Comments for Mostly Tigerproof http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com Craig Timpany's weblog Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:12:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on I made a random number god! by Craig Timpany http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2010/02/05/i-made-a-random-number-god/#comment-112 Craig Timpany Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:12:47 +0000 http://wildgeese.wordpress.com/?p=237#comment-112 Is it bad form to challenge people to your own game? Well anyway, my Endless Climb high score is 176,080. I'm pretty sure this is the only time I've been #3 in the world at anything. Is it bad form to challenge people to your own game? Well anyway, my Endless Climb high score is 176,080. I’m pretty sure this is the only time I’ve been #3 in the world at anything.

]]> Comment on Radiohead model applied to World Of Goo by World of Goo « ROYSDON http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/10/21/radiohead-model-applied-to-world-of-goo/#comment-89 World of Goo « ROYSDON Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:03:41 +0000 http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/?p=171#comment-89 [...] like it must not be worth it, but $7 feels like I’m paying a little and getting a lot. More data and charts if you’re feeling guilty playing a game and need to justify it [...] [...] like it must not be worth it, but $7 feels like I’m paying a little and getting a lot. More data and charts if you’re feeling guilty playing a game and need to justify it [...]

]]> Comment on Radiohead model applied to World Of Goo by Craig Timpany http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/10/21/radiohead-model-applied-to-world-of-goo/#comment-88 Craig Timpany Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:30:34 +0000 http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/?p=171#comment-88 I think the biggest skew is that the survey takers are self-selected. As I understand it, you can get the game and skip doing the survey. There's going to be a systematic bias toward people who want to justify themselves to 2D Boy. I just checked the overall price distribution against the price distribution in the survey, and the proportion of people that pay $0.01 is almost halved in the survey takers compared to the rest of the customers. Lucky I didn't use the revenue figures from the survey. Oh yeah, another thing to bear in mind is that World of Goo has gone through several discount sales already, so we're seeing the most price sensitive market segment in both datasets. The 25% of people saying they can't afford more might be totally genuine, rather than just feeling defensive about their choice. Maybe that $5 peak would be in a different spot if the revenue numbers were for the general population? I think the biggest skew is that the survey takers are self-selected. As I understand it, you can get the game and skip doing the survey. There’s going to be a systematic bias toward people who want to justify themselves to 2D Boy.

I just checked the overall price distribution against the price distribution in the survey, and the proportion of people that pay $0.01 is almost halved in the survey takers compared to the rest of the customers. Lucky I didn’t use the revenue figures from the survey.

Oh yeah, another thing to bear in mind is that World of Goo has gone through several discount sales already, so we’re seeing the most price sensitive market segment in both datasets. The 25% of people saying they can’t afford more might be totally genuine, rather than just feeling defensive about their choice. Maybe that $5 peak would be in a different spot if the revenue numbers were for the general population?

]]> Comment on Radiohead model applied to World Of Goo by zeek http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/10/21/radiohead-model-applied-to-world-of-goo/#comment-87 zeek Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:43:15 +0000 http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/?p=171#comment-87 Interesting analysis. of course the survey data is somewhat skewed by the fact that 1> you cannot choose multiple reasons, naturally and 2> any survey is limited in sample, again quite naturally so it's hard to know what any of it all means, besides that Kyle and Ron had a very nice week Interesting analysis. of course the survey data is somewhat skewed by the fact that 1> you cannot choose multiple reasons, naturally and 2> any survey is limited in sample, again quite naturally so it’s hard to know what any of it all means, besides that Kyle and Ron had a very nice week

]]> Comment on Gathering statistics using Google Analytics and Unity 3D by Craig Timpany http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/10/06/gathering-statistics-using-google-analytics-and-unity-3d/#comment-85 Craig Timpany Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:15:56 +0000 http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/?p=138#comment-85 I don't think that Evaluate field evaluates the expression in the scope of any particular page. Running the snippet from there doesn't work on my pages either. I was suggesting looking at the javascript error list after the embedded Unity has sent events. If you want to test the JS without anything else getting in the way, Google's documentation suggests dumping it in an OnClick handler. They've got an example here: http://code.google.com/intl/en-US/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerGuide.html If you're getting pageviews through, I kinda doubt the problem is in the page. That indicates that at least pageTracker._trackPageview() is running. The worst that could happen would be Unity trying to send events before the browser has received the part of the page with the GA code. I've never seen that happen though, I've only been sending events in response to user input. I don’t think that Evaluate field evaluates the expression in the scope of any particular page. Running the snippet from there doesn’t work on my pages either. I was suggesting looking at the javascript error list after the embedded Unity has sent events.

If you want to test the JS without anything else getting in the way, Google’s documentation suggests dumping it in an OnClick handler. They’ve got an example here:
http://code.google.com/intl/en-US/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerGuide.html

If you’re getting pageviews through, I kinda doubt the problem is in the page. That indicates that at least pageTracker._trackPageview() is running. The worst that could happen would be Unity trying to send events before the browser has received the part of the page with the GA code. I’ve never seen that happen though, I’ve only been sending events in response to user input.

]]> Comment on Gathering statistics using Google Analytics and Unity 3D by Magnus http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/10/06/gathering-statistics-using-google-analytics-and-unity-3d/#comment-84 Magnus Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:24:36 +0000 http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/?p=138#comment-84 Maybe I didn't implement it correctly in my html. This is what I get when trying to evaluate something similar in the firefox "error console": Error: pageTracker is not defined Source File: javascript:%20pageTracker._trackEvent("Test",%20"test",%20"foo",%205); Line: 1 Maybe I didn’t implement it correctly in my html.

This is what I get when trying to evaluate something similar in the firefox “error console”:
Error: pageTracker is not defined
Source File: javascript:%20pageTracker._trackEvent(“Test”,%20″test”,%20″foo”,%205);
Line: 1

]]> Comment on Orbital Billiards Prototype by Orbital Billiards Revisited « Mostly Tigerproof http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/09/03/orbital-billiards-prototype/#comment-83 Orbital Billiards Revisited « Mostly Tigerproof Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:06:10 +0000 http://wildgeese.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-83 [...] direction, but for some reason my thoughts kept returning to the first Mostly Tigerproof prototype: Orbital Billiards. The prototype UI had a lot of really obvious problems, so perhaps I was hasty to consider the game [...] [...] direction, but for some reason my thoughts kept returning to the first Mostly Tigerproof prototype: Orbital Billiards. The prototype UI had a lot of really obvious problems, so perhaps I was hasty to consider the game [...]

]]> Comment on Gathering statistics using Google Analytics and Unity 3D by Craig Timpany http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/10/06/gathering-statistics-using-google-analytics-and-unity-3d/#comment-82 Craig Timpany Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:48:29 +0000 http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/?p=138#comment-82 The javascript console log in your web browser would be good to check too. That'll tell you whether the call to the GA page tracker is going OK or not. There's no minimum of the amount of data. I was getting events listed as soon as I got pageviews listed. One thing that I should've mentioned in the article is that the _trackEvent call has 3 variations: - _trackEvent(category, action, label) - _trackEvent(category, action, value) - _trackEvent(category, action, label, value) A call like _trackEvent(category, action, null, value), won't work. The javascript console log in your web browser would be good to check too. That’ll tell you whether the call to the GA page tracker is going OK or not.

There’s no minimum of the amount of data. I was getting events listed as soon as I got pageviews listed.

One thing that I should’ve mentioned in the article is that the _trackEvent call has 3 variations:
– _trackEvent(category, action, label)
– _trackEvent(category, action, value)
– _trackEvent(category, action, label, value)

A call like _trackEvent(category, action, null, value), won’t work.

]]> Comment on Gathering statistics using Google Analytics and Unity 3D by Magnus http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/10/06/gathering-statistics-using-google-analytics-and-unity-3d/#comment-81 Magnus Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:34:45 +0000 http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/?p=138#comment-81 Nice article! I think I'm doing everything right, and I see the traffic in GA.. but I'm not seeing the actual events.. any ideas? Is there like a minimum amount of events that need to be received before they are displayed, to prevent personally identifiable information? Didn't check the unity webplayer log yet tho, might do that. Nice article!

I think I’m doing everything right, and I see the traffic in GA.. but I’m not seeing the actual events.. any ideas? Is there like a minimum amount of events that need to be received before they are displayed, to prevent personally identifiable information?

Didn’t check the unity webplayer log yet tho, might do that.

]]> Comment on Satellite Launch Prototype by wildgeese http://blog.mostlytigerproof.com/2009/09/09/satellite-launch-prototype/#comment-79 wildgeese Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:06:35 +0000 http://wildgeese.wordpress.com/?p=80#comment-79 For what it's worth, my high score is 18. For what it’s worth, my high score is 18.

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