Games App or Game?

[Informatix]

I think only 5%-10% luck; at least 50% promotion!

It's what I mean: when the game meets the required standards, without promotion, it's only luck. For apps, it's different because you fulfill a need more specific.

 

[wonder]

@Informatix, as I told @ilan before, the Steam (PC) platform may be a much better option than Google Play.

Pros of PC game development:
- If you're going to roll with B4J, you may use SGE + Box2D
- If not, you can always roll with Unity or even Unreal Engine 4.
- Steam (PC) users are comfortable with the concept of buying games
- There are many Youtube channels dedicated to reviewing (PC) Indie Games
- Gamers have way more respect for PC / Console games, than they have for mobile ones
- For action games, real keyboard/mouse/gamepad controls, no more touchscreen nonsense

 

[Informatix]

Steam (PC) users are comfortable with the concept of buying games

I prefer not to count the number of games that I bought on Steam and that I never played...

- For action games, real keyboard/mouse/gamepad controls, no more touchscreen nonsense

Surprisingly, there's no USB library for B4J and the lack of gamepad support in SGE may be a big drawback. My son uses only a gamepad to play on my PC.

It's maybe easier to be noticed on Steam but I really lost the faith and I prefer making tools for other developers. It's not a wrong choice when I see the success of ULV (and I'm very glad to know that has nothing to do with luck).

 

[wonder]

So here's a new idea for your SGE: JInput - Java Game Controller API

 

[melonZgz]

Unfortunately without any kind of promotion, how can we stand out of the crowd? By luck? It's my feeling about success or failure on Google Play. It's just a matter of luck.

That's so true. Without promotion a game won't do anything. I think there are some factors to get downloads:

• allready have downloads (here comes the promotion)
• some ASO (keywords...)
• a good icon (it's more important of what many people can think)
• A lot of luck
• and finally the quality of the game

I spent months of work doing the UFO game, wich I think it's a good one (fun to play, physics, graphics...), and you know what? less than 10 daily downloads!

 

[Star-Dust]

@melonZgz How to choose and draw a good icon

 

[ilan]

So here's a new idea for your SGE: JInput - Java Game Controller API

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[Informatix]

So here's a new idea for your SGE: JInput - Java Game Controller API

I looked at many solutions (JInput is not my favorite). It's too much work in all cases.