Gymnastick
Games
mobile game
SHOW HN2016
8points
9comments
#1,991of 2,264 in 2016
Top 88%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
4 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Landing page is clear and minimalistic
From 2 comments
Your landing page is 100% on point. Explains about the product in the first second. No hassle, not too much fluff. Awesome stuff. Congrats for reaching #3.
avitzurel on HNWow, that's what I call elegant and minimalistic design - both the landingpage and the game footage itself. Are you planning to release it for android too sometime?
bananicorn on HN
Game looks cool and elegant
From 2 comments
Congrats, and the game looks really cool! I'm curious: how did you market your game? What made you go in the top charts?
Im_a_throw_away on HNWow, that's what I call elegant and minimalistic design - both the landingpage and the game footage itself. Are you planning to release it for android too sometime?
bananicorn on HN
Admired for avoiding ads and IAP
From 1 comment
Pretty neat game. I commend you for not integrating ads or IAP. I went the same route with my iOS game.
danielhooper on HN
Objections
Finland is a small market, limiting growth
From 2 comments
Thanks! It's built with Swift, so I'll have to see how far it goes in the App Store first before porting it. Finland alone is not a huge market, so it's hard to tell.
aparadja on HNFinland is a rather small market, so friends & family were probably a big influence to get it off the ground. (Seems that it only takes some hundreds of downloads to reach the…
aparadja on HN
No ads or IAP may be financially unwise
From 1 comment
Was it a financial success? And care to link to the game? In a way I feel like saying no to ads and IAP is a noble goal, but not the financially smart one. I was OK with it for…
aparadja on HN
Requests
Android version
From 1 comment
Wow, that's what I call elegant and minimalistic design - both the landingpage and the game footage itself. Are you planning to release it for android too sometime?
bananicorn on HN
Questions
How did you market the game and reach the top charts?
From 1 comment
Congrats, and the game looks really cool! I'm curious: how did you market your game? What made you go in the top charts?
Im_a_throw_away on HN
Pitfalls of publisher deal
From 1 comment
So, I feel like I'm a little bit out of my league. I read the book "Surviving the App Store" and decided to follow its strategy of releasing an MVP in the App Store as early as…
aparadja on HN