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Re:Milky Way, 12 years, 1250 hours of exposures and 125 x 22 degrees o... on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @02:36PM (#26495144)
Good time to take this to an auction and sell as an NFT :)
Re:I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and st... on Friday November 27, 2020 @10:54PM (#25235129)
If you have an existing company in India, and have been working in it in an executive or managerial position for over an year then look at L1A followed by EB1c. Thats the route I took.
Re:Ask HN: What do you keep learning and forgetting about? on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @12:50AM (#24834023)
that first things should be done first, but ...
Re:Ask HN: Side-project that became your full-time job? on Sunday October 04, 2020 @04:34PM (#24682079)
I came from a non-tech background. With help of my friends and family, took my idea and made a mobile word game Word Hookup

iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-hookup/id1467012830 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wordhookup...

It didn't amount to anything for some time. Luckily it got featured by Apple as Game of the Day. That changed everything, and it continues to provide residual income a year hence. The money is not yet enough or close to a full time job, but I am now working full time churning out and about to launch more games!

Re:Show HN: My #1 game as a nontechie girl- Word Hookup -hook letters ... on Sunday September 13, 2020 @08:19PM (#24465201)
Thanks for the feedback. Actually, there is a video further down the page, in the preview section, but it’s probably getting a little lost there. Will make sense to move it to the top.
Re:Show HN: My #1 game as a nontechie girl- Word Hookup -hook letters ... on Sunday September 13, 2020 @06:33PM (#24464492)
Hi this is Neha, creator of this word game - Word Hookup. This was my first dabble in a tech world making a game. Luckily for me it was noticed by Apple editors, and featured as game of the day some time after launch. Its been a while since I had launched the game but never got around to posting this here on HN. Now I am finishing up a new version of this game that merges it with a crossword layout. I am seeking your feedback on the original gameplay and any advise on improvements, difficult level etc, would be helpful in improving my new version!! Here are the links to the original games IOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/word-hookup/id1467012830?ls=1 Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wordhookup...

Here's my original writeup about creating this game - https://medium.com/@wordhookup/word-hookup-my-journey-creati...

Re:Ask HN: What are some of your recent successes? on Friday September 13, 2019 @12:27PM (#20963560)
Lots of past failures under the belt, but I just started tasting success today only! My simple word game "Word Hookup" is showing on the US app store's Today page, in the "5 New Games We Love" category. Until last week I had a handful of downloads, and the number is now increasing exponentially. Loving it :) https://www.wordhookup.com
Re:Only if I had known better. My choice of app title may kill my game on Monday September 09, 2019 @09:44PM (#20924417)
Thanks, yes I have been able to limit the categories in all 3 ad providers. So things look much better now!
Re:Only if I had known better. My choice of app title may kill my game on Monday September 09, 2019 @09:41PM (#20924400)
Thanks for the tip! I was able to go into Admob, Chartboost and Unity and block the specific categories!
Re:Only if I had known better. My choice of app title may kill my game on Sunday September 08, 2019 @12:57PM (#20911680)
I would loose the big boost the app received with the Apple homepage featuring
Re:Only if I had known better. My choice of app title may kill my game on Sunday September 08, 2019 @12:56PM (#20911671)
Age rating is 4+. I am trying to figure out if I can add some restrictions on what type of ads are served.

Only if I had known better. My choice of app title may kill my game

Posted by neha_t on Sunday September 08, 2019 @11:36AM
from the self-post dept.

I am a non techie girl (more woman actually), just starting to fish in the tech world. I created a simple word game, and right now it is being featured by Apple in the iOS app stores "New Games We Love" category. And last night the game went live on the Google Play store.All going too good, but now the realization is dawning on me that my choice of title - "Word Hookup" - may kill my game. It...

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Ask HN: Are iOS app store featured apps personalized to a user?

Posted by neha_t on Thursday September 05, 2019 @11:33PM
from the ask-hn dept.

My first simple little word game - "Word Hookup" - got featured on the iOS app store homepage today, in the "New games We Love" category. My downloads shot up from 0 to a few hundred, which is how I realized this. I can see the featured listing on my phone and iPad. But my friends whom I asked to see it, don't see it at all. Is the featured apps listing dynamic, perhaps dependent upon my app...

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Re:Committed to a Safer Google Play for Families on Saturday August 31, 2019 @11:29PM (#20850335)
While the deeper review is fine, Why wasn’t this better planned with more resources allocated to the review process to keep the time in 2-3 days. And when I submitted my game - Word Hookup -for internal testing it took 8 days for approval. Why should internal testing require this prolonged review. 7 days for internal testing is a painful and unacceptable waste of devs time.
Re:Whats wrong with Google play app review?Internal testing pending fo... on Thursday August 29, 2019 @12:46AM (#20826770)
So the app finally got approved just now on the 8th day. I think it was a combination of: - recently changed google play review process that has created a bottleneck - my being a new developer, with first app submission - app had "for families" checked, that probably required additional review steps. I only hope the release to production will not take as many days!

Whats wrong with Google play app review?Internal testing pending for over a week

Posted by neha_t on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:17PM
from the self-post dept.

I am a new developer to google play. i had uploaded and published my game app - Word Hookup - to google play for "internal testing" a week back. The status still shows "pending publication". Why does google play need app review for internal testing, and that too over a week. My game app submission on iOS went live within 2 days [shameless plug -...

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