Credits page, Ads, Localization - Santa Jump Indie Devlog #5

Hello guys. Let’s figure out what I did the last week.

First, I fixed a bug with building overlapping. You know, when blocks are put one on another the mesh overlapping are pretty hard shown. So, I tried to avoid this stuff in that way,

Also, I have added a Credits page, paste a link to more games button.

Made some small fixes for Levels layout.

Then I made possible to navigate through menu by android back button. I think of it as a pretty handy thing.

After that I have added ads. For now, I think of avoiding interstitials and banners. But maybe later I’ll rethink it. So, in one way you can get a hint and see add, and in another just make a gift for author. Frankly speaking, I suppose not so many users will use that opportunity, but in Google Play I see a lot of dissatisfied users because of ads. So, we have to look for a golden rate in ads =)

Then I hid the hdr button I showed in previous devlog and added snow button. In my phone this option is pretty useful.

Also, as you might see I have changed all the icons because as license agreement says I have to paste links even on listing page on app store. So, that’s much for me. I found several websites without attribution necessity. And rebased all stuff. These websites are reshot.com, uxwing.com, iconpacks.net. The last one is my favorite.

And the last thing I’m working currently on is localization. It’s pretty complex task and maybe I will make a separate video for that stuff. I think in future games I can forget what I’ve done in this game. Besides someone can also find it useful.

If you haven’t play for my last game Bus Driver. I encourage you to test it out. Hop on the bus, collect all passengers on the way, earn coins and discover more routes! Link to Google Play in description.

If you want to ask me some questions about game development or be the first testers, welcome to Discord Server: https://discord.gg/FtMrUaaBw3

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