Usually it takes me 3-5 months to release a game as I usually go for slightly “complex” games. I did something different this time. I took part in a 48 hour game jam, which means I was forced to do something very simple.
Give a warm welcome to “Bit Raid” 🙂 a retro classic with a single tap input mechanic. I am happy that it turned out pretty decent in terms of gameplay, fun factor and replayability.
You control the Bit-Shield that hops from edge to edge with a tap. Your objective is to crush the Bit-Bombs that are coming in to take out your Bit-Base while letting it collect Bit-Gold. Simple enough! but it gets progressively hard.
Get ready for the ride of your life. Hyper Cell is a minimalist survival platformer. You wake up in a cell, you don’t remember who you are and how you got there. Survive this psychedelic maze that beats to the rhythm of the music. The hardcore music tracks in this addictive 3d platformer will keep you hooked. You have not seen thrilling action like this before! BEWARE, this game is only for the brave. Multiple types of Laser beams, traps, canons, seeking missiles are going to be difficult and challenging to evade but checkpoints will help you along the way. Be prepared to die over and over and over!
Hyper Cell can be played with touch input (Android / Windows Phone 8 / Windows 8.1) as well as using a Keyboard (Windows 8.1 – left/right arrow, space bar, escape key). Hyper Cell is coming soon to iOS.
Time to announce a new game project – Hyper Cell. Its a minimalist survival platformer game with visual music rhythm. Watch the video below and if interested, sign up for the private beta test on windows phone 8.
So finally, I crossed 3 million downloads on Windows Phone. Thanks to the Windows Phone community, DVLUP program, Microsoft/Nokia Developer Evangelists and Technical Evangelists who helped tremendously and all fellow developers who inspired me to do better. Thanks to DVLUP program for awarding me with the LEGEND status for over a million downloads in last 6 months.
Super Polygon is a twitchy, hypnotic music-rhythm based game that looks deceptively simple but is hard to master. This is the game you need to zone out and lose yourself in the minimalist action mechanic beating to the music. You will get trapped in complex polygon patterns, repeatedly die and get frustrated. But you will rejoice when you figure out the patterns and how to navigate the treacherous polygon world. This is not Flappy bird, this is some hard core stuff. So zone in or zone out… and get ready for addictive gameplay.
First check out the tutorial/learn mode, choose the visual theme you like and then get down to it. Prove yourself in Super Square, Super Pentagon, Super Hexagon and Super Octagon and put your best score on the online leaderboard.
Super Polygon is inspired from the hit iOS/Android game Super Hexagon by Terry Cavanagh, but it differentiates itself in poly-patterns, level structure, visual themes and adds an Octagon mode.
I published my first app on Windows Phone in September 2011 right with the release of WP7.1 Mango 🙂 Woohoo achievement unlocked! Since I had been programming in Microsoft Technologies for over a decade, programming the app was not difficult at all. Microsoft has so much available in terms of information/documentation, code samples, MSDN blogs AND then third party dev-logs, podcasts; its very hard to NOT find what you are looking for. I was just being lazy and waited till a year after the Windows Phone was launched. I wish DVLUP was around back then to motivate and guide us 🙂
I was so very proud of my first game “Air Soccer Tour” till I realized – I didn’t have the slightest clue what monetization meant. I had released the first version of the game for FREE, without even thinking about the monetization aspect. So for the next update, I thought no biggie, I will just browse the blogs and samples and figure it out in a day. Well it turned out to be a very tricky subject, the more I read about it, the more confusing it got. Monetizing an app is black magic, I read somewhere 🙂
Air Soccer Tour was later discontinued due to change in developer account and an improved version “Air Soccer Fever” was released in April 2012.
So far, I have released 3 games on Windows Phone with a 4th game in progress. I have ported those 3 games to Windows 8 and 2 of them to Android as well. I know that’s not a lot for 2+ years in the field but my day job is very demanding 🙂 so I try to manage time for my hobby/passion as much as possible!
Tank Arena was released on December 6th, 2013 so its been 4 weeks and the response has been awesome. Getting great reviews from players worldwide. Time for some stats.
Downloads: 96,275
In App Purchases: 197
Rating:Â USAÂ 366 ratings 4+ star
@DVLUP campaigns helped a lot with the download count and @DVLUP #MakeAnAppDevHappyDay helped with the reviews. If you are a WPDEV, make sure to check out DVLUP. Tank Arena has also been submitted for Nokia Create contest, lets see how it fares 🙂
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We are currently working on online multiplayer mode for Tank Arena and prototyping a new game as well 🙂
This puts the total download count across all apps at 2.34 million with Air Soccer Fever being the major contributor. It’s interesting how Tank Arena reached the same download count in 4 weeks that Sea Quest did in 10 months 🙂
Download Stats 2014
Please download and rate our games and let us know how we can improve. The games are available on both Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8.
The Dromedian army has invaded our solar system, establishing military bases on the outer planets and getting ready to advance to Earth. You are the only hope for mankind so buckle up, get into your tank and get ready for the war ahead of us. Tank Arena is a SciFi Tank Shooter game where the player will battle dromedian bots/units in arenas across the solar system.
Tank Arena
The game starts at the Moon Training station where the player will get trained through 30 teeth grinding missions. Accumulate as much gold as you can to upgrade your tank’s armor and speed. We have 4 tanks available for you – Leopard, Challenger, Wolverine and Hell Cat. Buy guns for your tank to pack a punch – Spread, Seeker and Canon. We also have 5 original music tracks for your gameplay pleasure.
Your progress and stats are being recorded and you have 15 achievements to unlock. If you opt to sign-in, you can upload your score and stats to the online leaderboard.
Shooting is as easy as tapping on the target OR tapping just in the direction of the target and the bullet is fired away. To navigate your tank, you have the traditional thumbstick control but you can also use our innovative swipe input control that enables you to play with one hand without constantly covering any screen space.
While you are accumulating stars and unlocking achievements through Moon Training Station, We are working on bigger planetary campaigns with new dromedian enemy units.
Tank Arena is a Free To Play game with In-App-Purchase for gold coins and removing in-game ad. You will start with the leopard tank, basic gun, 100 gold coins and 100 bullets.
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The Dromedians have invaded our solar system, establishing military bases on the outer planets and getting ready to advance to Earth. You are the only hope for mankind so buckle up, get into your tank and get ready for the war ahead of us.
Tank Arena is a SciFi Tank Shooter game where the player will battle Dromedian bot army in arenas across the solar system. The 5 original music tracks will keep you psyched and the missions will keep you hooked!
Tank upgrades (Leopard, Challenger, Wolverine, Hell Cat) and Gun upgrades (Spread, Canon, Seeker) will help you keep up with the increasing difficulty of the missions.
Tank Arena
The game will be released by December 15th, 2013 on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8. The first release will contain 30 missions from the Moon Training Station and later updates will bring in big planetary campaigns.
Enjoy the trailer and get yourself ready for some serious tank battles.
Dangling Neuron 