WordHero was app #1 and continues to be profitable. This post is not about WordHero.
Anagram Hero was app #2. It did not do well, despite being a well implemented game/etc. I made the mistake of taking a game were there were 2-3 existing similar games but they only had 100-500k downloads… and I thought I could do better. This post is not about Anagram Hero either.
App number 3 is a Word Search game. Below are some details from the game.
Gamification mechanics:
Experience points (increase a player’s level)
Virtual goods
Social Area (online forum)
Tutorial
Customization
Access items (items allow unlocking of content)
Levels (displays player state to others)
Achievements
Social ranking (leaderboards)
Absolute ranking (leaderboards part 2)
Random rewards
Avatars
Fixed/Variable rewards
Power ups
In game currency (one hard, one soft)
Every letter in the board will be usable in at least 1 word. Attached is a URL for a montage of 16 screenshots. If you are familiar with WordHero, you might recognize the function of some of them.
I’ve discovered that an account sign up screen can cause significant bounce rate for new users. I now allow a guest sign up process where the user is still tied to a unique ID, but they can edit it once in the future.
This has really lowered the bounce rate and allows users to “sign up” later on if they want to.
This time instead of asking for signup straight away, I push the user through a tutorial, then ask them to select M/F character, and only THEN do I ask for name/email… at this point, I hope that there is enough emotional commitment that they don’t bail
That’s gonna be huge and great project:) Hope you will finish every feature you want. I also think that availability to log in as guest is worth to implement.
I played it, very fun!, maybe some music is lacking?
Whats your user base demographics? or the demographics you are aiming? I fear the instructions and the avatar customization could be too much for 30-40 year old women?
BTW, our next game has a strong character customization aspect as well