butterbean said: Hunn- I disagree on GS not being able to put out a top 100 app, when you look at games that have been in the top 100, they are games that could have been made my gamesalad like "toddler phone" and some of these other games like More toast and pizza... if we had pixel collision we could do a lot more, but I think that someone here will eventually put out a top 100 app with Gamesalad...
I hate it when I'm right
Doodle Ski made it in the top 100 paid apps, and was a Gamesalad app too
Unfortunately also not made with Game Salad... it's made with unity.
We are now working on our own OpenGL ES 3D engine and on another 3D game, which will be a Tank Death Match game.
EDIT: still no ferrari :-D We are working on making the company bigger. We need every penny. The only thing we spent money on are two ipads for testing multiplayer for our games :-)
I'll check it out! I have Unity too. I'm gonna have another go at it after a couple more GS projects, now that I understand the fundamentals of attributes etc. I spent a lot of money on Unity iPhone and haven't used it!
I was VERY stupid... pretty much spent all my tax money. We have this thing called GST, where your employer pays you 12.% on top of your wages and every 6 months you have to pay that to the government (- any claims)... alas, I tended to spend it and it adds up.... 12.5% of 4.5k each week... what an idiot I was. Problem was I started earning big diollars from the age of 16 (was acting in a TV show for 12 years in NZ)... I just developed bad habits. I'll get there again, though ;-)
If you are famous and you earn big money in young age, it can be dangereous if you have nobody watching after you.
I am also in the movie/TV business, but on the other side of the camera :-)
I know a few children actors as a friend and I always try to treat them as a normal person, so they don't believe, they always stay the cute stars, but their parents do their "work" well too :-)
It's sad for you, that it worked out the wrong way, but I am sure, you will manage it again.
Remember it as a cool and funny time that nobody can take from you anymore and don't be sorry. Take it as a lesson and next time try to keep it for a longer period without losing the fun :-)
Hehe, I ended up crossing behind the other side of the camera too. I've been a sound recordist/boom operator for the last 5 years until recently... got too annoying as I wanted to be back in front of the camera. Got my first acting gig in years a couple of weeks back, guest role in a cop show called City Homicide. Was a bit of fun and got me back into it! So, now I work part time in a call centre until I make enough money from acting and game dev to survive
Gary Coleman was the perfect example of Childhood Stardom gone bust. Poor Guy had noone watching out for him, and ended up working as a Security Guard at some Mall in Santa Monica. He got royally screwed, and he was not well either
"Gary Coleman was the perfect example of Childhood Stardom gone bust. Poor Guy had noone watching out for him, and ended up working as a Security Guard at some Mall in Santa Monica"
Thanks,.....now more Kentucky type tracks,new cars, better pedal graphics, oh and if you want to get crazy an in car view forward, a horn and an ejector seat!! thanks...it really is the most fun I've had on my i'ds .
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We sold 144 in first two weeks. haha
Marc n Soph
Doodle Ski made it in the top 100 paid apps, and was a Gamesalad app too
Cha Ching!
@ Hunn: That's awesome!!
Our next game is coming in a few weeks.
You can see screenshots as a sneak peak here: http://iphone.3dmagicbox.com/commando.php
Unfortunately also not made with Game Salad... it's made with unity.
We are now working on our own OpenGL ES 3D engine and on another 3D game, which will be a Tank Death Match game.
EDIT: still no ferrari :-D
We are working on making the company bigger. We need every penny. The only thing we spent money on are two ipads for testing multiplayer for our games :-)
Tell us a bit more about being rich! :-)
How did you lose it?
If you are famous and you earn big money in young age, it can be dangereous if you have nobody watching after you.
I am also in the movie/TV business, but on the other side of the camera :-)
I know a few children actors as a friend and I always try to treat them as a normal person, so they don't believe, they always stay the cute stars, but their parents do their "work" well too :-)
It's sad for you, that it worked out the wrong way, but I am sure, you will manage it again.
Remember it as a cool and funny time that nobody can take from you anymore and don't be sorry. Take it as a lesson and next time try to keep it for a longer period without losing the fun :-)
Otherwise I like to play as an extra if there is something cool going on.
For example I was in Pillars of the Earth:
A security guard!? o_0
With his stature?
You have to learn german :-P
Although it's mostly spoken in viennese dialect (or a lighter version of it), so even if you speak german, you probably won't understand really :-)
It's self programmed with Open GL
Alpine Crawler World HD is #30 in Top Paid iPad Apps btw...
We are concentrating on new projects and in our opinion updates wouldn't bring more new customers.
Updates is good for customer care and strongening the brand and our name, but we have no ressources for it at the moment.
Who already bought the game, is/was happy with it but we don't think there is more potential in it to get it to the top again.
It seems that money is flowing steady and we are happy with it as it is now. We rather want to try making new and better games.
If somebody wants, can open up a new topic about the "importance of updates for an already successful game" and we can discuss it there.