App Masters · Aug 17App Audit on a New Game
Close to launch in mid-August, with an art style between flat and 3D, a dated brush-gradient icon, and touchy tap controls. Steve suggests a faster bird, a pixelated 3D look, a death reaction, and bird-team names like Cardinals or Orioles with city keywords in the Spanish Mexico localization.
Tips
- Replace a dated gradient icon with a flat, high-contrast one▶ 14:32A flat icon swap on another developer's Google Play game increased downloads by 19% with nothing else changed.
- Name a bird game after a sports team and target the team's city▶ 12:17
- Balance irritation and relaxation to make a casual game addictive▶ 3:08Voodoo's Snake vs Block, then around number seven overall, was cited as a casual hit built on this balance.
- Tune tap controls so one tap does not launch the character off-screen▶ 3:47
- Give the character a pixelated or 3D-ish look if targeting younger players▶ 2:02
- Add a death animation and other small polish details▶ 5:35
- Add collectible variety and seasonal backgrounds from tester feedback▶ 11:40
- Do not sweat the studio name for ASO▶ 10:25
