[devblog] Introducing WongCoins and more! (April Fools)
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:49 am
Hi there,
I am happy to announce some big changes regarding Pixel Tennis‘ future. I spent a lot of work in the game so far and also invested money to rent servers and purchase assets from the Unity store. When I look at the donation count (0), it is quite easy to understand, where this is leading.
WongCoins
Pixel Tennis will stay Free2Play for everyone, but the game’s first release will feature a premium currency called WongCoins (WC) which are highly optional of course.
As you can see, you can purchase 1, 3 or 10+1 WCs for the prices of 1,99 EUR, 4,99 EUR and 14,99 EUR (best value). The prices for other currencies will somehow correspond to them, but can differ based on the country. Purchases can by done by PayPal or SMS (with additional charge). This is a great way to support me the game during its development!
So what can you buy for WongCoins? Most of the stuff only contain temporary effects like increasing stats for a certain amount of matches or blocking special shots.
However, the final list of items and effects is still to be discussed. Do you have any recommendation? Let me know!
Pixel Tennis Mobile
The biggest market for games is the mobile section, so I decided to develop Pixel Tennis as a mobile only game. As a PC version is technically possible, I feel like it would give players an unfair advantage, because of the superior performance and controls on that platform
Speaking of controls - Pixel Tennis will run with on screen buttons (design not finished) in a revolutionary portrait mode. I hate other mobile games for running in landscape mode, as I cover the important parts of the screen with my fingers…
Battle Royale
Today, everything “needs” battle royale. Fortnite has it, Battlefield has it, even ****ing Tetris got its own battle royale version. So it would be a shame to miss this opportunity for Pixel Tennis! I cannot go into much more detail right now, so I can only tell you, that you can have up to 64 players playing against each other in a match! Oh, and you need to have purches WCs once to be able to play this mode.
So these are all updates for today. Tell me what you think :)
As always, I heavily rely on your feedback. This time, I also created a poll where you can vote on the overall impression of the improvements!
I am happy to announce some big changes regarding Pixel Tennis‘ future. I spent a lot of work in the game so far and also invested money to rent servers and purchase assets from the Unity store. When I look at the donation count (0), it is quite easy to understand, where this is leading.
WongCoins
Pixel Tennis will stay Free2Play for everyone, but the game’s first release will feature a premium currency called WongCoins (WC) which are highly optional of course.
As you can see, you can purchase 1, 3 or 10+1 WCs for the prices of 1,99 EUR, 4,99 EUR and 14,99 EUR (best value). The prices for other currencies will somehow correspond to them, but can differ based on the country. Purchases can by done by PayPal or SMS (with additional charge). This is a great way to support me the game during its development!
So what can you buy for WongCoins? Most of the stuff only contain temporary effects like increasing stats for a certain amount of matches or blocking special shots.
However, the final list of items and effects is still to be discussed. Do you have any recommendation? Let me know!
Pixel Tennis Mobile
The biggest market for games is the mobile section, so I decided to develop Pixel Tennis as a mobile only game. As a PC version is technically possible, I feel like it would give players an unfair advantage, because of the superior performance and controls on that platform
Speaking of controls - Pixel Tennis will run with on screen buttons (design not finished) in a revolutionary portrait mode. I hate other mobile games for running in landscape mode, as I cover the important parts of the screen with my fingers…
Battle Royale
Today, everything “needs” battle royale. Fortnite has it, Battlefield has it, even ****ing Tetris got its own battle royale version. So it would be a shame to miss this opportunity for Pixel Tennis! I cannot go into much more detail right now, so I can only tell you, that you can have up to 64 players playing against each other in a match! Oh, and you need to have purches WCs once to be able to play this mode.
So these are all updates for today. Tell me what you think :)
As always, I heavily rely on your feedback. This time, I also created a poll where you can vote on the overall impression of the improvements!