An independent game developer who has 9 years experiences in game industry as a programmer. Currently focusing on iOS and mobile games development and trying to dig out most of what lies in games.
And also...
A programmer who loves the beauty of C++ and Lua;
A designer who enjoys pondering game mechanics and its subtlety;
A writer who likes to weave thoughts in words and share with people;
A dreamer who believes games can change the world in a positive way.
Recently I analyzed some data from the sales tracking software and app analytics and found some interesting statistics. Which country has lowest piracy rate and highest IAP purchase rate?
This is the talk I presented in 2012 Game Game App Developers Conference Taipei in Taiwan. I’d like to share my passion for Lua and talk about some techniques we used in Jade Ninja and Bonnie’s Brunch 2.
Apple announces an exclusive '7-days-trial-period' app refund policy for Taiwanese consumers while Google refuses to revise its refund policy and removed all paid apps from Taiwan Android Market.
To clarify, the purchase rate of IAP products is calculated based on the real sales numbers, not the unique user counts. The stats show that IAP rate is fine in China, but the piracy rate is terrible.
Glad you like it r n r nI learned my component-based architecture knowledge mostly by books, such as Game Programming Gems series. There are several great articles in GPG series cover component-based architecture very well.
@Christian Kulenkampff: Thank you : @Darren Tomlyn: Hi Darren, Thanks for your reply. Although Tiny Tower is not a lottery game, it contains lesser competition elements than you might think. I'm familiar with those highly competition-oriented social games, and in my opinion Tiny Tower would never be a part of ...
