guess i need to chill.
Sorry for being an idiot.
Darren.
I have gotten that message "null_explanation" a few times trying to leave reviews but after reading some other forums try putting in your review without a star rating and then a message will come up saying please select star rating or something like that and then when you do it seems to go through.
#edit:
Just to clear things up: I DON"T have installous installed. That's just wrong, especially if your an iPhone dev.