Sooooo the goal of turning playcadia into a gaming empire has not totally crumbled, but it is not as tangible as it once was.
Geopopper has hit the App Store and people downloaded it, quite a few people
But the problem is no one is creating arenas and playing.
Cdogg saw that one person created a few arenas.
He dug a little deeper and saw the setup arenas corrseponded quite closely with my sister's house (I still think a neighbor could have downloaded it and found it fascinating but cdogg is a little more speculative).
So instead of the goal of having millions of players play it right away, we have a new goal.
Find one person, just one person who thinks the game is fun and plays it.
Not just theoretically fun (that's me) but actually enjoys playing and frequently plays.
Questions:
Is annnnyyyyone playing, annnnnnyyyoone at all?
What is holding people who downloaded the game from playing the game (technical glitches, too much energy, confused, tediousness of creating arenas...?)
What would make it more fun?
The reason we need to find out if even one person is interested in playing is because if we find one tangible person out there who likes it there will likely be more and this could be a worthwhile venture. However, currently: cdogg is spending approx $15/per person who downloads the game (advertising) and it doesn't seem like anyone's playing so basically he is getting .001 cents in advertising revenue (making my blog earnings seem like the big league).
Now I'm no business school major, but at this point it is not looking good.
Cdogg also no business major (a solid general studies major, yep that's a possible major for all you undecided college students) and he is not going to continue to put his focus on a faulty investment, I know geopopper could be fun and amazing however I must take into account the arrested development principal.
Arrested development principal
Something that is wonderful and creative and value producing can get the kibosh if it doesn't have the right support
Because i was previously part of the upstanding wevegotstuff, i can get my hands on some stuff,
some pretty pretty interesting stuff
Picasso prints
metal detector accessories
Coins
Stamps
Baseball cards
Smoking jackets
Books
Lighters
War room maps
So I am offering some of this stuff to any takers ho are willing to offer some much needed feedback. How to get your hands on this stuff? Email
Previous goal=turning playcadia into gaming empire, shifting the way people work, play, solving worlds problems
New goal= finding one person, one single person who enjoys playing geopopper
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Plutarch Heavensbee? Maybe!
So I was reading The Art of War, like I tend to do on Tuesday mornings, and Sun Tzu made an excellent point:
Whoever deliberates/calculates more, wins.
Well, I have fallen into my old habits of chasing squirrels and bright lights, but instead of that being a bad thing, I am going to look at it as a little rest before I gets my calculating on.
But before I do, I will give a slight explanation for why Game on!!!!! became game? meh...
The bright shiny lights/squirrels (ie distractions/reason behind game meh) in my life:
1. Planning the amazing race cottage edition (it started out so promising, but as seen by the videos, the balloons popped)
2. Planning the assassins 2 cottage edition. Ahhh it was even better than Assasins one! Again for those of you who do not know Assasins is the game where all players get a target, location, and action. To eliminate their target, players must get their target to the location and get them to do an action. My brother had the easiest hit (his son, eating a smore, by the fire). I was quickly taken out by helping with the dishes on the backporch:(I don't know how I was going to get my brother in law to wear a fanny pack, so maybe it was for the best.
3. Losing my phone on the beaches of Saugatauk (I was upset until I found out that if you break a wine glass, you will lose something important to you, so much better a phone than anything else!)
4. Volleyball
5. End of Earth, Pacific Rim uuuughh only 4 hours, but they drained me
6. A slight depression due to my "brains and my dad's inventory that we did not come up with:"
(direct quote from Steve Costakes, my one day guest blogger, see what a treat you are in for?)
Whoever deliberates/calculates more, wins.
Well, I have fallen into my old habits of chasing squirrels and bright lights, but instead of that being a bad thing, I am going to look at it as a little rest before I gets my calculating on.
But before I do, I will give a slight explanation for why Game on!!!!! became game? meh...
The bright shiny lights/squirrels (ie distractions/reason behind game meh) in my life:
1. Planning the amazing race cottage edition (it started out so promising, but as seen by the videos, the balloons popped)
2. Planning the assassins 2 cottage edition. Ahhh it was even better than Assasins one! Again for those of you who do not know Assasins is the game where all players get a target, location, and action. To eliminate their target, players must get their target to the location and get them to do an action. My brother had the easiest hit (his son, eating a smore, by the fire). I was quickly taken out by helping with the dishes on the backporch:(I don't know how I was going to get my brother in law to wear a fanny pack, so maybe it was for the best.
3. Losing my phone on the beaches of Saugatauk (I was upset until I found out that if you break a wine glass, you will lose something important to you, so much better a phone than anything else!)
4. Volleyball
5. End of Earth, Pacific Rim uuuughh only 4 hours, but they drained me
6. A slight depression due to my "brains and my dad's inventory that we did not come up with:"
(direct quote from Steve Costakes, my one day guest blogger, see what a treat you are in for?)
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