Published my first game

antix

Hi all, I've finally published my first Android game, Falling Animals. It's available now on the Google Play Store and I hope some of you have a look and leave some feedback maybe.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antix.falling_animals

I'd like to take a moment and thank the fantastic community here for all their wonderful assistance. You are a great bunch of people and I hope that I can make many more games with your kind help

simwhi

@antix That's great news. I will try it out. Downloading.... Please wait....

simwhi

@antix. What a great game!! Simple to play, but very addictive. I really like the bright and colourful design, and the music is pretty groovy. The spinner is a great feature, too. I may steal that idea in the future!!!

The only thing I would say would be to add device back button functionality to exit the game. I will play with it again later and give you some more feedback.

Very nice!!

antix

@simwhi thanks

Hmm, I never thought about an exit button. I suppose I could pop one down in the bottom right corner of the main screen.

simwhi

@antix I have a hard back button on my mobile. I'm so used to pressing that button to exit out of an app.

totebo

Good work! Very quick release, impressive. Noticed two tiny bugs; the "earn" button doesn't work, and the Facebook link doesn't show up properly (may be that the game hasn't propagated yet?).

Design request: Let the player store hearts! If I pick one up when I have three hearts already, I feel cheated of a life. Alternatively don't spawn hearts when you already have three.

Not sure about the exit button, it's like telling the player you want them to leave. Very few games have them, probably for that reason. I think what @simwhi means is exiting the game if you tap the Android back button when on the main menu, which is standard procedure. Also move back to main if on another screen.

antix

@simwhi if you ever put some prize wheel into your game you are then adding "gambling" according to Google and your app gets like a +12 rating and can't be family friendly.

@totebo thanks. I have no idea why the facebook link shows "Not Found". I will look into that. It still works however and takes you through to the Play Store listing.

Hey, when you collect a heart and you have 3 hearts already, you get 3 bonus points. I'll think about that also

The earn button doesn't work because Gideros doesn't support rewarded video adverts with AdMob yet. It also looks uneven when it's not there

Oh, there's also a special bonus if you collect a heart and haven't taken damage for some time

With regards to the back button, is there an event for that in Gideros?

simwhi

@antix We use a class that implements a keyPress event that tests for KeyCode.BACK

Don't exit the app immediately. Present an exit dialogue. If the user presses back again then remove the dialogue. Kind of like a toggle.

I think this is one of the requirement before Google will feature your app.

antix

@simwhi, right I'll look into that then

Ninjadoodle

Awesome job man! It's a really fun little game, and all the little extras are really nice - like the spinning wheel and the animal names.

Good job for persevering through all the issues you had!

Left a little review

PS. Still can't beat your score lol

chuz0

Great job !
Love the music too !
Personally, I wouldn't give 3 lives... just 1, ala flappy bird.

antix

@Ninjadoodle, thanks, and thanks for the great review. Now that plugins aren;t such a PITA I'm sure the next one will be easier

Chuz0, I had to listen to a lot of music to find those two tunes. Maybe there could be a "man mode" or "hardcore mode" where you only get one life, thanks for the suggestion

hgvyas123

Cool Game keep it up also given 5 *

EDIT : HIghscore of 402 ???? i just managed to score 10

simwhi

@antix I also gave this game a rating and review.

hotbuttered

@antix great work! Love the music and the effects when you catch a coin. Looks like I got my first Android device just in time. Rated 5 stars

antix

@hgvyas123, @simwhi, and @hotbuttered.. Thanks for the great reviews guys, much appreciated

hgy29

Hey @antix, do you plan an iOS version ? I'd like to play too

antix

@hgy29 arhh, I don't have an apple thing so can;t make iOS versions

simwhi

@antix iOS is quite a big investment.

antix

@simwhi yep. If I ever make anything from Android I'll most likely pay the "apple tax"

totebo

Whoa there! One of the biggest strengths of Gideros is the multiplatform support. If it takes an extra week to make a release build for a new target, surely that's worth it?

True, the Mac requirement is an issue. Before I switched to Mac completely I bought a second hand Cube for very little money to make the builds. That was all it took, though, for me when I made No Brakes. I went from 100 installs to 100,000 overnight.

MikeHart

@antix: Congrats man, wishing you all the success with it. Looks cute!
For sure you could try to reach HTML sponsors for it.

NatWobble

Great game @antix ! Smooth, polished and addictive. I've left a rating and review.

antix

@totebo, good point

@MikeHart thanks. I hadn't thought of HTML5, how does that affect things like in app purchases I wonder.

@NatWobble, awesome, cheers

MikeHart

@antix: The way non-exclusive licenses with HTML sponsors work is that they pay you a one time sum and are allowed to place the game on their portal. Or they place ads in them and you get some revenue over time. IAP I think is not suitable.

antix

@MikeHart okay thanks. I suppose I could look into that. Anyone dealt with such companies and can recommend some good ones?

MikeHart

I had with one, but a few years back, which I think is not active anymore. The market has changed.

Sign up at

http://www.html5gamedevs.com/

and post a few times. Soon there will be a subforum in the business section of the forum visible where you can get info about a lot of sponsors.

Ninjadoodle

Hi @antix

You can try contacting portals like addictinggames, miniclip, spilgames and armorgames.

These are probably the biggest ones - but like @MikeHart said, you should sign up at html5gamedevs, as there is a lot of info there

antix

Thanks fellas, I'll check that out in the morning