[GAME] GreenThumb available + promo codes

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[GAME] GreenThumb available + promo codes

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Started 2 years ago by qmchenry
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qmchenry
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Hi all!

Our first iPhone game and first (but far from last) cocos2d-iphone project has hit the app store! We're giddy about this and wanted to share some promo codes with fellow cocos2d developers (I love reading the forum here -- I've found some of my favorite iPhone games here):

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GreenThumb (iTunes link) is an easy game to pick up -- we had beta testers from ages 3 to 88 who all enjoyed it. It is meant to be a relaxing game (with nature sounds and wind chime effects), but we also tried to make it challenging to master the strategies of getting high scores.

To play, touch once per level. Where you touch, water is dropped and ripples for a few seconds until it soaks in. Seeds that hit the water bloom into flowers and earn 50 points. Seeds that hit flowers earn increasingly more points. Seeds that don't hit anything count against the count of free seeds. When you lose too many seeds, the game ends. A typical game lasts 1 to 2 minutes, so it's a great filler game for sitting in waiting rooms and standing in lines.

We also have a full-featured free version that is ad-supported -- GreenThumb Free (iTunes link) so if the promo codes are used up, you can still try it out. You can read more about the game on our website: qdideas.com/greenthumb.

Just a quick note of gushing praise for Riq and everyone else supporting cocos2d-iphone.. we couldn't be more pleased with our experience of bringing this game to fruition with this rocking framework. We've got our second cocos2d-based app far along the development cycle already. I don't even want to think about how long it would have taken to get GreenThumb written from scratch. And I have calculated that I code 2.37 times faster while wearing my cocos2d shirt (really dig the new logo). Thanks all!

Posted 2 years ago #
Steve Oldmeadow
Administrator

I assume you are the same qmchenry that was asking about CocosDenshion in issue 545? If this game is using CocosDenshion are you familiar with the licensing requirements because I can't find the cocos2d credit in your free version?

http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/cocosdenshion:license

Posted 2 years ago #
qmchenry
Member

Hi Steve,
Yes, it's me. And, oops, I'm devastated that I missed this stipulation in the licensing requirements. I would gladly have included this in the in-game credits if I'd caught it before submission, and will certainly include this in our first update. In the interim, would it be acceptable to include a reference in the iTunes store description?
Quinn

Posted 2 years ago #
Steve Oldmeadow
Administrator

First update is fine - you only have to credit cocos2d, there is no need to credit CocosDenshion. The game looks nice btw.

Posted 2 years ago #
thesmileman
Member

@Steve, As CocosDenshion requires pieces of the Cocos2D in order to function on its own (As stated here, http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/cocosdenshion:faq#can_i_use_cocosdenshion_without_using_cocos2d_for_iphone) how/why do you release it under a more restrictive license than Cocos2D which it requires?

Posted 2 years ago #
Steve Oldmeadow
Administrator

@thesmileman - the parts of cocos2d used by CocosDenshion are trivial so I don't really see what that has to do with it. If Riq was not happy with my CocosDenshion license then I would not use those files, however, the CocosDenshion license is intended to be entirely for the benefit of cocos2d so I don't imagine Riq will be complaining.

I already made my views on crediting cocos2d clear in the Littelphysics thread. To reiterate - I think it is extremely poor form for anyone to use cocos2d and not credit it in a way that can easily be seen by a user of the app, CocosDenshion is my way of enforcing that view. The charging non-independent ("well off") developers part is also just making people do what they are morally obliged to.

A sound engine is also much more easy to use stand alone than other parts of cocos2d so the license is also there to prevent CocosDenshion being used by competing frameworks.

Posted 2 years ago #
qmchenry
Member

I'm actually shocked that I didn't include glowing praise for cocos2d-iphone in our credits. I even attributed the font that we used while that wasn't absolutely necessary. I'm going to chalk it up to end-of-development-cycle tunnel vision because I'm a proud user of the framework and tell folks about it whenever I can. I'm really glad you pointed out my oversight, Steve, and I'll definitely remedy it asap. Thanks for your work on CocosDension, btw.. it's an important contribution to the otherwise dismal state of audio coding on the iPhone.

Posted 2 years ago #

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