Hey peeps! I'm happy to tell you as an indie developer that my third game, Space Bang, launched today! Apple is showing some love with feature highlights here and there so ... excited! Hopefully you like it too! https://itunes.apple.com/app/space-bang/id1072777731 Space Bang Part Time Monkey Oy Oh noes! The Evil Overlord has stolen your Energy Beams and is about to rule the galaxy! Only you can help, become the h… Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsOh noes! The Evil Overlord has stolen your Energy Beams and is about to rule the galaxy! Only you can help, become the hero now! Fly through gorgeous galaxies, space stations and nebulas in this action-packed space shoot 'em up. Gear up for all sorts of asteroids, obstacles and enemies and travel at the Speed of Light! FEATURES: :: 10 beautiful and rich Galaxies! :: Plenty of Guns and Gear to upgrade! :: Lots of different obstacles and enemies! :: iCloud Backup - sync between devices! :: Story like no other! :: Leaderboards and Achievements! For more info: http://www.facebook.com/parttimemonkey Information Seller:Part Time Monkey Oy Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Apr 06, 2016 Updated:Jun 01, 2016 Version:1.3 Size:96.0 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating: (6) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #2 LordShad0wz, Apr 7, 2016 Hell Yeah! This game rocks! I love it. No timers or forced ads. Great gameplay and simple but effective controls. Lots of upgrades to obtain as well. 3 things dev, Please add an IAP to double the shards earned. Does this game automatically save to iCloud? If you are asking for consumable IAP iCloud save back up is a must to protect purchases. Please add an IAP for the 2 free continues. When you run out of opt in ads you are screwed. People really need to play this game. It is really fun! Billy Part Time Monkey Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2015 132 0 16 Male Monkey Man Helsinki, Finland http://www.parttimemonkey.com #3 Part Time Monkey, Apr 7, 2016 Last edited: Apr 7, 2016 Hey Billy, thanks for the great feedback! What do you think would be a good price point for the shard doubler? Right now it doesnt have the backup thing as I'm not a super advanced programmer but I realize now how important it is, so I will definitely look into it. The last request I fully understand, but from monetization point of view that is likely the way the game is going to make any money. Many will probably not buy shards anyway... But what I will look into is to add more ad networks (now it only has Unity Ads) so that you wouldn't run out of ads as early as you do now. They do reset daily so you can come back the next day to use the continues again. LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #4 LordShad0wz, Apr 7, 2016 Id say the dollar or $1.99 price point would be good. I'd definitely do the $1.99 price point but you know how people can get. You definitely should get the iCloud back up at some point. I'm glad you are going to look into it. Atleast with the shard doubler I could hit a restore button. I've already run out of ads. I can no longer continue. And I played less than an hour. If there was a permanent solution I could purchase and restore I'd be happy. I'm glad you will be seeking out 2nd ad networks. I really like the game. You should put enemies that fire back at you at some point too. I do want to spend money on your game. Billy bigrand1 Well-Known Member Apr 23, 2010 4,968 7 38 Geriatric Party Animal California, USA #5 bigrand1, Apr 7, 2016 I agree with LordShadOwz on that. I might grab this, but as it is, I think I'm gonna hold off on this one if and until the dev implements a different monetization system such as (above). LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #6 LordShad0wz, Apr 8, 2016 No really the game is a crap ton of fun as is. Definitely download and play! Billy Part Time Monkey Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2015 132 0 16 Male Monkey Man Helsinki, Finland http://www.parttimemonkey.com #7 Part Time Monkey, Apr 8, 2016 Thanks guys again! Alright, this is what the next update will at least have: - Shard doubler IAP ($1.99) - iCloud backup feature - New Galaxy: Rings of Doom! - All Galaxies slightly easier - Nebulae Galaxy a lot easier (it was way too hard!) - Galaxy unlocking cheaper (about 10%) - Pod has more health on all upgrade levels - Easier tutorial And if I can, I will put in more ad networks so you don't run out of the continue ads. I want to get this out as soon as possible, and you know it might be slow to work with ad network providers. So more ads -feature depends on them... Let me know what you think. LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #8 LordShad0wz, Apr 8, 2016 Want to know what I think? I just purchased two of the $1.99 shard packs. I have faith you will do what you will say. You have earned my money. And I'll definitely be buying that shard doubler! I'm stuck on that one mission with the meteor storm. Holy shit it's hard to get out of the way of those things lol. Nice job. Lol. Billy Part Time Monkey Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2015 132 0 16 Male Monkey Man Helsinki, Finland http://www.parttimemonkey.com #9 Part Time Monkey, Apr 8, 2016 Thanks a lot Billy, you don't know how much I appreciate that! I'm now finishing up with the iCloud backup functionality, seems to be working quite nicely even between devices. I hope I could submit the new version already next week, so it would be out within 4 weeks. You know, the submission review takes a while. But hopefully I don't lose you before that! If the hard one is Nebulae, it should get quite much easier with the update too. All the other Galaxies also are easier, as I realized that I might've been playing the game too much compared to new users. Part Time Monkey Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2015 132 0 16 Male Monkey Man Helsinki, Finland http://www.parttimemonkey.com #10 Part Time Monkey, Apr 8, 2016 Hmmmm I might consider also adding that IAP to remove the ads from the Continue feature. Do you think I would seem too greedy if I put that as an $1.99 IAP as well? LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #11 LordShad0wz, Apr 8, 2016 Last edited: Apr 8, 2016 Yes. I'd make the $.99 Just being honest. I'd buy it at that price point for sure. So you can market it basically for $3 you get a full premium experience with optional ads for additional shards. Nothing forced. Sounds about right? It's then accessible for those that cannot afford to pay and for those that want the premium feel. You make money either way. Btw I'm still out of ads. It's been 16 hours. I can't continue or anything. Totally out of ads. Billy Part Time Monkey Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2015 132 0 16 Male Monkey Man Helsinki, Finland http://www.parttimemonkey.com #12 Part Time Monkey, Apr 8, 2016 I'll do that. I'll put it for $1.99. That's a fair point about not HAVING to purchase it, as you can still just view the ads. I'm sorry about the missing ads though. I'll still investigate if I can put in new networks easily. Try again tomrorrow perhaps? LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #13 LordShad0wz, Apr 8, 2016 Oh, another thing. I've already placed my review on the AppStore but I just got asked a third additional time to place a review. You need to fix that. It shouldn't keep asking me when I've already done it. Billy Part Time Monkey Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2015 132 0 16 Male Monkey Man Helsinki, Finland http://www.parttimemonkey.com #14 Part Time Monkey, Apr 8, 2016 Hmmmm, it does? I thought I had it so that if you tap the review button it shouldn't show it again... Sorry about that. I will fix it to the update! LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #15 LordShad0wz, Apr 8, 2016 My review is actually on the AppStore. It's the only one. But yes I've now been asked three more times. It's no problem I just wanted you to know. You probably should add a "never again" button as well. Most games do this as people do find it annoying. I've seen complaints on the forums about it. Just trying to help. Billy Part Time Monkey Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2015 132 0 16 Male Monkey Man Helsinki, Finland http://www.parttimemonkey.com #16 Part Time Monkey, Apr 8, 2016 It should actually have the "Never again" button after the third time it prompts, and it should not prompt anymore if you tap the review button... I thought I tested it too. Welp, maybe I broke it at launch or something. I'll fix it. Limelight Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2014 250 0 16 To save my city. localhost https://www.youtube.com/user/wizigames #17 Limelight, Apr 8, 2016 Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Visual and sound effects are good. Only thing I notice is the controls, it seems it was a bit unresponsive? Sometimes I was clicking so hard on left and right but the space ship still go straight forward. But the game was still good and fun. And btw dev, the game works pretty well on my iphone 6s but when I tried to install it on my brothers iphone 5c, the game was stuck on black screen when I open the app? Any help? Hulkino Well-Known Member Feb 5, 2016 178 91 28 #18 Hulkino, Apr 8, 2016 Congrats for the release! Downloading it now! LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #19 LordShad0wz, Apr 8, 2016 You always do awesome videos limelight! I'm not experiencing any control issues like yours though. Maybe it's because I'm on the iPhone 6 and your on a 6s? Would that matter? Have you upgraded the ship itself so it turns better? Billy LordShad0wz Well-Known Member Nov 19, 2014 4,280 1 38 #20 LordShad0wz, Apr 8, 2016 Last edited: Apr 8, 2016 Dev, I have another idea, after continuing to play it's something that's missing. A shard magnet. Why not add this as a ship upgrade? Lots of times shards are off in the no fly zone. If there was a magnet that I could gradually upgrade with shards it would draw those in. So with every upgrade the magnet would get stronger and the range wider. It would be a great shard sink too. Which in turn would make people either buy the shard doubler or have incentive to watch the ads for shards to upgrade the magnet or maybe even buy a shard pack. It's a win/win feature. I just bought another shard pack btw hehe. I have a limit of $20 I'll spend in a game if I really really like it and like the dev. I'll wait for the update though before making anymore purchases. The ads still haven't reset. It's been 24 hours. Somethings definitely not right. What do you think of my idea? To everyone else, has anyone been able to beat mission 4 without continuing? I simply cannot do it. I just cannot get out of the way of those damn meteors and there's so many of them. There's no gaps. And with no ads I can't continue since they are insta death. Dev if I upgrade the shield power up a bunch of times would that allow me to survive a meteor hit? Billy (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Hell Yeah! This game rocks! I love it. No timers or forced ads. Great gameplay and simple but effective controls. Lots of upgrades to obtain as well. 3 things dev, Please add an IAP to double the shards earned. Does this game automatically save to iCloud? If you are asking for consumable IAP iCloud save back up is a must to protect purchases. Please add an IAP for the 2 free continues. When you run out of opt in ads you are screwed. People really need to play this game. It is really fun! Billy
Hey Billy, thanks for the great feedback! What do you think would be a good price point for the shard doubler? Right now it doesnt have the backup thing as I'm not a super advanced programmer but I realize now how important it is, so I will definitely look into it. The last request I fully understand, but from monetization point of view that is likely the way the game is going to make any money. Many will probably not buy shards anyway... But what I will look into is to add more ad networks (now it only has Unity Ads) so that you wouldn't run out of ads as early as you do now. They do reset daily so you can come back the next day to use the continues again.
Id say the dollar or $1.99 price point would be good. I'd definitely do the $1.99 price point but you know how people can get. You definitely should get the iCloud back up at some point. I'm glad you are going to look into it. Atleast with the shard doubler I could hit a restore button. I've already run out of ads. I can no longer continue. And I played less than an hour. If there was a permanent solution I could purchase and restore I'd be happy. I'm glad you will be seeking out 2nd ad networks. I really like the game. You should put enemies that fire back at you at some point too. I do want to spend money on your game. Billy
I agree with LordShadOwz on that. I might grab this, but as it is, I think I'm gonna hold off on this one if and until the dev implements a different monetization system such as (above).
Thanks guys again! Alright, this is what the next update will at least have: - Shard doubler IAP ($1.99) - iCloud backup feature - New Galaxy: Rings of Doom! - All Galaxies slightly easier - Nebulae Galaxy a lot easier (it was way too hard!) - Galaxy unlocking cheaper (about 10%) - Pod has more health on all upgrade levels - Easier tutorial And if I can, I will put in more ad networks so you don't run out of the continue ads. I want to get this out as soon as possible, and you know it might be slow to work with ad network providers. So more ads -feature depends on them... Let me know what you think.
Want to know what I think? I just purchased two of the $1.99 shard packs. I have faith you will do what you will say. You have earned my money. And I'll definitely be buying that shard doubler! I'm stuck on that one mission with the meteor storm. Holy shit it's hard to get out of the way of those things lol. Nice job. Lol. Billy
Thanks a lot Billy, you don't know how much I appreciate that! I'm now finishing up with the iCloud backup functionality, seems to be working quite nicely even between devices. I hope I could submit the new version already next week, so it would be out within 4 weeks. You know, the submission review takes a while. But hopefully I don't lose you before that! If the hard one is Nebulae, it should get quite much easier with the update too. All the other Galaxies also are easier, as I realized that I might've been playing the game too much compared to new users.
Hmmmm I might consider also adding that IAP to remove the ads from the Continue feature. Do you think I would seem too greedy if I put that as an $1.99 IAP as well?
Yes. I'd make the $.99 Just being honest. I'd buy it at that price point for sure. So you can market it basically for $3 you get a full premium experience with optional ads for additional shards. Nothing forced. Sounds about right? It's then accessible for those that cannot afford to pay and for those that want the premium feel. You make money either way. Btw I'm still out of ads. It's been 16 hours. I can't continue or anything. Totally out of ads. Billy
I'll do that. I'll put it for $1.99. That's a fair point about not HAVING to purchase it, as you can still just view the ads. I'm sorry about the missing ads though. I'll still investigate if I can put in new networks easily. Try again tomrorrow perhaps?
Oh, another thing. I've already placed my review on the AppStore but I just got asked a third additional time to place a review. You need to fix that. It shouldn't keep asking me when I've already done it. Billy
Hmmmm, it does? I thought I had it so that if you tap the review button it shouldn't show it again... Sorry about that. I will fix it to the update!
My review is actually on the AppStore. It's the only one. But yes I've now been asked three more times. It's no problem I just wanted you to know. You probably should add a "never again" button as well. Most games do this as people do find it annoying. I've seen complaints on the forums about it. Just trying to help. Billy
It should actually have the "Never again" button after the third time it prompts, and it should not prompt anymore if you tap the review button... I thought I tested it too. Welp, maybe I broke it at launch or something. I'll fix it.
Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Visual and sound effects are good. Only thing I notice is the controls, it seems it was a bit unresponsive? Sometimes I was clicking so hard on left and right but the space ship still go straight forward. But the game was still good and fun. And btw dev, the game works pretty well on my iphone 6s but when I tried to install it on my brothers iphone 5c, the game was stuck on black screen when I open the app? Any help?
You always do awesome videos limelight! I'm not experiencing any control issues like yours though. Maybe it's because I'm on the iPhone 6 and your on a 6s? Would that matter? Have you upgraded the ship itself so it turns better? Billy
Dev, I have another idea, after continuing to play it's something that's missing. A shard magnet. Why not add this as a ship upgrade? Lots of times shards are off in the no fly zone. If there was a magnet that I could gradually upgrade with shards it would draw those in. So with every upgrade the magnet would get stronger and the range wider. It would be a great shard sink too. Which in turn would make people either buy the shard doubler or have incentive to watch the ads for shards to upgrade the magnet or maybe even buy a shard pack. It's a win/win feature. I just bought another shard pack btw hehe. I have a limit of $20 I'll spend in a game if I really really like it and like the dev. I'll wait for the update though before making anymore purchases. The ads still haven't reset. It's been 24 hours. Somethings definitely not right. What do you think of my idea? To everyone else, has anyone been able to beat mission 4 without continuing? I simply cannot do it. I just cannot get out of the way of those damn meteors and there's so many of them. There's no gaps. And with no ads I can't continue since they are insta death. Dev if I upgrade the shield power up a bunch of times would that allow me to survive a meteor hit? Billy
