RocketRonz

FREE iPhone / iPad game with no nasties! Grab Rockhopper from the App Store if you enjoy a rage inducing challenge apps.apple.com/app/6504028206

@adamlyttleapps @PaulSolt Ah, it will be straight downloads from the search via the Get button. Those are great numbers 😎

@PaulSolt @RocketRonz Or perhaps people deleting the app and reinstalling to bypass the paywall bug that was present

I avoided any reference to "AI" anywhere in the app… My theory: Users don't care if it's AI or not… they want to see results

@adamlyttleapps Didn't know you could download without going via the product page 😀 What's the main source of your downloads?

@RocketRonz Oh wow, didn't notice that

How is Tiny Wings #3 in the @AppStore Casual category? I bought that game about 15 years ago! Come on Apple give some new games a half chance at success.

@foxtriogames @clemmygames That looks cool, no iPhone version?

Happy Sunday! Which indie games did you play this week?

🔴 Live on twitch! 🎮 Sunday side-quest with #GodotEngine Join me 👇 twitch.tv/mreliptik

Now that split screen is done it’s time to work on: Mod Support for custom player-created tracks! #gamedev #screenshotsaturday

Oh dear #Redot

It's promo time on itch! Grab my game Dashpong and my juice course at 60% off woohoo 🎉

This is a great listen: engineering-founders.simplecast.com/episodes/why-y… “…as a founder, your job is the eater of all stress in the organization. Anything that's wrong, it's your ultimate job as a leader to go and fix those things.”

For anyone interested in this, I'm trying to post a dev update every day on Bluesky. My username is @rocketronz.bsky.social if you want to follow me there 👾

Just started working on the 3rd generation of Chaos Influx for mobile. This version will be written in C# again but using the Godot framework. I'll try and post regular dev updates here.

Hey look, Wilmot sent you a parcel!📦 Click to open it for some exciting new feature announcements for Wilmot Works it Out, releasing October 23rd for PC & Mac!

@minireview_io That's such a great art style, looks so tactile. Very encouraging to see there are still indies making mobile games.

Bricky Boy [Android/iOS] is a fun combo of arcade classics ‘Brick-Breaker’ and ‘Pinball’, with some modern twists sprinkled on top! Check it out on MiniReview: minireview.io/arcade/bricky-…

@Petertaughtme As a solo developer it's quite disconcerting that the best (only) way to have a successful mobile game is to throw money into advertising. Or hope for a lucky break.

It gets its downloads purely from ads. Im not sure why they aren't massively scaling past 5k downloads a month. They could still be testing things, or are content with the current monthly revenue they have. There are no subs (people forgetting to unsub), so their retention is extremely high. Users are actively paying money to keep playing.

How a iPhone game made $300k last month with less than 5k downloads (last month) on the iOS app store: For more app store insights follow @petertaughtme

@codergriff Actually, what are you using to check my ranking by keyword? A bit of decent ASO might help boost my download numbers.

@codergriff That's encouraging at least. Now all I need as a Rockhopper penguin worldwide scandal so people start searching with that keyword 😂

Bouncing around Social Media and Discord to generate some momentum for my mobile game is pretty demoralizing. It's really difficult for an unknown dev to even get people to try for FREE. Not giving up on this little penguin yet though #rockhopper

@RealBobbyPlays @MG__Network Ok, so mobile games didn’t exist before 2009 🙄

If we were splitting mobile games by generations, thoughts on this split: 1st Gen: Candy Crush, Angry Birds, Temple Run, Jetpavk Joyride 2nd Gen: Clash of Clans/Royale, Brawl Stars, EA NBA/Madden/FIFA Mobile 3rd Gen: ROS, PUBGM, CODM, Free Fire, MLBB 4th Gen: New State, Wild Rift, APEXM, WZM, Bloodstrike 5th Gen (next Gen): VALM, Delta Force, R6M, Destiny Mobile