Oh, and because this is just too good to pass up, we got an email from a guy whose real name is "Mikey Shirts"!!! So cool!
Yeah, crazy! But now I'll use this as a quick segue to how we got to Mikey Shorts for our title. The day we started Mikey Shorts, I emailed qpawn asking him if he'd be interested in sending me some sprite frames to animate. He asked me what I'd like, and I told him whatever. So he sent me a sprite of him wearing short shorts. That of course led me to create our Xcode project aptly titled: "ShortShorts". And that is still the internal project name. But we eventually realized that the name "Short shorts" would lead to other more questionable kind of apps when searching in the app store. So given the fact that we are both named "Mike", it was a pretty obvious choice to go with "Mikey" and then leave the "Shorts" because that is what he is wearing. Anyway, I digress...
Wait,unless I'm missing something isn't Mikey Shorts the highest rated metacritic game ever?If so why is no one else losing there minds?I mean we should all be celabrating this awesome game getting the top spot on metacritic.
Most iOS sites still haven't reviewed it yet, so it's 100 spot isn't firmly in position. Still, awesome for the meantime!
Probably because it is based on only 5 critic reviews at the moment. Though I am absolutely blown away by the number of 5 star reviews we have gotten! Now if only we'd stop dropping down the iPhone charts! I think we're at 196 currently. We've been holding pretty steady on the iPad chart, but that is probably due to the fact we were listed in New & Noteworthy.
Read the story about being homeless, so thought I would come in here to support you guys and buy the game. Hope things are getting better.
I wouldn't worry too much about ranking yet. It's super early and you are going to go up and down. You have to let this current network effect play out.
I know I've posted in this thread already with my opinion but let me reiterate. You guys have really knocked it out of the park with this one. I'm a glued to my iPhone and it's an old 3gs with a cracked screen, so that's saying something. I've gotten away from playing so much on my phone anymore because of the screen but I'm seeing past that with this game. So much fun! Oh and I'll be redownloading when I get my new iPhone next month. 5 Star in the App store coming soon.
EDIT: Found the shorts finally. Not sure how missed them... Can't find shorts on level 6-3. Haven't had a problem with any of them up to this point, but I guess I give up. Searched every where I can see but no shorts...
Well it took me a few tries (more like 25-30) but I'm now ranked #9 in the world on world 4-1. Don't know why I chose that world to start trying to kill my times but it kind of sucked me in. Goin for the top spot soon and then all the other worlds as well. Look OUT!!! Edit: nailing that perfect run is SO satisfying.
Alright, I took all #1 spots except for 1-1. Go try and beat 'em =P. Spectacular level design by the way.
What? Oh, this wasn't the game with the 2 homeless developers... I bought it just to support them, sigh. I normally don't like platformers, but anyway, guess this one has a lot of supporters and good reviews, so guess I'll go have to play it now and see if it is worth all the hype!
Sorry, but the story about the two homeless guys was for the game: Gasketball. But thanks for supporting our first ever release!! We'd be very curious to hear your thoughts after playing.
