Hi there, thats me, that developer. It's sad but true. So far my game sold like crap. Actually, there is some crap in the store that sells even better than my game, but it has some boobs on the icon (Maybe that would be an idea? Or maybe i should call it "Sexy Phone Defender"?). Could you tell me what is wrong with my game? Is it the ugly icon? The childish game graphics? Useless screenshots? The stupid descrition that tries to sound like beeing from a big company? The game is: Defend your Phone. I appreciate any critics. Please, right in the face. Thank you!
"Help us obiwahn"... sorry couldn't resist I haven't heard of your game before but I just went to have a look. I think the name is fine, the icon is fine, and the graphics are fine. The problem is I can't tell what kind of game it is, or what the gameplay is like from the screens.. I'm usually kind of lazy and don't always read the app descriptions, and if I can't tell what kind of game it is by the pictures, I usually keep on moving. You can kind of tell what's going on but it's really, really tough to understand from pics and description- whether or not the game is even fun. It looks original, it looks cool, but it's hard to tell what you're supposed to do and whether it's fun. That's my take at least.
Thank you for the critics! The game is based in the Defend your Castle genre (e.g. StickWars). So you simply try to push the enemies off the screen. What about reordered Screenshots like: Is that more understandeable?
I think having the above sequence looks a bit more logical, but when you get to the last screen it still doesn't clearly convey the gameplay. To me it looked like maybe a TBS game. To sum up my own experience/problem with it: the screens/description to not clearly & quickly convey the genre or gameplay mechanics, which makes it basically an unknown. I don't have enough information to understand if this game would be enjoyable to me, so I'm probably not going to risk the purchase. I don't know if the game lends itself to having screen shots that could more accurately convey the mechanics... so maybe editing the description a bit so people know what they're looking at/getting into would help.
Yeah the screenshots are the biggest problem. Also you need to advertise. I havent heard of your game before now. If you're sleeping under bridges, I think it's time to get a job eh? I'm sure companies are hiring programmers. Or maybe join forces with another company?
Posting a game video would resolve the gameplay question. More screenshots of the actual gameplay would be benefitial.
That's true and it would benefit those of us who frequent TA or other forums. For average-Joe appstore consumers however, I doubt they'd ever see it. That's why I suggested if screen shots that demonstrate gameplay better are not really available within this type of game, the dev may be better served by editing the description. But, I think ideally he should do both and also perhaps conduct a few contests or promotions, use twitter or facebook or something to spread word of mouth.
Thank you all for the suggestions! I will take some new and hopefulley better screenshots. I'll post them later. Some days ago I made a vid for a press release, but honestly I think it is a bit boring. So I wasn't sure to post it. Maybe I have to shoot a better onen. However, here is it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-umrH20SC0 What do you think?
make a simple game. such as like sheep defender, its really simple yet can sell for so much. all you need is to advertise
What sterred me away was not being able to understand what the game is through screenshots and description. The screenshots are busy and have alot either not happening, or happening, I can't tell. I really can't see what in the game play would apeal to me, so I passed. Another thing is that it looked maybe a little like a Storm8 game, so if you like that then good, but I personally don't.
"but honestly I think it is a bit boring" The biggest problem: You don't believe in your game. So why should others. Make something, of what you think is a BOMB... the let this beast out and fire all you got.
Doesn't make any difference, since it's just the video content which makes a video good or boring. Not the frame, the buttons, you name it So, if you have a fantastic game you just need to press record and that's it. No extra special effects, super cuts etc needed...
What are you talking about? If a video for the game is boring, no matter how good it is, it'll fail. It's a wonderful thing called "Advertisement". I actually like the vid tho, and am seriously considering picking it up.