Asking For Artwork Is No Guarantee You’ll Get Featured
A few weeks… well… no it’s almost a couple of months… ago I got the email every “indie” developer waits for. The one asking for additional artwork. Wahoo! I started seeing $$$. I quickly, but quite professionally IMHO got together the requested artwork and sent it the very next day. Crickets chirping… more crickets chirping… hmmm… let’s send an email and see what’s up. Nothing… ok, maybe it just got buried in their spam, I’ll try just once more… oh good… a response. So turns out a request for artwork isn’t a guarantee of getting featured. I asked why waste everyone’s time? Especially if you are an indie and paid someone good money to get artwork together for you (I know… I know… Apple says to already have it ready, but who does this?)
Needless to say, disappointed. So… if you ever get this email, do not get your hopes up. I’ll still muddle through this quagmire of apps, trying to get exposure. I was really excited that Apple was going to help me out. Instead a couple more fart apps and zombie apps got featured. Is my stuff the best out there? Hell no… but I think it shows creativity, effort, and originality. For a 1-man shop I’m pretty proud of what I’ve done.
They asked me what I had coming down the pipe (the nice way of telling me… ummm ya… we aren’t gonna feature any of your current stuff). I told them I was working on Jiggle Balls Studio for the iPad. They asked when it would be ready for iOS4 and I said, well… when you guys are ready for iOS4 on the iPad. Perhaps a bit smug and sarcastic… maybe I need to hire a PR person. 
Their response… well… good luck with that. Ouch!
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