Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
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Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#2Good for you for accomplishing and creating so much. Congrats on that. But good god, the background of your site is an eyesore. It literally hurt my eyes as I read through your list. You're going to deter a lot of people with such a bright background. Beyond that you're detracting so much attention away from your content. Feel free to completely ignore this, but I would change the background to something subtler or at least monotone if I were you. It will bring the focus back to where it belongs, your content, and it will give a far better first impression to new visitors.
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#3Hey Dave, are you in Edinburgh? You should enter make-a-game-month (#makgammon) [1] next year. Its hosted at Edinburgh Hacklab. I think you would really fit in
http://edinburghhacklab.com/2013/12/make-a-game-month-result...
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#4Good for you for accomplishing and creating so much. Congrats on that. But good god, the background of your site is an eyesore. It literally hurt my eyes as I read through your list. You're going to deter a lot of people with such a bright background. Beyond that you're detracting so much attention away from your content. Feel free to completely ignore this, but I would change the background to something subtler or a…
Thanks!! Yeah wasn't sure myself, changed it to something more blue sky. Thanks again for the feedback!
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#5Hey Dave, are you in Edinburgh? You should enter make-a-game-month (#makgammon) [1] next year. Its hosted at Edinburgh Hacklab. I think you would really fit in http://edinburghhacklab.com/2013/12/make-a-game-month-result...
Hey, yes I am. Sadly I'll be moving on in January though. When is the next #makgammon? I may drop in and see you lot before I leave!
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#6That's a good output but a little disingenuous to say 22 when several are just various themes on the same engine. (E.g. 4 paint apps)
Depending on your aim with these, next year would be a great year to focus less on dev and more on marketing. Many of these have zero reviews on the play store but are on par with other more established apps.
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#7Hey Dave, are you in Edinburgh? You should enter make-a-game-month (#makgammon) [1] next year. Its hosted at Edinburgh Hacklab. I think you would really fit in http://edinburghhacklab.com/2013/12/make-a-game-month-result...
Hey, yes I am. Sadly I'll be moving on in January though. When is the next #makgammon? I may drop in and see you lot before I leave!
Urgh, #makgammon is every November :(
The lab has a public open night every Tue and Thurs though. General hacking then. The game things is a once a year special event. (check out the Doodle app for this year)
Join the mailing list, or just email me if you want to visit.
Oh there are bitcoin talks on the 3rd of Jan I think. (check the mailing list)
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#8That's a good output but a little disingenuous to say 22 when several are just various themes on the same engine. (E.g. 4 paint apps) Depending on your aim with these, next year would be a great year to focus less on dev and more on marketing. Many of these have zero reviews on the play store but are on par with other more established apps.
Yeah, I totally agree. Many failures in marketing this year. Weird thing is, PooBarr the pooping bear has some great reviews out there but it dosen't seem to catch peoples attention.
Disingenuous maybe, but the painting apps have changed dramatically through each release, my tech is now 5 times faster than at the beginning of the year. As I've been pushing ahead with new products I've been keeping the updates going with my older ones. Also I don't think 20+ illustrations for each one is a meaningless effort. But yes, I really need to come up with a better marketing strategy for my paint! ta!
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
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Hey, yes I am. Sadly I'll be moving on in January though. When is the next #makgammon? I may drop in and see you lot before I leave!
Urgh, #makgammon is every November :( The lab has a public open night every Tue and Thurs though. General hacking then. The game things is a once a year special event. (check out the Doodle app for this year) Join the mailing list, or just email me if you want to visit. Oh there are bitcoin talks on the 3rd of Jan I think. (check the mailing list)
Argh, blast. I did see it this year, but was a bit too busy to jump in.
I'll endeavour to come along on the 3rd. Awesome, ta!
Re: Show HN: I made 22 apps and games this year mostly by myself – here they are
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hey, yes I am. Sadly I'll be moving on in January though. When is the next #makgammon? I may drop in and see you lot before I leave!
Urgh, #makgammon is every November :( The lab has a public open night every Tue and Thurs though. General hacking then. The game things is a once a year special event. (check out the Doodle app for this year) Join the mailing list, or just email me if you want to visit. Oh there are bitcoin talks on the 3rd of Jan I think. (check the mailing list)
Maybe you can answer a question for me - why is that the hackerspaces in the UK are not open to the public all the time? I've been quite surprised at how difficult it is to get involved in the hackerspace scene in the UK - but I guess I'm kind of spoiled with the Metalab/Vienna situation. Is there some law in the UK that makes it difficult for hackerspaces to maintain an open door policy for the public, or is it more that the hackerspace is not as vibrant in the UK as it is on the Continent, and there aren't hackers there all the time?