so i have a game prepared and i want to know:
how can i make money from it??
any suggestions???
Not many can claim 25 years on the Internet! Join us in celebrating this milestone. Learn more about our history, and thank you for being a part of our community!
so i have a game prepared and i want to know:
how can i make money from it??
any suggestions???
You can either sell the game, or you can release it as free to play and use micro transactions or advertisement to generate income. You can also release it for free and ask for donations.
so i have a game prepared and i want to know:
how can i make money from it??
You can either sell the game, or you can release it as free to play and use micro transactions or advertisement to generate income. You can also release it for free and ask for donations.
There is also a fourth option, release a version for free that is limited in some way, and ask users to pay to unlock the full experience.
Remember this if you're going down the free-to-play route.
Successful F2P titles actually were specifically designed for the system in mind. You have a finished game and if you haven't designed it to work with F2P, it won't work with F2P.
Most likely, you designed the game with the traditional system in mind. If so, I'd suggest the pay-once system.
Can only makes guesses because I haven't seen your game.
Here is a great read about marketing your game and getting downloads.
http://www.pixelprospector.com/the-marketing-guide-for-game-developers/
You can have a subscription model where users pay so much per month for example.
While this is true I would not recommend it as even large companies are shying away from this as its hard to get players to pay monthly for games because it then becomes a commitment to play.
Start looking at services that will sell it for you and promote it, while taking a cut from each sale.
Examples are steam (via greenlight) desura and gog.com.
I would advise caution with going for desura right now, Check out this thread for details http://www.gamedev.net/topic/665223-desura-is-not-paying-me-my-money/