Agreed! I think this thread has blown out of proportion. If the creator of Hive wants to make his own app, then there you go! He can advertise saying it's "the original!" Hanto is polished and fun, and there is no reason for anyone to knock it down.
New Icon...... I'd like to see this study where people don't like pushing red objects. Well ok, I can see why, but I don't think that study relates to opening an app on your iPhone. If you're aware of that study then I'm sure you're aware of the one that says the color Blue actually depresses people. It's also less apetizing. Stick with the red icon, change it a little but keep the red. It's proven that red excites people. They eat more and spend more money when red is involved.
There are studies that relate colors to all sorts of things .. However - Nattylux has one of the top selling apps in the store - and so - if I was going to listen to anyone - it would be someone with a proven track record -unless you have credentials similar to hers.
Amen, er, RIGHT ON! @DaveMC99 Military, or as I said, like a mediaval theme with the bee as a cloud castle or something fun and colorful! @Rusa WELL WRITTEN... i just want a grasshopper dammit (jk) @Bonerswild and others: well, there's so many options, even brushed metal or florescents-like in a kids game. On boardgamegeek someone made a baked clay hex tile version of Hive with press-in bugs impressions and buffed it. It looks platinum and gold, really nice. Photos are up there. I'll try to rip it and post it.
@nattylux: Thanks for all the advise! All of it. It is quite encouraging, actually. I do believe the store is a lottery and I am certain that Hanto will not be a #1 hit because of the kind of game it is (I do understand the nature of the store a little better now, and looking back, I wouldn't have started with something like this but something completely different... I do have other projects in mind, and a bit in code...). But I also think that Hanto is definitely missing a major part of its audience with 2 to 7 downloads a day (worldwide). So I would like to try a few things before giving up on this. I've tried contacting the sites with a description, screenshots, etc., but I had no luck. I'll try to come up with a different speech, perhaps. Those two, on the other hand, are things I can try without a lot of effort. Worst case they can be harmless, best case, they could work... Thanks again!
Whatever........ Yes I am aware of the studies on colors. However, I disagree about a blue icon. You don't want a calming effect when trying to get someone excited about buying your game. That seems pretty obvious to me. I have 168 apps and maybe 2 have blue icons. I have a bunch of red icons though. Now is that because of the game itself or the icon? Either way, I bought more red ones. Tell me, if Blue is such an overwhelming favorite. Why are there way more Red cars on the road then Blue. In fact, a lot of car manufacturers stopped offering Blue as a color because no one buys them.
+1 Agreed. I just looked up an article about red, recalling something on the news about it a year ago. If you want to sell something, put it in a red box as they say. I still think it's the "theme", and maybe make the colors brighter rather than off or cooler. http://psychcentral.com/news/2008/10/29/the-color-red-attracts-men-to-women/3227.html @Rusa WHOOPS! I meant to say "DRAGONFLY" sorry. But yeah, I like what you wrote, and think that bubbles or diagram for quick references THAT CAN BE TURNED ON OR OFF IN THE PREFS for beginners would be nice. THANK YOU for expressing your intention for continued support of your wonderful game in the face of adversity!!!
Yeah, the red/blue thing will obviously vary person to person. Red is actually my favorite color, so don't think that I'm part of some anti-red cabal This is where I got the original data: http://www.createwithcontext.com/media/cwc-how-people-use-iphone.pdf The most important thing that I think every developer should do with an icon: - When you have a final icon version - Photoshop it into the top 25, both on iTunes and on the phone - Now be honest - does your icon pop? Is your eye attracted to it? Or do you just look over it? It's really important that your icon stand out and attract attention, because that's generally all you have to get users to click on it. Anyway, just a little trick we've found helpful when figuring out if an icon is good enough. Everything comes with the usual caveat that I don't really know what I'm talking about @Rula Glad this is helpful. I actually just downloaded Hanto. Will need to peruse the rules a bit better. Love the music Good luck!
I don't understand what you mean by "photo shop it into the top 25". What "exactly" is your little trick please, it's late and I must be just missin it As for icons that "pop", I feel nothing beats "I Dig It" icon
I think she means to get a screen copy of the top 25 apps then put your icon in there with all the other ones. Then you can see how it looks compared to the other top app icons. I could be wrong, but that is how I read it.
Yes, that's what I mean. Take a screenshot of the top 25 and photoshop your proposed icon in there next to some of your favorite icons. See how it looks by comparison.
A dev just threw together a list of 30 places to promote your app. You can find this comprehensive list here: http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?p=449718&posted=1#post449718 Nice Job!!!
Yeah, I thought you did. I am also sure you meant "Rula" instead of "Rusa" BTW, English is not my native tongue either... and it is funny because "rusa" in Spanish means "russian girl" (which I am not...).
Well, I was born here in America, so I should know better. Sorry about that Your English is better than most my neighbors LOL Did you see the links above Rula? For app promotion?
Here's an example from BoardGameGeek of a Hive fan's homebrew hex game tiles. Many fans do this and own the original Hive. No one b*@#%es about that, tho....
