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Wait... are those adverts not depicting an actual game??

ALittleLight 5y ago
On Twitter you can read the comments on the ads and the most frequent comments are from people complaining that the actual game apparently has nothing to do with those ads. I think I've read it's more like clash of clans.
- danparsonson 5y ago
  Wow, TIL - I never click those ads because I assume the games are aggressively monetised nonsense but it didn't occur to me that the game might be completely different from the ad.
  - DilipSripuram 5y ago
    Hello Guys, This is Dilip Sripuram. The developer of the TheActualGameRescue you are talking about. Just wanted to address the issues you mentioned. About the Ads, you don't need to watch an Ad. The whole game can be played without watching a single Ad. Each level gives you enough coins to unlock next and by the end of easy levels you will have enough coins to unlock 3 medium levels. The login issue is so that I can save the save file with Google Play services. I will recheck this and limit the number of times it asks to once. I recommend watching this video to better understand the gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneMachine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneM... Thanks. P.S : Posting this to every mention here. First time here on Hacker News.
  - Avalaxy 5y ago
    This is very very often thr case with crappy chinese games in the play store. I get ads for so many games that look cool in the trailer but are apparently something completely different if you read the reviews. There's even one that uses some kind of really weird ripped off Age of Empires textures/models for their game. What they have in common is that theyre all pay-to-win chinese games where loot boxes cost up to $100.
  - atatatat 5y ago
    They're probably also (digitally) malware in many cases, too.
- DilipSripuram 5y ago
  Hello Guys, This is Dilip Sripuram. The developer of the TheActualGameRescue you are talking about. Just wanted to address the issues you mentioned. About the Ads, you don't need to watch an Ad. The whole game can be played without watching a single Ad. Each level gives you enough coins to unlock next and by the end of easy levels you will have enough coins to unlock 3 medium levels. The login issue is so that I can save the save file with Google Play services. I will recheck this and limit the number of times it asks to once. I recommend watching this video to better understand the gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneMachine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneM... Thanks. P.S : Posting this to every mention here. First time here on Hacker News.
DilipSripuram 5y ago
Hello Guys, This is Dilip Sripuram. The developer of the TheActualGameRescue you are talking about. Just wanted to address the issues you mentioned. About the Ads, you don't need to watch an Ad. The whole game can be played without watching a single Ad. Each level gives you enough coins to unlock next and by the end of easy levels you will have enough coins to unlock 3 medium levels. The login issue is so that I can save the save file with Google Play services. I will recheck this and limit the number of times it asks to once. I recommend watching this video to better understand the gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneMachine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneM... Thanks. P.S : Posting this to every mention here. First time here on Hacker News.

On Twitter you can read the comments on the ads and the most frequent comments are from people complaining that the actual game apparently has nothing to do with those ads. I think I've read it's more like clash of clans.

danparsonson 5y ago
Wow, TIL - I never click those ads because I assume the games are aggressively monetised nonsense but it didn't occur to me that the game might be completely different from the ad.
- DilipSripuram 5y ago
  Hello Guys, This is Dilip Sripuram. The developer of the TheActualGameRescue you are talking about. Just wanted to address the issues you mentioned. About the Ads, you don't need to watch an Ad. The whole game can be played without watching a single Ad. Each level gives you enough coins to unlock next and by the end of easy levels you will have enough coins to unlock 3 medium levels. The login issue is so that I can save the save file with Google Play services. I will recheck this and limit the number of times it asks to once. I recommend watching this video to better understand the gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneMachine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneM... Thanks. P.S : Posting this to every mention here. First time here on Hacker News.
- Avalaxy 5y ago
  This is very very often thr case with crappy chinese games in the play store. I get ads for so many games that look cool in the trailer but are apparently something completely different if you read the reviews. There's even one that uses some kind of really weird ripped off Age of Empires textures/models for their game. What they have in common is that theyre all pay-to-win chinese games where loot boxes cost up to $100.
- atatatat 5y ago
  They're probably also (digitally) malware in many cases, too.
DilipSripuram 5y ago
Hello Guys, This is Dilip Sripuram. The developer of the TheActualGameRescue you are talking about. Just wanted to address the issues you mentioned. About the Ads, you don't need to watch an Ad. The whole game can be played without watching a single Ad. Each level gives you enough coins to unlock next and by the end of easy levels you will have enough coins to unlock 3 medium levels. The login issue is so that I can save the save file with Google Play services. I will recheck this and limit the number of times it asks to once. I recommend watching this video to better understand the gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneMachine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneM... Thanks. P.S : Posting this to every mention here. First time here on Hacker News.

DilipSripuram 5y ago

Hello Guys, This is Dilip Sripuram. The developer of the TheActualGameRescue you are talking about. Just wanted to address the issues you mentioned. About the Ads, you don't need to watch an Ad. The whole game can be played without watching a single Ad. Each level gives you enough coins to unlock next and by the end of easy levels you will have enough coins to unlock 3 medium levels. The login issue is so that I can save the save file with Google Play services. I will recheck this and limit the number of times it asks to once. I recommend watching this video to better understand the gameplay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneMachine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneM... Thanks. P.S : Posting this to every mention here. First time here on Hacker News.