About a week ago I received an email from Google AdMob stating:

"The next major version release of the Google Mobile Ads SDK is expected in early 2021. Be sure to follow update guides closely to avoid potential revenue loss. See detailed migration guides:"

followed by the link https://developers.google.com/admob/android/migration

My game uses the Mobile Advert plugin. Is this something I'll need to worry about?

Cool, thanks for the input!

That's good to know, it was still showing up as "Beta" for me and some people, but that's probably a problem on my end.

So I had recently published my game, "Magic Arrow", on Google Play.

However, I hadn't realized there was already a game named "Magical Arrow". The similarity kind of bugs me, so I'm considering changing the name of my app.

I'm hoping to get some other opinions on this. It's not a huge task, but is it worth the effort?

Also, does it even show up on a search in the store?

Thanks!

Here is my first published game, Magic Arrow.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crunchybeak.www

Please give it a try!

When I try to install the 9-8-2020 stable version it instead installs 5-10-2020b. 7-28-2020 installs as it should.

Yes, that was a mistake I made early on...I didn't design for multiple screen ratios, so the game is fixed at 16:9.

As for the open beta, I had originally thought the link was needed, but it seems like it may be available to anybody who seeks out early access games.

Anyways, thank you for trying it out! I still have lots to learn so my answers may not be too helpful.

I am almost ready to release my first game on Google Play! I just need some testers to make sure the game is bug free. If you have the time, please help!

Here's the game page:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.crunchybeak.www

And the opt-in link to test:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.crunchybeak.www

Unfortunately the required specs are rather high (I had no idea what I was doing coming in), so an Android 10 compatible phone is preferred.

Alright, it turns out that the problem was the events that run after pressing retry. I haven't uploaded the new build yet but I think I fixed it!

again, thanks for your time!

Thanks for taking the time to play and for the feedback!

A tutorial is in the works so I'll keep your comments in mind.

theseanmullins

I haven't implemented a global scoreboard yet, however it should save locally. Are you clicking on Retry? Perhaps its not saving unless you exit, which is something I probably overlooked.

As for the speed up, yes, it's intentional. There's a small yellow arrow on the bottom that's supposed to indicate the minimum enemy line. Clearly I didn't make it obvious enough. Any suggestions would be nice! The artist I'm working with suggested a dashed line across the screen but I thought that would be too jarring. I was thinking maybe a flag or something to indicate the vanguard. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

I figure I should at least show a screenshot.