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General discussion (archive)Another indie post-mortem - Ethan: Meteor Hunter (149 posts)(149 posts)
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Posted January 24, 2014
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xxxIndyxxx: EDIT: i guess that's using humble widget, my bad ;)
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xxspe: Yes! Humble Widget is where we get more profits but Steam seems to be where more people are buying. Some dev' ask to buy through Humble Widget as we get more money some other ask to buy from Steam as it makes them climb on the top sellers...
Okay , so I guess you prefer humble widget then? Or Do you want as much steam sales as possible early on so you stay a bit in the topsellers page?
EDIT: i am talkin with the assumption you will handle fair pricing on steam, so no 10$=10€, otherwise steam is certainly not the way to go for me.
Post edited January 24, 2014 by xxxIndyxxx
Posted January 24, 2014
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amok: Not 1 or 5. To me that looks like frustrating platformer ala Meatboy, and I no longer have the dexterity for it, nor the patience for the frustration. I skip those type of games these days.
Well, doesn't seem Ethan is for you then : ( but keep an eye out for our next game!

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xxxIndyxxx: Okay , so I guess you prefer humble widget then? Or Do you want as much steam sales as possible early on so you stay a bit in the topsellers page?
EDIT: i am talkin with the assumption you will handle fair pricing on steam, so no 10$=10€, otherwise steam is certainly not the way to go for me.
Buy it twice! :D just kidding, do whatever you feel best :)
EDIT: you should go with the humble widget then ;)
Post edited January 24, 2014 by xxspe
Posted January 24, 2014
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xxspe: Update! Same idea, Which one would make you click if on homepage of Steam ?

https://i2.wp.com/files.polldaddy.com/4e28c5016bea0cf3dd84c1477fbab255-52e2368907b34.jpg
I would say #3. You can immediately see meteors here, just like you present them in game (greenish glow). In other pictures you can easily confuse them with common rocks. (I suppose in #1 they are just common rocks;)
Posted January 24, 2014
I would take #3. You can clearly see meteors and the used colour palette is the nicest one of all the pictures.
Posted January 24, 2014
I like the surreal nature of #4.
Posted January 27, 2014
Thanks everybody!
Posted February 03, 2014
Hey guys :)

Final Steam logo for Ethan, hope you like it!

http://i.imgur.com/OKDKItJ.jpg
Posted February 03, 2014
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xxspe: Hey guys :)

Final Steam logo for Ethan, hope you like it!

http://i.imgur.com/OKDKItJ.jpg
Interesting ;-) Looks great and good luck!!

(I had just typed up some notes!
I love the “brightness and color around the moon” as well as the font choice on #5. However, I think the meteor in #2 would make #5 really pop – just the big one and not the little side ones though. I also think the base from #1 is better than the base from #5.
So in sum that is #5 with the base from #1 and the meteor from # 2….Not sure if you can move the elements around but those changes might make for a truly strong visual… but if not then #5, #2, then #1.)
Posted February 18, 2014
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xxspe: Hey guys :)

Final Steam logo for Ethan, hope you like it!

http://i.imgur.com/OKDKItJ.jpg
Looks like things are geting better for you - today passing a newsagent I noticed Ethan attached to a magazine! Will go there tomorrow and get it :)
So, that's some more copies sold.
Post edited February 18, 2014 by Novotnus
Posted February 18, 2014
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xxspe: Thanks everybody!
xxspe, I got Ethan on GOG and had a real blast with your game! Loved the steam logo btw
For me it's one of the best indie titles of the past year, no shit, I mean really.
Controller support was and still is a big deal too
I discovered EMH on the recently deceased "this week on GOG" and it was love at first sight.
I'm happy to be one of those 127 initial lucky bastards who had the chance to play it. Unfortunately due to parenting reasons I didn't finish it, but I will soon, I hope.

Thanks and keep making cool to play games like Ethan!

ps: also got it on Greenmangaming for some gifting (who knows), couldn't resist :)
Posted February 19, 2014
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vicklemos: For me it's one of the best indie titles of the past year, no shit, I mean really.
Dear Giant Non-Zombie Cat! Live up to your avatar and check out The Cat Lady :)
Posted February 19, 2014
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vicklemos: For me it's one of the best indie titles of the past year, no shit, I mean really.
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Novotnus: Dear Giant Non-Zombie Cat! Live up to your avatar and check out The Cat Lady :)
the cat lady?
yep I'm quite interested in this one!!
really caught my eye
Post edited February 19, 2014 by vicklemos
Posted December 20, 2014
Necroing this thread...

One year later, here's a new post-mortem over one year-sales which was more successful tha the launching. Most of the units sold were from bundles and sales but they're are a lot of other statistics to digest, complete artice here:
http://gamasutra.com/blogs/OlivierPenot/20141218/232669/Ethan_Meteor_Hunter__The_bomb_of_an_indie_platformer_that_sold_100000_units.php
Posted December 20, 2014
Ethan was a hard game. Not “difficult” (well a bit), but hard to get into it. From our Steam leaderboards, we discovered that out of all people who finished the tutorial, half of them stopped playing after the third level. We lost 50% of our players after only 3 levels out of 50! Only 7% did start the second world (out of 3), which means that 93% of people who started the game only played one third of it. And finally, only 0,95% actually finished it… Congrats :)

So yeah, losing half of your players who actually started it is not what you want. Not to mention only 16% of people who own Ethan on Steam actually finished the tutorial…
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