Fukushima Meltdown

lagunacomputerlagunacomputer Member Posts: 37
edited November -1 in Announce Your Game!
Should be approved in about a week........

The reactors have been damaged and are overheating.

As a Brave and Heroic Firefighter Your Mission is to spray water to cool them down before they explode!

Fukushima Meltdown

Cool the reactors down before they overheat, explode and meltdown. Use your firetruck to spray water on the reactors. Dangerous radiation is released if the reactors get too hot, explode.

Please Consider Donating to Help Japan

http://a16.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/2c/8f/f1/mzl.qpnwzixg.png

http://a9.phobos.apple.com/us/r30/Purple/e0/f5/59/mzl.xanjnfau.png

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  • spliketspliket Member Posts: 93
    too soon?



    unless you're donating all proceeds to the red cross, this is in poor taste (IMO)
  • StormyStudioStormyStudio United KingdomMember Posts: 3,989
    well done for getting an app idea out so quick... but ooh...get read for an onslaught off people saying 'bad taste' comments.

    ... maybe a bit too hot to release but hey who knows. It'll certainly get some press... even if its bad press.

    If Apple say no due to it all still kicking off at the reactor in Japan you can always change the name...

    But yeah, this is a bit bad at the moment...
  • ApplaudAppsApplaudApps Member Posts: 308
    April Fools was days ago :-/
  • lagunacomputerlagunacomputer Member Posts: 37
    i dont see what the bad taste is based on? you don't even 'die' in it.... i specifically made it that way
  • lagunacomputerlagunacomputer Member Posts: 37
    ok il add the 'heroic firefighter' end scene and see if its viewed in opposite as it was intended! thanks for the input!
  • ApplaudAppsApplaudApps Member Posts: 308
    Its because you've based a game on a current ongoing catastrophe that is worsening day by day, has affected many thousands of lives and could result in a disaster like chernobyl. Men are literally killing themselves to try and prevent this disaster in real life... no one needs a game version. IMHO.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Yeah your gonna get slaughtered. And thats if apple will even approve it. I would bet they shoot it down.
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  • nulonulo Member Posts: 315
    ApplaudApps said:
    Its because you've based a game on a current ongoing catastrophe that is worsening day by day, has affected many thousands of lives and could result in a disaster like chernobyl. Men are literally killing themselves to try and prevent this disaster in real life... no one needs a game version. IMHO.

  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    ApplaudApps said:
    Its because you've based a game on a current ongoing catastrophe that is worsening day by day, has affected many thousands of lives and could result in a disaster like chernobyl. Men are literally killing themselves to try and prevent this disaster in real life... no one needs a game version. IMHO.

    +1
  • lagunacomputerlagunacomputer Member Posts: 37
    well theres people getting slaughtered all over and they dont take down shooting games..... you're a brave firefighter i think you guys missed the point or i didnt make it strong enough
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    spliket said:
    unless you're donating all proceeds to the red cross, this is in poor taste (IMO)

    This is the only possible way you might get people to not hate you but still its gonna piss people off. And don't go claiming your doing this and then not follow through. You would be walking the felony line there.
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  • ApplaudAppsApplaudApps Member Posts: 308
    9/11 fireman game anyone?
  • peachpellenpeachpellen Member Posts: 977
    I stopped by to say hey to everyone as I was missing the GS community; then I saw this.

    I am SO incredibly disgusted by this. The last line; "Please Consider Donating to Help Japan" could also give people the idea buying your app is somehow helping Japan - it isn't like you're including a link, even.

    I hope Apple doesn't approve this.

    By the way; your Bob Levy app - you have permission to use his image and voice, yeah? (Just checking.)
  • LuckyLurcherLuckyLurcher Member Posts: 343
    lagunacomputer said:
    i dont see what the bad taste is based on? you don't even 'die' in it.... i specifically made it that way

    Yeah, but people did die. This is in such poor taste its unreal.
  • peachpellenpeachpellen Member Posts: 977
    LuckyLurcher said:
    Yeah, but people did die. This is in such poor taste its unreal.

    Not only did they die but more still might.

    "You don't even 'die' in it!", my ass.
  • LuckyLurcherLuckyLurcher Member Posts: 343
    "Use your firetruck to spray water on the reactors."

    What begins with F and ends with UCK.... and it's not firetruck....
  • fzeedfzeed Member Posts: 247
    Whats next? Holocaust 2011? Tsunami GotMe? Cancer Comedy? Oh man i bet those will be hot sellers! Great ideas!!! So, when you start developing real games with taste, you might want to change your name so you wont be known as "Oh, its that idiot that made that one game"
    On your follow up game, are you going to advertise "Brought to you by the people that made a game based on a Nuclear meltdown that killed people that had families, and displaced thousands of people" "We care, please donate, but anyway check out this awesome game i made, tons of death and destruction based on actual events that just happened!!, please donate to help, but buy my game!!!, look at the sad mother crying, her son just died trying to prevent a nuclear meltdown!!!! so sad, look at those tears in Retina Display!"
    They should send you out there to deal with the problems and see how much fun you will have!!!
  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    I think it might be a tad full on for some people at the moment.
    I thought I could be over reacting but it appears some people are feeling the same way. Not saying you've done anything wrong just yeah, a tad too soon.
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  • AddictiveGamesAddictiveGames Member Posts: 105
    I Don't think Apple will aprove it.

    Slight Positives:
    - Looks decent
    - Easy to market/go viral etc cause controversy

    Negatives:
    - Disaster mission is still ongoing
    - reminds people of the 12157 died, 15,500 missing
    - Angry people could come after you

    I think even if Apple let it slip through at first they will likely pull it should they get any bad publicity like the recent gay cure app. Your best waiting for 6 months before releasing this. #bad_taste
  • OldAccountPlzIgnoreOldAccountPlzIgnore Member Posts: 80
    People chill
    It's a joke there are way to many worse things happening in the world. The amount of time you spent contemplating and typing your disgust you could be thinking of ideas to help Japan.
    Listen... once you figure out what a joke everything is, being the Comedian's the only thing that makes sense.
    Gota love The Watchmen
  • AddictiveGamesAddictiveGames Member Posts: 105
    EightBitRemix said:
    Listen... once you figure out what a joke everything is, being the Comedian's the only thing that makes sense.
    Got love The Watchmen

    Are your drunk? This makes no sense to me haha
  • OldAccountPlzIgnoreOldAccountPlzIgnore Member Posts: 80
    Drinking makes everything better and funnier.
  • LuckyLurcherLuckyLurcher Member Posts: 343
    EightBitRemix said:
    People chill
    It's a joke there are way to many worse things happening in the world. The amount of time you spent contemplating and typing your disgust you could be thinking of ideas to help Japan.
    Listen... once you figure out what a joke everything is, being the Comedian's the only thing that makes sense.
    Gota love The Watchmen

    So is this another positive step for the Gamesalad splash screen?
  • StusAppsStusApps Member, PRO Posts: 1,352
    Hey, I assume this will be a free app then ..... yes??? Profiteering off the back of the attention this tragedy has gained in the media would be kinda .... disgusting.

    Do you realise what it must be like for people who have family lying dead after the tsunami inside that nuclear exclusion zone, unable to recover their bodies and give them a proper burial. Unsure whether they will ever be able to return to their homes. Sorry man, I can't get over how f**king ignorant and selfish this is (made worse that you don't see a problem). Some of these firefighters and workers received dangerous radiation doses that could cause them a lifetime of cancer problems. But hey, for just 99c you can now have all the fun of the tragedy without your family and friends dying.

    This physically sickens me and if they actually approve it then I will be the first lining up to complain to apple.
  • OldAccountPlzIgnoreOldAccountPlzIgnore Member Posts: 80
    LuckyLurcher said:
    So is this another positive step for the Gamesalad splash screen?

    Ahh good point didn't think of that. Maybe he has a pro account?
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Oh dear.

    On a more positive note, watch this:

    http://www.gamersheartjapan.com/

    And donate if you can.

    Cheers,

    QS

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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  • AddictiveGamesAddictiveGames Member Posts: 105
    StusApps said:
    Hey, I assume this will be a free app then ..... yes??? Profiteering off the back of the attention this tragedy has gained in the media would be kinda .... disgusting.

    Do you realise what it must be like for people who have family lying dead after the tsunami inside that nuclear exclusion zone, unable to recover their bodies and give them a proper burial. Unsure whether they will ever be able to return to their homes. Sorry man, I can't get over how f**king ignorant and selfish this is (made worse that you don't see a problem). Some of these firefighters and workers received dangerous radiation doses that could cause them a lifetime of cancer problems. But hey, for just 99c you can now have all the fun of the tragedy without your family and friends dying.

    This physically sickens me and I if they actually approve this then I will be the first lining up complain to apple.

    I agree with your points but don't worry, I really don't think Apple will approve this. If they do, then Apple deserve even more criticism than the developer as its their *closed* platform after all and every app is supposed to be reviewed by a real person.
  • OldAccountPlzIgnoreOldAccountPlzIgnore Member Posts: 80
    I'm not sure how everybody would feel about this but couldn't you just change the name? I'm sure there are plenty of apps about nuclear plants already so you could keep your app and not upset anybody. Just an idea.
  • StusAppsStusApps Member, PRO Posts: 1,352
    EightBitRemix said:
    I'm not sure how everybody would feel about this but couldn't you just change the name? I'm sure there are plenty of apps about nuclear plants already so you could keep your app and not upset anybody. Just an idea.

    Or just have a game where the firetruck puts out fires in normal buildings along a street, in a friendly cartoony way (like many other games out there). But then those apps won't sell lots, the reason he has chosen this tragedy is because it is still in everyones mind.
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Oh my....

    Are you $%#! kidding me.
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