Honey Tribe - Colony Collapse is on Touch Arcade

jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
It made their "Coming Tonight" post!

http://toucharcade.com/2011/07/13/coming-tonight-9mm-blobster-captain-america-reckless-getaway-and-more/
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  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Cool, thanks for pointing that out Jon :)

    Pocket Gamer have a similar 'out today' article: http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Multiformat/Honey+Tribe:+Colony+Collapse/news.asp?c=31480

    Hopefully the first of many websites to write about it!

    It's out now in all the time zones! Make sure you play with headphones, the sound is quite unique for a GS game. Also, there's no loading time between levels and menus, just nice seamless play.

    Download it now $0.99/£0.69 ...!
    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/honey-tribe-colony-collapse/id438739934?mt=8
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Currently at 19 in UK educational games. Lets see if we can get to top by the end of today...!

    Download it now $0.99/£0.69 ...!
    http://itunes.apple.com/app/honey-tribe-colony-collapse/id438739934?mt=8
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    C'mon people. Try harder with your leaderboard scores for the Endless Mode! My grandad's blind pet hamster could do better!

    Prove your gaming skills!
    http://itunes.apple.com/app/honey-tribe-colony-collapse/id438739934?mt=8
  • gamedivisiongamedivision Member Posts: 807
    congrats looks great
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Thanks :)

    Feels good seeing it up there on the app store. (Yes it's our debut app)
  • expired_012expired_012 Member Posts: 1,802
    Also congrats on a N&N feature in games in the US!
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't noticed it. Applyser must be a bit slow!

    Hopefully Apple will give it a proper play and put it on the main N&N next week!

    Cheers
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Cool, just saw the first proper review!

    4/5 from 148apps:

    http://www.148apps.com/reviews/honey-tribe-colony-collapse-review/
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Hey Jon, well the reaction of reviewers/people that have played it so far is going well. But still not many know about it. So now we have that good review from 148apps and the US games N&N - I'll see if that will convince more reviewers to write about it.

    How are your GS projects going?
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Yeah sometimes I get less done by spending too much time staring at the screen wondering what to do. There's a new album I just got that helps - calming stuff:
    http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ghost/id440785917

    But yeah, a break can bee good too!
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Reaction is looking good from the UK appstore. All good reviews so far!

    Thinking to set up weekly competitions. With who ever is in 1st on the endless mode leaderboard winning an itunes voucher.

    Wondering if that you means you have to beat my scores. Or is that unfair? Seeing as I made it.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    We also have a Honey Tribe facebook page. And a twitter page.

    Say hello!
  • RUPASRUPAS Member Posts: 823
    congratulations on your first game, now a question, as you've got to do a review on TouchArcade? you write an email to them? or they've seen your game and have done a review?
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    RUPAS said:
    congratulations on your first game, now a question, as you've got to do a review on TouchArcade? you write an email to them? or they've seen your game and have done a review?

    They saw it as a new release.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Someone reviewed Honey Tribe in Hebrew. That's a first for us!

    http://www.iphones.co.il/apps-applications-iphone-ipod/article-thread195219.html
  • RedlerTechRedlerTech Member Posts: 1,583
    JEW POWER :D
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    NextGen said:
    JEW POWER :D

    Is that similar to T.U.R.T.L.E Pow-er? :)
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Came across another good review! This one's from AppAdvice:

    "I had a great time playing this game thanks to the solid controls, simple gameplay, soothing music with realistic sound effects, and the beautiful hand drawn graphics. It’s a gorgeous game that kept me entertained and taught me a few new things about bees"

    http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/07/quickadvice-honeytribe
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    And if there are any Italian people on the forums here's a review of Honey Tribe in Italian from iphoneitalia.com

    http://www.iphoneitalia.com/honey-tribe-colony-collapse-266444.html
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Another review, this one's on techhackz.com

    http://www.techhackz.com/2011/07/honey-tribe-colony-collapse-ios-game.html

    So have many GS forum peeps played Honey Tribe yet? It plays really smoothly and there's no loading between levels, resets and menus. The way the music interacts with the action is also unique for a GS game. Let me know how you get on with it.

    Here's the itunes link.
    http://itunes.apple.com/app/honey-tribe-colony-collapse/id438739934?mt=8
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Google alerts are really useful. It'll email me whenever a new review or article comes out with Honey Tribe in the title.

    As the app store in international some of the stuff the alert tells me about is non-English - google translate can give some funny results when translating Vietnamese or Chinese :)

    Anyway, here's a brief review (in English!) from ilounge.com

    "Simple though the concept is, Honey Tribe manages to surpass the standards of most $1 casual games by interestingly evolving its levels, using music strategically to build tension when you’re being pursued by the bird, and varying the pacing so that the intensity builds at higher speeds"

    And if you've still yet to play Honey Tribe, have a look at the screen shots on itunes:
    http://itunes.apple.com/app/honey-tribe-colony-collapse/id438739934?mt=8

    Give it a go!
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Had another review come out for Honey Tribe.

    TouchReviews gave us 4 stars - the factual side of it really appealed to them.

    I'm really pleased with the reviews I've seen. They all seem to be 4 or 4.5 stars so far. Being so absorbed in the development of the game it becomes hard to be objective about it. So I found myself asking 'is it actually any good?'. So it's great to read the reviewers picking up on creative aspects that we were consciously thinking about. Stuff like the characters, how to give them personality, how to pace the factual elements, what kind of sound design would work and so on.

    It's also good to hear that the controls and gameplay dynamics feel right. That's another thing we spent a lot of time on. On the surface it all looks very simple but balancing it all took a while.

    I haven't had much feedback from the GS community yet. How have people been finding it? I'm finishing the first update now and wondering if I should make the endless mode easier...?
  • RUPASRUPAS Member Posts: 823
    Congratulations for all your reviews .... and sales can know they are?
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Well exact numbers are a secret ;)

    But so far my expectations have been met. Next stages will be when we release the first update and the lite version. So hopefully the increased expectations at each stage will be met!
  • LumpAppsLumpApps Member Posts: 2,881
    Nice! Congretz.
  • ExoseExose Member Posts: 5
    HoneyTribeStudios said:
    Well exact numbers are a secret ;)

    Can you give us an approximate answer or maybe a bracket you are comfortable with sharing :)? . It would be nice to see how a good GS such as yours is performing.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    LudwigHeijden said:
    Nice! Congretz.

    Cheers! :)
    Exose said:
    Can you give us an approximate answer or maybe a bracket you are comfortable with sharing :)? . It would be nice to see how a good GS such as yours is performing.

    No I'm not releasing any sales figures... yet, sorry ;) I might do a proper report after 3 months or so. Not sure though.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Honey tribe v1.1 is waiting for review by Apple. I still have a couple promo codes left over from v1.0

    Leave me a message here if you want one and I'll PM it to you via the GS mail.
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Cool! We're on the front page of pocket gamer and they gave us a great review too!

    "Honey Tribe: Colony Collapse is not only a remarkably endearing little game, but it's also incredibly addictive. It's quite easy to get distracted by the simplicity of the gameplay and the sweet chirrup of the soundtrack, only to discover that you've lost an hour or two in Corbee's company."

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    Get Honey Tribe on iTunes
    "...a touch above the rest in the endless running genre" 148apps.com
    "If you’re a nature lover, or simply a lover of well-executed games, Honey Tribe... is worth checking out. Download it today." AppAdvice.com
    Say hi on Twitter
    Like us on Facebook
    www.HoneyTribeStudios.com
  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    Here's a new Honey Tribe video.

    No fancy pants video editing and movie soundtracks. Just good old fashioned gameplay footage with the actual game music ;)

    This is the endless mode from (soon to be released) v1.1



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    Get Honey Tribe on iTunes
    "...a touch above the rest in the endless running genre" 148apps.com
    "Honey Tribe: Colony Collapse is not only a remarkably endearing little game, but it's also incredibly addictive." Pocket Gamer
    "If you’re a nature lover, or simply a lover of well-executed games, Honey Tribe is worth checking out. Download it today." AppAdvice.com
    Say hi on Twitter
    Like us on Facebook
    www.HoneyTribeStudios.com
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