Working on the bigger product still. Existing solutions I've found in this space seemed lacking. On my website, I want people to quickly find the software they want to be kept up to date about (with a smart search bar that does the heavy lifting for them) and easily sign up for notifications for new versions. Hope to make a Show HN for it soon!
For a couple of years now, I’ve wanted to build a service that lets you subscribe to new version notifications for any kind of software—desktop apps, drivers, packages, and more. As a Unity developer and consultant myself, I’ve always wanted to know the moment a new version becomes available. I value being at the bleeding edge, especially since a large part of the value I bring as a consultant comes from both the breadth and depth of my knowledge of the Unity engine.
That’s why I’m currently working on a niche version of the broader VersionAlert idea specifically for Unity, which is why the domain currently redirects to https://versionalert.com/unity
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The only other service I’ve found that really addresses this need is https://newreleases.io
. I actually spoke with the very nice husband-and-wife team behind it and even offered to buy the whole project, but their asking price was about 10× higher than what I was offering—which I understand, no hard feelings. I still wish them the best of luck.
If anyone is aware of other projects or services in this space, I'd be happy to learn about them and chat.
Having just recently beaten the Gold stake on Balatro, this is right up my alley. I like that there are leaderboards so I can set goals for myself to attain. Will you come up with a mascot like Jimbo if you gain traction? How much Balatro did you play yourself?
My games on the app store are MobileUO and Sandbox City.
MobileUO is a Unity-port of ClassicUO, which is an open-source C# client for Ultima Online. My hope was to get support from community on Patreon to keep developing it but the financial support didn't really materialize. But it's ok because close to a thousand people seem to be using MobileUO daily to play UO on their mobile devices and are happy with it as it is.
Sandbox City is a really mini-tiny-not-even GTA style game for mobile where the player gets to run around in a city, driving cars, and running over pedestrians and zombies. I'm working on adding more content into the game but it already gives me decent passive income from ads and IAPs. I also have it published on CrazyGames (html5/webgl online game platform) and it is also played a lot there and bring in additional income.
I'd be interested in joining your Discord. My email is in my profile.
Have you ever lived in Istanbul? I've lived there for more than 20 years and I'm not surprised that it is ranked low. Terrible traffic (which makes people angry overall), huge sprawl and population, lots and lots of other problems.
I ported Ultima Online to Android and iOS devices. It's a really old MMO at this point but still has a niche following. New community shards are still popping up and some of them (such as UO Outlands) have high populations.
I opened up a Patreon for the project in hopes that the community and the shard owners would support me enough to keep working on it but I never got past 100 euros per month in pledges. The app does have a stable userbase of around 1000 users though.
Even though it wasn't a financial success by any measure, I'm really proud to have brought my childhood favourite game to new platforms.
In case you're interested, I've recently ported Ultima Online to mobile via Unity+ClassicUO: https://github.com/voxelboy/mobileuo. I'll be publishing a blog post about it soon.
Started with a niche and launched it: VersionAlert for Unity (https://versionalert.com/unity)
Working on the bigger product still. Existing solutions I've found in this space seemed lacking. On my website, I want people to quickly find the software they want to be kept up to date about (with a smart search bar that does the heavy lifting for them) and easily sign up for notifications for new versions. Hope to make a Show HN for it soon!