match-3 is a game genre which has been exhausted on the App Store, and it's definitely not of interest to most people on this discussion forum anymore unless it's Bejeweled by Popcap.
well diamond dash has been in the top grossing charts for quite some time over here.. and a quick glance to annie shows its doing pretty well in other countries aswell.. so i would disagree that match3 is not being played.. its all how much of a difference you can make. this pretty much applies to every genre.. i don't see a special saturation for a genre on the appstore.. everything is so fast paced, that you get a pretty good chance with a quality product no matter what genre you choose.
i do agree with both of you. i dont really see any match 3 games on forums or on review sites. However, i think there are pretty good chances to appeal to ppl. unfortunately, my game is not making so much of it..
Hi, i tried to 'revamp' match-3 games designing an app that mixes the genre with arcade-action and tower defence mechanics. http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=118079 It's a kind of experiment... but people seems not liking such an hybrid-thing! sigluca - game artisan www.blockshurt.com
We've had pretty solid sales of our match 3 game, Monsters Ate My Condo, and will be releasing our second match 3 game, Monster Flip, very soon. It is a very crowded genre, so you'll need to differentiate your product significantly if you want to have a fighting chance. Our strategy has been to bring unique gameplay elements to the table along with quirky, character based presentation. Avoid another gem based game at all costs!
Thank you for your advice, We also tried pretty hard to differentiate our match 3 game with other match 3 games. If you have time, please see our game:http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=123904&highlight=icelide And lastly, how did you advertise your game ?
Monsters Ate My Condo had a TV advertising campaign, Apple iTunes Game of the Day feature, Adult Swim website takeover, press release, screenshots/trailer, various social media promotion, and Lite version. Monster Flip has press releases, trailer/screenshots, social media, and in-app cross promotion all coming, with a Lite version down the track.
Give ours a try? Fruit Blitz Match-3 games get the Rubicon treatment with this squishy new release.Slash and slice your way through the fas… $0.99 Buy Now Watch Media DetailsMatch-3 games get the Rubicon treatment with this squishy new release.Slash and slice your way through the fastest, fruitiest, most colorful game on the store.Features:120 second blitz gaming ideal for mobile play.Familiar matching mechanics with some new twists.Drop-dead gorgeous graphics.Pumpin' calypso soundtrack.Form a team with your Facebook(tm) friends and take on the world through the built in leaderboards.Or just stomp each others scores as often as possible.No weak storylines or other distractions. Still no birds or zombies!Are you ninja enough to trigger the Fruit Blitz feature?We think this is the best polished and graphically appealing game in its genre. Why not put that claim to the test and give Fruit Blitz a go right now?(A free with ads version is also available on the store) Information Seller: Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Feb 28, 2012 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Contrary to what others have said, we've not tried to blend other game types into this or extend the genre into something it's not. Just play it for 90 seconds and smash your friends' scores. There's a free with ads version available too. We're getting about 5000 downloads a day between this and the Android version. Integrates nicely with facebook if you have an account there. blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #13 blitter, Mar 5, 2012 I wouldn't get any development done at all if I marketed as much as it takes! One of our games is kinda match3 (except its match4:/), it needs an update but I don't think there's much interest in the genre unless the game is fully featured. I'm finding it better to work on games that are more 'my cuppa tea'. We recently made the match4 free (no ads or anything weird) if you would like to check out something a little different. I think it will remain free, a game developer should put their heart into their apps throughout it's existence...I'm feeling that on a different genre than match-x though digitalfrogmkt Well-Known Member Feb 27, 2012 79 0 0 Game developer Seoul, South Korea http://www.digitalfrog.co.kr #14 digitalfrogmkt, Mar 6, 2012 blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #15 blitter, Mar 6, 2012 blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #16 blitter, Mar 6, 2012 Guess ya just gotta push it out there (marketing advice) Tetroms Tetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls aroun… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsTetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls around the grid, match-4-or-more colors to fire at the incoming enemy invasion.●New balls then fall in to the grid. Balls also wrap-around the edge of the grid as you push-and-pull.●If a ball loses all color, it will not be matched again. Though a semi-colored ball can restore itself.●Only balls 'inside' the grid (not on an edge) can be matched.●The game is over when there are no possible matching 4 colors remaining.●More matching colors = More Points!Developed by Jez Hammond (Xammond).Awesome music by Gavin Harrison Sounds.●●●●●Includes a free Entertainment tech-demo: 'Unlimited Bobs' (in the pause screen!)MINIMUM DEVICES: iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S / iPad 1, 2 / iPod Touch 3, 4 Information Seller: Genre:Action, Puzzle Release:Dec 08, 2011 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal digitalfrogmkt Well-Known Member Feb 27, 2012 79 0 0 Game developer Seoul, South Korea http://www.digitalfrog.co.kr #17 digitalfrogmkt, Mar 8, 2012 Yeah, our game also has low download rate... we are planning on getting app reviews. How will it work? mr.Ugly Well-Known Member Dec 1, 2009 1,673 0 36 Berlin, Germany #18 mr.Ugly, Mar 8, 2012 in all honest friendly way.. just take a look at your offering.. generic balls and then look at fruit blitz and there is a huge gap in optical quality and foremost casual attraction.. i myself would not turn around my head for any of those, but i'm not the target group either.. as i suggest before you need to team up with a decent artist.. it doesn't help that you can code if the results look the way they look.. any maybe one day people realize that competing in the free section is even tougher than on the paid section since you need a lot of more downloads to chart anywhere also note that 5k is across ios and android. free download rate on android (feels to me) a lot higher than average free downloads on ios. Rubicon Well-Known Member Feb 22, 2011 1,535 1 0 Lead Programmer, Chief Bottlewasher Isle of Wight, UK http://www.rubicondev.com #19 Rubicon, Mar 8, 2012 Absolutely - the Android crowd is about 2:1 vs iOS - they just seem to accept advertising more. Paid versions are more even at about 50 a day from each. blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #20 blitter, Mar 8, 2012 Yes the first thing that strikes me with the fruit pictures above, is exactly that...they're striking. Well my domestic balls do go blurry in 3D space not that the effect counts for anything! I'm still concerned that outsourcing generates a contractor who wants to be paid...a side effect which in all honesty I don't comprehend. 5k over 3 formats is amazing, it seems relatively impossible! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. 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I wouldn't get any development done at all if I marketed as much as it takes! One of our games is kinda match3 (except its match4:/), it needs an update but I don't think there's much interest in the genre unless the game is fully featured. I'm finding it better to work on games that are more 'my cuppa tea'. We recently made the match4 free (no ads or anything weird) if you would like to check out something a little different. I think it will remain free, a game developer should put their heart into their apps throughout it's existence...I'm feeling that on a different genre than match-x though
blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #15 blitter, Mar 6, 2012 blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #16 blitter, Mar 6, 2012 Guess ya just gotta push it out there (marketing advice) Tetroms Tetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls aroun… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsTetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls around the grid, match-4-or-more colors to fire at the incoming enemy invasion.●New balls then fall in to the grid. Balls also wrap-around the edge of the grid as you push-and-pull.●If a ball loses all color, it will not be matched again. Though a semi-colored ball can restore itself.●Only balls 'inside' the grid (not on an edge) can be matched.●The game is over when there are no possible matching 4 colors remaining.●More matching colors = More Points!Developed by Jez Hammond (Xammond).Awesome music by Gavin Harrison Sounds.●●●●●Includes a free Entertainment tech-demo: 'Unlimited Bobs' (in the pause screen!)MINIMUM DEVICES: iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S / iPad 1, 2 / iPod Touch 3, 4 Information Seller: Genre:Action, Puzzle Release:Dec 08, 2011 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal digitalfrogmkt Well-Known Member Feb 27, 2012 79 0 0 Game developer Seoul, South Korea http://www.digitalfrog.co.kr #17 digitalfrogmkt, Mar 8, 2012 Yeah, our game also has low download rate... we are planning on getting app reviews. How will it work? mr.Ugly Well-Known Member Dec 1, 2009 1,673 0 36 Berlin, Germany #18 mr.Ugly, Mar 8, 2012 in all honest friendly way.. just take a look at your offering.. generic balls and then look at fruit blitz and there is a huge gap in optical quality and foremost casual attraction.. i myself would not turn around my head for any of those, but i'm not the target group either.. as i suggest before you need to team up with a decent artist.. it doesn't help that you can code if the results look the way they look.. any maybe one day people realize that competing in the free section is even tougher than on the paid section since you need a lot of more downloads to chart anywhere also note that 5k is across ios and android. free download rate on android (feels to me) a lot higher than average free downloads on ios. Rubicon Well-Known Member Feb 22, 2011 1,535 1 0 Lead Programmer, Chief Bottlewasher Isle of Wight, UK http://www.rubicondev.com #19 Rubicon, Mar 8, 2012 Absolutely - the Android crowd is about 2:1 vs iOS - they just seem to accept advertising more. Paid versions are more even at about 50 a day from each. blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #20 blitter, Mar 8, 2012 Yes the first thing that strikes me with the fruit pictures above, is exactly that...they're striking. Well my domestic balls do go blurry in 3D space not that the effect counts for anything! I'm still concerned that outsourcing generates a contractor who wants to be paid...a side effect which in all honesty I don't comprehend. 5k over 3 formats is amazing, it seems relatively impossible! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #16 blitter, Mar 6, 2012 Guess ya just gotta push it out there (marketing advice) Tetroms Tetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls aroun… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsTetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls around the grid, match-4-or-more colors to fire at the incoming enemy invasion.●New balls then fall in to the grid. Balls also wrap-around the edge of the grid as you push-and-pull.●If a ball loses all color, it will not be matched again. Though a semi-colored ball can restore itself.●Only balls 'inside' the grid (not on an edge) can be matched.●The game is over when there are no possible matching 4 colors remaining.●More matching colors = More Points!Developed by Jez Hammond (Xammond).Awesome music by Gavin Harrison Sounds.●●●●●Includes a free Entertainment tech-demo: 'Unlimited Bobs' (in the pause screen!)MINIMUM DEVICES: iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S / iPad 1, 2 / iPod Touch 3, 4 Information Seller: Genre:Action, Puzzle Release:Dec 08, 2011 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal digitalfrogmkt Well-Known Member Feb 27, 2012 79 0 0 Game developer Seoul, South Korea http://www.digitalfrog.co.kr #17 digitalfrogmkt, Mar 8, 2012 Yeah, our game also has low download rate... we are planning on getting app reviews. How will it work? mr.Ugly Well-Known Member Dec 1, 2009 1,673 0 36 Berlin, Germany #18 mr.Ugly, Mar 8, 2012 in all honest friendly way.. just take a look at your offering.. generic balls and then look at fruit blitz and there is a huge gap in optical quality and foremost casual attraction.. i myself would not turn around my head for any of those, but i'm not the target group either.. as i suggest before you need to team up with a decent artist.. it doesn't help that you can code if the results look the way they look.. any maybe one day people realize that competing in the free section is even tougher than on the paid section since you need a lot of more downloads to chart anywhere also note that 5k is across ios and android. free download rate on android (feels to me) a lot higher than average free downloads on ios. Rubicon Well-Known Member Feb 22, 2011 1,535 1 0 Lead Programmer, Chief Bottlewasher Isle of Wight, UK http://www.rubicondev.com #19 Rubicon, Mar 8, 2012 Absolutely - the Android crowd is about 2:1 vs iOS - they just seem to accept advertising more. Paid versions are more even at about 50 a day from each. blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #20 blitter, Mar 8, 2012 Yes the first thing that strikes me with the fruit pictures above, is exactly that...they're striking. Well my domestic balls do go blurry in 3D space not that the effect counts for anything! I'm still concerned that outsourcing generates a contractor who wants to be paid...a side effect which in all honesty I don't comprehend. 5k over 3 formats is amazing, it seems relatively impossible! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Guess ya just gotta push it out there (marketing advice) Tetroms Tetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls aroun… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsTetroms are attacking the grid! Slide the balls to stop them!HOW TO PLAY:●Slide the balls around the grid, match-4-or-more colors to fire at the incoming enemy invasion.●New balls then fall in to the grid. Balls also wrap-around the edge of the grid as you push-and-pull.●If a ball loses all color, it will not be matched again. Though a semi-colored ball can restore itself.●Only balls 'inside' the grid (not on an edge) can be matched.●The game is over when there are no possible matching 4 colors remaining.●More matching colors = More Points!Developed by Jez Hammond (Xammond).Awesome music by Gavin Harrison Sounds.●●●●●Includes a free Entertainment tech-demo: 'Unlimited Bobs' (in the pause screen!)MINIMUM DEVICES: iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S / iPad 1, 2 / iPod Touch 3, 4 Information Seller: Genre:Action, Puzzle Release:Dec 08, 2011 Updated:Nov 30, -0001 Version: Size:0.0 TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (2) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal digitalfrogmkt Well-Known Member Feb 27, 2012 79 0 0 Game developer Seoul, South Korea http://www.digitalfrog.co.kr #17 digitalfrogmkt, Mar 8, 2012 Yeah, our game also has low download rate... we are planning on getting app reviews. How will it work? mr.Ugly Well-Known Member Dec 1, 2009 1,673 0 36 Berlin, Germany #18 mr.Ugly, Mar 8, 2012 in all honest friendly way.. just take a look at your offering.. generic balls and then look at fruit blitz and there is a huge gap in optical quality and foremost casual attraction.. i myself would not turn around my head for any of those, but i'm not the target group either.. as i suggest before you need to team up with a decent artist.. it doesn't help that you can code if the results look the way they look.. any maybe one day people realize that competing in the free section is even tougher than on the paid section since you need a lot of more downloads to chart anywhere also note that 5k is across ios and android. free download rate on android (feels to me) a lot higher than average free downloads on ios. Rubicon Well-Known Member Feb 22, 2011 1,535 1 0 Lead Programmer, Chief Bottlewasher Isle of Wight, UK http://www.rubicondev.com #19 Rubicon, Mar 8, 2012 Absolutely - the Android crowd is about 2:1 vs iOS - they just seem to accept advertising more. Paid versions are more even at about 50 a day from each. blitter Well-Known Member Dec 14, 2010 304 0 0 ΖΞN http://www.zenoutstudios.com #20 blitter, Mar 8, 2012 Yes the first thing that strikes me with the fruit pictures above, is exactly that...they're striking. Well my domestic balls do go blurry in 3D space not that the effect counts for anything! I'm still concerned that outsourcing generates a contractor who wants to be paid...a side effect which in all honesty I don't comprehend. 5k over 3 formats is amazing, it seems relatively impossible! (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Yeah, our game also has low download rate... we are planning on getting app reviews. How will it work?
in all honest friendly way.. just take a look at your offering.. generic balls and then look at fruit blitz and there is a huge gap in optical quality and foremost casual attraction.. i myself would not turn around my head for any of those, but i'm not the target group either.. as i suggest before you need to team up with a decent artist.. it doesn't help that you can code if the results look the way they look.. any maybe one day people realize that competing in the free section is even tougher than on the paid section since you need a lot of more downloads to chart anywhere also note that 5k is across ios and android. free download rate on android (feels to me) a lot higher than average free downloads on ios.
Absolutely - the Android crowd is about 2:1 vs iOS - they just seem to accept advertising more. Paid versions are more even at about 50 a day from each.
Yes the first thing that strikes me with the fruit pictures above, is exactly that...they're striking. Well my domestic balls do go blurry in 3D space not that the effect counts for anything! I'm still concerned that outsourcing generates a contractor who wants to be paid...a side effect which in all honesty I don't comprehend. 5k over 3 formats is amazing, it seems relatively impossible!