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| [iPHONE] iJewels on the App Store |
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Mika Halttunen
Member #760
November 2000
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Seeing there have been some iPhone games announced here, I thought I'd plug mine as well.. Last night, Apple approved the iOS-version (a complete rewrite, actually) of my Android-game Jewels into the App Store. I had to call it iJewels, as there was already an app named "JEWELS" there (my fault for picking such an unoriginal name for the XNA-version back in 2007 It's a simple yet highly polished match-3 puzzler, similar to the original Bewejeled and the Russian game Shariki. The iPhone version is greatly improved over the Android-version (which in turn was an improvement over the PC-version), so I suggest to try it out even if you had tried the Android-version. It works fine in iPhone 3G and iPod touch 2nd gen, and around 60 FPS on the 3GS and 4. Here is the iTunes link for more information: iJewels on the App Store
So, thanks for the interest and feel free to try the game, and even review it if you've got the time! Thanks! |
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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I don't have an I-thing nor an Android. "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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Mika Halttunen
Member #760
November 2000
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GullRaDriel said: I don't have an I-thing nor an Android.
Darn! I guess you could try the original XNA-version then, although the mobile versions have evolved beyond the old PC-version.. It does have bloom and water shaders which are not on the mobile versions! |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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5 million downloads on android? Impressive. Is that an exact number or an estimate?
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Mika Halttunen
Member #760
November 2000
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Trent Gamblin said: 5 million downloads on android? Impressive. Is that an exact number or an estimate? It is the statistic taken from the Android Market publisher account page, currently it's 5.8 million. I'm not sure how accurate it is and if it counts updates as installs as well (probably does). It will be impossible to reach that with the iOS-version, as the games on the App Store are much higher quality, but doesn't really matter. I got lucky with the Android-version, there was apparently a niche for a free match-3 game. |
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Nice. 5 million+ is a big deal. The game looks nice and polished. I'm going to download and try later.
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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Another game for my Android phone to try out. Maybe I'll have my dad and sister try out the iPhone version to help with the download stats there. --- |
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StevenVI
Member #562
July 2000
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What sort of money are you making off of the ads? Enough to live off of, or just a few pennies every so often? (Or somewhere in between?) If I don't forget about it come evening, I'll give it a try. __________________________________________________ |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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I tried it. The game is nice and well done, but the concept is boring as boring can be. |
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Mika Halttunen
Member #760
November 2000
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MiquelFire said: Maybe I'll have my dad and sister try out the iPhone version to help with the download stats there.
Thanks, that'd be nice. StevenVI said: What sort of money are you making off of the ads? Enough to live off of, or just a few pennies every so often? (Or somewhere in between?)
Enough to live off of at the moment, but it's not exactly the most reliable source of income on the long run. I'll have to keep making games, but luckily that has been my hobby for pretty damn long so I don't mind.. Matthew Leverton said: I tried it. The game is nice and well done, but the concept is boring as boring can be.
Heheh, thanks Matthew! Lots of people have requested for power ups, etc. but I kinda like the game as it is, very simple. Obviously if I ever do a sequel or deluxe version or something I will improve the game play and make it more interesting, but that's a different story entirely. |
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blargmob
Member #8,356
February 2007
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No way, my friend was playing this earlier today in class --- |
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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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Allegro.cc members have some guess stars ^^ "Code is like shit - it only smells if it is not yours" |
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vbovio
Member #8,283
January 2007
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the game looks very good, congratulations! and you are on #101 top free games, very nice! --------------- |
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Mika Halttunen
Member #760
November 2000
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Just tried it. For presentation, this gets top marks. It's great. I love the music too. Everything works together. And even though it's not an original idea, I had fun playing it. I've never heard of score loop though. I didn't sign up. Honestly, I probably wouldn't sign up to any score service except Game Center. I don't want another 50 logins like I have for web sites. Overall, very nice! Left you a review on the Canadian App Store.
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Mika Halttunen
Member #760
November 2000
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Trent Gamblin said: Just tried it. For presentation, this gets top marks. It's great. I love the music too. Everything works together. And even though it's not an original idea, I had fun playing it. I've never heard of score loop though. I didn't sign up. Honestly, I probably wouldn't sign up to any score service except Game Center. I don't want another 50 logins like I have for web sites. Overall, very nice! Left you a review on the Canadian App Store.
Thanks a lot Trent! You don't actually have to sign up for Scoreloop, just provide a profile name (the email is not required) to replace the server assigned "player_123456" name. Have to agree the terms of use though, but other than that there is no registration needed. Btw, it's currently #2 in Finnish App Store, yay! Duke Nukem is the first at the moment. Soon, soon... |
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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My dad and I had found the music annoying. He did like the fact the game saves so you don't have to sit down and play it all day. --- |
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Onewing
Member #6,152
August 2005
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I enjoy it. Simple to jump in and jump out, just the way I like my mobile games. Very polished. Good job. ------------ |
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And it is free (but with ads in the main menu, removable through an In App Purchase).
I know the game is simple, but remember I made the XNA-version back in 2007 to learn XNA and C#, then when I got Android-phone I ported it to Android to learn that platform a bit (improved the game a lot as well, especially after it turned out to be popular there). And now I wanted to try programming for the iOS and ported the game over (well, rewrote 95% of it actually), improving it again..