Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 Contest!

dgackey

Hi everyone,

We're excited to announce a cool contest for the best Kindle Fire games with GameCircle integration! The rules are simple -- make a great game for the Kindle Fire, include GameCircle in your game and post a link to your game here in this thread.

We'll gather all the submissions and choose the top five games that have GameCircle integrated. Please note, the contest is limited to U.S. participants only.

The five winners will each receive a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9!

To be considered, please post your submission before Dec. 27th. We will announce the winners by December 30th.

Good luck!

bjandthekatz

Great! Always one for a contest

BBEnk

@dgackey

So what your asking us to do I already did to get free months so can I use those games are doe's it need to be a new one?

colander

Oh great those of us who don't live in the US already suffer from the Apple tax (And other companies with their geo blocking) now GS holds a competition and excludes a whole bunch of their users from it. What about the rest of us who don't live in the US?

dgackey

It can be a game you already submitted for the Amazon promotion. It just has to have GameCircle integration, and you need to post a link to the store page here to enter

@Colander, I sympathize! I didn't make the rules, just following them

BBEnk

@dgackey

One last question. how many games can be entered?

blue_elephant

Great news! Contests are great.

colander

@dgackey fair enough it's not your fault but whoever is in charge should think about what they are doing. Holding a competition that doesn't include members outside the US sucks, they may as well give us the finger while there at it.

SingleSparq

@dgackey fair enough it's not your fault but whoever is in charge should think about what they are doing. Holding a competition that doesn't include members outside the US sucks, they may as well give us the finger while there at it.

There are international laws and rules that decide what can be done outside of the country the contest of origin is in - can even be state laws. Can't Blame GS for that. Here in Canada most contests exclude Quebec - even though they are part of Canada.

colander

@SingleSparq maybe so (He didn't give a reason) but that still doesn't affect my point. In business I wouldn't do anything that would exclude some of my customers unless it was well understood and accepted by those who could not participate, that is just asking for trouble. It creates bad feelings towards the business which is never a good thing and should be avoided.

From time to time here in Australia we get news stories about the division between the french and english Canadians. Why is Quebec excluded from contests?

HQoova

What is holding Gamesalad back from making this contenst international?
The thing is, unlike other online english speaking communities, developer communities are always very diverse in terms of nationality. Developer forums are always international.
So it seems extremely counterintuitive to start a contest for the developers and then exclude a big chunck of developers. Just look at the response in this thread alone.

Crazybreadman

Ok, here's a game my wife and I worked on together and included Amazon achievements and leaderboards. It's called Fairy Find. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GKTT2UE

BBEnk

Here are my games.

Astro Bugs: Leaderboard and Achievements. "Kindle Fire only".

http://www.amazon.com/Astro-Bugs-Kindle-Tablet-Edition/dp/B008NCB02Y/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1387260537&sr=8-2&keywords=bbenk

Battle UFOs: Gamecircle leaderboard.

http://www.amazon.com/BBEnk-Battle-UFOs/dp/B00AUPWQ2A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387264799&sr=8-1&keywords=bbenk

Bump,n Balls: 3 Gamecircle leaderboards.

http://www.amazon.com/BBEnk-Bumpn-Balls/dp/B008NBY7N4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1387264799&sr=8-3&keywords=bbenk

Terra Taps: Gamecircle leaderboard.

http://www.amazon.com/BBEnk-Terra-Taps/dp/B00FUPDB4C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1387264898&sr=8-4&keywords=bbenk

All of my games are FREE if anyone else wants to try them out there not the most advanced games around but I learned a lot from making them. all of these gave me the skills and knowledge to build my upcoming game Steam Jack you can see my WIP thread here, yes selfish plug.

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/61180/my-game-steam-jack-wip#latest

dgackey

@dgackey

One last question. how many games can be entered?

Feel free to enter as many as you like! We won't award more than one prize to a single person but if you have multiple games that utilize GameCircle, the more you enter, the better your chances of winning one!

@Colander again, I sympathize and certainly don't wish to upset our international developers. I think one of the greatest things about our community is how many different nationalities of developers we have!

This particular promotion was limited to the US, but I will make sure I pass along the very strong feelings about making sure we get more promotions going that are open to everyone.

Thanks,


Dan

Armelline

Sad to see this contest is US only Oh well!

HQoova

@dgackey

One last question. how many games can be entered?

Feel free to enter as many as you like! We won't award more than one prize to a single person but if you have multiple games that utilize GameCircle, the more you enter, the better your chances of winning one!

@Colander again, I sympathize and certainly don't wish to upset our international developers. I think one of the greatest things about our community is how many different nationalities of developers we have!

This particular promotion was limited to the US, but I will make sure I pass along the very strong feelings about making sure we get more promotions going that are open to everyone.

Thanks,


Dan

Would it be possible to participate if you have an address in the US, while you yourself are currently outside the country?

iamcartez

Hey! Let Me Run!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H0NLF7C

Shadow Glitch
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EYVIKD0

px: Block Catching Game
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G1CY75A

Word Tap Tap
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EOGW298

dgackey

Would it be possible to participate if you have an address in the US, while you yourself are currently outside the country?

As long as the address is a US address, I'm not asking any additional questions

Vision Strike Ware LLC

US Navy Top Gun Kids (2 leaderboards)
http://www.amazon.com/US-Navy-Top-Gun-Kids/dp/B00GX64LGO

SingleSparq

@SingleSparq maybe so (He didn't give a reason) but that still doesn't affect my point. In business I wouldn't do anything that would exclude some of my customers unless it was well understood and accepted by those who could not participate, that is just asking for trouble. It creates bad feelings towards the business which is never a good thing and should be avoided.

From time to time here in Australia we get news stories about the division between the french and english Canadians. Why is Quebec excluded from contests?

Quebec has its own stringent laws and when it comes to contests a company must comply to a bunch of things including such things as paying 10% of the contest prize fee. It's really more a fault with Quebec bureaucracy than with the ones holding the contest. If they are not going to make it easy why bother?

Vision Strike Ware LLC

Added in Leaderboards today and it's already approved!
Beans and Rice v1.6
http://www.amazon.com/Oregon-Voodoo-Inc-Beans-Rice/dp/B00G4MELNK

SAP_Apps

SO if i make a game and like done in a week... will i be able to publish it? i have a quick game i can put together if i get the art done hence why i ask...

MSEagle2

Leaderboards
Doodle Movie Quiz
http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Sherwin-Doodle-Movie-Quiz/dp/B00FUU7OEK

kirafu

"Fly!Penguin!"
4 Leaderboards and 33 Achievements(3 hidden),and 3 iap,
Android/Kindle,and "Developer Select" ,
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00H0TM5ES

thanks gs!

zzap64

Please include my app, available on the Amazon Store, using Gamecircle with iAP.

Flower Shop Fred.

http://amzn.com/B00G5K3T2A

thanks kindly.

HalfBakedProductions

Here are my GameCircle Integrated apps!

Armadillo Ambush (Paid): The Link

Armadillo Ambush (Free): The Link

jonmulcahy

CAT ACLYSM was approved for Kindle last night, just in time to submit!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=com.icebergapps.cataclysm

DeadlySeriousMedia

http://www.amazon.com/Flip-Runner-Kindle-Tablet-Edition/dp/B00HGSBDU0/ref=sr_1_63?ie=UTF8&qid=1387888604&sr=8-63&keywords=flip+runner

8BitAvrin

Here are my entries, recently updated with GameCircle.

Jumbo Egg Hunt 2: http://amzn.com/B00BMDIYIE

Gift Wrap Difference: http://amzn.com/B00AIDUZ6I

Strike the Goal: http://amzn.com/B008O53RRG

Happy Holidays everybody!

Crazybreadman

Good luck everyone! Thanks GS for doing this contest and having a great prize. I thought there would be more submissions, but there's still time. Last day everyone, get your game links on here!

Also @dgackey please don't miss my submission at the top (I posted the link but it's hard to see since I didn't space it out… sorry) oh and for Fairy Find the leaderboard is only for hard mode btw.

HQoova

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Keep up with the tempo, avoid the traps and grab the power-ups, with some luck you might just stand a chance against the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex. Perhaps you are one of the few capable of outrunning the creature.

Highlights:
• Simplistic game mechanics
• Intuitive, easy to pick up
• Endless & intense
• Dynamic music, adapts to your playing
• Numerous power-ups
• Global leaderboards & rewards











Amazon (Blurry store artwork caused by bad compression, Amazon is correcting it...)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=com.qoova.tyrannorun