Your welcome, Tato, just trying to give you some suggestions. I think you should make money on your investment.
You guys are neglecting the fact that, as tato said, IAPs are being hacked either way. If that does end up being the case with Forgotten Memories (God forbid >_>), not only will people still be able to pirate the game, tato will also have to deal with the 1 and 2-star "DIS GAIM NAT FWEE~!" reviews, getting lost on the free charts and (if Gasketball is anything to go by), there's a chance people won't buy the IAP. If you must have one version and one version only, I honestly think it should be premium.
Wasn't someone mentioning, Tato, I think?? that iAP's are difficult to crack. I was thinking that was the most viable method for profit ? I agree I hate those reviews by kids that are greedy. " I tat dis game wuz fwee, I want ta hole game ta b fwee naaaoooo !!
We got an awesome idea: Premium + the poor dev kitten message. That will possibly stop hackers a little bit. Ok sarcasm off. ^^ I'm waiting for Apple answer right now but my intuition is telling me to go with an aggressive/competitive price around 7-10$. [EDIT] Oh yeah, IAP is 100% hackable. Takes a little bit more of time but people do know that it's hackable, plus the fact that anyone can rate your game 1 start without even playing it and to be honest I'm not very keen to climb up the Free Apps Mountain list... Bad shape. -_- PS: That poor kitten is so lovely. ^^
Yes, we have various characters (Real-time) images from the game. I'll ask people what they like later on.
well is you finally choose i think it would be better apart from the other points mentioned people that hack the full game they may not be able to give a bad review in the app store since the dont own the game Also remenber with the recent close of �������������������� and their repo is not as easy to hack full games and either way it would take a few days to get hacked Is go you with the iap format it will get hacked as soon as it hits the app store since with the jailbreak now there a tweaks to bypass the iap check unless apple release a new ios without the jailbreak bug an even so they could not force people to upgrade, and putting a limit like only the newest ios could ended up in losing more sales Like Sidgoku mentioned the icon is also a very important thing at least in my book
If FM won't get deserved attention, i'll fully be disappointed with our ios game industry Kinda.."yes we can review ur game..but we need $ for that.. coz why? too much games, we are not interested in this and that"
Do NOT do free for 15 min + pay to unlock You'll get many 1-star reviews complaining it's a dirty trick, misleading, etc etc. Just make it premium priced and do lots and lots of promotion. If you want to introduce IAP, make sure it's cosmetical or bonus-level, so those who love the game could appreciate your effort for making the game fair and throw the extra money just to get more of the game and support you guys. I always give up my money more easily to those kind of IAP compared to energy, coins, etc because I feel it's not obligatory, not a trap, but my own choice. If you have connections (or even if you don't), try to get advise from people behind Minecraft, The Walking Dead, etc (premium games with good rank). Doesn't matter if they're big or small, it's always worth a shot to ask how they manage to stay on top. ps: I never posted on this thread since I've been absent from posting anything on the net for quite a while (got busy with work, finally kinda getting somewhere with my illustration career), but I really hoe the best for you guys since it's obvious you put love and passion into it and for me that matters a lot
Yeah I think it was called Sacred Odyssey: rise of Ayden. Gameloft released it free +IAP (15 minute gameplay). Starfront also followed the same step. The funny thing was neither games' IAPs were that easy to crack. I have a jailbrocken iPhone 4 and tried to searching for a cracked version and there is none ( for the sake of this discussion). Others like EA also made their IAP hard to crack. The average pirater or thief won't know how to crack IAPs easily. I don't know, it's a tough spot to be in as a dev Nowadays. BTW, I enjoyed the vid. Looking good!
Yes, I also heard the iAP's are hard to hack, and that is why I put in the suggestion that it could be a free download and a one time Price iAP. Ultimately whatever works for the devs to make the maximum amount on their investment. I hope it works out though. I'm so sick of pirates/hackers. These guys deserve the money.
Hey guys, I wanted to show you some of the work our concept artist does. We will include some of his beautiful creations as unlockable gifts when you finish the game. More stuff soon! nJoy!
Damn. Really digging his art style. I thought I was leaving TA but really this game is pretty much the only thing keeping me here...suffice it to say that I'm excited Apple will probably take issue with that more sensual one. Are you planning on going with a 17 rating? Then maybe they won't care. Hate how picky they can be at times Regardless, I LOVE having artwork as unlockables!! I remember getting every single Dead Space achievement just to unlock the artwork. iOS games need more unlockables like this IMO.
And that's ridiculous.For example, in Silent Hill 2 Pyramidhead has sex with Mannequins and in SH3 - Valtiel with Nurse. BUT all that things are made for art purpose, expanding subconcious world of game's main character
Indeed, We aren't using woman as instrument of pleasure (sex, etc) but rather as a subconscious art medium. In fact, woman's in our game are really important (you'll understand why when playing the game), there's more woman characters than men
Please don't go! No, nooooooooooooo! lol Yeah, Forgotten Memories is a Mature game and we have plenty of side-quests and stuff to unlock.
@qmishery, If you want to see how far we go, check this short-animated film, entirely made by our concept-artist: http://projet-goomh.blogspot.ca/2009/06/blog-post.html Prepare to be shocked (or amazed).
Ahem? Are you aware of Apple's distaste for anything sexual in the appstore? Dead Trigger had a 17 rating but still had to have moderate to mild sexual references censored before it was approved, they're known for nitpicky, stupid things like that. I'm really surprised they allowed the topless bartender in Vice City to fly. They can be quite random at times too. Shadowgun Deadzone's "Shitstorm" rocket launcher caused it to be rejected until it was censored to "Shi*tstorm" Then they let stuff like Gangstar 3 & 9mm fly with seemingly no problem and certainly no language censorship (though if there was a problem, I wonder what was cut...). I've always been annoyed when women are ridiculously sexualized in games, it gives videogames a bad rep. I'm thinking God of War and Mortal Kombat here, but I have no problem with sexuality being a legitimate part of the plot - The Witcher & Max Payne are examples of it being used in an appropriate, albeit mature way in my opinion. Yeah I'm sticking around for this game, it's just too good. Recently though it seems like the community has gone a bit down the proverbial gutter, especially with the hyperbole and conspiracy theory filled RR3 thread, even to the point that the UK guardian had an article about it.
