Show IH: How to waste time? - Simple mobile game
Hi everyone,
Last weekend me and two fellow indie hackers went to a local game jam, in which the only requirement was to make a game with the motto: “it wasn’t designed for this”.
We already knew we wanted to make a mobile game (iOS/Android), so we rapidly thought the game mechanics, sketched our game and went on to code it.
We ended up with a game in which you use a clock to waste time (it clearly wasn’t designed for that), and by the end of the game jam, we already had published it to the Android Play Store (and a few days later to the Apple App Store).
We are now looking for some more inputs and initial traction, after all our relatives and friends have tried it, with pretty much good feedback. Obviously, the game is still not complete, and we have many ideas of things we want to add to it, and bug fixes we have to make, like improving the graphics and sound effects, adding more power ups, etc.
We’d really appreciate if anyone is willing to try it and give us some more feedback. The game is in Spanish (we are from Argentina), but it's definitely not language dependent.
The links to the app stores are:
IOS: https://itunes.apple.com/ar/app/perder-tiempo/id1437864252?l=en&mt=8
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=como.perder.el.tiempo
Enjoy!
Hey @javougarte
Nice little game and definitely a waste of time (in a good way) , below are some ideas
1.Have multiple levels so when a user reached a score they progress to the next level or change backgrounds as they reach certain milestones.
2.Increase the speed of the dial as levels progress
3.Add multiple dials as the levels progress
4.If you have levels, maybe you could have the clock but a background image of famous cities so before each level starts show a fun fact about the city. This way your users will learn something new and play the game too.
5.Maybe partner with one of the flight deal websites to show their name/logo when you mention about the fun facts of each famous city between levels. (If you wish to monitise)
6.As users progress through levels they can choose from characters (maybe have popular characters like Messi, Trump, Eminem etc)
Hope this helps.
Loved the ideas!
We're definitely including new characters, already tried out Maradona and had positive feedback with a few friends.
Hell yeah, i've tried it and it's a really great fot time wasting haha. It's no so easy btw...
Great job!
Would love to hear feedback and ideas from you guys!
Oh, and in case you're wondering, we used https://phaser.io/ and Cordova.