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nshen

193 karma · joined January 20, 2013

Lead iOS developer of Cubegrinder Studios

My two Games: 1) Juggle It 2) Save the Cubes

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nshen··on Show HN: My bro and I are a highshool dev duo, we’d love input on our game
Developer Notes:

We are ages 16 and 18 and have started programming since around 11 or so. You can find out more about us at http://www.cubegrinder.com/about. We’d love feedback and support on our farcical and hopefully quite enjoyable game.

It’d be great if you could spread the word amongst your friends :) and leave a nice review.

App Store link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/turtle-totem/id907353786?ls=...

Behind the scenes screenies for those familiar with unity3D: http://imgur.com/a/7qpJD

If you have any questions feel free to ask away! We’ll do our best to answer them (there might be a slight delay due to school )

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Wow, that's a very inspiring story. I will keep this in mind as I continue to develop more and more games. :)
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Yup, Save The Cubes was my first, less polished, title. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Damn, you really know your stuff, props.

Anyways now you guys all know why I didn't support non-retina devices :)

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Thanks for the encouragement! I will definitely try to find time to post more on my blog!
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
I made sure to test it thoroughly before submitting it to the app store. My testing group was merely friends + family, but after 5-10 rounds of testing, most of the bugs were caught.

Hope that helps!

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Wow, great feedback! I'll be sure to implement this in the next update!
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
I appreciate your compliments.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
They look funny.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Yup, I was inspired to work and make money because of this.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Indeed. Plus the graphics where too intensive for older devices like the iPhone3GS.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Yup. I used blender for all of the 3d models.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Thanks. You just made my day :)

This took me around a year.

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
I really like that idea! Hopefully I will get to doing this very, very soon.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Appreciate your advice. I will keep this in mind.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
1) I started programming around the age of 11-ish when my mom was laid off.

2) Initially, I learned from http://www.icodeblog.com before switching to Unity.

3) Juggle It is actually my second game.

Thanks for your support.

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Thank you very much for your kind words. I agree, my title could use some work. How did you market your first piece of software?

Can you shed some light on your success?

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
I really appreciate your advice. Thank you so much.
nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Thanks, finally some supportive words!

Really appreciated man!

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Yeah sorry, apple is not a big fan of blocking devices off unless you use hardware requirements that older devices don't have.

Since, I don't use (for example) a front-facing-camera in my game per se. I can't block out iPhone3GS users.

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
May I ask why? I actually am 14, and I did make this game. It says such in the credits page in my game.

Here is proof:http://cubegrinder.com/hacker-news-post-is-not-spam/

I just made a post on the official cubegrinder website.

I'm sorry if there has been a misunderstanding.

nshen··on Show HN: I'm 14, please check out my iOS game
Hey guys, I am the developer, I just decided to use my real name as my username.

If you download the game, the in about/credits section It says developed by Nick Shen (nshen) 14 years old.

Here is more proof: http://cubegrinder.com/hacker-news-post-is-not-spam/

This is not spam. And this is my first time on this wonderful site.