With the current hype of Pokemon Go, who'll play our games? I mean, As a game player I would rather go with Pokemon GO rather than BuildBox made games. Pokemon GO has almost 100x times the retention rate than our games. So the question is, who'll play our games? What do you guys think?
People how don't go out ! pokemon go have nothing to do with our games , because 8Pool , candy crash... , also have hight retention rate , so does it mean we should stop making arcade/action indie games ?
Definitely better to wait for a few weeks until the hype is over. There are two Pokemon related games/apps in the top 3. Even though Dots & Co made it pretty far in just one week. So one thing doesn't mean the other can't happen. If you have a killer game and a killer marketing it probably doesn't matter.
Comparing Pokemon Go to buildbox games is like comparing apples to oranges. Someone who prefers to stay home or in general doesn't favor Pokemon would rather play an arcade/action game. Pokemon Go is hella fun but not convenient if you are at work or in class or using the bathroom (which most one tap games are played at). Don't let its success bring you down, it's most likely is a fad anyway and wont be half as popular in a month or so Plus the servers are crap and it's not available in a lot of countries. Hope still exist!
This will last much longer now that it proved its value. You can be sure Nintendo and that N named Google company works on frequent updates to keep or even increase retention. But that does not mean we should not create games! As an analogy with music: Even though Black Sabbath made the best songs ever and Tony Iommi created so many great great riffs it does not mean Metallica, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Anthrax, Slayer, Megadeth etc should not make their own music... And you might not even like metal at all and you say these are awful and listen to Britney Spears or Justin Bieber and that is perfectly ok and actually makes my point: Not everyone likes Pokemon Go and they might just looking for your brand new title on AppStore right now...
it all depends on you actually,the main thing is that you maintain confidence,the thing with inde developers is that they put down their self too much too often because of other games
No, never said that. Its just that people won't play our games that much as they would play some weeks back.
How many games have been released since color switch? Slip away has surpassed 1 mil downloads, I bet they're glad they didn't let color switch scare them into retirement
Pokemon Go is only available in ~35 countries. Not everyone can play. Take advantage of the hype by creating games inspired by Pokemon. You obviously can't use Pokemon in your but you can definitely learn from what they are doing right!
i think Pokemon GO sucks compared to BB games the only reason is who the fck have time to roam all day !!!!! -_-
News is saying Pokemon Go has reached its peaked in the US... Also, if you don't think it's a good time to publish, just BUILD! Release when you feel there's a better climate.
Believe it or not !! We have postponed our app launch "Falling Bowling" about 2 weeks just to not get ignored by pokemon hype, Sometime you need to be patient and to learn marketing strategy before releasing your product, Even big publishers sometime they postpone their games release or related news, Do you remember GTA V trailer reactions ?
Silly girl, she did not know on an airplane you should play Pokemon Go as you can catch so many Pokemons on the way. You can even tell the pilot to turn around because there is another one by the river
