Great job! So what are your plans for 2014? 60 apps? :)
My goal is to make 1 app. On all Windows 8, iOS, and Android. One that makes some revenue!
Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
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Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#32Nice! At 15 I was just learning what a computer was :o (15 years ago)
Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#33C'mon! No one here read the sourcecode? It's made without any programming using this app: https://www.scirra.com/ ... still more games than i have done though :-P
May you please link to any of your projects? Were any built without using any third party tools or libraries?
Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#34C'mon! No one here read the sourcecode? It's made without any programming using this app: https://www.scirra.com/ ... still more games than i have done though :-P
I doubt I had even 30 ideas this year :P
Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#35The minecraft-themed jump game has potential. I would skin it with more minecraft looking assets and include monsters. Maybe a creeper that explodes and takes away all surrounding blocks when you jump nearby? Or a skeleton that shoots arrows and nudges the player to the side (making it harder to control)?
You may also vary the level by using the different biome textures from the original.
Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#36Wonderful. And - nostalgia advances. And how, at 15 I probably was a more productive programmer than now, where I barely manage to wrap up a few miniscule open source projects per year, if any. Back then I wrote what looks like major projects to me now - in month, alongside school, friends, holidays and everything ... Any experiences or tips on how to get 15 again in terms of productivity? :)
I think it would be slightly unrealistic to 'get back to 15'. I'm 15, and I'm a developer; the main advantage I have right now is that I don't need to worry about rent, food, and other stuff, since I'm still with my parents. This gives me time to work on whatever project I want without any other worries. I guess in your case, you would probably have to get some sort of job where they are a lot more lenient and give y…
No chores, no kids, no girlfriend/wife. That's where time goes. I was crazy productive when I was 15 (and when I was 12). Now I'm 33 with a wife and kids I just don't have the time. But then again I work on problems that are two-three factors harder than this during the day, so it all evens out.
Keep up the good work kid, try lots of stuff out now, find something you like, then go deep. It only gets more fun :)
Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#37Good job. Now focus only on one app (from design to store) and make it not just like a tutorial.
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#38Your paid link is broken :P
Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#39This is pretty impressive :) What I would recommend is that instead of distributing your time and energy to this many apps, you should stick to one concept and channel all your time into it. I like the games, but they could use some improvement in concept and overall quality, which shouldn't be hard for you if you spend enough time on each and every one. Focusing on one app would allow you to spend enough time, and w…
That is what I want/am going to do. I was just seeing all the things I could make and get some experience in submitting an app.
any iOS apps in your plans?
Re: Show HN: I made 30 apps this year and I'm 15
#40That's pretty cool. Somehow I wish there would have been app stores back then when I was 15 and making games. Not to earn money but to get people to play my games - which was pretty damn hard back in 1997.
Nowadays you can get 100 users pretty easily just by releasing the game. 100 users back then was something I dreamed about reaching some day :)