If I make the title have A&A in it, but it is a generic calculator with pre-defined A&A rules available some of the features become less clear (such as pulling up info on unit types). If I don’t call it something with A&A in the title, it may get lost that it supports A&A. I thought about making the app completely generic as you suggest, but decided if I do I probably shouldn’t call it anything that has Axis and Allies in the title. Through upgrades (most likely free) you’ll be able to gain additional game editions over time as they come out or as I add them. Now it will be just one one app that supports multiple versions/editions of A&A. I was originally going to have different apps for the various versions of A&A as I stated in my original post, but decided against it. Thanks for your comment! I decided to move forward with the project and am about 75% complete with it now. Marketing analysis is not an exact science, but I want to at least make sure there is a reasonable amount of interest before I proceed. However, I’m not clear on how much those two circles overlap and within that overlap, how many are be interested in possibly purchasing apps like this.Īny feedback, suggestions or comments are welcome. I also understand the iOS user circle is very large. My plan would be to price each app edition at $2.99 on the iTunes store. I am an avid A&A player and would love having such a tool, but my ultimate goal is to make money. I know there are already several calculators out there, including one for iOS devices, but what I am designing would take the best features from all of them and put it all in one place. In addition, I’m considering adding a banker feature to keep track of territories and current IPC per country. Each would have a combat simulator with hit and run and must take options as well as probability graphs for victory, role reversing, etc. What I would produce is individual apps sold separately for each of the various editions, including but not limited to 1940, 1942, Europe, Pacific, D-Day and Guadalcanal. Eventually I would like to extend the supported platforms to Android, tablet and desktop PCs.
I am considering writing an Axis and Allies Toolkit for the iOS platform (iPhone, iPod, iPad).