I built a puzzle game called Marble Match Mania. It is finished, it is
free, and it has no ads. But Google will not let a brand-new developer publish to
everybody until 12 people test it for 14 days straight. That is the rule,
and right now it is the only thing standing in the way. I need eleven more people.
Would you be one of them?
What you are actually signing up for
What it takes
An Android phone or tablet
Tap a link, tap one button
Install the game
Leave it installed 14 days
What it does NOT take
No money, ever
No sign-up, no account
No ads, no spam
You do not even have to play it
That really is all of it. Install it and forget about it. If you do play and
something bugs you, tell me — that is the whole point of a test.
How to join
Send me the Gmail address that is on your phone. Google only lets in
people I have added by name, so you have to be on my list first. It has to be a
Gmail — that is the account your Play Store runs on.
Wait for me to say you are added. Takes me a minute.
Then tap the button below and press “Become a tester.”
Being on my list is not enough by itself. You have to press that button or Google does
not count you.
Install it and leave it alone for two weeks. If it gets uninstalled
early, the two weeks can start over for everybody.
Open this on your phone, signed in with the Gmail you sent me.
Do not search for it in the Play Store
You will never find it that way. A game being tested is hidden from search on purpose.
The link above is the only way in. If you search the name and get nothing,
that is normal and it does not mean anything is broken.
Just joined and it still is not there? Give it a few hours
Google is slow to switch a new tester on. It is often quick, but it can take a few hours
before the game will install. If you pressed the button and it says you are a tester,
you are done — check back later and it will be there.
If that page says you are not a tester
Two usual reasons. Either you are not on the list yet, or — the common one —
your phone is signed in to a different Google account than the address you
sent me. Lots of people have more than one. Check which account your Play Store is using
and send me that exact Gmail, and I will add it.
Wait, what is the game?
Swap glass marbles, line up three, and clear the board before the dynamite fuse burns out.
There is also a relaxed Zen mode with no timer, plus daily challenges, puzzles, awards and
leaderboards. You can try it in your browser right now at
marble-match.onfleek.live
— nothing to install, no account needed.