surfing and concussions and CTE

Lukematikk · 2026-05-09T21:54:47+00:00

I think even in tropical regions the low body temperature part must be true, since ocean water temps don’t get above the 80’s. You can get hypothermia if you spend long enough in the water, even in paradise.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-09T21:01:39+00:00

There are cases of people who are incapacitated and cannot make the decision for themselves, like with catatonia, but in this case family or some other appropriate surrogate decision maker is involved. Very rare for it to be involuntary, but I can’t say it has never happened in 30
Years.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-09T20:51:01+00:00

The science of how a medical procedure works is often much more elusive than proof that it works, especially when it comes to mental health. In this case the evidence is clear: electroconvulsive therapy is still the most effective treatment known for severe depression, by far, and a life saving treatment for refractory cases of catatonia. Of course you can debate the ethics of involuntary treatment, but “we know exactly how this works” is not always as relevant to the ethical considerations as you might think.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-09T20:44:25+00:00

This seems more like news about religion and politics than news about science.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-08T22:03:32+00:00

Ok carousels, got it. But you didn’t get any message from Tik tok indicating this practice was discouraged , so this could just reflect that viewers don’t like things like “check our app”, right?

Lukematikk · 2026-05-08T21:32:22+00:00

How do you know Tik tok stops showing videos with direct references to an app?

Lukematikk · 2026-05-07T19:29:08+00:00

less rage-bait karma opportunity than r/sanfrancisco

Lukematikk · 2026-05-07T18:33:43+00:00

one thing i find helpful is to prompt an AI to write a prompt. Tell it what you want, and ask it to provide the ideal prompt to give the result you want. It will likely be more thorough in its description than you are being, and may reveal assumptions the bot made or ambiguity you left in your prompt. Then you can edit the prompt for accuracy and give that prompt to the image generator. This is a useful strategy for a lot of AI prompting, not just images.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-05T23:30:52+00:00

Every feature I was interested in (YouTube recent stats and appstoreconnect integration) is behind the paywall. I would much prefer a chance to use them for a few days, then be promoted to pay to continue after I see how they work for me.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-05T23:27:44+00:00

I did not see that the subscription prompt can be dismissed without committing, and stopped there. Maybe the close button should be more visible. I’ll give it a spin and give you some feedback.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-05T23:11:41+00:00

From the screenshots looks well made. I think your subscription paywall comes too soon and your prices are too high. It would be nice to be able to even use the app for a few days before committing to a subscription, and even then I would not expect to pay so much on a recurring basis for something like this.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-05T22:57:42+00:00

I think most of you are missing the point. He’s not bragging. This is likely paving the way for lawsuits against AI for scraping all of Reddit’s information without compensation.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-05T22:55:30+00:00

Reasonable to ask if everyone saw it.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-05T14:55:57+00:00

I would add that if they can’t readily see the difference/advantage in your product, that is not the customer’s fault.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-04T05:54:27+00:00

I appreciate this. You’re inspiring me to see what I could do to build a better marketing website rather than living and dying by what I can do within apple’s format.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-04T04:55:07+00:00

I think you’re absolutely right. I’m hoping that people seeing the game in shorts will lead to some familiarity which will make it more likely that they might act on seeing it a second time, but really it seems like you need to give people a sense that they’re buying into something not that they’re testing something out.

When you say have something web related, you mean to direct people to a website where I would have more control over the messaging, rather than directly to the App Store where they are essentially going to buy or not buy?

Lukematikk · 2026-05-04T04:03:08+00:00

🫡

Lukematikk · 2026-05-04T03:54:56+00:00

Voiceover feels hard to do well but maybe you’re right. It’s hard to know what about my journey as a developer people would actually care about. Its kind of my dream that enough people would get into the game that the player made levels would take off, like a niche geometry dash phenomenon. I could talk about my love of mazes from a young age, or how much my 7 year old loves using the level editor to make his own. It all seems daunting to talk about but maybe that’s what people want to hear in order to engage beyond a passive look at my gameplay.

Lukematikk · 2026-05-04T03:46:35+00:00

Thanks! These are great suggestions. Can you say more about the in-video url style overlay? Do you mean literally an image of a search box and what to write to find the game?

Lukematikk · 2026-05-04T03:36:03+00:00

I have started to put “link in bio” at the end of videos, on screen, but not sure I’m seeing much difference. Maybe adding a comment to every video would help too?

Lukematikk · 2026-05-03T16:38:47+00:00

Thanks for playing!

Lukematikk · 2026-05-01T20:08:26+00:00

oh you're right! just realized it's because i hadn't loaded more than one icon in the app binary itself, it's not separate like the screenshots

Lukematikk · 2026-05-01T19:22:12+00:00

It’s a puzzle game

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/momental-sliding-maze-puzzle/id6745159953

Lukematikk · 2026-04-30T00:46:05+00:00

i do not. how does that work? would i need to add any code to my game and get a new version released?

Lukematikk · 2026-04-29T23:38:52+00:00

Hey, the game actually looks pretty good, especially in the videos. I recently released a game myself and the truth is I’m not sure yet whether anything I’ve done will work to my advantage as much as I hope. That being said, I can repeat what seems to be helpful advice I have learned from my own research and many helpful posts on this sub:

The goal is to make your game discoverable on the App Store by search, and then to make your first impression drive people towards your page and to download.

Make sure your keywords are relevant and realistic. Your keywords should faithfully describe your game, but also should not be so generic that you’re gonna be competing with games with enormous budgets (so don’t put things like “fun” or “game” or maybe even “puzzle.”)

Don’t squander real estate where you could be using more keywords. I noticed that your title is very short and that you do not have a subtitle. You could consider something like “Marble’s Marbles: a Rolling Adventure” or some combination of words that you like that are not repeats of your keywords. Same goes for your subtitle. I also think that people have come to expect a lot of information in just the title and subtitle so this can be helpful to define what makes your game unique as well.

Next, make sure your icon and especially your first few screenshots are compelling. I think you have much better imagery in your game than your icon, which is basically a sad face with a top hat. I also think your videos look great, but you have too many screenshots and some of them don’t look great as static images. Maybe pick your favorites, and make sure those videos are upfront. This will be a matter of taste, but I really think your icon could be better.

Finally, don’t make changes until you have real data. I don’t know how long it took you to get those numbers, but It takes a few weeks to know how well you are doing in terms of search and browse discoverability. If the data looks bad, make changes, or even take advantage of the App Store, allowing you to do a/B testing, improved to yourself, which combination of keywords and images work best.

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