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I spent 2018-2019 making a puzzle game in my spare time. Revenue model was opt-in ads. Released for iOS and Android. Didn't do a ton of marketing, but that's ok

by umvi 6y ago

I spent 2018-2019 making a puzzle game in my spare time. Revenue model was opt-in ads. Released for iOS and Android. Didn't do a ton of marketing, but that's okay, it was just a little passion project that I hoped might gain some traction. Got up to around 70 installs peak, made $6 my first year on Android, and $14 my first year on iOS. Which is to say I made -$80 total since I had to pay $100 to publish in Apple's App Store. I cancelled the iOS app since it wasn't making enough to pay the annual $100 fee, but the Android one is still up[0] and makes ~$1 every couple of months. Now I'm just waiting for a twitch streamer to pick it up and turn me into an overnight millionaire like "Among Us"! [0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.umvirate.embergram&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.umvirate.e...

aukaost 6y ago
Just curious, why is this app not available on the Icelandic Play store?
- umvi 6y ago
  Mainly because I didn't translate it to Icelandic and I didn't want to get dinged by Google for putting an untranslated app in Iceland Play Store. Funny you should mention Iceland though because I recently saw a Tom Scott video[0] in which I learned tons of people speak English over there. I updated the country availability so Iceland is included. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYlmFfsyLMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYlmFfsyLMo
purple-again 6y ago
I would reconsider trying again with a larger budget and try to do some targeted marketing. I wanted to buy it just from your description on the play store but I’m IPhone only unfortunately. If not maybe there is a marketplace for selling your game (the rights to it not copies) like there is for selling businesses. This completed project would likely be an easy buy for someone with more capital than products. Either way congrats and finishing and shipping, that’s a serious battle in and of itself for a side project!

by umvi 6y ago

aukaost 6y ago

Just curious, why is this app not available on the Icelandic Play store?

umvi 6y ago
Mainly because I didn't translate it to Icelandic and I didn't want to get dinged by Google for putting an untranslated app in Iceland Play Store. Funny you should mention Iceland though because I recently saw a Tom Scott video[0] in which I learned tons of people speak English over there. I updated the country availability so Iceland is included. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYlmFfsyLMo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYlmFfsyLMo

purple-again 6y ago

I would reconsider trying again with a larger budget and try to do some targeted marketing. I wanted to buy it just from your description on the play store but I’m IPhone only unfortunately. If not maybe there is a marketplace for selling your game (the rights to it not copies) like there is for selling businesses. This completed project would likely be an easy buy for someone with more capital than products. Either way congrats and finishing and shipping, that’s a serious battle in and of itself for a side project!