Fun guessing contest

Discussion in 'Promo Codes and Contests' started by HeliApps, Dec 16, 2011.

  1. HeliApps

    HeliApps Well-Known Member

    #1 HeliApps, Dec 16, 2011
    Last edited: Dec 22, 2011
    Winner is imosmo ... 1956 was the tally

    NOTE : IGNORE TITLE. ANYONE CAN GUESS, BUT YOU NEED A PAYPAL ACCOUNT IF YOU WANT THE $20 PRIZE.

    My new game "AAA - An Alien Annihilation" is set for release 21 December. It's a free universal game. A Galaga inspired space shooter.

    I thought it may be fun to run a little guessing game here.

    You need to guess how many downloads there will be on the first day. Relevant facts :

    - I have done zero promotion (except here and will run a game thread on cocos2d-iphone) (ye ye, I know ...)
    - Its free and will list in Action and Arcade

    Whoever guesses closest wins. If you have a paypal account, I will give you a US$20 prize. If you don't have a paypal account, you get bragging rights and the payout goes to the next correct guess that has a paypal account. (Hope this is ok with the mods).

    Results will be released after the shutdown ends 30 December or after.

    List of guesses :

    AlienSEX 8000
    Rubicon 6500
    thedollarhunter 6000
    Master Shake 4400
    Gguo 4000
    danielfan 4000
    jumpman475 3750
    SamorovAlex 3300
    Rokrdude 2500
    Daver16 2345
    imosmo 2000
    Zylch 1300
    big-boys-gadget-toys 1256
    iANiMeX 1000
    tso5818 850
    coolman128 700
    armoko 577
    Echoseven 550
    dreadnok 459
    beelzebub23 400
    GunRoseCigarette 350
    m13 256
    foxmulderino 200
    fetagames 192
    kzwen 178
    v_Ownz 137

    CLOSED, AWAITING RESULT
     
  2. Gguo

    Gguo Well-Known Member

    Jul 2, 2010
    186
    0
    0
    CEO,Programmer,Uh.. All Thing [ one-man Company :)
    Can I ask your game's binary size? :D
     
  3. imosmo

    imosmo Well-Known Member

    Aug 18, 2011
    213
    0
    0
    2000?

    Just a guessing. It's first time to guess downloads. Totally no idea but have fun.

    Hope you have a good figure on your releasing date.
     
  4. iANiMeX

    iANiMeX Well-Known Member

    Jun 10, 2011
    3,106
    1
    38
    Male
    Bum
    Philippines
    I am guessing 1000 downloads.
     
  5. big-boys-gadget-toys

    big-boys-gadget-toys Well-Known Member

    Jan 5, 2011
    132
    0
    0
    1256 is my best guess.thanks colyn

    p.s my game Cave Shooter 2 comes out 21st dec and i also have used cocos2d. good luck to you
     
  6. coolman128

    coolman128 Well-Known Member

    Dec 9, 2011
    229
    0
    16
    i guess it will be 700 download.
     
  7. thedollarhunter

    thedollarhunter Well-Known Member

    Sep 23, 2011
    80
    0
    0
    London
    6k. Good luck ;)

    I would have drop the AAA-A prefix from the name, it might put people off.
     
  8. danielfan

    danielfan Well-Known Member

    Sep 1, 2011
    633
    0
    0
    Software Engineer
    My guess is 4000.
     
  9. beelzebub23

    beelzebub23 Well-Known Member

    Oct 25, 2011
    436
    0
    0
    Why only for devs?
    I say 400.
     
  10. foxmulderino

    foxmulderino Well-Known Member

    Dec 30, 2009
    2,916
    0
    36
    Student
    Italy
    plz I want to try to guess but I'm not a dev... italian jounalist works the same?
     
  11. Rubicon

    Rubicon Well-Known Member

    Feb 22, 2011
    1,535
    1
    0
    Lead Programmer, Chief Bottlewasher
    Isle of Wight, UK
    My guess is zero.

    Not because the game is crap, but because Apple will balls up your "hold" and it won't go live until the new year. :confused:
     
  12. armoko

    armoko Well-Known Member

    May 16, 2011
    898
    0
    0
    My guess is 577
     
  13. GunRoseCigarette

    GunRoseCigarette Active Member

    Nov 13, 2011
    39
    0
    0
  14. fetagames

    fetagames Well-Known Member

    Jan 19, 2011
    98
    0
    0
    Indie Developer
    Poland
    my gues is 192 :) not that I wish you a fail :) I wish you a big success! :)
     
  15. HeliApps

    HeliApps Well-Known Member

    Hehe, a good varied response. OK, so the rules have changed. Anyone can take a guess, not just devs. Only proviso is you must have a paypal account if you want the prize or else it goes to the next closest correct guess that does have a paypal account.

    @foxmulderino - you're welcome to have a guess
    @thedollarhunter - good point. I changed it at the last second. Originally the title was just a little joke for myself, (AAA title game), maybe I'll remove the AA prefix at next update, thanks for the advice
    @Rubicon - ah man, hope you are wrong and Apple doesnt mess up my release
     
  16. foxmulderino

    foxmulderino Well-Known Member

    Dec 30, 2009
    2,916
    0
    36
    Student
    Italy
    Thank you! I'm a pessimist...200 is my guess! :)
     
  17. Rubicon

    Rubicon Well-Known Member

    Feb 22, 2011
    1,535
    1
    0
    Lead Programmer, Chief Bottlewasher
    Isle of Wight, UK
    I'm sure you'll be fine. I did hear some horror stories a while back but I think they cleared all that up. I was mostly just joshing, sorry to worry.

    My serious guess is 6,500
     
  18. tso5818

    tso5818 Well-Known Member

    Sep 13, 2011
    2,892
    0
    0
    iANiMeX's left ear
    ....850....
     
  19. Echoseven

    Echoseven Moderator
    Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze

    Jul 19, 2011
    6,091
    269
    83
    The red Skittle
    That depends on whether I make a thread for it on release night. :p

    My guess is ~550
     

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