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	<title>Comments on: Egerter Software&#039;s 2D Top-Down Shooter &#039;Blue Skies&#039;</title>
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		<title>By: Blue Skies and 5th Grader on Sale. Space Monkey and Amnesia Free.&#160;&#124;&#160;Smartphone User Guide</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-4336</link>
		<dc:creator>Blue Skies and 5th Grader on Sale. Space Monkey and Amnesia Free.&#160;&#124;&#160;Smartphone User Guide</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Skies (.99 -&gt; .99) - a great 2d scrolling shooter that we reviewed. The game is popular amongst our readers and is on sale for .99 (normally .99) this [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Skies (.99 -&gt; .99) &#8211; a great 2d scrolling shooter that we reviewed. The game is popular amongst our readers and is on sale for .99 (normally .99) this [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Blue Skies &#124; Student Tech News</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2985</link>
		<dc:creator>Blue Skies &#124; Student Tech News</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: john</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2881</link>
		<dc:creator>john</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nice advertisement for your own game. I&#039;ll be sure to look for it and not buy it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nice advertisement for your own game. I&#039;ll be sure to look for it and not buy it.</p>
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		<title>By: Ducky Luv Fish &#62; &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Helicopter Shooter ‘Blue Skies’ Drops to $5.99 in App Store</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ducky Luv Fish &#62; &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Helicopter Shooter ‘Blue Skies’ Drops to $5.99 in App Store</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Skies’ Drops to $5.99 in App Store  &#160;Powered by Max Banner Ads&#160;Earlier this week we reviewed Egerter Software&#8217;s top-down helicopter shooter Blue Skies [App Store].  The game debuted at [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Skies’ Drops to $5.99 in App Store  &nbsp;Powered by Max Banner Ads&nbsp;Earlier this week we reviewed Egerter Software&#039;s top-down helicopter shooter Blue Skies [App Store].  The game debuted at [...]</p>
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		<title>By: ArtOfWarfare</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2862</link>
		<dc:creator>ArtOfWarfare</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>*sweeps brow*

thank god, I was worried this was the exact game I&#039;m making right now. The review shows that they&#039;ve taken the same starting point (wingnuts) except they&#039;ve done absolutely nothing with it. I&#039;ve taken Wingnuts and pumped it full of steroids... action is non stop, bosses are original, replayability seems endless, graphics are... well, better than this although still tile-based (StarCraft is my inspiration for graphic style... wingnuts/space invaders/StarFox are my game play inspirations...)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>*sweeps brow*</p>
<p>thank god, I was worried this was the exact game I&#039;m making right now. The review shows that they&#039;ve taken the same starting point (wingnuts) except they&#039;ve done absolutely nothing with it. I&#039;ve taken Wingnuts and pumped it full of steroids&#8230; action is non stop, bosses are original, replayability seems endless, graphics are&#8230; well, better than this although still tile-based (StarCraft is my inspiration for graphic style&#8230; wingnuts/space invaders/StarFox are my game play inspirations&#8230;)</p>
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		<title>By: rpgguy</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2841</link>
		<dc:creator>rpgguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I considered Blue Skies to be finished, but the community had some good ideas and suggestions that I&#039;d like to add to make it even better.  Take a look at the bottom of this page for version 1.1 screenshots:

http://www.rockingpocketgames.com/BlueSkies.htm</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I considered Blue Skies to be finished, but the community had some good ideas and suggestions that I&#039;d like to add to make it even better.  Take a look at the bottom of this page for version 1.1 screenshots:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rockingpocketgames.com/BlueSkies.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.rockingpocketgames.com/BlueSkies.htm</a></p>
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		<title>By: Customer053</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2839</link>
		<dc:creator>Customer053</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sure, you can improve your game and offer the updates for free. But you could also leave it as it is and release Blue Skies 2 instead. How and why should a customer trust an unknown developer? And why should he pay for a full featured game in advance, when he only gets a v0.2 labeled as v1.0?

I really like your contact with the community and how you dropped the price for your game. I even consider buying it, to support your positive attitude, but I&#039;ll wait for 1.1 or 1.2 and check if you really improve the game as you told us.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sure, you can improve your game and offer the updates for free. But you could also leave it as it is and release Blue Skies 2 instead. How and why should a customer trust an unknown developer? And why should he pay for a full featured game in advance, when he only gets a v0.2 labeled as v1.0?</p>
<p>I really like your contact with the community and how you dropped the price for your game. I even consider buying it, to support your positive attitude, but I&#039;ll wait for 1.1 or 1.2 and check if you really improve the game as you told us.</p>
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		<title>By: mavis</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2826</link>
		<dc:creator>mavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@rpgguy: true, but the flip side of that is that at least when we buy a DS game, we know exactly what we&#039;re getting. What you&#039;re describing is an incomplete game that we&#039;re basically paying to beta test. That doesn&#039;t sound like a very good deal to me. Frankly, I wish developers would release finished apps rather than incomplete projects because they know how easy it is to release updates. 

@blakespot: thanks for your honest assessment. It&#039;s nice having a resource like TouchArcade to help with our buying decisions ... I hope you and Arn keep up the good work! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@rpgguy: true, but the flip side of that is that at least when we buy a DS game, we know exactly what we&#039;re getting. What you&#039;re describing is an incomplete game that we&#039;re basically paying to beta test. That doesn&#039;t sound like a very good deal to me. Frankly, I wish developers would release finished apps rather than incomplete projects because they know how easy it is to release updates. </p>
<p>@blakespot: thanks for your honest assessment. It&#039;s nice having a resource like TouchArcade to help with our buying decisions &#8230; I hope you and Arn keep up the good work! <img src='http://toucharcade.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: rpgguy</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2821</link>
		<dc:creator>rpgguy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The nice thing about iPhone games is that a developer can modify them and provide new features for the rest of your life.  That is not possible with a DS title.

There are plans to add things to Blue Skies like boss battles, different types of enemies, more scenery, survival mode, and weather effects.   The entire story and gameplay could changed to give the game more replay value later on.

This market is completely different than a DS or PSP title where you only have one shot to make the game and can\&#039;t change it later.  If you want new features you\&#039;d have to wait til next year for a sequel.  Not so on iPhone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The nice thing about iPhone games is that a developer can modify them and provide new features for the rest of your life.  That is not possible with a DS title.</p>
<p>There are plans to add things to Blue Skies like boss battles, different types of enemies, more scenery, survival mode, and weather effects.   The entire story and gameplay could changed to give the game more replay value later on.</p>
<p>This market is completely different than a DS or PSP title where you only have one shot to make the game and can\&#039;t change it later.  If you want new features you\&#039;d have to wait til next year for a sequel.  Not so on iPhone.</p>
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		<title>By: John</title>
		<link>http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/02/egerter-softwares-2d-top-down-shooter-blue-skies/#comment-2820</link>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here here on the R-Type request.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here here on the R-Type request.</p>
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