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App discovery was one of the main reasons I decided to learn webapp first. Unless you make a graphic heavy game, eventually HTML5 apps will perform on mobile :)
I am doing this on the side while freelancing (or having a day job before) as income. Most games did not have any monetization for most of their life and I am sure I could get this up one order of magnitude if I put in some work.
Made it in about a week: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smashcorp....
Highest Positions in US App Store.
All Games US #54
Adventure (Games) #7
Arcade (Games) #23
Board (Games) #4
Music (Games) #2
Revenue
$18,430 Interstitials - Static & Video
$5,180 Banner Ads
$1,515 IAP to Remove Ads
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TOTAL $25,125
My free game (with ads) hasn't made enough to cover the dev license.. I think mobile games are one of those things where you either make the top 10 or languish in purgatory. Made it in about a week: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.smashcorp....
If you want to make money selling games you need to be prepared to put a lot of work in. Otherwise you should consider it to be buying lottery tickets which rarely works well.
http://tactitionprogramming.com/oceancommotion.html iPad only
Made about £15 with dino sprint. It was never really about the money tbh, I just wanted people to enjoy something that I had created. It has 10,000+ downloads which im extremely happy with. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wockawocka...
Neither of mine are in the app store any more, but apps with similar names are. Santa's Last Stand - 3-4 mos - $250 since 4 years ago, free + 2.99 paid Bank Defense - 3-4 months, - $100 since 4 years ago, free + 1.99 paid (approx--I don't remember) mobile game market is _hard_ unless you're flight control/angry birds/candy crush. The market is saturated and Zynga (for example) has entire teams of people to make sure…
Is there any angle to get around this, for even modest sales? Most people here seem to be saying that they barely cover cost, if that. Very discouraging :-( There has to be something that small guys can do that big guys can't.
Neither of mine are in the app store any more, but apps with similar names are. Santa's Last Stand - 3-4 mos - $250 since 4 years ago, free + 2.99 paid Bank Defense - 3-4 months, - $100 since 4 years ago, free + 1.99 paid (approx--I don't remember) mobile game market is _hard_ unless you're flight control/angry birds/candy crush. The market is saturated and Zynga (for example) has entire teams of people to make sure…
>mobile game market is _hard_ unless you're flight control/angry birds/candy crush. Is there any angle to get around this, for even modest sales? Most people here seem to be saying that they barely cover cost, if that. Very discouraging :-( There has to be something that small guys can do that big guys can't.
Here are some stats from the first couple months for my last game. Highest Positions in US App Store. All Games US #54 Adventure (Games) #7 Arcade (Games) #23 Board (Games) #4 Music (Games) #2 Revenue $18,430 Interstitials - Static & Video $5,180 Banner Ads $1,515 IAP to Remove Ads ============= TOTAL $25,125