16 february 2010
We've very proud to annouce that Meon is one of the winners of the Race to Market Challenge. The Race to Market Challenge, organised by the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, rewards the developer whose paid application has earned the most revenue and the developer whose free application has been downloaded the most within the contest period.
We're so happy and also so surprised! First of all, we would like to thank all the people that have bought Meon : without you, we would't have won this race. Once again, a big thank you to all of you.
Reviews, reviews, reviews
Among the great features of the Windows Marketplace, one of the most important for us is the possibility to see users reviews and have feedback about what you like and what you don't like in our games. Since the launch of the Marketplace in October, we're reading all the users reviews - everyday - ! Often we're happy for the encouragments and the good reviews, sometimes we cry when we have a bad review, and sometimes we laugh a lot (special though to Dean Jones on the UK Marketplace)
We would like to share with you some reviews, among the (very) big numbers of reviews than Meon and Meon Lite have received.
Simple but addictiveGreat game. Starts quite simple, but gets challenging after a while. My wife saw me playing this and had to install Marketplace on her 6.1 phone just so that she could get it too!
We now need a time warping appI really enjoy this game. So much so that I would appreciate a time warping application to cram more hours in to a day so I can get my real work done and still have more time to solve these puzzels. Netwalk was the only other game to hook me like this. Outstanding game. Try the demo; you'll pay for the full version in minutes - I did.
I've seen the lite!Curious title, addictive as hell! To start its a little too easy, but the pace quickens to an awesomely addictive little puzzler. I've played this demo 3 times all the way through and still find some levels head scratchers! I will be buying the full game asap!, The combination of complexity and replayabilty make it a must have app and for that I'll give it 5 stars!
Addictive!Don't start playing this if you have work to do today!
Just get itIt's got light rays, it's got colours, it's got prisms, it's got mirrors and it's got cute little creatures. What more do you want? Great puzzles? It's got those as well! What are you waiting for?
MeonAWESOME! My whole family loves Meon! I have a hard tme getting my phone back.
Fun...great "time-pass"This is a great app/game. It is not a "typical boring puzzle game". Whenever I was bored, and needed something to do I pulled out my phone and played this addicting game. WARNING: Game is addicting!!! Dont be fooled by the game description...it isnt boring it is fun, makes you think and will keep you busy. At least get the trial version and give it a shot becuase it is worth a shot. Bottom line: Give it a chance...I guarentee you'll like it. By the way "Meon Lite" (this app) IS the trial version.
favoritebest download decision i've ever made.
Can't quit playingWhat a great game! I cannot believe such a simple concept makes for so many hours of enjoyment. Try Meon Lite and if you play through the demo more than once, you will not regret buying this game.
.... And a lot more... At the time of this writing, Meon Lite has received 708 reviews, the second top rated app, just after Facebook!
The Marketplace
The Marketplace is an awesome opportunity for us to develop Manbolo and to have a worldwide audience. In just three months, we've sell much more games than on our current selling streams for two years. The certification was quite easy, (less than 10 days for each of our games), and we did minor adaptations to our apps in order to meet the Marketplace requirements. We've worked hard to optimize apps sizes, and to test our games on each device with a lot of different screen sizes. We think that these requirements are a guarantee for the users to have an app of quality that is working on its device. On the device side, the Marketplace is great, quick, responsive and has become our favorite app on our Windows phone now! Last but not least, the Marketplace team hear developers and users feedbacks and constantly improve the overall experience.
We also want to thank the community, and particularly the Marketplace forum that has been a great source of help and encouragement for us. Among the posters, a thought for Joel Ivory Johnson, Masterdom, Seva Alekseyev, KarenV, and for the moderators thanks to Mike Y. Liu, Francis M, Jo T Smith...We've forgotten a lot of person, but big thank you to everybody and .... Good Luck for the next Challenge on the Market!
A last word. We're very happy than Meon is among the winners of the Race, but we know also that we have a lot of luck. There are a tons of wonderful apps currently on the Marketplace, that should deserved the trophy, so we think of you fellow developers ! We've spend much more time to develop Spot Zone than to develop Meon, but Spot Zone has not gained the popularity of Meon, so it's really a matter of luck..
Regards,
The Manbolo team.