[ALittleLight]

I had to try this after seeing all those ads. It is pretty similar to what the ads were. The game itself also has an obnoxious number of ads. For example, I had to watch a thirty second ad (or pay 75 "coins") to unlock the second level. In the second level I had pull one of two pins, to either dump lava on myself or gold. I chose gold and won a flawless victory, on to the next ad!

The other annoying thing about the game is that every level it asks you to register some kind of account or sign in with your Google account. If I refused to do that at first, why would I want to be asked every level?

I guess it's kind of fitting that the game is annoying as the ads that inspired it are too. I'd pay 1 dollar for an ad free version of this game, assuming the levels eventually became challenging and the game didn't nag me all the time about creating accounts. I won't watch 30 seconds of ads every 30 seconds though.

[DilipSripuram]

Hello Guys, This is Dilip Sripuram. The developer of the TheActualGameRescue you are talking about. Just wanted to address the issues you mentioned. About the Ads, you don't need to watch an Ad. The whole game can be played without watching a single Ad. Each level gives you enough coins to unlock next and by the end of easy levels you will have enough coins to unlock 3 medium levels. The login issue is so that I can save the save file with Google Play services. I will recheck this and limit the number of times it asks to once. I recommend watching this video to better understand the gameplay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksI3YVoMwnM&ab_channel=GeneM...

Thanks. P.S : Posting this to every mention here. First time here on Hacker News.

[ALittleLight]

I applaud you for creating the game that people clearly want to play based off of those ads. I think that's a creative idea and you executed it pretty well. I see those ads most frequently on twitter - do you have a twitter bot that just links to your thing whenever those ads get posted? Might get some traffic.

I admit I didn't check to see what the coins were. I just assumed it was some kind of microtransaction. If you don't need to watch ads - why would anyone choose to? Unless, like me, they mistakenly thought you had to (which I would think is just as bad)?

Regarding login, I would suggest just explaining why you need this service, what you get for it, and letting the user choose it or not.

Curious how many users you have and what you make from this game.

[DilipSripuram]

I have about 3.3k downloads as of now. Mobile games need over 5 million downloads and many daily active users to make anything. 98% of the mobile developers don't make more than 500$ for their entire project. So, all work is just to stand out. My only way is with good gameplay. I will increase the "Buy" button size and may be add an animation to it suggesting you to click it. Thanks.

[jsnell]

Welcome. But please don't post the same message multiple times like that. It makes the thread hard to read, and you should not feel like you need to address every comment separately if this response already covers all the points.

[DilipSripuram]

Sorry jsnell, this won't happen again.