Show HN: A game I've been working on for the last year is out today

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Post by savethejets » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:24 PM UTC

Show HN: A game I've been working on for the last year is out today
itunes.apple.com

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Post by alecsmart1 » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:42 PM UTC

It's not available for iPhone :( any reason for that?

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Post by benzor » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:43 PM UTC

Fellow (mobile) game developer here, congrats on the launch! Can you tell us about the development cycle for this game? Were you alone, did it take a year full-time, etc? I'm curious.

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Post by Mithrandir » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:43 PM UTC

Main site (link in the description is not working): http://www.codeherdstudios.com/AsteroidSmash.html

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

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Post by iSloth » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:47 PM UTC

alecsmart1 wrote: post #2

It's not available for iPhone :( any reason for that?

I would guess the screen size is too small for 4 people to play at once.

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Post by sciguy77 » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:47 PM UTC

Looks great. Reminds me a bit of Space Team. I'm loving all these new collaborative games coming out.

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Post by antonius » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:48 PM UTC

alecsmart1 wrote: post #2

It's not available for iPhone :( any reason for that?

Seeing how the game accepts up to 4 players total, I'm guessing the screen factor played a role.

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Post by akg » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:51 PM UTC

benzor wrote: post #3

Fellow (mobile) game developer here, congrats on the launch! Can you tell us about the development cycle for this game? Were you alone, did it take a year full-time, etc? I'm curious.

I would be curious as well. What is your marketing plan? I also released a game a month ago after working on it for about a year, but soon realized that it is very tough to break through the noise on the app store and get your game noticed.

What has your experience been with this? I see that you are doing pay-up-front model. I'd be curious to get your sense of why you went with that as opposed to the freemium + IAP model.

I also released as a paid app initially, it almost seems as if there is an expectation that games should be free to try and then either progress via upgrades or IAPs.

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Post by danpalmer » Sun, Nov 17, 2013, 5:52 PM UTC

Looks good. I'm wondering why you highlight "Only on iOS" as a specific thing on the screenshots?