The best Tetris-like on the App Store in my opinion. The beta version was freemium, but it was released as a premium game, it worths suppporting. 99 Bricks Wizard Academy WeirdBeard 99 Bricks Wizard Academy is a fun and magical physics builder. Can you build the highest tower? WINNER Best Mobile Game… TouchArcade Rating: Free Buy Now Watch Media Details99 Bricks Wizard Academy is a fun and magical physics builder. Can you build the highest tower? WINNER Best Mobile Game 2014 @ Dutch Game Awards 4.5/5 TouchArcade: '99 Bricks: Wizard Academy is a terrific little game.' 8/10 - PocketGamer: 'This is a decidedly solid game, in every sense of the word.' 4/5 - AppSpy: 'It is hard not to feel happy playing 99 Bricks Wizard Academy.' WELCOME TO WIZARD ACADEMY Explore a magical world and learn powerful spells to improve your building skills. Do you have what it takes to become the wizard of legends? BUILD MARVELOUS TOWERS Defy gravity with intuitive one-touch controls and enjoy endless physics tower building. BATTLE OTHER WIZARDS Meet Big Barry, Harry Hawk and all the others. They’re a jealous bunch who’ll try to mess up your creations, but that won’t stop you! CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Show off your crazy towers on Facebook and Twitter or compete with your friends through Game Center. DRESS LIKE A LEPRECHAUN Dress up your wizard with funny hats, silly masks and wondrous robes. You’ll be fabulous! Watch the trailer: http://youtu.be/DeFbfxKmTwU Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/WeirdBeardGames Like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/WeirdBeardGames Information Seller:WeirdBeard Genre:Arcade, Puzzle Release:Jun 03, 2014 Updated:Nov 18, 2016 Version:2.5.0 Size:130.2 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (23) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Phenomania Member Mar 12, 2014 18 0 0 Art Director #2 Phenomania, Jan 21, 2015 i think it was no longer paid anymore. they add remove ads feature in this version.. redranch91 Well-Known Member Mar 3, 2014 202 0 0 #3 redranch91, Jan 21, 2015 I love this game.Was hooked for awhile until I completed it.Wish the brick counter feature came sooner.I think the ads were added for new players because I don't get any.Fair game but it's sad that they've decided to make it free-to-play.I just hope that by making it free now that they'll add more levels and stuff. cloudpuff Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2013 3,600 0 36 lazy layabout uk #4 cloudpuff, Jan 21, 2015 Last edited: Jan 21, 2015 Wasn't this initially free? Then they switched to paid? I might be thinking of a diff game. I bought when it was paid, just reinstalled and have ads now. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,414 1,050 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #5 Anotherkellydown, Jan 22, 2015 I updated this today. No ads here. This was one of my favorites of 2014. The update added achievements and a block counter. Wish more people would have played it so they didn't have to go free with ads. Sucks you have them now CP... cloudpuff Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2013 3,600 0 36 lazy layabout uk #6 cloudpuff, Jan 22, 2015 I'm guessing if people have deleted and reinstalled they'll have them. I have the previous version backed up on PC so can just reinstall that and then update. WeirdBeard Member Dec 17, 2013 20 0 0 Game Development studio Amsterdam #7 WeirdBeard, Jan 22, 2015 Last edited: Jan 23, 2015 Hey guys, Great to see people are still excited about 99 Bricks. We didn't expect to see this thread here so quickly! First things first. We built in the option to check your receipt for people who already bought the game when it was still premium. Hit the “Remove Ads” button in the main menu and a popup will open. Then hit the “Check Receipt” button and all ads should be removed free of charge. We want to keep our paying customers happy of course, so we hope you understand. Because so many people here praised us for our switch from F2P to premium we feel we owe these boards an explanation about our switch back. After a somewhat disappointing soft launch with our F2P version we figured our game simply was a better fit for a premium model. We decided to go premium and got a ton of positive attention, great reviews and we’re even featured in most countries in the iOS App Store. However, sales were still disappointing and we weren’t even close to breaking even. Then we released the same version on Android, except we tried out ad support (with an IAP to remove all ads). We were featured by Google in the Play Store and to our surprise made more with ad impressions than we did with premium sales on iOS. Obviously this was working a lot better! Even though we’d rather see our game thrive as a premium product, reality shows that the ad supported model is healthier in today’s market and to us still feels like an honest way to monetize. This is why we decided to also release our ad supported version on iOS and see where it goes. To reach out to our premium players as much as we can we built in the following: - If you bought the premium version, still have it installed and update the game now, you’ll never see an ad. - If you bought the premium version, uninstalled it and reinstall it now (like Cloudpuff), you can check your receipt in the Remove Ads popup that opens when you hit one of the “Remove Ads” buttons. This will remove all ads if you indeed have a valid receipt. We hope you guys understand our current course of action and would love to hear any thoughts, opinions or other comments you might have. Thanks for your support and happy tower building! Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,414 1,050 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #8 Anotherkellydown, Jan 22, 2015 Last edited: Jan 22, 2015 I totally understand. It's sad that even with all that exposure you still weren't able to break even with such a quality game. Seems to be the way things are going though, with the vast majority of people just not willing to pay for a game. Good for you for doing the only thing you could to stay afloat. And I'm glad to hear that the new pay model is working better. Also very cool that you care about your paid customers and put in that remove ads feature. I look forward to supporting you guys in your future iOS offerings. PS - Thank you for the new features you added in the update, especially the achievements! Drummerboycroy Well-Known Member Apr 2, 2012 4,172 0 36 Clinician Maine! #9 Drummerboycroy, Jan 22, 2015 Nothing. But. Class. Being honest about it, the game isn't my thing, but I find myself tempted to pick it up and buy the IAP as a gesture to support a developer who is successfully managing "needing money" with "having morals and ethics." Again I say... Nothing. But. Class. Good luck with your work, and I'll definitely be paying attention to future releases. Cheers! DBC CookingPie Well-Known Member Mar 25, 2014 177 0 16 #10 CookingPie, Jan 22, 2015 i bought this game and like how polished it is. i wasn't very good at it and so didn't play it for long. i find tetris much more straight forward but loved the idea of this game and what it adds to the tetris formula. sorry to hear you didn't make much money on it - hopefully that will increase for you. although i hate ads in games, i understand why you needed to go this route and glad to hear that at least i won't be seeing any ads in my update. good luck and thanks for providing us TA readers with the info to help us understand what happened. cloudpuff Well-Known Member Sep 12, 2013 3,600 0 36 lazy layabout uk #11 cloudpuff, Jan 22, 2015 Totally understand why you guys had to go back to free. I just loaded game up and had the pop up to check receipts so my ads are now gone. I never thought to check that and it's great that you guys coukd do that, I've had a few games switch to free with ads and I've been told it's not possible to tell who has paid in the past, so I never thought to check. Thank you for adding that feature. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
I love this game.Was hooked for awhile until I completed it.Wish the brick counter feature came sooner.I think the ads were added for new players because I don't get any.Fair game but it's sad that they've decided to make it free-to-play.I just hope that by making it free now that they'll add more levels and stuff.
Wasn't this initially free? Then they switched to paid? I might be thinking of a diff game. I bought when it was paid, just reinstalled and have ads now.
I updated this today. No ads here. This was one of my favorites of 2014. The update added achievements and a block counter. Wish more people would have played it so they didn't have to go free with ads. Sucks you have them now CP...
I'm guessing if people have deleted and reinstalled they'll have them. I have the previous version backed up on PC so can just reinstall that and then update.
Hey guys, Great to see people are still excited about 99 Bricks. We didn't expect to see this thread here so quickly! First things first. We built in the option to check your receipt for people who already bought the game when it was still premium. Hit the “Remove Ads” button in the main menu and a popup will open. Then hit the “Check Receipt” button and all ads should be removed free of charge. We want to keep our paying customers happy of course, so we hope you understand. Because so many people here praised us for our switch from F2P to premium we feel we owe these boards an explanation about our switch back. After a somewhat disappointing soft launch with our F2P version we figured our game simply was a better fit for a premium model. We decided to go premium and got a ton of positive attention, great reviews and we’re even featured in most countries in the iOS App Store. However, sales were still disappointing and we weren’t even close to breaking even. Then we released the same version on Android, except we tried out ad support (with an IAP to remove all ads). We were featured by Google in the Play Store and to our surprise made more with ad impressions than we did with premium sales on iOS. Obviously this was working a lot better! Even though we’d rather see our game thrive as a premium product, reality shows that the ad supported model is healthier in today’s market and to us still feels like an honest way to monetize. This is why we decided to also release our ad supported version on iOS and see where it goes. To reach out to our premium players as much as we can we built in the following: - If you bought the premium version, still have it installed and update the game now, you’ll never see an ad. - If you bought the premium version, uninstalled it and reinstall it now (like Cloudpuff), you can check your receipt in the Remove Ads popup that opens when you hit one of the “Remove Ads” buttons. This will remove all ads if you indeed have a valid receipt. We hope you guys understand our current course of action and would love to hear any thoughts, opinions or other comments you might have. Thanks for your support and happy tower building!
I totally understand. It's sad that even with all that exposure you still weren't able to break even with such a quality game. Seems to be the way things are going though, with the vast majority of people just not willing to pay for a game. Good for you for doing the only thing you could to stay afloat. And I'm glad to hear that the new pay model is working better. Also very cool that you care about your paid customers and put in that remove ads feature. I look forward to supporting you guys in your future iOS offerings. PS - Thank you for the new features you added in the update, especially the achievements!
Nothing. But. Class. Being honest about it, the game isn't my thing, but I find myself tempted to pick it up and buy the IAP as a gesture to support a developer who is successfully managing "needing money" with "having morals and ethics." Again I say... Nothing. But. Class. Good luck with your work, and I'll definitely be paying attention to future releases. Cheers! DBC
i bought this game and like how polished it is. i wasn't very good at it and so didn't play it for long. i find tetris much more straight forward but loved the idea of this game and what it adds to the tetris formula. sorry to hear you didn't make much money on it - hopefully that will increase for you. although i hate ads in games, i understand why you needed to go this route and glad to hear that at least i won't be seeing any ads in my update. good luck and thanks for providing us TA readers with the info to help us understand what happened.
Totally understand why you guys had to go back to free. I just loaded game up and had the pop up to check receipts so my ads are now gone. I never thought to check that and it's great that you guys coukd do that, I've had a few games switch to free with ads and I've been told it's not possible to tell who has paid in the past, so I never thought to check. Thank you for adding that feature.