congrats quantumsheep

jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
edited December 2014 in Miscellaneous

@quantumsheep‌
front page of toucharcade again, seems like AirSupply SOS got you on some permanent radar!

http://toucharcade.com/2014/12/09/docking-sequence-announced/

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  • KillerPenguinStudiosKillerPenguinStudios Member Posts: 1,291

    Congrats @quantumsheep‌!!!

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273

    Wohoo!

  • jamie_cjamie_c ImagineLabs.rocks Member, PRO Posts: 5,772

    cool, congrats!

  • gyroscopegyroscope I am here.Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 6,598

    Mighty congrats, QS, mightily deserved! :smile:

  • MalkovichMalkovich Member, PRO Posts: 116

    Congrats @quantumsheep‌, nice job!

  • iamcarteziamcartez Houston, TexasMember Posts: 648

    Whoa nice man... Congratulations. (*)

  • ChunkypixelsChunkypixels Member Posts: 1,114

    Enjoyed the earlier version QuantumSheep entered into the game jam, so really looking forward to the iOS version.

    QuantumSheep seems to have a really good following over on TouchArcade. I think theres quite a crowd who appreciate his retro games, along with his activity on the Forums there, and his very humble personality.

    Lets hope this little gem gives him more of a breakout hit with a wider audience... he definitely deserves it :)

  • -Timo--Timo- Member Posts: 2,313
    edited December 2014

    congrats!! :o

  • FallingBoxStudiosFallingBoxStudios Freelance Graphic Designer Member Posts: 822

    congrats QS! :D

  • jigglybeanjigglybean Member Posts: 1,584

    Cool beans. Great to see some media go back to their roots and give the indie some love. tweeted it using #indiedev :)

  • DuesDues Member Posts: 1,159

    Awesome! Congrats! :)

  • sebmat86sebmat86 Member Posts: 339

    Wow! Awesome. Congrats man @quantumsheep‌

  • LovejoyLovejoy Member Posts: 2,078

    Congrats!

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    Good one QS !!!

  • gamestudentgamestudent Member Posts: 504
    edited December 2014

    Way to go! Keep workin' hard QS!

  • HopscotchHopscotch Member, PRO Posts: 2,782

    @quantumsheep‌, nice, keep the pressure on! Wish you success!

  • neomanneoman Member, BASIC Posts: 826

    Well done ... Nice work ... :wink:

  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188

    @jonmulcahy said:
    quantumsheep‌
    front page of toucharcade again, seems like AirSupply SOS got you on some permanent radar!

    http://toucharcade.com/2014/12/09/docking-sequence-announced/

    Thank you (and thanks all for the 'congrats') but I didn't do anything! As in I haven't sent out any press release or info about the game, other than write about the game in the TA Forums.

    Though I do have a video now:

    But again, not publicised at all. It really was rather lovely and a genuine surprise! :)

    @Chunkypixels said:
    Enjoyed the earlier version QuantumSheep entered into the game jam, so really looking forward to the iOS version.

    QuantumSheep seems to have a really good following over on TouchArcade. I think theres quite a crowd who appreciate his retro games, along with his activity on the Forums there, and his very humble personality.

    Lets hope this little gem gives him more of a breakout hit with a wider audience... he definitely deserves it :)

    The TA forumites are lovely. Very kind and supportive. I love talking about my games, so doing so with interested parties (rather than alarmed looking strangers who are desperately trying to run away) is always fun!

    I've always believed that treating people as 'people' - rather than be the sort of person that sees them as a walking wallet, or as users to be acquired, or as downloads, or other such dehumanising references - is the best way forward in anything really.

    But that's just me ;)

    As to the game being a 'breakout hit' - I really doubt it, and that's ok. I'm releasing a week before Xmas and it's a paid app - I doubt the sites will have time to review the game and get an article up before Xmas (which is why the TA article was a lovely surprise!) and I'm sure Apple will feature Xmas centric apps that week too.

    So it'll sink without a trace apart from a few lovely people that will give it a go. And that's ok! I feel very relaxed about it all! It took me a month to expand on the gamejam entry and was fun to make and I really love the whole feel of it. I'm just glad it exists and that I could make it!

    But thank you, and thanks all, for the encouraging words!

    QS =D

  • jigglybeanjigglybean Member Posts: 1,584

    So why release it before Christmas? Over the festive period, the big boys will throw their discounts at players to swallow up their festive pot, so personally, I would hold off for an end of January early Feb release and contact TA mid Jan for an editorial pointing to this article and letting them know its out.

    You will most certainly get more coverage as hardly anything new has been released. It just seems a shame to push something out you've worked so hard on and watch it vanish without actually putting some effort behind increasing its awareness

  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188

    @jigglybean said:
    So why release it before Christmas? Over the festive period, the big boys will throw their discounts at players to swallow up their festive pot, so personally, I would hold off for an end of January early Feb release and contact TA mid Jan for an editorial pointing to this article and letting them know its out.

    You will most certainly get more coverage as hardly anything new has been released. It just seems a shame to push something out you've worked so hard on and watch it vanish without actually putting some effort behind increasing its awareness

    Nothing you say is factually wrong and I appreciate the concern!

    I've got a million reasons to release it now rather than later though. And I never said I wasn't going to try and increase its awareness either!

    QS =)

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited December 2014

    @quantumsheep said:
    And I never said I wasn't going to try and increase its awareness either!

    So still going ahead with the naked Q & A phone-in ?

  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188

    @Socks said:
    So still going ahead with the naked Q & A phone-in ?

    Of course! :D

  • LovejoyLovejoy Member Posts: 2,078

    Congrats @quantumsheep‌ on getting featured by apple today!

  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408

    yea very cool!
    in the game section under Best New Games

  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188

    I just woke up to this :open_mouth:

    I suppose I should make a Docking Sequence thread at some point :open_mouth:

    QS =D

  • ChunkypixelsChunkypixels Member Posts: 1,114
    edited December 2014

    Uber congrats fella.... front page of the App Store... and just days before it locks for the Christmas period!!

    Only seems to be showing one screenshot though... and not the best... which is a bit of a concern, and probably something that could do with prompt intervention.

    Will download now, but will have to wait til after the new Winter Wonderland Game Jam before giving it a good play :)

    Good work though, and good luck with the Christmas sales for this one :)

  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394

    Maybe submit an update (of nothing really) which would allow you to edit screenshots and plead for an expedited review.

    Congrats again bud, seems the Apple overlords really have taken a shine to you!

  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188

    @Chunkypixels said:
    Uber congrats fella.... front page of the App Store... and just days before it locks for the Christmas period!!

    Only seems to be showing one screenshot though... and not the best... which is a bit of a concern, and probably something that could do with prompt intervention.

    Will download now, but will have to wait til after the new Winter Wonderland Game Jam before giving it a good play :)

    Good work though, and good luck with the Christmas sales for this one :)

    Thank you, sir, that's very kind! I'm amazed at the response the game's got :O

    @beefy_clyro said:
    Maybe submit an update (of nothing really) which would allow you to edit screenshots and plead for an expedited review.

    Congrats again bud, seems the Apple overlords really have taken a shine to you!

    Thanks! I have already done that, Beefy - it's the ONLY thing I could do to remedy it. Not heard anything back :(

    Kicking myself - my own stupid fault, really. I made a bunch of assumptions that turned out wrong!

    Live and learn, eh?

    QS =D

  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408

    @quantumsheep‌

    make sure you submit the request through the official channel if you have not:
    https://developer.apple.com/appstore/contact/?topic=expedite

  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188

    @jonmulcahy said:
    quantumsheep‌

    make sure you submit the request through the official channel if you have not:
    https://developer.apple.com/appstore/contact/?topic=expedite

    Thanks Jon, I did just that!

    If they say no, I will need to call them to cry/beg, so a number could be useful! :D

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