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Show HN: My side project iOS game just hit #3 in the Finnish App Store
- aparadja 10y agoSo, I feel like I'm a little bit out of my league. I read the book "Surviving the App Store" and decided to follow its strategy of releasing an MVP in the App Store as early as possible. Today, I woke up to see it at #3 in the paid apps for my country's overall Top Chart, #2 in games and #1 in its subcategory. A publisher has now approached me about publishing the game. I have no idea about the pitfalls. If anyone here has any experience, I'd love to hear any pointers.
- Im_a_throw_away 10y agoCongrats, and the game looks really cool! I'm curious: how did you market your game? What made you go in the top charts?
- aparadja 10y agoFinland is a rather small market, so friends & family were probably a big influence to get it off the ground. (Seems that it only takes some hundreds of downloads to reach the top spot.) I also started threads with promo code giveaways in TouchArcade and Reddit, and emailed reviewers. With those as a base, it got some initial visibility and then bloggers/reviewers started asking for promo copies.
- avitzurel 10y agoYour landing page is 100% on point. Explains about the product in the first second. No hassle, not too much fluff. Awesome stuff. Congrats for reaching #3.
- aparadja 10y agoThanks!
- bananicorn 10y agoWow, that's what I call elegant and minimalistic design - both the landingpage and the game footage itself. Are you planning to release it for android too sometime?
- aparadja 10y agoThanks! It's built with Swift, so I'll have to see how far it goes in the App Store first before porting it. Finland alone is not a huge market, so it's hard to tell.
- danielhooper 10y agoPretty neat game. I commend you for not integrating ads or IAP. I went the same route with my iOS game.
- aparadja 10y agoWas it a financial success? And care to link to the game? In a way I feel like saying no to ads and IAP is a noble goal, but not the financially smart one. I was OK with it for this one, because this was a hobby/passion project that I wanted to make for a long time. I didn't want to ruin my baby with filthy ads, profits be damned.