Is App Development Your Job?

CharlieG97

I was just wandering if many people that are using GameSalad make apps for a living and actually earn a sustainable income from their apps. Feel free to share!

matarua

It's not my job but it's part of my business - yet to release anything tho.

But, here locally in New Zealand at the game meetups I go to, there have been requests for professional GameSalad developers - but that is overshadowed by 20 times more requests for Unity developers.

There is a market out there and the best guys to ask would be the teams at @GSHelper - @DeepBlueApps - @FryingBaconStudios etc.

I do design apps for iOS for a living for clients, that's part of my business and yes I make a living out of that. But I do not use GameSalad for that as they are business and social related apps that need things GameSalad does not have. So I do the design, UI, UX and consult on functionality and ideas for startups in the app and web space.

GameSalad is my hobby

Cheers, M@

DinoBit

i'd like it to be

tahakitan

I hope to be able to use it in the future as part of my game design toolset. Currently going to school for Game Design at UCF.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Although, I do other things as well, I do make good money making apps for clients. I recently built an app for dewars whiskey. I use Gamesalad exclusively. Building a company is hard work and requires lots of discipline and dedication to the craft. Most of all it requires good people and communications skills. The biggest compliments I get from my clients, outside of my skill is how well I communicate with them. I don't hunt or solicit work most of my clients found me from reading the forums or word of mouth. They said they liked my approach to business integrity. Remember people are trusting you to deliver as they are paying you with hard earned money. They need to trust you and trust is earned. Most of my clients came to me because they were burned by others. And I work tirelessly to deliver as reputation is everything.

JoeMeister

FBS whats the name of the App for Dewars? Would like to check it out.

Braydon_SFX

Every spare moment is spent either engaging in client work, templates, or my own games. It's a great experience to work at home. Love it. Wouldn't change anything.

CharlieG97

Although, I do other things as well, I do make good money making apps for clients. I recently built an app for dewars whiskey. I use Gamesalad exclusively. Building a company is hard work and requires lots of discipline and dedication to the craft. Most of all it requires good people and communications skills. The biggest compliments I get from my clients, outside of my skill is how well I communicate with them. I don't hunt or solicit work most of my clients found me from reading the forums or word of mouth. They said they liked my approach to business integrity. Remember people are trusting you to deliver as they are paying you with hard earned money. They need to trust you and trust is earned. Most of my clients came to me because they were burned by others. And I work tirelessly to deliver as reputation is everything.

I definitely agree with the points you make here. I'm very new to GameSalad so I'm just starting off with making and releasing one application, but you've got to start somewhere right?

imGua

Yes it's my job. But my app still waits approval from Apple. So at the moment I don't have income from game development. I'm also using Unity 3d for gamdev.

Thunder_Child

I hope one day for it to be my job...its hobby now...and I am at the beginning...wife says "show me the money"...lol...and I can do it full time.

The wife...so hard to please :-)

debugdesign

I'm in design and marketing during the day...

At night I am a masked crusader creating game graphics for people and populating my store at http://www.graphic-buffet.com

I would like to make games full time but I don't know if:
a) I can take the risk with a family to support
b) If there is enough money in the kind of games I would create.

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Sorry the Dewars App at this time is a B2B app for vendors, bartenders and distributors only.

matarua

@FryingBaconStudios most of the stuff I have done is under NDA and even tho my job is done I can't put it in my folio :-<

gyroscope

Is App Development Your Job?

I wish. :P :-)

The_Gamesalad_Guru

Oh I can showcase it but it's not for distribution. I have a new website being developed where I will be showcasing apps I developed for clients.

matarua

Because I help people design, concept and develop apps and websites, which are startups, the time it takes for them to be released is a while. This is a change from company websites and tools and apps - it's just the rush of start-up style stuff that I have had in the last 1.5 years that is under NDA which means no show.

Rittenhouse

Almost there Just have to get a bit more income and Im good