Cheese Miners: Lunar Supremacy
Games
mobile game
SHOW HN2012
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Cheese Miners: Lunar Supremacy
I'm 14, I learned Objective-C, and this is my first iPhone game
itunes.apple.comHow HN took it
55 positive, 17 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 81 comments about the project. Thread score +0.61.
Design: 4 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks polished and professional
From 3 comments
Nice, pretty good for a first game! Now that you've started writing some code, you can start talking to users! Here's some quick feedback I've got: -It's a little hard to tell…
rsuttongee on HNGood job, I don't have an iDevice to test it but it looks more professional than what I managed at 14!
jiggy2011 on HNThe game looks very polished! Did you create the art as well?
nickporter on HN
Art and promotion handled through MakeGamesWithUs
From 2 comments
Hey, thanks. I was referred to MakeGamesWithUs by my cousin. I certainly would recommend this route; It's great to not have to worry about art and promotion while you learn, and…
Omicron3141 on HNI got the art through MakeGamesWithUs.
Omicron3141 on HN
Objections
Movement is too slow and touch controls are unclear
From 2 comments
Nice, pretty good for a first game! Now that you've started writing some code, you can start talking to users! Here's some quick feedback I've got: -It's a little hard to tell…
rsuttongee on HNCongrats on your first game. This is awesome work for an 14 year old. I have downloaded and played this game for some time. I feel movement needs to be little faster.
mani27 on HN
Skepticism about the age promotion in the title
From 1 comment
Sometimes I'm a bit skeptical about these kinds of posts "I'm X age, I made this". I feel like, why would a 14 year old want to make sure his age is on the post title?. It's not…
pacomerh on HN
Requests
Release the source code on GitHub
From 2 comments
Congrats! Would you consider putting the source on github?
tkahn6 on HNpls release source and provide link on github.
evandrix on HN
Questions
Was the artwork made by the maker?
From 2 comments
Did you also do the artwork?
Zombieball on HNNice! Did you do the artwork yourself?
chris_wot on HN
How long did the game take to build?
From 1 comment
Wow! Nice job! I haven't had a chance to download it, but just by looking at App Store page, the app looks fun and makes me want to download it! How much time did you spend…
scottchin on HN