First, I just got my 3rd Tip/Donation yesterday. Truly awesome (I obviously missed the 2nd Tip or I’m sure I would have blogged about that too). Also, I wanted to thank everyone who played the 1st Hour Playable Beta and provided feedback. Feedback is always appreciated and there were no big surprises there so I believe I’m on track for wrapping up Clutter III over the next 3-4 weeks. But, even if I was done today…it would take a month or even 2 for Big Fish to get it on it’s site.
So, I have a question. Should I even think about selling Clutter III – directly from Puzzles By Joe before it’s even on Big Fish? Would enough people buy it directly here to make it worthwhile for me to do that?
I’m finalizing all the Clutter levels this week and then the following week I will be finalizing all the Story/Picture elements. After that, it will be final tweaks to some of the minigames, a lot of play testing and then I’m hoping to be done.
Last question…Does anyone want to see teaser screen shots for the game? There is a lot of stuff that I didn’t want to show in the Beta that I’m very happy with.
To those of you who’ve told me how much you really enjoyed the Eggs in Clutter II (along with the other Stockpile Challenges) – you just wait. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
On my questions from above, let me know what you think by adding a comment.
Thanks in advance…Joe
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I am eternally grateful that I don’t have to reply 3 times to exit “yeah, I really, really, really want to exit” for that alone I’m leaving a tip. For C3, I love sudoktris. Thanks Joe !!
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I am eagerly awaiting Clutter III….it is one game I would actually pay the full (actually the BFG price without being a “club member” or getting on sale) of 19.99 or so and buy it on your site, as I assume a much larger amount would go to you, and you surely deserve it. Clutter II has had more replay value than any other game I’ve played, and I wish there were more like it.
I am anxiously awaiting CLUTTER 3 like all the other Clutter heads. I will always think of you as “genius” for coming up with such a novel game. I would purchase from you just as soon as you made the game available to the public and I think all Clutter fans would. Sooner is always better then later. In the meantime, I still have my fabulous 1 and 2 to play. I haven’t played a single game that I own since first purchasing my first Clutter game and I own many hidden object games from BigFish and other games from Game House. I don’t care for any of them. They pale by comparison to your Clutter games.
I have never spent as much time on ANY game like I have Clutter II. Please consider developing an email list to let us know when you have it up. I’d prefer paying you the premium price as an incentive to keep up the production as opposed to BFG!!!
I would definitely buy Clutter III directly from you. Also in answer to the “remove 5 and move on” I think some of each would be great. If you sell directly do you think you’ll offer it as simply a download or a download with a back up cd? The only advantage to big fish is if you get a new computer or have a crash…your games you purchased are still there to redownload at big fish. Can’t wait for Clutter III…what a nice Christmas present that would be! Also…any of your Clutter games playable on MAC’s?
I’ve already decided that the main game will not end after the 5 objects are found…but there is an option to make it behave that way. (Most (almost everyone) preferred to find all the objects). Letters, Coins and Puzzle Pieces are all supposed to be removed now as well (by the player)…but again, an Option (settable by the player) is available to lock-them-down and make the player look around them.
And Sorry…but there is no Mac version.
Dear Joe, I am addicted to Clutter 2 and must play every day!! Can’t wait for Clutter 3. I love ALL the options in 2 especially the no timer option. Start working on 4!!! LOL