Knowledgebase
iPurchase Setup
Overview
OpenFeint’s iPurchase program allows you as a developer to participate in our powerful promotion and discovery programs. Information provided within the iPurchase dashboard is featured prominently within the OpenFeint client and the new OpenFeint.com player’s site. If you don’t set up your iPurchase page, you won’t be able to take advantage off all the cross-promotional opportunities.Where does this information show up?
At OpenFeint we are constantly looking for ways to increase game awareness and discovery. The details you provide in iPurchase currently show up in the following places. Any new additions will be added to this list.The OpenFeint Client
OpenFeint Client Dashboard – Players who click on the OpenFeint icon within the OpenFeint 2.4 client are greeted with a number of discovery options.|
Featured
Banner (Landscape
and Portrait Modes)
– Displayed at the top of the Game Page and Discovery Page. Featured Preview (Landscape and Portrait Modes) – Shown if your game is contained within one of the featured lists for the player. |
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| Friends Lists – If a friend of a player owns your game, your icon will show up in the list of Games Played and link directly to your iPurchase page. |  |
| iPurchase Page – Your opportunity to speak directly to the potential player. Summarize your game, show the player screenshots, and detailed information on why they should download. This page contains a direct link to the App Store and allows the player to purchase right from their device. |  |
OpenFeint.com
We’ve recently relaunched OpenFeint.com with new features that highlight games in our system. Adding your game’s information to the iPurchase page makes it eligible for display within the OpenFeint spotlight, Feint 5, and Game Information pages.
OpenFeint iPurchase Setup Page Help
The OpenFeint iPurchase setup page within the developer dashboard is your gateway to manage the information displayed to players. The iPurchase setup is located within the Basic Features section of your Application Home. All of the information can be updated at any time, just make sure you click on submit after making changes.| Icon
– 100 x 100 icon with a maximum file size of 150kb.
It’s recommended that you use the same icon that you are
using in the App Store. The icon is used when displaying lists of
friend’s games, within the Discovery pages, and in your
iPurchase page. USD Price – Entered as 0.99 for a 99 cent game (no dollar sign necessary). For free apps, just put in FREE and we’ll take care of the rest. Changing your price for a week? No problem, just update this field. Information stored here will be displayed within your game’s iPurchase page and on OpenFeint.com. |
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iTunes ID – The iTunes ID for your game. Don’t have one yet because your app isn’t approved, don’t worry, just enter 1 and update it once you’ve received Apple’s approval. It’s important that this information is correct as we use it to provide players with game information on OpenFeint.com
Category – This should match your category within the App Store and can be used by OpenFeint to better target which games are displayed to players.
Release Date – Enter as a date string Month, Day Year. Example: December 20th, 2009.
Current Version Number – The version number of the application that is currently (or will be) live in the App Store. Remember to update this field when releasing new versions!
| Summary or Tagline – A short 128-character tagline to grab a player’s attention. Used within the iPurchase page of your game and on OpenFeint.com. We suggest 2 sentences max. |  |
| Extended Description – Your chance to really shine. Provide players with a detailed description of your game after scrolling past the Summary and Screenshots. This field supports HTML formatting, but note that links are disabled. |  |
| Primary Screenshot – A 320 x 480 screenshot of your game. For games in landscape mode, it still needs to be a 320 x 480 image, with the ‘top’ of your image facing right as the image will be rotated counter-clockwise when displayed in landscape mode. |  |
| Featured Banner Landscape
(OpenFeint 2.4) –
464 x 42 image. The banner we’ll use for your game page and
potentially at the very top of the OpenFeint client Discovery page. Featured Preview Landscape (OpenFeint 2.4) – 150 x 49 image. We’ll use this image if your game is contained within one of the lists for the player on the Discovery page. Also, if another developer adds you to their featured app section, we’ll use this asset. |
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Featured Banner Portrait (OpenFeint 2.4) – 304 x 42 image. This is the image we’ll pull for your game for the top of the Discovery page if the user is in Portrait mode.
Featured Preview Portrait (OpenFeint 2.4) – 104 x 49 image. Same as above but for players in Portrait mode.
