Need Amazon Ads plugin from Corona, just like AdMob!

[nicholasclayg]

Well, I know I made some snarky remarks about this per license stuff, and I wasn’t the only one. I do believe you are a stand up guy, and I can understand trying to make a living. I have a 10 month old little girl, 2.5 year old son and have a lot to prove as an app entrepreneur :) 

This is perfect, instabuy. Bought at this price there is no reason not to do it and mess with anything else. Chartboost has treated me well thus far. I think now if someone has a problem with 14.99 or even if it’s 30 when the sales over recouping that money through ads then there are larger issues

Cool cool. It’s ALL good.

SHOW ALL THE ADS!

MAKE ALL THE MONEY!

[ksan]

@ksan

If anything, my opinion is that the prices are way too low to sustain a viable business. Concern I have is that eventually folks like Gremlin will simply move on to other work that gives them better return on their investment. And we will be left with no new plugins.

@spacewolf

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you work for Gremlin Interactive. I haven’t met many people who have wanted to buy something and said that the prices are just too darn low! lol

I understand just fine the economics of coding for a living. I’ve been doing so for many years now. If you’d like an example of a good plugin with the kind of pricing model I’m looking for, check out: http://www.x-pressive.com/ParticleCandy_Corona/download.html. I’m pretty sure they understand the economics as well.

@spacewolf

Well done Gremlin! This is exactly what I am looking for! I hope that this will be a win-win situation for both you and your customers

Happy now? Its all over. Existing plugins free for all on GitHub and no more support for them and no new plugins to be developed. Its over. Happy?

This is what you get if you push the developer too hard on the revenue front. Its just not worth his trouble anymore. Hope you now understand what I was predicting back in June. 

[spacewolf]

I can see your angry. 

Blaming the customers for any decisions Gremlin makes seems very childish to me. I voiced some feedback about the pricing and am entitled to my opinion. I’m not in charge of Gremlin and don’t know any of their private sales data. If their new pricing wasn’t working out they could have gone back to the old licensing model.

If there isn’t a market for third party plugins on Corona right now with a price that developers are willing to pay… well that’s not my fault is it?

[nicholasclayg]

Well, that didn’t last long. 

Really, I am not mad at gremlin. A business decision has to be made for the sake of staying in business. That’s fine. They handled it appropriately and that is fine.

Really, the core of the issue is there wouldn’t be a silly need for plug ins and all this nonsense if we had access to bring in a library from anywhere like I could on pretty much any other platform (moai, gideros, love, marmalade, and the 800 pound gorilla everyone is thinking about UNITY). 

Currently, I switched to unity. You may ask “But you have pro subscription?”. Yes I have pro subscription to corona until april or may 2015. Let’s just say I’m looking at my migration path for the business.

I get everything I need out of the free version, and asset store has everything I need for IAP, and it’s easy to bring in whatever AD sdk I want and I don’t have to wait for a plug in. Same goes for amazon game circle, and all the other stuff that people are waiting on. Plus, you know stuff like desktop builds for mac / win / web and pretty much all devices doesn’t hurt either.  I can easily afford going pro, but really at this point I don’t need to with unity. I still have plans to use corona for some stuff, but I’m finding more and more to just migrate. 

After talking with several educators who have voiced that the demand is just not their for those materials but the demand is really heavy for unity, that kind of says something. Same goes for demand for plugins, I can see why Gremlin decided to back out. 

Corona is great, it’s fast and easy to use. However, situations like this where a plug in has to be written by some third party because the library is closed off is silly. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this opinion, and whatever that opinion is is fine. Everyone uses something to fit their needs, if it’s working for you that’s cool. If not, try something else. 

Gremlin, you are ok in my book. I understand the decision, and best of luck. It was fun while it lasted maybe you’ll make something for unity ? heh. 

• nick

[dimd]

Damned, i missed the sale!

@GremlinInteractive : Would you know when is the next sale?

d.

[Gremlin_Interactive]

There are no

@dimd

Damned, i missed the sale!

@GremlinInteractive : Would you know when is the next sale?

d.

Hello.

We currently have no plans for any future sales.

Thanks

[ksan]

@ksan

If anything, my opinion is that the prices are way too low to sustain a viable business. Concern I have is that eventually folks like Gremlin will simply move on to other work that gives them better return on their investment. And we will be left with no new plugins.

@spacewolf

If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you work for Gremlin Interactive. I haven’t met many people who have wanted to buy something and said that the prices are just too darn low! lol

I understand just fine the economics of coding for a living. I’ve been doing so for many years now. If you’d like an example of a good plugin with the kind of pricing model I’m looking for, check out: http://www.x-pressive.com/ParticleCandy_Corona/download.html. I’m pretty sure they understand the economics as well.

@spacewolf

Well done Gremlin! This is exactly what I am looking for! I hope that this will be a win-win situation for both you and your customers

Happy now? Its all over. Existing plugins free for all on GitHub and no more support for them and no new plugins to be developed. Its over. Happy?

This is what you get if you push the developer too hard on the revenue front. Its just not worth his trouble anymore. Hope you now understand what I was predicting back in June. 

[spacewolf]

I can see your angry. 

Blaming the customers for any decisions Gremlin makes seems very childish to me. I voiced some feedback about the pricing and am entitled to my opinion. I’m not in charge of Gremlin and don’t know any of their private sales data. If their new pricing wasn’t working out they could have gone back to the old licensing model.

If there isn’t a market for third party plugins on Corona right now with a price that developers are willing to pay… well that’s not my fault is it?

[nicholasclayg]

Well, that didn’t last long. 

Really, I am not mad at gremlin. A business decision has to be made for the sake of staying in business. That’s fine. They handled it appropriately and that is fine.

Really, the core of the issue is there wouldn’t be a silly need for plug ins and all this nonsense if we had access to bring in a library from anywhere like I could on pretty much any other platform (moai, gideros, love, marmalade, and the 800 pound gorilla everyone is thinking about UNITY). 

Currently, I switched to unity. You may ask “But you have pro subscription?”. Yes I have pro subscription to corona until april or may 2015. Let’s just say I’m looking at my migration path for the business.

I get everything I need out of the free version, and asset store has everything I need for IAP, and it’s easy to bring in whatever AD sdk I want and I don’t have to wait for a plug in. Same goes for amazon game circle, and all the other stuff that people are waiting on. Plus, you know stuff like desktop builds for mac / win / web and pretty much all devices doesn’t hurt either.  I can easily afford going pro, but really at this point I don’t need to with unity. I still have plans to use corona for some stuff, but I’m finding more and more to just migrate. 

After talking with several educators who have voiced that the demand is just not their for those materials but the demand is really heavy for unity, that kind of says something. Same goes for demand for plugins, I can see why Gremlin decided to back out. 

Corona is great, it’s fast and easy to use. However, situations like this where a plug in has to be written by some third party because the library is closed off is silly. I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in this opinion, and whatever that opinion is is fine. Everyone uses something to fit their needs, if it’s working for you that’s cool. If not, try something else. 

Gremlin, you are ok in my book. I understand the decision, and best of luck. It was fun while it lasted maybe you’ll make something for unity ? heh. 

• nick