Archive for the ‘LandFormer’ Category


Launch Week Summary

What an exciting week last week was! LandFormer finally launched, I was lucky enough to get some great press, Apple featured the game, then on Friday Gizmodo mentioned the game in their “This Week’s Best Apps” article! You can read all the latest reviews of the game on the Press page.

I honestly couldn’t have asked for a better launch for the game. Thanks again to everyone who tweeted about it, who emailed their friends and told them to get it, who left a review in the store, or who posted about it on their blog. I appreciate all the help. Once again I am reminded of how awesome the indie community is, and how supportive developers are of each other.

Between the press and the Apple feature, LandFormer made it all the way up to the #122 Free App in the App Store over the weekend. This far exceeded my expectations for the game. In Canada, the game made it all the way up to the #57 Free App.

I’ve been absolutely thrilled with the reception so far, and I’m starting work this week on the first update to the game. I’ll also be starting work on some requested level packs and themes soon. Lots of people have been asking about an iPad version of the game. At this point, it’s definitely something I’m looking at seriously.

In other news, Southern Ontario is in the grips of a ridiculous heat wave this week. The forecast is calling for a high of 33C (91F) in Guelph today with a humidex (i.e. a “feels like” temperature) of about 44C (111F). I’m starting to wish I had air conditioning. I’m thinking I might try to find refuge in a cooled coffee shop this afternoon …

Oh, and one more thing: I missed posting to the blog yesterday, so I’ve been ousted from iDevBlogADay for the time being. I’m still going to keep the sidebar links active, as I want to continue to support the effort. I’ve been added to the end of the waiting list, so I’ll be back eventually.

Owen


Free Long Weekend Levels

I was very pleasantly surprised to discover that LandFormer was picked up by Apple and featured in the Games -> New & Noteworthy section of the App Store last night. Thank you, Apple!

To celebrate that, and to celebrate the long weekend in the US and Canada (well, sort of in Canada), I decided to release a free level pack for LandFormer. You can find it in the in-game shop. The download is available to anyone with the game, even the free version. It contains 10 levels, ranging in difficulty from Beginner to Hard. But get it fast; it’s only there until July 5th! After that it will no longer be available.

Enjoy the new levels, and enjoy the long weekend!

Owen


LandFormer: Now Available

In case you missed all my chatter on twitter yesterday, you should know that LandFormer is now available on the App Store! The game is free to download with in-app purchase available if you’d like more levels, or a different look to the game.

Download the game now to try it out. After all, it’s free.

Owen


LandFormer Give-Away Contest

[Update – 6:31pm] The winners have been chosen and notified via twitter. Thank you to everyone who entered and congratulations to the winners!

That’s right! You can win an early copy of LandFormer for iPhone and iPod touch TODAY! The game isn’t releasing to the general public until Tuesday, June 29th, 2010, but you can win a copy today.

All you need is a twitter account. The rules are simple, just tweet this message:

“Win an early copy of #LandFormer for iPhone/iPod touch (coming June 29th)! Follow @OwenGoss and tweet this message. http://bit.ly/lfcontest”

Before 6:00pm EDT (3:00pm PDT) today (June 26, 2010) to be eligible to win.

Ok, there are a couple more small rules:

1) 3 winners will be chosen at random from all eligible tweets and promo codes will be sent to them by DM (twitter Direct Message) after the contest has closed.
2) Winners must have a US iTunes account to be able to receive a prize.
3) Winners must be following @OwenGoss on twitter to receive a prize (as I will be DM’ing the promo codes to the winners).
4) One entry per account.
5) No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited by law. Other legal stuff.

And that’s it. Tweet away for your chance to win a copy of LandFormer!

Owen


LandFormer: Coming June 29, 2010

Yes, that’s right, I have announced a launch date for LandFormer. You will be able to get your eager hands on the game starting one week from today: Tuesday, June 29, 2010.

To celebrate the announcement, I put together a new trailer for the game, which you can watch here:

LandFormer will be free to download at launch, allowing access to all the beginner levels, the level editor, and level sharing with friends. Purchasing Premium Content will give you 50 more levels in 4 difficulties, and enable saving of created and received levels. You’ll also be able to purchase the Discotheque Theme if you want to play with a more colorful and abstract look to the game.

Look for LandFormer starting next Tuesday!

Owen