The TouchArcade Forums are by far the largest independent community of iOS gamers on the internet, and it's quite a bit if work keeping this squeaky VBulletin machine operating at 110%. Aside from deleting loads of spam, a lot of what we do is format threads to keep them all uniform both to make the forums easy to browse but also easy for people to search for what they're looking for. I figured I'd write up a style guide of sorts with an associated FAQ to help both new and old forum members post the best threads possible. A lot of our back-end stuff is aggregated automatically from the forums, so following these steps will make it so we don't miss your game! HOW TO POST A GAME THAT IS AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE (Scroll down to see how to post a soft-launched game.) Step 1: Hit the New Thread button and strap in. The first thing you'll need to do is select a thread prefix from the dropdown. This should be self explanatory, but this is where you choose if a game is specifically for the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Universal. Step 2: Enter the thread title. Please use the following format: Official App Store Game Name (by Developer Name) For example, here's three perfect thread titles: 1. Minecraft: Pocket Edition (by Mojang) 2. Clash Royale (by Supercell) 3. Candy Crush Saga (by King) And here's three not so great thread titles: 1. Check out my new open world building game Minecraft 2. new game just released please download 3. Doodle Jump fun jumping game Step 3: Come up with the first post, including whatever links, screenshots and other media you'd like but please include the full, non-shortened iTunes link in the following format: For example: In the actual post, that will render like this: Candy Crush Saga King Start playing Candy Crush Saga today – a legendary puzzle game loved by millions of players around the world. With over… TouchArcade Rating: Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsStart playing Candy Crush Saga today – a legendary puzzle game loved by millions of players around the world. With over a trillion levels played, this sweet match 3 puzzle game is one of the most popular mobile games of all time! Switch and match Candies in this tasty puzzle adventure to progress to the next level for that sweet winning feeling! Solve puzzles with quick thinking and smart moves, and be rewarded with delicious rainbow-colored cascades and tasty candy combos! Plan your moves by matching 3 or more candies in a row, using boosters wisely in order to overcome those extra sticky puzzles! Blast the chocolate and collect sweet candy across thousands of levels, guaranteed to have you craving more! Candy Crush Saga features: THE GAME THAT KEEPS YOU CRAVING MORE Thousands of the best levels and puzzles in the Candy Kingdom and with more added every 2 weeks your sugar fix is never far away! MANY WAYS TO WIN REWARDS Check back daily and spin the Daily Booster Wheel to receive free tasty rewards, and take part in time limited challenges to earn boosters to help you level up! VARIETY OF SUGAR-COATED CHALLENGES Sweet ways to play: Game modes including Target Score, Clear the Jelly, Collect the Ingredients and Order Mode PLAY ALONE OR WITH FRIENDS Get to the top of the leaderboard events and compare scores with friends and competitors! Levels range from easy to hard for all adults to enjoy – accessible on-the-go, offline and online. It's easy to sync the game between devices and unlock full game features when connected to the Internet or Wifi. Follow us to get news and updates; facebook.com/CandyCrushSaga, Twitter @CandyCrushSaga, Youtube https://www.youtube.com/user/CandyCrushOfficial Visit https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga to access the Community and competitions! Candy Crush Saga is completely free to play but some optional in-game items will require payment. You can turn off the payment feature by disabling in-app purchases in your device’s settings. By downloading this game you are agreeing to our terms of service; http://about.king.com/consumer-terms/terms Do not sell my data: King shares your personal information with advertising partners to personalize ads. Learn more at https://king.com/privacyPolicy. If you wish to exercise your Do Not Sell My Data rights, you can do so by contacting us via the in game help centre or by going to https://soporto.king.com/ Have fun playing Candy Crush Saga the sweetest match 3 puzzle game around! If you enjoy playing Candy Crush Saga, you may also enjoy its sister puzzle games; Candy Crush Soda Saga, Candy Crush Jelly Saga and Candy Crush Friends Saga! All Stars Tournament Selected level 25+. 18+. In-game tournament 09:00 EDT 28th March - 09:00 EDT 28th April 2024. Participating countries only. Win the in-game tournament and receive an invite to the live contest in California, June 2024. Requires US travel. T&Cs: candycrush-saga.web.app/pages/all_stars_terms. © 2024 King.com Ltd. Information Seller:King Genre:Arcade, Puzzle Release:Nov 14, 2012 Updated:Aug 15, 2024 Version:1.284.2.2 Size:357.0 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (28) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal This is the most important part of creating a thread here as the appinfo tag is how everything gets linked together between the front page, our hot games listing, and everything else. It's not smart enough to parse the shortened iTunes link, so make sure you post the full URL from iTunes and not the http://appsto.re short links. Additionally, the iTunes data that is displayed is pulled from AppShopper's index, so if a game is brand new the appinfo tag will display "Processing" when the thread is submitted but should appear shortly as the AppShopper back-end looks up that particular game. If you want to post a video with the thread follow these instructions. Please only post the actual trailer for the game and not third party gameplay video in the first post. If you want to get more fancy with how the text in the thread is formatted, check out what you can do with BBcode here. That's it! You did it! HOW TO POST A SOFT LAUNCHED GAME The process is pretty similar, with the main difference being the appinfo tag won't work just yet as AppShopper specifically indexes the US App Store. Instead, I've built a little utility that attempts to pull most of the same information from whatever foreign app store the game is launched on: Click here to access the Thread-o-Matic 5000 All you need to do is dump the full, non-shortened, iTunes URL in the top field and hit "Generate," from there, just select the appropriate thread prefix then just copy and paste everything over from the form fields for the thread title and thread contents. If you want to do this manually, things are a bit more flexible for soft launched threads but please include a prefix for where the game is soft launched. For example: 1. [NZ] Candy Crush Ice Cream Saga (by King) 2. [AU] Five Nights at Freddy's 10 (by Scott Cawthon) 3. [NZ, CA] Minecraft: Pocket Edition 2 (by Mojang) That'll keep everything in order! If you want go to hunting for soft launched games to post, the easiest way to do it is by following along with the various App Store region-specific RSS feeds. For instance, here's the most recent releases in the New Zealand app store: http://itunes.apple.com/nz/rss/newapplications/limit=100/xml you can replace the "nz" in that link with any two letter country code to look at their games instead. (For instance, replace "nz" with "au" to get the feed for the Australian App Store.) FAQ No one is responding to my thread, what the heck? As a developer, community manager, or whatever else, you need to encourage some kind of conversation in the thread. Many people just use the TouchArcade forums as a listing of new or cool games and don't really post a lot, unless given some kind of prompt or challenge to. As long as you're not obnoxiously bumping a thread over and over, trying to generate interest is totally fine! Can I give away promo codes or hold contests? Yes, but please do it in a new thread over in our promo codes and contests forum. If you want to raise awareness of the giveaway, that's fine, but just post about it once in the main game thread in this forum. We want to encourage discussion and that's hard to do when you dump a bunch of promo codes in a thread and people then have the next 25 posts be people announcing which code they're taking. I goofed up, how do I change the title of my thread? Just go into the thread itself and report it to the moderators, making sure to mention what you want the thread renamed to. Below each post, there's an icon of a triangle with an exclamation mark inside it, for reporting posts to moderators. Any other questions?! Feel free to ask in this thread. Fat Mouse, sebgo, idolleon and 8 others like this. Misguided Well-Known Member Jan 27, 2009 2,346 19 38 #2 Misguided, Apr 14, 2017 Eli, you might include a place to get the full link from the short version, such as http://wheredoesthislinkgo.com Frenk99 and spitty gonzales like this. Esqarrouth Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2016 214 6 18 Dev Land of Stone #3 Esqarrouth, May 19, 2017 If you appinfo isn't showing up here are some extra info: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=4011596#post4011596 Frenk99 and Sachin Ganesh like this. KevinC120 Member May 17, 2017 16 0 0 #4 KevinC120, May 23, 2017 Thanks for the information wenix Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Oct 28, 2015 360 9 18 Male Vietnam https://www.genix-lab.com/ #5 wenix, Jun 6, 2017 Hi Eli, I'm used to use bsabiston Well-Known Member Nov 8, 2014 495 26 28 Austin, TX http://www.flatblackfilms.com #6 bsabiston, Jun 7, 2017 Hey Eli, I'm wondering whether to post a thread for my soft launch. Doesn't that result in two threads for the game once it releases, or is there some way to remove the [CA] for example from the heading once it is available worldwide? Thanks! Boardumb Administrator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Apr 14, 2009 8,964 880 113 THE BOSS Sacramento, CA #7 Boardumb, Jun 7, 2017 I typically close a soft launch thread and open a new one for the worldwide launch, but if the soft launch is just like a week or two then I'll usually just leave the soft launch thread and change the title. ZombieKillerNOLA likes this. Red1 Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Nov 26, 2010 2,011 6 38 Pre-occupied 42.1 #8 Red1, Jun 7, 2017 To close the soft launch thread or to rename the thread title, you'll need to click the "report posts" icon under the post and a moderator will do this for you. bsabiston Well-Known Member Nov 8, 2014 495 26 28 Austin, TX http://www.flatblackfilms.com #9 bsabiston, Jun 7, 2017 Ah ok thanks! spitty gonzales likes this. wenix Well-Known Member Patreon Bronze Oct 28, 2015 360 9 18 Male Vietnam https://www.genix-lab.com/ #10 wenix, Jun 9, 2017 @Boardumb I'm not sure if spitty gonzales likes this. Boardumb Administrator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Apr 14, 2009 8,964 880 113 THE BOSS Sacramento, CA #11 Boardumb, Jun 12, 2017 spitty gonzales likes this. Esqarrouth Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2016 214 6 18 Dev Land of Stone #12 Esqarrouth, Jul 5, 2017 Gameinfo and screenshots not updated My game info hasn't updated and a month passed. Its still showing screenshots that are 1+ years old. Its also showing the old name of my game. I've listed all problems, but made important ones bold. http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=305834 - Shows 1 year old screen shots - Shows 1 month old app description - Showing old genre, but not too important http://toucharcade.com/games/crafter-game - Shows 1 year old screen shots - Shows old name Crafter Game instead of Dawn of Crafting - I know the link here probably won't get autoupdated without an admin interfering with it - Shows 1 month old app description - Showing old genre, but not too important The screenshots in API in App Shopper looks like its working correctly, I don't know why its broken in TA. http://appshopper.com/games/crafter-game Any info about how I can fix this would be appreciated. I'm guessing a lot of players are probably getting hyped then looking at the screen shots and closing the thread. ZombieKillerNOLA and spitty gonzales like this. Esqarrouth Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2016 214 6 18 Dev Land of Stone #13 Esqarrouth, Jul 5, 2017 Ok so, I tried looking from the app too. In the game page: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6wd2y4l3wrk7b3/Photo%202017-07-05%2C%2022%2003%2004.png?dl=0 - 1 year old screen shots - Lol, showing a video of a different game - Wrong price (Never was priced that much) - 1 month old description In the forums: https://www.dropbox.com/s/52n1akmqoow1jne/Photo%202017-07-05%2C%2022%2004%2028.png?dl=0 - The first 5 screenshots are good, they are showing the new ones - The last 5 screenshots, I'm guessing iPad ones are blank Esqarrouth Well-Known Member Oct 13, 2016 214 6 18 Dev Land of Stone #14 Esqarrouth, Jul 13, 2017 Waited an additional week, the screen shots are still the same so its not about waiting for the system to update. schwertfisch Member Jan 9, 2013 21 0 0 environmental engineer Kavala, Greece #15 schwertfisch, Aug 7, 2017 game icon won't show up in the threads list Hello, the help given here is great but after having used the Thread-o-Matic 5000 utility to format my game's Thread, I still haven't managed to make the game's icon appear in the threads list of the iphone forum. How do I do this? (this is my thread) Masao New Member Aug 22, 2017 2 0 0 #16 Masao, Aug 22, 2017 How do I add the game icon to the thread? Hi Eli I just posted a new thread, but I did not know how to add the game icon. Can I add it after I posted the thread and how can I do that? Thanks Chantelle69 New Member Oct 25, 2017 4 0 0 #17 Chantelle69, Oct 28, 2017 Update app Can yous update your app so i can reinstall the app please and thank you it is saying it need ios 11 8bitappguy New Member Nov 30, 2017 2 0 0 #18 8bitappguy, Nov 30, 2017 I tried... I tried posting this game and it tells me I don't have permission to use this feature... https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/zombie-drop/id1195740222?mt=8 Maslan266 Well-Known Member Oct 14, 2017 397 56 28 #19 Maslan266, Mar 22, 2018 Thanks! It helped. thecotanak Member Jun 29, 2010 10 1 3 Male Istanbul http://www.emirarkman.com #20 thecotanak, May 29, 2018 Hello, I'm trying to post our game but writing down the iTunes link gives a JavaScript error. If I write another app's link, it works but our's is not. I can find our game on App Store, it's indexed already and can search for it too. Is it about App Shopper? I can't find our game listed on App Shopper either? I can't write our itunes link here in this reply too. It gives an error again. Delete spaces and try please: [a p p info] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/no-time-left/id1267390912?ls=1&mt=8 [/a p p info] Thanks. Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 13 1 ← 2 3 4 5 6 → 13 Next > 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
Eli, you might include a place to get the full link from the short version, such as http://wheredoesthislinkgo.com
If you appinfo isn't showing up here are some extra info: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=4011596#post4011596
Hey Eli, I'm wondering whether to post a thread for my soft launch. Doesn't that result in two threads for the game once it releases, or is there some way to remove the [CA] for example from the heading once it is available worldwide? Thanks!
I typically close a soft launch thread and open a new one for the worldwide launch, but if the soft launch is just like a week or two then I'll usually just leave the soft launch thread and change the title.
To close the soft launch thread or to rename the thread title, you'll need to click the "report posts" icon under the post and a moderator will do this for you.
Gameinfo and screenshots not updated My game info hasn't updated and a month passed. Its still showing screenshots that are 1+ years old. Its also showing the old name of my game. I've listed all problems, but made important ones bold. http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?t=305834 - Shows 1 year old screen shots - Shows 1 month old app description - Showing old genre, but not too important http://toucharcade.com/games/crafter-game - Shows 1 year old screen shots - Shows old name Crafter Game instead of Dawn of Crafting - I know the link here probably won't get autoupdated without an admin interfering with it - Shows 1 month old app description - Showing old genre, but not too important The screenshots in API in App Shopper looks like its working correctly, I don't know why its broken in TA. http://appshopper.com/games/crafter-game Any info about how I can fix this would be appreciated. I'm guessing a lot of players are probably getting hyped then looking at the screen shots and closing the thread.
Ok so, I tried looking from the app too. In the game page: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6wd2y4l3wrk7b3/Photo%202017-07-05%2C%2022%2003%2004.png?dl=0 - 1 year old screen shots - Lol, showing a video of a different game - Wrong price (Never was priced that much) - 1 month old description In the forums: https://www.dropbox.com/s/52n1akmqoow1jne/Photo%202017-07-05%2C%2022%2004%2028.png?dl=0 - The first 5 screenshots are good, they are showing the new ones - The last 5 screenshots, I'm guessing iPad ones are blank
Waited an additional week, the screen shots are still the same so its not about waiting for the system to update.
game icon won't show up in the threads list Hello, the help given here is great but after having used the Thread-o-Matic 5000 utility to format my game's Thread, I still haven't managed to make the game's icon appear in the threads list of the iphone forum. How do I do this? (this is my thread)
How do I add the game icon to the thread? Hi Eli I just posted a new thread, but I did not know how to add the game icon. Can I add it after I posted the thread and how can I do that? Thanks
Update app Can yous update your app so i can reinstall the app please and thank you it is saying it need ios 11
I tried... I tried posting this game and it tells me I don't have permission to use this feature... https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/zombie-drop/id1195740222?mt=8
Hello, I'm trying to post our game but writing down the iTunes link gives a JavaScript error. If I write another app's link, it works but our's is not. I can find our game on App Store, it's indexed already and can search for it too. Is it about App Shopper? I can't find our game listed on App Shopper either? I can't write our itunes link here in this reply too. It gives an error again. Delete spaces and try please: [a p p info] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/no-time-left/id1267390912?ls=1&mt=8 [/a p p info] Thanks.
