OpenFeint's Free Game of the Day

phongtt · March 2012

Hi,

Do you know it? http://freegameoftheday.com/

Looks like it's one of the good ways to drive better downloads.
I have a friend who's also been making games, he told me I should try it.

Will Gideros supports OpenFeint?

Thanks!

ar2rsawseen · March 2012

Hmm, what does it actually do?

phongtt · March 2012

Hi,

This link should explain a bit: http://www.intomobile.com/2010/03/08/openfeints-free-game-of-the-day-generates-5-million-iphone-game-downloads-in-a-month/

OZApps · March 2012

Hi Phongtt, in my opinion, I think that GC has been made available as a plug-in, so can OF, it is hardly an issue. Specially given that you can add Plug-ins so easily while compiling your app. However an official inclusion by @atilim or @Gorkem would be nice.

I am not so sure how important OF might be at this given point of time given that a lot of people are interested in In-App purchases, and Kiip.me etc. Who know what else comes up that could change the way we look at apps.

phongtt · March 2012

As far as I understand, OF is still useful even for freemium apps.
The main point of OF is that it helps us promote our apps via its well-known channel and it has a very big user base.

BTW, thanks for introducing kiip.me

atilim · March 2012

I totally agree with @OZApps and although it's possible to add OpenFeint as a plugin, unfortunately the official implementation won't come in the very near future. Because other 3rd party libraries (IAP and Ad) have higher priority than OpenFeint.

On the other hand, a basic OpenFeint integration should be easy and if you want to integrate it as a plugin, we're always here to help you.

(Also I haven't known kiip. Thanks @OZApps)

phongtt · March 2012

After re-reading the thread, I think I was not clear enough - or maybe I still don't understand you guys' point

I was talking about a way to get better visibility for a game (among a forest of games on AppStore - you know how it is), and OF's freegameoftheday seems helpful for that. This is the first stage.

Then, to make the game more addictive to players (thus retention and good rival, good image/credit about the developer) we use some techniques, among which is kiip. But that's the second stage.

I mean no matter how good a game is, if it can't get right in front of the eyes of many players, it'll have little chance.

Hope somebody can enlighten me, thanks

ar2rsawseen · March 2012

Shouldn't app use OF to participate in freegameoftheday?
And isn't OF same as Kiip (achievements, scores, etc)?
So is it better to use OF or Kiip, after all?

phongtt · March 2012

afaik, we have to integrate OF into our game.
A glance at kiip, seems not really the same with OF (anyone can share real life experiment?), if not to say that OF has the the site freegameoftheday.com to help promote our game

OZApps · March 2012

@phongtt,
OpenFeint was the only cross platform option available before Apple's Game Center. After OF was taken over by a Japanese company, I have seen that agressive marketing, still like any company, they will promote what will help them in return.

So unless your app is *great* and is selling wonderfully and uses OF, they will not bother to feature your app. Today it is more advantageous for Android developers than iOS.

Kiip is for monetization, like virtual currency, etc where as OF is for HighScores and adding the social aspect of things.

This is a totally personal preference, I am not a fan of OF, and if you feel that OF integration will help boost sales, well, then go for it. I saw yesterday on Twitter about a developer that made a million+ recently, the comment was, "The App/Game matters, not the tools."

ar2rsawseen · March 2012

@OZApps and what apps did he make?

hgvyas123 · March 2012

the lost city ?

phongtt · March 2012

Thanks a lot for the insight. It's very helpful

Btw, quite agreed with your last statement. We can't succeed with an average game no matter what we do with marketing and stuff, so obviously quality is the first prequisite.
Anyway, for me it'll be "The App/Game matters, suitable tools should definitely be a big plus"

Thanks again for sharing your opinion and knowledege.

cvieira · March 2012

Hi atilim, what are the needed steps to build a plugin for Gideros Studio? I mean, is there any tutorial to start? I'm interesing in making a game using Gideros Studio, but i would like to integrate with Open Feint...

Thanks!

I totally agree with @OZApps and although it's possible to add OpenFeint as a plugin, unfortunately the official implementation won't come in the very near future. Because other 3rd party libraries (IAP and Ad) have higher priority than OpenFeint.

On the other hand, a basic OpenFeint integration should be easy and if you want to integrate it as a plugin, we're always here to help you.

(Also I haven't known kiip. Thanks @OZApps)

gorkem · March 2012

@cvieira have a look at:

http://giderosmobile.com/DevCenter/index.php/Gideros_plugins

and:

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=149g_P1YlE4_6v_hHbFx3YAaYpdU0HoM70XJSLTE38ww

cvieira · March 2012

Hi @gorkem, thanks for the information! Is there any example on how to develop and integrate a Java plugin for the android?

Thanks!

gorkem · March 2012

We haven't released our Android plugins yet - it's due next release, probably this or next week.

cvieira · March 2012

Thanks @gorkem!

cvieira · August 2012

Hi @gorkem, is this - Android plugins - already possible on v2012.2.2.2?

Thanks + Regards,

gorkem · August 2012

Yes, it's already released.

cvieira · August 2012

Great, any examples available yet (written in Java - the idea is to use OpenFeint, or GREE as it is now) in a game?

Scouser · August 2012

It's on my todo list

like so many other things

cvieira · August 2012

Ok @Scouser, thanks for the info!

cvieira · September 2012

Hi @scouser, any java plugin example available already? I think this is quite important to developers so they can integrate ads and with social networks on android.

I think it's not required a great example, but something simple, that allows developers to start using it and get to know better how it works...

Thanks!

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