Sunsetting VR Planet Defense for iOS
I noticed that VR Planet Defense is completely broken on iOS 16. (Well, not completely, you can still view ads or check the leaderboards 😅)
The game was built by a really old version of Unity, and the last update was Jun 17, 2018. Fixing won't be easy. So I made a decision today to remove it from App Store. I'll keep the Play Store version a bit longer though since it still works.
I had a lot of fun building a VR game for Google Cardboard. Maybe I could get back to it some day.
∞ VR Planet Defense Is One Of Best 15 Free Mobile Virtual Reality Games
Mark Metry, founder of VU Dream, listed VR Planet Defense as one of best 15 free mobile VR games ^_^
VR Planet Defense 1.2 Released
VR Planet Defense 1.2 is now available on both App Store and Play Store. Release notes:
- Added new enemies.
- Added a new splash screen.
- Balanced game difficulty.
- Improved visual style.
As always, we would like to thank you all for playing my second game! If you are feeling generous with your time, please take a moment and leave a review on the App Store or Play Store. Your feedback is an invaluable treasure.
^__^
Just published the new 30 seconds preview video for the upcoming VR Planet Defense v1.2 release!
You can download the game on App Store or Play Store now.
New enemies are coming to VR Planet Defense v1.2!
New Enemies, and More Interesting Meteors Coming to VR Planet Defense
I'm working on new enemies for the VR Planet Defense v1.2 update. Also updated the meteor shapes, they are more good looking now.
A New Splash Screen for VR Planet Defense
In preparation of VR Planet Defense v1.2 release, I created this splash screen.
VR Planet Defense is One Year Old
Today marks the one year anniversary of VR Planet Defense! I'm really glad that it has acquired many great reviews over this year. Here are some example from App Store.
From TexanReviewrr:
Probably the best VR game out there
It has amazing Graffics and awesome gameplay even my grandpa plays this game!
From Corndogl337:
Great little game. And works awesome for cardboard
This is a must download for people just getting into VR and Google cardboard. It's simple, fun, intuitive. Most other 3rd party VR apps are not as put together.
From Schickmeister:
Intuitive game play prefect for the medium, cute graphics and music. This could be a VR classic.
You can download the game either on App Store or Play Store, and enjoy some short and simple VR experience :)
A wave of 5-star VRPlanetDefense reviews
I wasn't paying attention to VRPlanetDefense during the holidays as I was on vacation. One day I was just curious about how it was doing during Christmas, and I saw a great boost:
VR Planet Defense Daily Units Sold
What I am more happy with are all the following 5-star reviews.
From Spamalicious2014:
Wow. The most fun you can have with your pants on! 💟
From Schickmeister:
Intuitive game play prefect for the medium, cute graphics and music. This could be a VR classic.
From TexanReviewrr:
Best. Probably the best VR game out there It has amazing Graffics and awesome gameplay even my grandpa plays this game!
From Corndogl337:
Great little game. And works awesome for cardboard. This is a must download for people just getting into VR and Google cardboard. It's simple, fun, intuitive. Most other 3rd party VR apps are not as put together.
VR Planet Defense Numbers
It has been one week since I released VR Planet Defense today. I took a look at the stats, and I’m a little bit surprised by it. So it might be interesting to share it too.
Number of downloads
App Store: 1.12K
Play Store: 52
While ~1K in the first week matches my expectation, I thought most of the downloads would come from Play Store. Since Cardboard should be more popular in the Android community. There two reasons I can think of, and likely both of them are true at some level.
There are so many Cardboard games on Play Store. The discoverability is much poorer than App Store. Cardboard is actually equally or more popular among the iOS users.
Number of players
Since the game requires Cardboard, the number of actual players should be less than downloads. I was expecting something like less than 20%. But it’s actually around 50%. I got this number from Game Center. It has around 550 meaningful game scores. So half of the downloaders have played the game.
If we assume the number of players who do not login to Game Center and the number of players who play without a Cardboard are the same, there should be half of the downloaders have a Cardboard.