It seems that this game is doing very well! I think that fans of space shooters and retro games just gravitate to great new ones regardless of icon color. I was thinking you could still do bright colors, but in keeping to the awesome retro look this game has (80s neon-ish) Please don't mind my icon snobbery, the game is awesome.
No problem. Thanks for making this game. Oh, and I checked out Squiggle Racer and I like that one too! I'm surprised I missed that one seeing how much I like racing games. Super fun! Fyi, I dig the icon. I wouldn't change it. It really pops next to the other apps. As far as screenshots, Id get rid of the loading screen one. You already have the cool 80's artwork as a screenshot. I'd just use a few screenies with as much action as you can get and one of the ship upgrade screen. That's what did it for me was the ability to buy and upgrade different ships. It shows longevity and something to play for besides a high score. Just "my 2 cents". Lol (Now where's my sweet sweet ship??) haha
HA! no worries, I won't. Hard to go back and change it now without confusing people. It's all over blogs n such.
Yea, good idea on the screenshots. I do want to add at least one more action shot in there. Squiggle Racer was a fun game but needs a lot of work. It lacked some focus and purpose. I may revisit that in the coming months. - Charlie
It definitely has potential for sure. The ability to upgrade vehicles would be nice for better use of coins and maybe locking some of the vehicles so you have something to play for? I know there's a tournament, but maybe different tours, like summer, winter, spring, fall tours? As far as game mechanics and controls, it's great! Don't let that one go.
I've finished all the levels except for the last endurance challenge on "Shielded Army". I'm working on upgrading the last ship (GL2) and after that I'll be going for #1 on the leaderboards (currently #2 worldwide). "thesmythgroup.jamie" has 1,117,895 points on OBSOLESCENCE !! Is that even possible?! They don't have scores at all for the other two worlds... Tried Squiggle Racer too. I like it! Thanks for making a gameplay video, NOEN!
Jamie had a pre-release version of the game and he's JUST getting his scores onto the leaderboard. It is POSSIBLE that he had got that score with an older scoring system, but I don't think he did. I'll double check the maths to see so I can even it out for everyone. I know he's played for weeks and weeks so maybe he used the weakest ship and never got hit. If no one can attain or come close to it, I'll remove the score and have him start over; that's the peril of game testing!! Since his scores only get pushed to the leaderboard when he plays a world, it's possible he has just not played the other world again which is the reason why he has no other scores up.
China Some good news bad news. This morning I woke up to a flood of people playing Galactic Nemesis in China. Just this morning there were 150 downloads from China alone. Two problems: 1) I'm not ranking anywhere in the China App Store 2) I don't think any of these installs are legit. The only reason I don't think that they are legit is because I saw a few crashes come in for iOS 7 and all the crashes were from jailbroken devices (So far the crash rate is low, seems to be an isolated bug on iOS 7.0.4). I won't know for sure until tomorrow. It's not the $$ loss that bothers me more so than the potential ranking. There seems to be such a great demand for a REALLY good arcade classic like this, and its rankings are being pissed away by thieves. I can't seem to find the source of the download, so I have no way to verify. :/ Ah well. I'll follow up with an update tomorrow. I hope that I'm wrong, but sadly don't think so! - Charlie
Seriously?? This is just bulls**t! If everybody wants to play the game, just spend the 2 bucks! Like you said, your getting screwed both ways. In revenue AND rankings. Maybe it's time to make it free with ads and have an IAP to get rid of ads for 2 bucks?
Sexy job on the video Noen! I hope Galactic Nemesis gets a TA review...seems like the increased activity in the thread and bump in the hot new games list might help? Currently saving up for the 35K ship...thanks to that Manual link posted early on in the thread, it has not taken as long as I had originally thought. I'm coming for you AKD!
I've thought about that, one major problem with that is that all of you who bought the game would now need to pay for it again. That's totally not cool! There's really no great way to make that switch, plus after talking with some folks and from personal experience, an IAP model really only works if the entire game is setup with an IAP strategy, which this game isn't. A learning experience for sure here! - Charlie
Agreed Epic job on the video Noen! I sure hope to get a review too! Let me know if you see anything missing in the manual. I saw someone posted a tips & tricks on the game the other day! http://www.mobagamesunlimited.com/2015/05/galactic-nemesis-guide-cheats-strategy.html
Isn't there some way to have the people that purchased the game be able to restore purchases to get rid of ads? I'm not sure if I'm writing what I'm thinking, but have the legit purchasers sow up as if they already purchased it? Or just make the IAP free for 1 day. Personally, I don't care. I'll buy the game all over again. I'm SURE I've already got my bucks worth. My only concern is that your able to go full time making games and that s***t ain't gonna happen with stuff like this happening. It's something to think about. Your fans will stick with you regardless. FYI, thanks paulkane! I just hope I wasn't TOO sexy for ya. It's really hard to tone down what I have goin on. Haha.
Totally get what you're saying. The binary is still out in the world without the IAP so anything I do would only protect against the future. My idea is going to be to add a bit more premium content / theme packs etc. Perhaps for a few days the iAP will be free as you say. I'm pretty sure that there are ways around even IAPs for jailbroken phones tho. I'm still going to make games, I love it, it just might slow my progress and speed I can make games if I can't put more time into it. Tomorrow morning I'll know the extent of the damage, if you guys are interested, I'll post actual #s in the morning? Maybe somehow I'm wrong, which would be great!
If I get shot and lose some power, should I grab a "P" power up, if I am aiming to get a higher score? Also, are there points rewarded for shooting out the guns of the spaceships? I noticed you can finish a level without shooting the guns out. Yes, I would like to know those stats. Also, what do you think about a 4th leaderboard for overall high score from all of the worlds? Currently ranked 5th for Lost Transmission...creeping up on you AKD! Awesome job on your current high score and #1 ranking. Edit: I finally left a 5 star review on the App Store. I also noticed a solid 5 star overall rating. Awesome! XglasschromaX
Yeah, always grab the "P" power up because you get more points per alien the more health you have. Not sure about shooting the guns, I would think that would give you points as well. They're the first thing I go for when they come up because they are constantly shooting otherwise. @Charlie - I'd also be interested in seeing those stats. Thanks Paul! You're doing really well yourself!
Correct always grab the "P", especially if you've lost power. Shooting out guns does give you points and you are correct in that they are not required to clear a stage, in fact, you bring up a good point I failed to mention, if you never shoot out a set of turrets, no new ones can drop, so you can either use that to your advantage to make it easier, or shoot them as quickly as possible to ensure a new one can drop later and rack up some extra points. I'll def consider an OVERALL leaderboard, great idea. So the stats are in, and unfortunately not good. The thievery spread across the globe (with one exception Europe). :-D In China, I received 1 legit download vs 196 illegal. The 196 # may be +/- 10 since time of day google and apple finalize a full day reporting, but that gap is significant regardless! This obviously isn't just happening to me, its happening to everyone. I've been asked why not just do an in-app purchase, unfortunately the statistics of the in-app purchase model are bleak. I think it's something near .05% actually hit the purchase button. I'll be doing a lot more research before my next game for sure, trying to strike a balance of thwarting criminals and rewarding users. Unfortunately that takes away from the creative process and just leads to everything taking more time. :/ - Charlie
Ok, that makes sense. Initially I thought "avoid" all power ups, but realized that might not be the best route. I go for the guns too, but then those pesky aliens get in the way! I need to replay TL 1-12 endurance for a better score. I tried last night but failed on level 11. The TX1 makes for a tough, looooong slog, especially towards the end.
Well, good for Europe for keeping it real. It just bums me out I guess. I've been in love with video games and the industry for my entire life and seeing stuff like this just drives me Gary Busey crazy. I'm not innocent at all. I've "shared" music plenty of times when I was younger, but never games. I guess I can't get on my high horse and look down on the people stealing, but it sucks seeing indie devs like you that are just trying to make a living putting out great games for pretty much pennies and people still stealing. Maybe put out a seperate version of the game supported by ads??
I don't know what to say except I'm so sorry to see this :-( I really want this game to do well for you. Probably almost as much as you do... I did too. While grinding for coins on TRANSMISSION LOST lvls 1-4, I realized that even using the laser gave me the same amount of coins, which leads me to believe you can use power ups (not shield) and not lose out on any points. If that's true, then going for high scores on the harder levels will be a lot less painful! Haha! For sure man. And way to keep it classy Europe!
