I called them today and they told me it hadn't been ignored, it had been passed onto the iTunes Connect team. The person I spoke with told me he would escalate it up to his manager to see what could be done.
I'll give them a few days and call back on monday.
In other news, making the mac version free was a good idea so far, it's been climbing the ranks in the Mac App Store, I'm number 1 in three places!
I downloaded this on the App Mac Store last night and played it non stop. A really simple concept executed with skill and passion for the retro style of gameplay.
I must also add that the music is top class...it really sets the mood and fits the game perfectly.
Good luck with your release in the app store...and look forward to seeing your next project!
A Long Way Home has reached number 7 in the top ten free games in the Mac App Store. Its also sitting at number 22 in top free apps overall. Even better, its number 1 in free adventure and 2 in arcade.
Well, no bump in sales at all so far, it actually dropped to under $5 yesterday. hopefully apple refeatures it in the right category when its fixed , but I'm not holding my breath.
Im going to add a button to 1.1 that links to the iPad version
i moved a few spots in the us charts again, number 18 in overall free apps, still number 6 in free games.
The Mac version of A Long Way Home is still holding strong at the top of the Free Apps Rankings. It’s slipped a few spaces in the US, but it’s climbing in rank all over in Europe. It’s been downloaded almost 6000 times since I made it free, and it currently has a 4 star rating!
Here’s a quick rundown as of 9am:
Number 1 in Arcade
Belgium France Italy Luxembourg Poland Switzerland UK United States
Number 1 in Adventure
France Italy Luxembourg Poland Switzerland Russia Paraguay
Number 1 in All Games
France Luxembourg Poland
It’s in the Arcade Top Ten here: Germany (2), Hong Kong (2), Japan (2), Russia (3), Paraguay (4), Romania (4), Bulgaria (6), China (6), Panama (6), Sinapore (6), Canada (7), Spain (7), Greece (8), Latvia(8), Netherlands (9) and Taiwan (10).
It’s in the Adventure Top Ten here: Belgium (2), UK (2), US (2), Germany (2), Hong Kong (2), China (2), Singapore (2), Canada (2), Japan (3), Romania (3), Netherlands (3), Latvia (4), Panama (4), Taiwan (4), Greece (5), Spain (6), Finland (6), Bulgaria (7), Croatia(7), Estonia (8), Lithuania (8), Ireland (9), Israel (9), Mexico (9), and Denmark (9)
It’s in the Top Ten Games here: Belgium (3), Switzerland (4), Hong Kong (5), Italy (6), UK (7), Germany (9), US (10), and Russia (10)
Very cool! Sounds like quite a few people are getting to play it. Have you seen an increase in iPad sales to coincide with the popularity of the free desktop version?
Version 1.2 for the Mac has been released. I should show up in your updates list today. If you don't have it already, you can download it for free here:
Version 1.2 for the ipad was released last night with a bunch of bug fixes. 1.3 fir the Mac was submitted this morning to remove the onscreen controls.
Just wanted to update everyone. I've been calling Apple weekly about this issue, it still has not been resolved, but it has been at least picked up by their internal support, and the phone reps have sent over two alert messages since it's been open for 8 weeks or so.
They have not outright said it, but it's been implied that i might still get refeatured in the right category, but I'm not holding my breath, that was what the first level support thought, not the people in charge.
Yea, it's been a huge pain, but I'm hoping it gets resolved (in my favor soon. I completely drained my desire to make games, although it is creeping back in.
Hey Jon! This game looks really awesome! I hope that the problem gets resolved for you soon.
I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but on one of your screenshots, it says "blowed up." Which is not grammatically correct. I just wanted to tell you just in case you had not noticed it.
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Just posted a 5 STAR review for you in the MAC APP STORE :-)
Enjoying playng the game on Mac ... don't yet own a iPad but will purchase your game when I get one.
Hope review helps and I am sure you will have huge success with this game.
How are sales going at the moment??? I just started with GameSalad and excited about the possibilities.
Congrats again on making a quality game.
Cheers
Pete W.
QS
I'll give them a few days and call back on monday.
In other news, making the mac version free was a good idea so far, it's been climbing the ranks in the Mac App Store, I'm number 1 in three places!
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It's currently number 1 under games / adventure in Austria, Greece, Paraguay, and Poland.
In games / arcade it's number 1 in Greece, Poland, Germany and taiwan
It's number 1 in all games in Poland and number 1 overall in Poland as well.
In the use it's currently 2 in games / adventure, 2 in arcade, 15 in all games and 40 over all.
Go download it, it's free!
Here's a picture:
current rankings
I downloaded this on the App Mac Store last night and played it non stop. A really simple concept executed with skill and passion for the retro style of gameplay.
I must also add that the music is top class...it really sets the mood and fits the game perfectly.
Good luck with your release in the app store...and look forward to seeing your next project!
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In Poland it is number 1 in all four!
If you have not already, download it, its free!
click to see
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Sales have improved in iOS versions?
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Im going to add a button to 1.1 that links to the iPad version
i moved a few spots in the us charts again, number 18 in overall free apps, still number 6 in free games.
hopefully apple pulls through
since making it free:
day 1: 365 downloads
day 2: 1176 downloads
day 3: 1131 downloads
before it was free, it had a total of 32 downloads, so I'm glad so many people have had a chance to play it.
Here’s a quick rundown as of 9am:
Number 1 in Arcade
Belgium
France
Italy
Luxembourg
Poland
Switzerland
UK
United States
Number 1 in Adventure
France
Italy
Luxembourg
Poland
Switzerland
Russia
Paraguay
Number 1 in All Games
France
Luxembourg
Poland
It’s in the Arcade Top Ten here: Germany (2), Hong Kong (2), Japan (2), Russia (3), Paraguay (4), Romania (4), Bulgaria (6), China (6), Panama (6), Sinapore (6), Canada (7), Spain (7), Greece (8), Latvia(8), Netherlands (9) and Taiwan (10).
It’s in the Adventure Top Ten here: Belgium (2), UK (2), US (2), Germany (2), Hong Kong (2), China (2), Singapore (2), Canada (2), Japan (3), Romania (3), Netherlands (3), Latvia (4), Panama (4), Taiwan (4), Greece (5), Spain (6), Finland (6), Bulgaria (7), Croatia(7), Estonia (8), Lithuania (8), Ireland (9), Israel (9), Mexico (9), and Denmark (9)
It’s in the Top Ten Games here: Belgium (3), Switzerland (4), Hong Kong (5), Italy (6), UK (7), Germany (9), US (10), and Russia (10)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-long-way-home/id442689434?ls=1&mt=12
Version 1.2 for the iPad is still in review, I'm hoping it gets approved today
They have not outright said it, but it's been implied that i might still get refeatured in the right category, but I'm not holding my breath, that was what the first level support thought, not the people in charge.
Hopefully it's resolved soon!
I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but on one of your screenshots, it says "blowed up." Which is not grammatically correct. I just wanted to tell you just in case you had not noticed it.
Great game! Downloading it now!
Cheers,
-Matt