Danger Cats! listed under Hot New Games!

firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
edited November -1 in Announce Your Game!
Hey All,

On the iPhone App Store, Danger Cats! is now listed under Hot New Games in the Featured Section!
On the desktop version of iTunes, it is listed in the What's Hot section!

I am soooo excited!
I knew my incessant checking would finally pay off! :~)

Thanks to everyone on these forums for their very nice reviews! I really appreciate it!

Joe
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  • ZillaZilla Member Posts: 157
    Congrats! I like your game(s) very much and I hope that you will get rich & famous :)
  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    it's about time! danger cats is such a great game!
  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    Wow man, thats awesome!

    Grats!!
  • BeyondtheTechBeyondtheTech Member Posts: 809
    Congratulations, I hope it continues to be a good seller!
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Well done!!! this is something that is sure to bring in loads of sales!

    Darren.
  • criniitcriniit Member Posts: 17
    Hey man congrats! Any chance you can post back here on how it impacted your sales when you get your reports?
  • beaudoin_nbeaudoin_n Member Posts: 184
    Bravo !

    Rewards well deserved
  • rebumprebump Member Posts: 1,058
    Congrats!!!
  • ktfrightktfright Member Posts: 964
    good work Firemaple!!!
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    well done.. very much deserved too. it's a great game.
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Great job!! You definitely deserved to be featured with that game! Fabulous job!! :)
  • EastboundEastbound Member, BASIC Posts: 1,074
    Hah that's awesome! So they didn't even email you, you just had to keep checking?
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Same thing happened to me with Endless Apples just appeared one day and never received an email, I had to hear it from a friend :)
  • VmlwebVmlweb Member Posts: 427
    Well done

    Some app sales tracking software tell you if your in top of anything of your featured. I use AppStore Sales and that has a rank section in it.
  • beaudoin_nbeaudoin_n Member Posts: 184
    www.mobclix.com
    Lets you see your ranking too
  • stanimationstanimation Member Posts: 406
    Congrats FMG! You rock!
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @BeyondtheTech: I hope it STARTS to become a good seller. It hasn't really been so far, just a few a day, 2 was the least, and 25 was the max. Usually somewhere around 10. the other night I increased the price to 1.99 and all of a sudden my sales jumped to 32 - my new record! Who knew? Then last night they put it in the Hot New Games section... we'll see what happens! (good thing I raised the price first... :~)

    And let me tell you, It's not easy gaining traction!
    Danger Cats! is a slightly weird game, and it's tough to tell what's going on from the screenshots. I am going to redo all my screenshots and create a really nice splash screen as well. I really like the splash screen that eastbound used for Kill the King. I definitely think it will help.

    Right now I am working on a major overhaul of Stunt Squirrels!
    I really need to up the ante if I want to win the MacWorld contest!
    After that I'll spruce up the cosmetics in Danger Cats!

    @eastbound: no, I just kept checking everyday like a madman! Do they email you?

    @Everybody: Wow! Thanks so much for the kind words! I appreciate your help/support/encouragement!

    Joe
  • BeyondtheTechBeyondtheTech Member Posts: 809
    Hey, you should get a program like AppViz (http://www.ideaswarm.com/products/appviz/), or My App Sales (http://www.drobnik.com/touch/my-app-sales/) which runs on the iPhone for easy access to your sales data.

    I'm telling you, it's time to leave the $0.99 cent area, as people think (and ultimately know) they're getting a quality application.

    Funny how my Archangel game also went up in sales after moving to $1.99.

    I know what you mean by the screenshots. I'm designing one particular game that I don't know if screenshots will do justice - we'll just have to see in about a week from now when I submit it for the Macworld contest.

    Keep it up!
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thanks!
    I am a member over at www.appFigures.com ... which gives me nice hourly worldwide app store rankings, and worldwide app store reviews. And they generate nice reports and charts for me, as well as email me everyday with all the sales data. I am sure all of the sites/apps do this, though...
  • EastboundEastbound Member, BASIC Posts: 1,074
    "@eastbound: no, I just kept checking everyday like a madman! Do they email you?"

    No, after looking into it I found out they don't really notify anyone of anything.

    And some apps use a picture of the iphone running the game with words around it (I did this for my iGentleman screenshots) and I really think that would help for a game with gameplay like this. And a professionally done splash screen, as well.
  • StormyStudioStormyStudio United KingdomMember Posts: 3,989
    congrats....have got the lite version, my wife is gonna buy the full version on her touch.

    love hearing these stories of success.

    Must keep tinkering with my current app....and your right the splash screen on 'Kill the King' makes it look much more salable.
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @draper3000: Thanks a lot! I appreciate the support!
  • CrazybreadmanCrazybreadman Member Posts: 674
    Hey just incase you weren't aware it's been listed on "What's Hot" all day on iTunes!
  • WeswogWeswog Member Posts: 1,171
    I saw danger cats in the 65th position in us app store under puzzle just if you wanted to know

    Cheers, Weswog
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Congrats Firemaple! That's awesome :)

    Weswog, how did you see the ranking in the U.S App store?

    can you see the ranking on itunes, or did you look at it through a program? Just curious if there's any other way of doing that besides applyzer and other sites :)
  • WeswogWeswog Member Posts: 1,171
    I just looked at itunes under puzzle and by the way I miscounted it is really 64th position.

    Cheers, Weswog
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thanks Weswog!
    Yes, I use appFigures.com and I get updates every hour with the worldwide rankings!
    I am addicted to it! Very distracting!
  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    thanks for the link!!

    I'm sure i will be a fellow junkie.

    Im sure im not the only one but i was checking itunes connect every 20min for 7 days just waiting for app to go live.... even though they email and cause your iphone to beep at you
  • goliathgoliath Member Posts: 1,440
    congrats!!!!
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  • EastboundEastbound Member, BASIC Posts: 1,074
    So have you noticed a boost in sales?
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