Just watched Indie Game - The Movie, it is really great to see such beautiful games having success like that! This documentary is amazing from my point of view, because it really shows how we feel — the indie devs — when we are making and releasing a game! I absolutely enjoyed that. But I also assume that it was really heart breaking for me to watch this documentary, because Wawa Land did not sold as much as I expected... and even if A LOT of people — and especially on this forum — loved and supported the game, I haven't sold enough copies to be able to continue Wawa without going back to a big game studio in order to get the money I need to finish it... By this, I am not saying that I am stopping to make it — that will NEVER happen — but I definitely think that I was stupid to release it without a publisher... Well, sorry for that post, just a sad day caused by 2 years of hard-working-based-stress exploding out. By the way, as I said the Chapter 3 is on its way
Hey fellow developer! I feel your pain . Congratulations on a game well done and polished. I hope you land a good job position!
Mmmh, ok. I believe you, I have no experience with this category. All I can say for sure is that a grand a day is a lot more than what's required to hit the top 20 of the RPG category. US #17 RPG/#29 Board was ~150$/day worldwide for us (of which we get 70%). From the few other gamedevs I know, nobody seems to match that kind of revenue/day, not even in the top #10 of a subcategory. From what I gather ranking seems to be based on sales velocity with an inertia that's dependent on the days the app has spent on the store. But there's obviously more to it although there's a pretty strong sales/rank correlation. Sorry for taking the thread OT. It's an interesting discussion nonetheless, I'd be happy to continue it in its own thread if you feel so .
Hello Yann- I have had the new IPad for a couple of weeks now, and it is far superior to my iPhone 4 for gaming....any chance WaWa will go universal? I just don't bother with my phone much any more. Health and happiness, Lobster
Hi Lobster, hope you are good too I am currently finishing the 1.1 version of Wawa Land with the a lot of new things in the Chapter 3 This would be released in few weeks. I will then work on an iPad version of the game. I am also currently searching a way to share the game saves between the two versions
Wawa Land 1.1 is now under play testing, it should be available in 10 days or so! Here are some screenshots of the New Chapter 3! Here is the new Chapter: The Temple! Platforms with propellerheads! Get the Soap to enjoy the Bathing Cap! New hazards! The cart world with HUDGE jumps! What is this? Splash...
Ok so the update has been sent, it will be available in the beginning of the next week Here is the full changelog: - MAJOR CHANGES - [ADD] CHAPTER 3 - The Temple is now available with 8 new worlds! [ADD] POWER - A new power can be found in the Temple's worlds! [ADD] GAMEPLAY - A lot of new traps and monsters! [ADD] GAME CENTER - New achievements! - MINOR CHANGES - [ADD] PUSH - Be notified about the new updates and directly get it [FIX] CRASH - Fixed crash when was going to the planet! [FIX] CRASH - Fixed crash when killing a critter while underwater in World 2-2 (thx G. Prea) [FIX] CRASH - Fixed random crash when killing a critter with a power [FIX] CRASH - Fixed infrequent crash when playing a sound effect [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Reduced Wawa's slippery a little bit [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Reduced the difficulty of stomping the critters [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Filus (yellow critters) will wait more time before firing [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Removed stomp scoring while underwarer bug (fix n°2) [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Fixed stomp scoring working on Bibus (big pink water trampolines) [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Ground pounded blue boxes will be still opened coming back [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Sized-up collision box of Wallars [FIX] GAMEPLAY - All powers now goes up under water [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Pirate Scarf's power disabled in treasure chest [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Fixed invisble fire on Polos (pink firing critters) [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Fixed checkpoints not checked when reloading World [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Now can unlock any world with Wallars (not limited to the next one only) [FIX] GAMEPLAY - Fixed dead critters slippery [FIX] CONTROLS - Fixed controls blocked after touching a corner when is wall jumping [FIX] WORLD 1-3 - Little tweaks on some critters [FIX] WORLD 2-4 - Removed some critters and reduced the speed of some [FIX] WORLD 2-7 - Little tweaks on bonus items [ADD] GFX - Unlockable worlds' gates are now animated in Chapters [ADD] GFX - Added a common pattern at the end of races [FIX] GFX - Fixed critters' fire emitter height [FIX] GFX - Fixed pikes y position in retina display mode [FIX] GFX - Blinking Pause text is shown 6 seconds instead of 3 [FIX] GFX - Fixed water not visible when close to world's roof [FIX] GFX - Fixed running dust emitter position [FIX] GFX - Fixed white rectangles glitch appearing on Chapters (thx G. Prea) [FIX] GFX - Fixed time out + game over screen bug [FIX] GFX - Fixed Tornado's Helmet position when Wawa is in a cart [FIX] BGM - Fixed cart worlds' music with a new remasterised version [ADD] DEVICE - The app can also start directly in landscape left mode [ADD] ENGINE - Now the engine uses a fixed time step for physics [FIX] ENGINE - Enhanced graphics performances [FIX] ENGINE - Fixed detection of closest things [ADD] SHOP - 2 new hidden code to enter (one is very famous [3RD] HKTMXTiledMap - Added a custom patch to reduce retina zones' weight [3RD] Appirater - Ask for rating at second use of the game
OK! Here it is the Chapter 3 is available since yesterday night! Please send me your feedbacks And thanks again to all of you!
Great to hear chapter 3 is available! I'll give ou my feedback as soon as I play through the world. Also, any hints on the new shop codes?
Thanks For the code 1 concerns Wawa Land directly, the other as said in the changelog is very famous.
Hello Yann- I got the new update, only to find tornado doesn't work....I deleted the app and redownloaded but am still having the issue...I am playing on iphone4 current os. Best,Lobster
Hi Lobster, Hope you are fine This is really strange, what does not work in fact? You can't get it or you can't spin? You should maybe trie to move or reset your controls. This is really strange that this update would change anything with the Tornado Helmet, because I haven't changed it... Please inform me
Hi Yann- Okay, re- downloaded again and it is working fine. It must be my phone. I have had it for awhile, and occasionally I have problems with touch response. A reboot usually fixes the problem. Sorry for the scare! Best, Lobster
