VonGuard

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by VonGuard 14y ago
Sounds like you and I have similar religious (or lack there of) beliefs, if you're arguing from that. Sadly, HN is all about the startup dream: money, and changing the world... I would say that money is the guiding light of many here, perha
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by VonGuard 14y ago
>See this from a user's perspective This pattern has repeated time and time again in the history of software. See the videogame industry in 1984, or the Wii, now: crappware hurts the whole ecosystem. I totally agree. Please go browse th
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by VonGuard 14y ago
You're suggesting I change my advice to say "Hey guys, people cheat, you shouldn't." Either that, or you're suggesting I should have simply said "Hey guys, this game isn't going to be big, so just make another game." Gaming app stores isn't
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by VonGuard 14y ago
> If you are "going indie" you have to think about your real motivations -- are you building games to make a profit, or are you building games that you want to play but do not exist? This. The latter, indeed, always make the best games.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
The answer is Yes, where "OK" is directly proportional to "uniqueness/novelty" factor. When judging, a novel gameplay idea will win me over before anything else. Good gameplay trumps all, but it's the toughest thing to get right, especially
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by VonGuard 14y ago
I was thinking this! I hope to god they are able to succeed without resorting to the awful things I suggested. It'd be awesome to see this succeed based on the HN community.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Do some reading to figure out what kinds of returns you can expect. I've seen 1 and 2 person teams basically able to replicate a medium income job. That's great if you can make it sustainable, but I don't think anyone's getting rich outside
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Glad to hear it. Take the advice on cheating with a grain of salt. Some excellent legit strategies have shown up in this thread, too. Additionally, if you are going to cheat, get that monetization play in order first.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
LOL, give it an acronym and it's a legit business.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Definitely true. And frankly, I only found out about some of the games yer mentioning through the IGF. Festivals and such are a great way to get yer name and game out there, but those are kinda limited to quality, unique games. And, as for
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Far better advice than I gave, and far more timely. This fellow has more recent info than I, I'd bet.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Fair enough. And yet, if he wanted to ride in the Tour De France, I think we all know he'd lose unless he did a blood transfusion every single night.... Actually, wait. No I take that back, I do not agree. A starting cyclist will compete in
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Verizon pointed out that Hill Climb eats battery and bandwidth. http://support.verizonwireless.com/information/app_ranking/h... I expect that's due to sending infinite data back home. Plus it has permissions to read all sortsa data, like
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by VonGuard 14y ago
OK, fair enough. I am not giving the cheating advice as an IGF judge. The advice for improving gameplay, and my compliments on the quality were as an IGF judge. My comments on the app store are strictly from the cynical perspective of seein
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Hey, look at the top ten apps on both app stores, then come back here and try not to be cynical about anyone's chanced of succeeding there. I've seen numbers on sales in the app stores. If yer not in the top 25, you might as well not even b
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Well, the way it works, you get an initial boom for your buck, and you get more eyes on your product during your launch week, which is your critical time to make an impression. If your game or app is shit and no one ever uses it again, that
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Hey, this is not my advice. This was given to me by someone who charts successes and sales in app stores. It sucks, it's ugly, but it's fucking true and it works.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Hey guys, thought I'd throw in my 2-cents as an Independent Games Festival judge, and as press. First of all, your presentation is terrific. Great art and sound. Top notch, feels like it came from a very talented team. With this game on you
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by VonGuard 14y ago
I've lived in Oakland since 2001. It's great. It's gritty. It's awesome and seeing huge growth in downtown. BUT! It is now the #3 most expensive city for rent in the US. I know, crazy right? But rent went up 11% last year alone. Oakland won
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by VonGuard 14y ago
LOL. Weev isn't getting support from the EFF because he is Weev. Who the hell would want to defend him? And specifically here, Weev burned certain bridges there through his normal every-day work as a troll.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
We have a Python course ready to go for the kids that graduate from the Scratch class. We just need a couple more teachers.
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Want to volunteer to teach kids programming?
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by VonGuard 14y ago
"If Groupon was Battletoads, it would be like I made it all the way to the Terra Tubes without dying on my first ever play through." Wow, that's actually kinda a perfect analogy. I totally understand.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Derp, yer totally right.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
I'm certain this won't hurt Yahoo! We all love remote working, myself included, but it's not for everyone. And if yer trying to turn a company around, perhaps having everyone under the same roofs is a good idea. I'd wager remote working ret
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Soooooo, that $3,000 to pitch is actually a deal when compared to what TechCrunch charges, or what DEMO charges for a booth..... Both are wastes of money.
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by VonGuard 14y ago
My in-laws are generational Hanford-ites: the grandparents built it, the grandkids are cleaning it up. If anyone ever goes up there, there is a FASCINATING jet-boat tour you can take up the Hanford river where they show you about 6 or 7 of
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Yeah, but for those casuals just peaking in, I think there's also an immediate divide between the media and the tech community. The invective here was very much pro-Elon right off the bat, and hasn't favored Border since. But all the other
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by VonGuard 14y ago
Very true. It really doesn't matter whether Border lied or screwed up or anything. Musk gave him more free PR than Tesla would have gotten from a good review. It's ooooh so tempting to get into a fight when someone slanders your company, bu
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by VonGuard 14y ago
We ran a successful Kickstarter campaign for the MADE ( http://www.themade.org ) in 2011, and I have to say, the real spot I expect most people get stuck is in the reward fulfillment. I come from the magazine industry, so I knew what was in

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