I finally caved and installed the beta build on my phone (because of Warbits #), and it's been working OK for me. Notifications are still a little sketchy, for when it's my turn to make a move in a game. But achievements and the actual multiplayer aspect seem to be working properly. Congrats on the release, BTW. <whispers Monkeyrama 2.... Monkeyrama 2>
cbos0503, haha, thanks! My next game is going to be a kind of a "mini GTA" You can roam around a city which has tons of different things to do etc.
GameCenter is working great for me. Beta 2 fixed GameCenter. I'm now on Beta 4 which came out a few days ago. And it's still working great.
I'm on beta 2. Was afraid to make the jump to another build. Guess I'll install beta 4, now that there's some confirmation GC still works.
Downloading now. I can't believe this game has been out since the middle of March. Today is the first time I've heard about. Looks really awesome. Thanks, Monkey. I'll be back with some impressions. @LordShad0ws, you should create your own thread where you list and link to the games you're playing. You seem to find a lot of good games that most of us miss some how. I'm not trying to sound like a fan boy or anything but you do seem to have a knack for it and having all of your suggested game in one place could be useful for some of us and help bring more attention to the games. Just a suggestion.
Same here not heard about this until today so I'm downloading now after all the good things everyone is say about it, and I'll purchase the IAP to help support the developer. Oh and I installed IOS 9.3.2 beta 4 yesterday and it fixed my game centre too and it's still working fine even if it's still early days
mj132 and sobriquet, thanks a lot! That means a lot to me. And I agree with sobri that LordShad0wz should do the list! I'm also usually lost in the middle of the not-so-quality games in the AppStore and could really use someone doing the harvesting so I wouldn't need to! What would you guys say would be the coolest new features you could think for Space Bang? I wouldn't want to just keep on doing more Galaxies since not many seem to play all the way to the end anyway...
TouchArcade really helps cut through all the crap in the App Store. Even with that there are a ton of quality games. It's impossible for someone to find them all. LordShad0ws is present in almost every thread I read and I'm often finding other game threads, like this one, where he's already posting and I, most of the time, find those games to be good and fun. I'm just suggesting he could have a thread where he posts "hey, I'm playing this game you guys should check it out". That way just reading his thread could lead to finding games that fly under the radar as this one did.
I hate promoting my own stuff on TA when they have been so good to me. I don't want to take anything away from them, but 3 weeks ago my website, snappzilla.com went live and it's pretty much what you are looking for (I think). It's a website geared toward indie games/devs and the lesser known games on the App Store. I even do reviews on older games that got looked over in the past. So far feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Anyway, like I said, I hate promoting on TA, but I figured I'd let ya know that there's something out there.
NOEN, the site looks good! All the covered games look good too, at least visually. I also know the guy who made your indie corner game Amazeing. He's Finnish too. You might want to improve the readability on the "by gamers, for thumbkind" slogan a bit though.
Monkey, I was wondering if you might consider doing a sale on the IAP for a week? Can you change the prices without doing an update? I would like to spend more on the game but I've already spent about $15 on the game and my upgrades are to the point where I'd need to buy the $5.99 IAP at minimum lol. If there were a sale I could make a few purchases. Also where do you activate iCloud in the game? I can't find it anywhere I'm looking. It just says don't forget to activate iCloud. I looked all over and don't see a toggle or button anywhere. Do you have any further plans for the game? I'd love different ships. Maybe a special ship you can buy with its own persistent weapon or something on top of the normal stuff. I love the game and play it daily. I watch the ads to give you a little revenue. I love that it lets me watch all the ads at once. I get like 28 ads in a row hehe! Billy
Hey Billy! Thanks for still replying. I wouldn't want to touch the Shard Pack IAP pricing, but I've been thinking about other ways to help players progress faster. For example, each Galaxy you unlock could add more Shards to the ad view reward. iCloud is enabled through your device settings. If you have iCloud Backups enabled already, it should be automatic! I'm almost done with localizing the game in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish and Finnish. And I also added Twitter and Facebook share ability after each death. You can get some pretty cool screenshots with it! Check my Twitter account to see a few examples https://twitter.com/terikoinen I'm not sure what I'd do for the next update though. I'd like to maybe do some special game mode. For example, every time you reach ~100,000 in a universal distance meter, you would get to play some funky new mode where you could collect a lot of Shards and stuff... Thanks for the continuous support, means a lot to me! However, as I recently learned, viewing the ads doesn't give me any revenue - instead you'd have to actually go and install the app it advertises in order for me to get anything from it. Cheers, Monkey Man
Then you are getting screwed. You need a new ad network. You should be making money per view. Look up the game Astro attack and message the dev. He will help you for sure. We just talked about his ad network and how he gets paid. I was helping him test it. He told me the ads I watched just made him 28 cents hehe. He just switched to a new ad mediator and makes money on every ad view. You are getting screwed royally. That's bs. You deserve better. As to the special game mode I love it. That's an awesome idea. My upgrades are all 30,000 so I can't afford the IAP lol. So any shard help will be good. I have spent a good amount on the game though so I feel good about my contributions. I really love the game. It's fun! I haven't unlocked the last two levels yet. I'm working on it. Billy
This is actually how many of the ad networks work. They communicate the revenue through eCPM (revenue per thousand ad views) even though the revenue actually comes through installs instead of views. This includes for example Unity Ads, AdColony, and many others. The ones that give you money per view are usually branded ad networks, and I'm researching those too.
Have you considered putting in a shard magnet that's upgrade able? I'd purchase this feature. It would let me get the shards in the no fly zone. And again different ships would be killer. Billy
I've thought about them but have to see. I'd like to put more effort on somehow using the already existing content better before adding more specific single features... Let's see.
Update out! Latest update of Space Bang is out! Nothing major gameplay-wise, since this update brought the following: - Localized in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese (BR), Russian, Turkish and Finnish - Screenshot share possibility at the end of each level Hope you like it.
Phew! I've finally upgraded everything to max. I think I've watched 2 to 3000 ads hahahahahahahaha! Now I can concentrate on playing and finish unlocking all of the levels. I can't wait for more to be added. It's a damn fun game. It was definitely worth the money I spent. Billy
