Show HN: Looptap – A minimal game to waste your time

Post by xavhan » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:03 PM UTC

Post by umvi » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:04 PM UTC

jckahn wrote: post #30

Awesome work! I strongly recommend monetizing this. If this was a native iOS/Android app, you could show an interstitial ad after each Game Over and offer a small in-app purchase to remove all ads. It worked for 2048, and I believe it would work here as well! Addictive drop-dead simplicity is repeatable recipe for success in games. I'm working towards this same strategy in my own projects, but I think you've really n…

Post by scrozier » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:06 PM UTC

Post by y4mi » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:08 PM UTC

deeviant wrote: post #26

Some sort of measurement or score for more hits per unit time would be cool. Overall, fun little game, nice job.

Post by schleck8 » Thu, Jan 13, 2022, 5:09 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #33

jckahn wrote: post #30

Awesome work! I strongly recommend monetizing this. If this was a native iOS/Android app, you could show an interstitial ad after each Game Over and offer a small in-app purchase to remove all ads. It worked for 2048, and I believe it would work here as well! Addictive drop-dead simplicity is repeatable recipe for success in games. I'm working towards this same strategy in my own projects, but I think you've really n…

You have to get a lucky/viral head start though, because the moment you monetize it and it proves successful you'll immediately have a bunch of clones competing from Zynga, Ketchapp, etc. That's what happened with 2048 as well as Flappy Bird.