I still think I know what it is but despite over 50 games looking for an opportunity to try it, I've always been one letter short!
17% win rate haha (not a native speaker) Oh well, I feel this is one of those games I probably keep playing for a long time, it's just actually really fun although I lose most of the times. Well spent 11$
Oh, stuff it. I'll stop being so coy. I'm convinced that you have to Spoiler play the word CAPITALS. I've managed to play CAPITAL before, but that's the closest I've got. If anyone gets the opportunity to try it before me, let me know if it works.
I think someone said they tried that before... But they did say it's right in front of you... Spoiler iPhone?
48 active games at the moment. How many do you guys have? I increased my winning percentage from 17% to 30% so whoooop whooop!
Same here, trying to pare down the opened games list. During the first few days, I launched games whenever I could. Went up to almost 60 (with at least a third of forgotten games though). And with only the 3 basic lives.. I'm back to 40, and only relaunch games with people I'm familiar with or had fun games with, and not those random players who seem to magically always find the longest word possible I never heard of. I guess 10/20 opened games should be more than enough long term. Also thing is, games were short in the beginning, mostly below 10 rounds as everybody was learning how to play .Now I have a lot of games in the 20/30 or more rounds I'm a bit worried for you guys that the lives system is not very incitative honestly, to me at least. Still happy to have paid for customization. We all know how the harsh despicable Zynga way would have been to put a timer on the number of turns you could play and not the number of games you could start. :x Maybe bigger playing fields IAP, though it could get crowded on an iPhone 4 and I guess you optimized the grid already. :?
Today we submitted an update with an overhauled lives system. New players start with 15 lives, and lives no longer regenerate. No more lives once you hit 0, but you can watch a short video at any time for a free life. If you don't feel like spending and watch a video every time you're waiting for a turn you'll easily have more lives than you know what to do with. Customization is also free to everyone in the next update. Along with the life system tweak there are a ton of cool little changes like more social features, ranking, expiration timers and directions on how to leave or forfeit a game. We're not sure if this will make any more money (Capitals is now our second worst performing game, after Nimble Quest) but it should actually provide less waiting and preventing people from actually playing.
Wow, quite the overhaul, so no more IAP, just ads? Or you keep the infinite lives IAP? Sorry it didn't perform well, it's a great and fun game, but monetization was not an easy one considering the gameplay I guess. People are used to watch and ad for a new life now, so hopefully you'll get tons of money from Game of War lol. Social feats should also help spread the game. Maybe consider something (no ads or a special customization) for people who bought IAPs before this update? I also wouldn't have thought NimbleQuest was one of your worst performers, as it was your most "gaming" game. I bought the gem thing and enjoyed it a lot. Did it do ok on Steam?
Fairly big changes. Again sorry it didn't perform so well... I did just purchase the customisation but I guess 70% of 80p isn't that much. Like Vic I don't see the point of the infinite life's. I do like the idea of videos for lives, I watch the heck out of the videos in your other apps . Just not sure about reducing it to zero lives with no regen. I guess it's simple enough to watch a vid, but it almost feels like you have no choice if you want to play any more than 15 games. Maybe you could have a 3/5 live iap that means those lives regenerates... Hope the change does well for you
I can confirm pedroapan is a very good player. I played him in beta and he's still the only player I've lost to so far.
So, is there any benefit for the ones who purchased either the customization pack or the 5 lives IAP? Actually, these are the 2 things I bought, and I'd feel slightly bothered if they become useless or free after having paid for them just one week ago. Not as much by the customization pack going free, but for the 5 lives IAP becoming useless. It's a shame that the game is not doing so good for you. It's actually the one I've enjoyed the most since Pocket Planes. May I ask which are the favorite games you've developed? I'm really curious, being Capitals so different to all you've done before.
The 211 people who purchased the 5 Lives Cap previously get upgrade to Infinite Lives for free. I think this is actually our favorite game that we've developed! Pocket Frogs being a close second for me.
It is a shame that my favorite of the Nimble games are the least-profitable. I love the hell out of Nimble Quest and Capitals is the async game my soul has been missing since the Hero Academy community died. I'm telling everyone I can to get on board with this game, and so far, the people who do have been in love. Keep spreading the word!
