SaeedP Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Hello, I haven't made a game in over 15 years and wanted to try my luck in this industry. If possible, guide me and answer my questions. Are you satisfied with the income of making the game and can you manage your life with it? Or do you do things like web design and design for a living? How did you manage to monetize your game and what method would you suggest? Steam, web games, mobile games, Facebook?? regards, Saeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vedia Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) I personally do software engineering contracting full-time and work in the games industry as a hobby. I'm not saying that it's not doable to create wealth or a living with games. It is totally possible even in this over-saturated market. You just have to be innovative and produce quality stuff - in an entertainment sense. You also have to know your target audience and know what kind of games entertain them. Steam, web games, and mobile games - are all different platforms that entertain different kinds of audiences. For example, a game published on Steam, probably won't be as entertaining to players that only play web games. My consensus is, to produce types of games that you enjoy playing and you know for a fact that there are other people like you enjoying playing these games. Find the reasons why this game is entertaining and build upon those. If you want to consistently make a living with game development, you should treat it like a business. Edited November 3, 2022 by vedia SaeedP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaeedP Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 11/3/2022 at 10:06 AM, vedia said: I personally do software engineering contracting full-time and work in the games industry as a hobby. Have you ever contact to game publishers or try your like in gamemonetize.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vedia Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) On 11/8/2022 at 5:37 PM, SaeedP said: Have you ever contact to game publishers or try your like in gamemonetize.com? Yep, I publish on GameMonetize and GameDistribution. Revenue is OK, you can make some money, especially passively. I have a couple of really old games that still actively bring some money in. Especially considering their quality (they are quite bad). GameMonetize seems to be a bit better at the moment, at least that is my experience, though I'd love for them to have a better analytics page. GameDistribution on the other hand has a pretty good UI, but the UX is terrible. The speed of the platform is super slow and they take forever to respond to anything... I've been waiting for 2 months now to get my game published... Revenue wise they are kind of the same. (Note, this is all my experience, yours might vary) Edited November 10, 2022 by vedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaeedP Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/9/2022 at 9:39 PM, vedia said: Revenue is OK, you can make some money, especially passively. I have a couple of really old games that still actively bring some money in. Especially considering their quality (they are quite bad). If it's not a secret, may I know how much the old games you mentioned make on average per month or year? And what is their game engine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumiapps Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Hello, do you hear about SDK? Karer09334 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaeedP Posted May 3, 2023 Author Share Posted May 3, 2023 On 5/2/2023 at 12:53 PM, lumiapps said: Hello, do you hear about SDK? Which SDK do you mean? Karer09334 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumiapps Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 I mean advertising SDK for apps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tathagata Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Hi, I feel you can try out In-game native ads or Offerwall ads in your game. If you having issues with integrating the advertising sdk you can contact game monetization platforms like PubScale, ironSource, AppLovin, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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