Brian, Out of my last 80 sales for FRG Deluxe, 2 were declined and 8 were canceled. I recently lowered the price for the holidays from $3 to $0.99; before December my refund rate was about 15%. Having played Doodle Bike and some of your competitors' games (MX Moto, Moto X Mayhem), I think there is room for improvement in Doodle Bike. For example, I get hopelessly stuck on the 2nd level of Doodle Bike (Lite). If I had paid any amount of money to get stuck at level 2, I'd refund. I'm not fond of MX Moto for the same reason but atleast I get a funny rag doll animation when I smash my rider into the ground. I haven't played Moto X Mayhem since ADC2 but I recall being able to get reasonably far and enjoying it more than most games in ADC2. The polish of the game back then was really good and smashing the rag doll into the ground got a bizarre amount of amusement from me.
Maybe I just suck at these games - it's challenge enough for me to keep the bike steady when making jumps. Please note that not everybody understands the idioms of your game and that you are less qualified to judge difficulty because you are an expert at playing your own game. For FRG I periodically gave the game to my wife and watched as she played. I used her as a baseline for how long a neophyte takes to finish levels. For the record she does play a lot of games (married her for a reason!) but FRG is a genre she has little experience with. I also used my ability to play FRG as an indicator of an expert's experience. Given user feedback, I've also made the targeting system simpler and easier over time. FRG with multitouch sticks or auto-targeting (for single-touch users) makes me godlike at my own game but for other players, may be the difference between sticking with the game and uninstalling/refunding out of frustration. Phil, 50% refunds would make me worry a lot if it were my game. Ernest Woo Woo Games http://www.woogames.com On Jan 2, 8:16 am, Phil Endecott <spam_from_goo...@chezphil.org> wrote: > On Jan 1, 8:14 pm, brian purgert <brianpurge...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Im not sure if people just don't like my game or they are finishing it fast, > > but out of 52 sales, 14 refunded it. > > That's much better than my ratio at present, which is about 50%, and > seems to have got worse since the refund period was reduced to 15 mins. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
