Use StoreKit in iPhone application for giving virtual money ?

salva · 10-07-2009, 03:53 AM

Hi,

i'm developping a paid iPhone application and i wish to permit at my users to buy more "virtual money" for playing (it's a game around bets between users (no real money, only virtual)). This game is available on FaceBook, and users can have got more virtual money by my iPhone application.

When i read a store Kit documentation, i found this line :
"You may not offer items that represent intermediary currency because it is important that users know the specific good or service they are buying."

I didn't really understand this line by report with my application...

Someone can help me ?

Can i propose to my users to buy virtual money by Purchase iTunes ?

Thanks you for all

Guillaume

Jeremy1026 · 10-07-2009, 09:23 AM

If you call it virtual money, you'll likely have a problem. But if you name it credits, you should be ok.

salva · 10-07-2009, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy1026

If you call it virtual money, you'll likely have a problem. But if you name it credits, you should be ok.

Ok, it's just a point of view for naming something ;-)

In this cas, if i name "the virtual money" of my application by "credits", it's OK ?

Someone has an example of this cituation on an available iPhone application ?

Thanks you

Tambourin · 10-07-2009, 10:01 AM

check the game iVampire
there it is possible to buy points with real money
or the facebook poker game

salva · 10-07-2009, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tambourin

check the game iVampire
there it is possible to buy points with real money
or the facebook poker game

I don't find iVampire... on which AppStore it is ?

But in Poker 40k, for having more "money", we should download and pay an other application... it's not really a purchase in an application...

But if you confirm me that i can... it's good ;-)

Thanks you

Tambourin · 10-11-2009, 03:42 AM

sorry it's called iVampires, with an S

salva · 10-11-2009, 06:54 AM

Ok, i have already been seen this application, it uses the same system that "Poker *K".

But, with both examples, my only way for proposing at the user to buy more credit (virtual money) with a real money, i need to have X applications with X prices and with X more credits... It's horrible this system... and not infinite system...

Very strange...

Thanks yous for your help.