The Demo
By James on Sunday 3 May 2009, 10:33 - Permalink
I never did write a follow up post about the result of releasing the demo.
The reason is that I'm not really sure what effect it had after all. It certainly didn't reignite sales of the full version - shortly after the demo came out, sales dropped right down to a trickle. On the other hand, I'm not convinced that the demo is to blame - downloads of the free version are also pretty dismal, so I don't think people are getting that instead of the full version.
Sales were heading down anyway when I put the demo out (that's partly why I did it), and I think that as it dropped out of the charts, that accelerated its decline.
It's all just conjecture - I have no traffic stats from the App Store, so I'm just left guessing at what causes the effects I see.
I'm pretty happy with how the game did overall - featuring on the front page did it a world of good - but it would be good if I can stretch its tail out a bit longer.
A few more articles like this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30508084 would do nicely.
Comments
hey there James, I just stumbled upon this game from toucharcade website and I tried out the demo just now. after completing all of the levels in the demo (the hardest one was quite challenging) I immediately bought the full version of the game and syncing it to my iphone as I'm typing this out.
What can I say, this is a truely refreshing new puzzle game that i've played in a while. The graphics, the ambient sound, animation..puzzle..everything.. is just nice. Don't worry there and keep pushing forwards... looking forward to more updates or perhaps other games by you in the future. :)
Keep up the good work!
Actually, I downloaded the free demo app and loved it. A month later, I downloaded the paid version and I am gladly struggling to get that poor frog fed.
This is a wonderful app. Keep it going. The sales will come.
I was looking for hint in puzzle 62 of LE so I've got to this page. When I saw your effort of development and your sadness of demo not influencing purchases I bought it ;) as it is realy nice puzzle with awsome graphic. From a point of view of our region (Central Europe) it is rather too expensive (4€) with comparision of other good and well grapgicaly made games.So Id probably did not buy it if I would not read this blog with the genesis of the game even I like the LE version very much. For immediate purchase after playing LE I'd buy immediately for say half the price.
Have a nice time :) Looking forward for next puzzles by you ;)