amirrajan

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by amirrajan 9y ago
This has been a big regret of mine. I should never have preceived anyone in a 9 to 5 that way. And as mentioned above, there is nothing wrong with a 9 to 5 (dice or no dice). It’s a prefectly valid course of action to pursue the more import
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by amirrajan 9y ago
This is exciting!!! All the random criticism from this post will be entirely worth it if your son ends up smiling even once while trying to navigate Mr Circle. Let me know!
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by amirrajan 9y ago
No seriously. My current self would be slapping my past self in the back of the head saying “you idiot, do you have any idea what kind of bullet you dodged?!”
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by amirrajan 9y ago
>not as necessary (or sufficient) conditions to success but rather necessary conditions to have a chance at success. Exactly this.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
Thank you for the well wishes. You'd be surprised at how small/close knit the game dev communities are (come to TouchArcade's after party at GDC and say hello to figuratively every indie worth their salt). There isn't re
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by amirrajan 9y ago
>his apparent lack of curiosity about exactly how his first and only lucky break took place I completely agree. It's not like he wrote a 300 page book on the whole ordeal or anything. He didn't spend those 300 pages trying desp
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by amirrajan 9y ago
>The instructor stress them to get a job. This is really good advice. Additionally I'd say don't bet the farm. Some times the best you can do is be that rock/stepping stone for your kin to build a legacy with.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
Loved it. Thanks for sharing. Survivorship bias is a problem imho.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
Mildly Interesting RTS looks pretty good to be honest. Have you downloaded it? It's surprisingly a lot of fun. Solid review score too. Oh and totally give A Dark Room a shot. You may find it pretty okay. PS: I'm totally gonna fram
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by amirrajan 9y ago
>there's got to be interesting, useful knowledge in there for other game dev and future generations. There is, but "the few ruined it for the many". Some who got access to that information tried to "growth hack"
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by amirrajan 9y ago
I'm really really happy that ADR gave you some (hopefully) great moments during your commute. Seeing thing comment means the world to me (it really, truly does). If you get a chance, download A Noble Circle and play it with your child.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
You’d be surprised at how many variations exist out there. Source: app developer who has had 300k downloads of his Android port and has dealt with death threats from people trying to run his game on a device that has the processing power of
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by amirrajan 9y ago
The entire write up was me explicitly stating that it was dumb and that there was an immense amount of luck involved.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
During my free time I did a good amount of contract work with small companies. They loved what they did and it was energizing. But what they love working on isn’t what I love working on which is in essence: “artistic, evocative experiences”
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by amirrajan 9y ago
It works great on the devices I’ve tested on. Which is like 4 out of the 15,000 possible OS+Device+Carrier combinations.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
>questionable decisions That’s an understatement. >His only hit was porting someone else’s game Yep. He’s a hack job for sure. There is no way he’ll be successful in future stuff tbh.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
Not courageous. Really stupid.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
+1. This guy took a huge risk and is an idiot. He got stupid lucky.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
That sucks. I’d spend more time on the Android version. But there is a really high piracy rate. Buy a Samsung Galaxy S8, it was tested on there. Both Michael and I appreciate the hat tip you gave us by buying it. Email me and I’ll glady ref
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by amirrajan 9y ago
This comment made my day. Thank you :-) I should have written it after my morning coffee.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
Mad props to you. Email me and we’ll exchange war stories.
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by amirrajan 9y ago
I give you my Armchair Expert of the Year Award. Congrats :-) Must be nice to live in a world without having to give Apple 30%, insurance premiums, taxes, and royalties/partnership splits. Take this comment in good spirit. We all make
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The App Store Ranking System: How to Hit #1(blog.tapdaq.com)
4 points by amirrajan 10y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Agilitree – The Todo List for Vim Users(agilitree.herokuapp.com)
3 points by amirrajan 11y ago|0 comments
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by amirrajan 12y ago
Legally, they have every right to do this. This clone doesn't bother me because it's free and looks like it doesn't monetize on ads either (they just PhoneGap'ed the game and made it playable on touch devices). There is
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by amirrajan 12y ago
It was definitely soul crushing the first 100 times. The UK is particularly critical. I've gotten used to seeing "dull, rubbish, pretentious, scam" from UK reviews. Still stings just a little bit though.
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by amirrajan 12y ago
All the nice reviews do indeed raise spirits. The most wonderful moments are when I get an email from a kid that is now inspired to get into programming and start building games. So yes, thank you for the kinds words! :fistbump:
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by amirrajan 12y ago
We thought about it, but the moment you do that, the game is marked as "offers in-app purchases". At initial glance (if you don't take the time to actually look at what purchases are available), you're left thinking that
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by amirrajan 12y ago
Tough call. I get a small taste of what he went through. You start to question the value of the game when you get reviews like this (but 10x worse for a top free game): >Garbage ★ by XxlCraiglxX - Version 1.6 - Jun 13, 2014 >It's
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by amirrajan 12y ago
>Based on... what? Okay. Let me make sure sure everything is crystal clear: - I found the game online via a tweet. - Viewed source and saw's Michael's contact information. - Emailed him and asked him if I could do a for-pay r

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