iPad Giveaway for app!!!
SethsApps
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As you may already know we are releasing TapXtreme soon and we just wanted to offer a little something special to our fellow game developers. The app hasnt even been sent in for review yet but the gaming community here deserves something! The app is finished and whoever makes it to 1,000,000 points first will get an iPad!!!!! We are offering a one time chance for you to get an extremely big head start on the race to the gold by selling a few pre-release copies of the app!
Please go to http://www.sethsapps.com/offer/ and buy your copy today for just $40.00 (an EXTREME value for a head start on getting a FREEEE ipad!) You will get an email and just reply with your UDID from your device and we will send you your copy of the game. The only pre-release version is the 300,000 point version which means you will be nearly 1/3 of the way there as soon as you get the app!
If you would really like to win and want the 500,000 point version on pre-release then send an email to seth@sethsthemes.com requesting just that and you will get a custom made one for a little bit more money.
Happy gaming!!!
Please go to http://www.sethsapps.com/offer/ and buy your copy today for just $40.00 (an EXTREME value for a head start on getting a FREEEE ipad!) You will get an email and just reply with your UDID from your device and we will send you your copy of the game. The only pre-release version is the 300,000 point version which means you will be nearly 1/3 of the way there as soon as you get the app!
If you would really like to win and want the 500,000 point version on pre-release then send an email to seth@sethsthemes.com requesting just that and you will get a custom made one for a little bit more money.
Happy gaming!!!
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And yes more prizes will be given away. The first for the ipad is just to get started and then after that other smaller or maybe bigger contests will be held for 1.5 mil or 2 mil. and so on. Great idea artonskyblue and I hope to see you buy a pre release or regular version of the game when it comes out!
Also if you say the odds are 'Out of this world' that means the odds are heavily stacked against you.
My point is $40/$20/$15 is far too high a price for a competition entry, where you don't post odds and the prize is an iPad. Even if you gave $1 million away every week, it still wouldn't compare to the lottery. If you say you can give better odds than the lottery and still give away that kind of money then you're going to be broke, very quickly.
Chances of winning the lottery (uk) %100% = 2 in 13,983,816 - cost £2
So you're saying for $500 i have a 2 in 13,983,816 chance of winning an iPad??!!!
There's only 3 things that are happening here.
1. You're not explaining the structure and odds of the competition you are running properly.
3. You haven't thought this through.
3. This is a scam
EDIT - Sorry i miss-read your previous post. Your saying if i spend $500 on your competition, i have a 100% of winning a iPad. Ok. Is that more/less/the same as going to an apple store?
Worst.....Idea....Ever...
Who the heck is gonna pay $40 for a tap game for a chance to win an iPad? I pity the person that falls for this crap. I never speak out against people's ideas, but this as a whole is a very bad idea. I wish people luck with their sales, I do NOT wish this junk luck. Make a real game & earn your sales the honest way.
As mrfunkleberry has pointed out, there are not even any conditions. You do not have the terms laid out. How do they get their item? How do they even know SOMEONE will get an iPad?
You also said "and you can actually have fun while doing it." You have not even shown a picture/video of game play. So I am supposed to shell out $40 (2/3's the cost of a BRAND NEW Xbox 360 game) for something I don't even know I will win & worse yet don't even know if I will have fun with? Cmon dude this is garbage. Whoever buys this in the app store is an idiot. You can't sell this crap for $15. This would be a great idea if it were $1. But at $40 pre-release? And then $15-$20 in store?? Wow....
I agree with mrfunkleberry, I call this scam.
Part of me wishes like 5 people will buy this, just so they could win the iPad & then you would be in the negative for pulling a stunt like this. However, the more humane part of me wishes for you to break even & never try this again. If you DO break even learn your lesson the first time & move on.
I'm sorry if this offends, but GS is an awesome tool, and to see scams like this coming out from it is offensive to me. I have been with GS since it started Beta way back early last year, & I have never seen a more horrendous idea come to these boards.
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I was going to write a long boring post that nobody would read, but that's been done already
Instead, inspired by the audacity of sethsapps, I've put up a preview version of my upcoming 'Win-an-iPad' app on GameSalad, here: http://gamesalad.com/game/play/57154
You have to tap the fast moving, invisible button a million times to win the iPad. However, this version starts your counter off at 999,999 - YOU ONLY HAVE TO TAP THE FAST MOVING, INVISIBLE BUTTON *ONCE* TO WIN!!!!
The cost of the app will be $1,500 - HURRY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN!!!111!!!
If you don't win, you can console yourself by enjoying the amazing gameplay!
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!
QS
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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$40 for a mediocre app where you could win an iPad = GTFO.
so, erm
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4028/ipadx.png
As for the gameplay, its just bubbles that move across the screen and you have to tap them. They get faster and smaller as the game goes along and you are rewarded with different trophies to eliminate cheating plus a few other prevention methods. What kind of gameplay do you want? Thats all there is to it I wanted it simple so someone could win an ipad and so this game could be for a 4 year old too but apparently thats all people here act like when they dont read or ask any questions. THE BASIC VERSION OF THE GAME IS 0.99 CENTS DONT GO ALL CRAZY!!!
And for a few days here I thought people at game salad were kind of nice...now admins are shooting low comments at fellow developers! Thats sad GS thats really sad
@QS - I was so close to $1,000,000! That invisible button is sneaky!
actually, I have read your other posts and so I did know about the 0.99 cents it's just you didn't make it clear that you were keeping that.
Also, as i suggested in the other thread, I think you need to think it through a bit more. I.e. are there certain countries that you aren't willing to ship to? Will you pay shipping? Duties? etc. You should make this information clear to whoever is buying it.
ahh, didn't see that
* Numbers depend on how many people buy the app.
As scitunes has stated there are no admins in here. We are devs just like yourself who are entitled to their own opinions. You can check all my forums posts and see that there are no mean spirited posts in my record, I just found this idea too absurd to not comment on.
As far as gameplay, yes the gameplay is simple & that is fine, but no where was it stated WHAT the gameplay was like, that's why the comment was made about that.
Overall, IF you take down the $40 pre-release (which is still up) then this will be a cool idea at $1. I hope it succeeds and you do well.
The whole thing about this being a scam/ripoff was simply due to the outrageous price of $40 pre-release & as you yourself stated $15-$20 once released. So at $1 I think this is perfectly acceptable.
Good Luck
and by the way, how are you supposed to know who got the 1.000.000 points?????
Unfortunately, I'd already got a million taps while testing it!
Sorry!
QS
Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
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As for the last two comments I have gotten that a lot haha but dont worry I have 3 different securities in place that eliminate even being able to cheat. Plus the verification screen isnt a whole screen its a combination of different things that have to be submitted and are all explained on the game instructions. Thanks everyone please help spread the word and buy any of the copies of the app once it hits the app store!
I made it vague in the game so that it (hopefully) wont get rejected. The main info is on my site so that shouldn't be a problem but if it is I will just make it more vague. Thanks for asking and the warning though.