My Google Play Game Sucks, Why? |
JeZ-l-Lee
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Hi,
So we released Beta1 of our new puzzle game on Google Play. In 2 weeks, we only have about 60 installs with 2/3 deleting after playing? We were hoping some nice SDL people here could visit below Google Play URL and install and play the game on an Android O.S. smartphone or tablet and give us opinions as to why the game sucks? Here is the Google Play URL: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixteenBitSoft.TetrisAttackArmageddon (game is 100% free with no advertisements and no in-game purchases) Thanks! We plan to release Beta2 after we receive some constructive criticism of currently published Beta1... |
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NetCraft
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But why should this have more installs than 60?
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NetCraft
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But you should know exactly why it should be popular and you should be sure in your game! When I see your game I see the poor graphics so I don't want to download it because it reminds me of poor programming skills I don't know why. Why do you have vertical screenshots when it should be landscape-oriented? There are many little things which accumulate into big one... |
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NetCraft
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But you should know exactly why it should be popular and you should be sure in your game! When I see your game I see the poor graphics so I don't want to download it because it reminds me of poor programming skills I don't know why. Why do you have vertical screenshots when it should be landscape-oriented? There are many little things which accumulate into big one... |
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NetCraft
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But you should know exactly why it should be popular and you should be sure in your game! When I see your game I see the poor graphics so I don't want to download it because it reminds me of poor programming skills I don't know why. Why do you have vertical screenshots when it should be landscape-oriented? There are many little things which accumulate into big one... |
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NetCraft
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Sorry for multiple posts. The forum was laggy at that time.
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My Google Play Game Sucks, Why? |
Stuart Axon
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I've been meaning to give this a go, just been busy :/
In the meantime, the first thing worth fixing is that the images on the google play URL are all rotated 90 degrees (not sure if the game itself respects orientation), but def worth fixing. S++ On Thursday, May 26, 2016 4:52 AM, JeZ-l-Lee wrote:
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My Google Play Game Sucks, Why? |
Jonny D
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Have you looked up statistics on user retention for Google Play? I think afterward you'll be a bit more pleased with a rate of 33%.
Jonny D On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 11:36 PM, JeZ-l-Lee wrote:
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My Google Play Game Sucks, Why? |
Torsten Giebl
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Hello.
My analysis of the game: No technical difficulties, the game ran without problems. Nothing of the usual stuff like, hey we want to read your address book or we want to know where you are. I played the game a few minutes, the gfx are okay, i like the starfield background. The game is okay and that i would say is the biggest problem. It is a Tetris clone/variant, which is not a bad thing, while Tetris was a landmark in gaming, today its days are pretty much over, especially simple Tetris games. I would guess there are hundreds of tetris games in the Play Store, because it is easy to code and you need very limited resources on the hardware and developer side. To sell something simple like such a game you would need a twist, either really good gfx or something special in the gameplay. Bejewled was a success because it gave the player the right dose of incentive to get the next highscore. My tipp would be think about a new game ip. Do not clone Tetris, PacMan, ... think about new game ideas, or try to combine ideas from different games into something new. CU _______________________________________________ SDL mailing list http://lists.libsdl.org/listinfo.cgi/sdl-libsdl.org |
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JeZ-l-Lee
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URL link to the original SDL forum post(for mailing list users):
https://forums.libsdl.org/viewtopic.php?t=11924 Hi Again! Thank you to all the people who have played the game and provided feedback! We have fixed the screenshots on Google Play. Click below URL link to visit the updated Google Play page: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sixteenBitSoft.TetrisAttackArmageddon We are stuck on the playing piece graphics though. We admit the current playing pieces are of poor quality (they were made in MS Office Publisher). Anyone know how we could improve the playing piece graphics? Here are the current playing piece graphics: http://16bitsoft.com/files/TAA/files/BoxAll.png We are actively working on Beta2 now. More feedback on current Beta1 is encouraged. Thank you for your support! |
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My Google Play Game Sucks, Why? |
MrOzBarry
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There are several free (with credit and sometimes other restriction) image sites dedicated to game art, http://opengameart.org/ being the top of google search. Also check out http://www.gameart2d.com/jelly-squash-free-sprites.html
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