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Camera+ first month sales: Setting Sail in a Sea of Games

29 points by merrick33 16y ago

jat850 16y ago
Is this page horribly broken for anyone else? I get 5 or 6 images, no text, and miles and miles of emptiness. Using Google Chrome on Ubuntu.
- DanHulton 16y ago
  Works fine on Opera 10.60 on Windows 7. That said, I'm getting really sick of this "dark grey on light grey" thing that fancy-schmancy designers seem to love. Give me some contrast in my text, people!
- nnash 16y ago
  Works fine for chrome on osx.
- cschep 16y ago
  Chrome on Windows 7, works fine.
- rgrieselhuber 16y ago
  No text for me on Chrome, Mac OS X.
- greenlight 16y ago
  Works for me in OS X Chrome 5.0.375.99 (latest version according to the about box)
  - barrym 16y ago
    Weird. Was totally broken for me, but a refresh fixed it.
wallflower 16y ago
> Be absolutely meticulous Excellent advice that applies to everyone, even if you are not a marketing/AppStore wunderkind like Tap Tap Tap. Little stuff like some animation. Like the sliding table rows going in/out in this iKorail transit app. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikorail-korean-railroad/id368217144?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikorail-korean-railroad/id368...
DLWormwood 16y ago
I found the initial attitude that non-games are at a disadvantage to practical apps kind of strange. My understanding (which may be confirmed soon if my iOS project pans out) is that game apps tend to have less staying power financially than utilities and the like. Serious apps can get away with charging more, are less concerned about "hit driven" chart effects, and can continue to get income after release if the product fills a niche. The games in the charts that Apple makes available in the store are all "hits" and mask the reality that most games are lucky to make over than a thousand dollars or so. I'm still taking the gamble myself, though. My last paycheck job was in a government agency, and I wanted something more modern to put on my resume, even if my project fails. Though I do still think I have a chance. My design is kind of unique, will match with search terms than have limited competition despite my expectations, and should fit the casual gaming crowd that the iPad brought to market with the "virtual board game" concept recently. My 2nd project will be more practical, regardless...
- wallflower 16y ago
  > Though I do still think I have a chance. My design is kind of unique In case you did not yet see this practical, inspiring testimonial: "How I sold 172 copies of my HTML iPad app in the first 8 days" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1466246 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1466246

29 points by merrick33 16y ago

Is this page horribly broken for anyone else? I get 5 or 6 images, no text, and miles and miles of emptiness. Using Google Chrome on Ubuntu.

DanHulton 16y ago
Works fine on Opera 10.60 on Windows 7. That said, I'm getting really sick of this "dark grey on light grey" thing that fancy-schmancy designers seem to love. Give me some contrast in my text, people!
nnash 16y ago
Works fine for chrome on osx.
cschep 16y ago
Chrome on Windows 7, works fine.
rgrieselhuber 16y ago
No text for me on Chrome, Mac OS X.
greenlight 16y ago
Works for me in OS X Chrome 5.0.375.99 (latest version according to the about box)
- barrym 16y ago
  Weird. Was totally broken for me, but a refresh fixed it.

wallflower 16y ago

> Be absolutely meticulous Excellent advice that applies to everyone, even if you are not a marketing/AppStore wunderkind like Tap Tap Tap. Little stuff like some animation. Like the sliding table rows going in/out in this iKorail transit app. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikorail-korean-railroad/id368217144?mt=8 http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikorail-korean-railroad/id368...

DLWormwood 16y ago

I found the initial attitude that non-games are at a disadvantage to practical apps kind of strange. My understanding (which may be confirmed soon if my iOS project pans out) is that game apps tend to have less staying power financially than utilities and the like. Serious apps can get away with charging more, are less concerned about "hit driven" chart effects, and can continue to get income after release if the product fills a niche. The games in the charts that Apple makes available in the store are all "hits" and mask the reality that most games are lucky to make over than a thousand dollars or so. I'm still taking the gamble myself, though. My last paycheck job was in a government agency, and I wanted something more modern to put on my resume, even if my project fails. Though I do still think I have a chance. My design is kind of unique, will match with search terms than have limited competition despite my expectations, and should fit the casual gaming crowd that the iPad brought to market with the "virtual board game" concept recently. My 2nd project will be more practical, regardless...

wallflower 16y ago
> Though I do still think I have a chance. My design is kind of unique In case you did not yet see this practical, inspiring testimonial: "How I sold 172 copies of my HTML iPad app in the first 8 days" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1466246 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1466246