Publishers with Success

DEGOMobileDEGOMobile Member Posts: 43
edited January 2012 in Working with GS (Mac)
Could you please comment how many downloads your app has gotten, and how much the app costs, that you've made with Gamesalad. Just seeing how people are doing with Gamesalad...
Thanks!
~DEGO Mobile

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  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    Not myself, but I know quite a few people on here who've made thousands of dollars.
  • GLGAMESGLGAMES SingaporeMember Posts: 988
    omg 2500 is more than my monthly income if i'm working a normal 9-5 job :P

    man i think i better start thinking of some more good creations.. :P
  • TouchTiltGamesTouchTiltGames Member Posts: 1,162
    My 2 published paid games have had over .... 7,000 downloads I think. Haven't checked for a while.
  • David_GryphonsRealmDavid_GryphonsRealm Member Posts: 459
    @tshirtbooth : your numbers give me hope !! :D

  • morphinegamingmachinemorphinegamingmachine Member, PRO Posts: 449
    and we buy 10k worth of his templates a week cause he is a beast lol
    bet templates make pretty close to that amount, leader of this community for sure. not offending any captions but he's for sure the general
  • GLGAMESGLGAMES SingaporeMember Posts: 988
    edited January 2012
    teach us ways of making money :P

    are all your games paid versions?
    I have lost hope with iAds, though Ads requests hits close to 20k for a month now ,but only less than half are filled and impression are low. probably $15 for the past month :(
  • RUPASRUPAS Member Posts: 823
    @tshirtbooth congratulations on your sales are amazing! I actually I have too many games but I have no more than 200 dollars a month, well I made $ 1400 one month, could you tell me I'm wrong? happens to my games? have good graphics and addictive but not selling anything? can put in the search "rupas games" and see my work, would greatly appreciate your opinion, and that of anyone? regards
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  • David_GryphonsRealmDavid_GryphonsRealm Member Posts: 459
    @TShirtBooth : is that before or after Apple takes their 30 % ? jus wondering ;)
  • GLGAMESGLGAMES SingaporeMember Posts: 988
    should be profits not the gross. :P
  • David_GryphonsRealmDavid_GryphonsRealm Member Posts: 459
    yea but i figured id ask anyways , lol
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    edited January 2012
    it's not that easy guys, i'm working my ass off . (more than 9-5, more like 16 hour day and 7 days a week) and still not paying as much as a "regular job"... someone once posted a poster/image that says if you are good at programming you should work as a programmer if you are good at making game work at a game company lol... if you want to make nearly as "much" as TSB and some others.. be prepare to give up your life. lol if it's quick money you are looking for go be a waiter... you can be making $2-3k a weekend at a high end luxury restaurant...
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    @RUPAS are you a painter?
  • EbreezeEbreeze Member, PRO Posts: 481
    Yeah it seems like you have to have @6 games out and get at least 1 out a month to make a living ...give or take.....unless your game is called tiny wings :D
  • RUPASRUPAS Member Posts: 823
    @ultima you tell by the graphics? in my study of graphs if we service
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  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    It's 90% marketing, I don't care what anyone says, if you make money without marketing yourself it's pure luck.
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    edited January 2012
    i wouldn't say it's only pure luck, products that needs 90% marketing is mainly inferior product that people can't fall in love with on the first sight, and there are defiantly products in the market place that relies on word of mouth. IT IS however becoming more and more important as time to market has become shorter and shorter and companies can less likely to afford to develop their product slowly and to perfection, hence lots of half finished product gets thrown out in the market place trying to compete with other half finished product all relying on marketing to see who's voice is louder... with no real traction.. personally i believe crappy products that relies on marketing and yet makes money is the ones that's pure luck lol.

    just my humble 2 cents.
  • coojamcoojam Member Posts: 26
    My first app (Duck Up) came out at the start of January and has had around 120 downloads at 69p ($0.99). Most of those are friends, or friends of friends and the first 100 downloads came in the first 3 days. Right now, I'm lucky if I get one download a day.

    However, that's exactly what I wanted... enough people to give feedback to find out if it was worth me spending more time on it (I released it with only 9 levels in one environment). I haven't "marketed" much at all yet, except to friends.

    Thankfully, people loved it so I'm continuing to work on it, adding more content, bug fixes and features as people have requested. Once I've got a decent amount of content, then I'll market it :)
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    Penguin Pouce has only made close to $100 and it's been about 3 weeks. Not as good as I hoped - but we'll see how IAP do. :P

    My GameSalad Academy Courses! ◦ Check out my quality templates! ◦ Add me on Skype: braydon_sfx

  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    the secret to success is... (drumroll please... ) ................... getting more downloads...
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @ultima - darn, then I was going at this the wrong way the whole time! ;-)

    My GameSalad Academy Courses! ◦ Check out my quality templates! ◦ Add me on Skype: braydon_sfx

  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    edited January 2012
    @Braydon_SFX all joking aside ... there's some truth in that as well ;) if you know what i mean.
  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273
    @ultima - Indeed.

    My GameSalad Academy Courses! ◦ Check out my quality templates! ◦ Add me on Skype: braydon_sfx

  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    @Ultima - Couldn't agree more mate.
    But there are also fantastic games that fly under the radar and never get the success that they genuinely deserve.

    And I despise people who put half finished (should be free) games on the app store. I won't release a game until I can happily say it's completed and not rushed.

    Back to the Marketing side of things. www.facebook.com/FabledApps has over 500 likes now.
    About 100 of those are people I convinced/begged/nagged until they liked my page lol :D

    Someone said they all mean nothing because they aren't all genuine fans, but when it comes down to it two companies you know little about, who would you check out first, the guy with a dismal 80 fans or the guy with over 500 fans? There's my marketing point! Cause when I have a game that comes out and do an update saying "Yay my first game is out my dreams are coming true" and someone likes it not because they like games, but because they see someone getting somewhere in life and they are happy for them, then it pops up on all their friends newsfeeds and some of those friends just might actually like games.

    Uh oh, giving away my big juicy secrets!

    I also did a little Facebook advertising which got me about 40 likes, shocking because I have no games out but random people still liked my page :)

    P.S If you haven't liked Fabled Apps yet please do :D
  • ultimaultima Member, PRO Posts: 1,207
    haha i like how you are prepping your army since day one... i shall follow the same strategy!
  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    edited January 2012
    Just remember when all the cool kids are doing it, it started with me ;)

    Edit - Thanks David! :D
    I liked your page with 2 accounts!
  • David_GryphonsRealmDavid_GryphonsRealm Member Posts: 459
    @ozboybrian +100 !! hahahaa I liked you FB page by they way, =))
  • PixelgunPixelgun Member Posts: 111
    edited January 2012
    @tshirtbooth what is your game release schedule like? How many games, on average, do you release a year?
  • DEGOMobileDEGOMobile Member Posts: 43
    @tshirtbooth how can I sell items in the Gamesalad marketplace
  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    @DEGOMobile - You're probably better starting a new thread as that's kinda not topic relevant :)
    And would most likely get more answers!

    Wow @TshirtBooth - I thought you made a million a year ;)
  • DEGOMobileDEGOMobile Member Posts: 43
    @ozboybrian I've made 2 of the discussion topics before but no ones ever commented on them do I figured, when @tshirtbooth is right here, why not ask him :D
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