Or you can use a dns that blocks ads and it usually works for these games. You don't even notice that they were supposed to have ads. But you're still connecting to a weird server so there's that.
Things that are absolute sins for ads in games 1. Mid roll ads during gameplay 2. Having a limited amount of ads to watch that are mandatory for completion 3. Having a fake X on the ad 4. Having watch X amount of ads for daily challenges
Annoyingly, it might not be. Ads often have two payouts: impressions and click-throughs. The former is just paying (very low) based on views, but the second is paying for the rarer event of people actually going to what the ad is for and at the very least clicking it. It's often against the ad exchange's TOS, but some devs have added traps like fake buttons to increase their clickthrough bonuses. Sometimes it is in the ad itself instead, which is usually also against TOS, but there is a use case for the dev to do so. @@Solscalr
Having an ad that closes... To open another ad. Like those ads to an interactive game you definitely don't want to play. But still you've got to wait another timer.
@@lunachocken I've recently had a 1 minute unskippable ad that had THREE close screens. If I ever remembered what product the ad was for, I'd give it negative reviews.
I'd imagine they can genuinely make more money off those ads too because I guarantee someone willingly watching an ad is more in the headspace to make a purchase.
Yeah I always think to myself how much better a game is to me when they don’t force feed ads, not to mention usually the ones that give you the choice are usually made well
Game design cancer. I'm developing a mobile game releasing in May that will not ever force you to watch an Ad. For years I was depressed on the couch, and I stg the only thing I had energy for was playing a mobile game: the amount of games that was ruined for me by forcing me to watch ads was too damn high. Game is Ranger Quest, on Play Store now :)
Honestly the worst thing of all time. There’s a game I used to play called Mob Control, and at the end of a level, you could watch an ad to multiply your loot, but you could also skip. Seems like a fair way to introduce ads. But the issue is, if you just click next and skip the ad, you still have to watch a 5 second ad. And here’s where it gets even worse. If you choose to watch the ad, sometimes the ad is 5 seconds anyway. Sometimes, the ad is like 30 seconds and you have to sit through it, but sometimes, it literally doesn’t matter what you click. So it makes the end of every level feel like a complete gamble. Do you watch the ad hoping to get a short one, or do you not click on the ad and hope you don’t get a long one? It sucked
@@maksimklimok4005 its true that it doesnt force ads but the gameplay perse its not that much good as any other survival. personally i just think it lacks progression.
Vampire survivors is one of the only free mobile games ive seen to have actual fair adverts, theres only 2 optional ads in the entire game that dont even play during gameplay and you can just turn them off in the settings
@goats4life323 funnily enough, vampire survivors is a multiplat game, it's one of two games that do that. The other one is Genshin, which is also multiplat but also a gacha
Bro yes these are awful. Especially when they are like “would you like to watch an ad to double your points for the round (or whatever)” and you say no but a 30s ad still plays so you might as well have hit yes
It's even worse when it's like "would you like to double your gold?" You hit no, it plays the ad anyway, and you didn't get double gold. At that point you have 2 choices; always hit yes, immediately uninstall
and then you have to click on it three times! Like, the video plays, and you click on the close button, then it takes you to a screen with "play now" with a fake "x" because you have to wait for the real "x" to show up, and you close it, then it takes you to a screen with "install now"
Omg I hate fake interactive. Occasionally I get multiple different interactible ads that are just the actual game but the gameplay loop is faster. Sometimes I go see if the reviews are good, and if they are, I download it. Give me a trial of your game, don't try to trick me.
One of my fav games, Magic Survival is my only exception to full screen ads. You get one per run at the end of the game whether or not you revive. A run is 15-30 minutes on average. One ad every 30 min PLUS it paying for resurrection is pretty nice.
Summoner's Greed is another amazing game, not exactly as a game because it's a very simple tower defense, but it is also very honest since the beginning for what it offers
Yeah! I think the AdVenture games are like that too, I really don't mind that, If I can get double the money that makes my brain go unga bunga, then I'll do it cause I don't feel forced to do so.
Damn, you are right. When I get offered the choice to watch an ad in exchange of a little in-game reward I actually view the ad more positively than being forced to watch it.
Yess i do the same. It's the only ok way to do ads. Another tip. If TH-cam gives you more than a 5 second ad, you can close and reopen the video a couple times and itll disappear. Do this enough and you'll almost never get more than a 5 second ad again.
I do the same thing. This also increases the number of times ads are displayed without being clicked. Advertisers look at "click-through rate" more than the number of people who watch the ad. So, more views without clicking means lower click-through, thus their ads perform worse.
Agreed. Playing one at the moment where you have two lives per level, but the second one is only if you choose to watch a respawn ad, or spend a small amount of the resources you can purchase. Or you get a few daily reward chests that you can only receive after watching an ad. All of it prompted and with a direct reward instead of just "hey watch this". And with the tiny amount of resources you gain this way you actually can play without spending any money.
It started off like said in the video but throughout time it’s been like your comment. yes for prize and a 30 sec ad or no for nothing and a skippable ad.
@@devinmurphy6575 worse when it teleports to the other side, has a timer that suspiciously has a 5 second "2 seconds remaining" timer AND / OR clicking it just counts as clicking the ad
Hey, wanna know a secret? Most mobile gamedevs don't actually have much ability to influence that. Ever noticed how it's gotten progressively worse over the years? And how every little hostile change seems to catch on like wildfire? That's because there's no catching on process. Most everybody uses third parties to handle the add and the dev just checks whether it gives back a positive or negative event, esentialy a trueXfalse boolean response and that's it. The ads themselves and everything that happens on that screen is done by a third party until you return back into the app. Is this gonna help you as a consumer at all? No. Does it justify anything? No. But it's not like the devs are being given much choice. And it's not like anyone really sells premium apps on mobile stores outside of well established non-gaming brands or pc-gaming clones (to be able to not use ad networks at all).
Those stupid games that go "Would you like to double your rewards from this level by watching an ad?" And I say no and then it gives me an ad anyways with no reward. Those are the absolute worst.
Ah yes, a fellow Cats & Soup enjoyer. Not a fan of the incremental money, personally, but the game drips with charm! (wtf even is 2000i gold?? That's not a real number >:[ )
I am developing a game that doesn't even do this. You can unlock and upgrade unique heroes in a sort of tower defence genre- but you can earn those currencies in game, albeit slower. You can speed it up a bit by watching ads, but we never force you to do it. Would you like this call to action in a game?
@@CobusGreyling As long as you have a fun game that's obviously had some love put into it. The hook is the honesty. People generally don't like to feel as if they're being tricked, or forced to do something. But they really like helping honest people who make things that they themselves like.
Imagine thinking "player agency" or some other abstract concept matters more than profits 😂 You clearly don't know how to be profitable in the business
@@peteypete9357 I don't think any sane, non-brainwashed human cares more about profits than making something they want to see in the world. Nice ragebait though.
@@peteypete9357 player agency and profitability are not mutually exclusive, and i hope you never run a game studio. because you would end up sacrificing your developers’ well being for profit.
You know what’s gotten really annoying about the full screen ads, they don’t just end. Like I swear it used to be it plays for 5s, you click the x, then back to the game. But now it plays for 5s, you click the x, but that was a fake x that was part of the ad to make you click it, so you have to close an AppStore pop up. Then it finishes playing, the real x appears. It pops up the AppStore again, you have to close it. Now you have to stare at the app logo for 5s while a SECOND X has to appear. Like wtf is this. Isn’t it just 5s and then an x. At least back then it was like “ok it’s sort of like TH-cam or cable tv, I have to watch the ads occasionally and the game is free” but why is now trying to trick me into clicking something that brings me to the App Store. I’m not gonna download the app because you tricked me into going to the App Store, I’m gonna reopen the app and play with wifi off so you can’t show me ads anymore.
Or they could you know....not make an arbitrary upgrade that you already spent time farming resources to pay for, take hours to complete....blows my mind that anyone finds that satisfying.
@@theriverthing I wasn't referencing the ads I was referencing upgrade timers. If it takes 12 hours to "upgrade" my base.....why? There is 0 reason other than it being a tactic to force you to return to the game later.
@@farfromirrationalthe sound effects and multiplayer domination aspects of mobile games make them highly addictive for those who aren't super into gaming
There's a mobile game called Skullgirls. Due to players asking for a way to support the game further they added an option for ads. It's not a pop up but a small option on the right lowermost corner of the main menu on the shapw of a TV cartoony character called Tebby. You can make Tebby play an ad for you to get a random reward that doesn't have much value. It's way out of the way and doesn't affect the economy. Best kind of ads in mobile games.
I have been playing it for a while and goddamn if its not one of the best games i played, its also extremely curated by devs And also so many references (mainly jojo's but not only those)
@@1AmGroot that is a different ad scheme, which is “run skippable ads if no ad is shown after X secs”. The only saving grace to it is that, because it’s shown without user’s consent or interaction at all, they need/are required to make that skippable.
@@Bsweet117I don’t want to be constantly forced to watch ads to play a game. It’s not a matter of patience, I want to play my game, and not be interrupted every five minutes with a 30 second ad.
Agreed, I play some games on the cellphone and they work like this, I love this way as I'm supporting them and I have the choice to watch whenever I feel like or see the need to
No you dont. Who tf willingly watches an ad lol. Sometimes an ad may get ur interest but thats usually when you are forced to watch the first fews second of it
YES! ALWAYS THIS! Every time a mobile game makes their ads optional and not just shoving it in your face I breathe a sigh of relief. If I ever watch an ad while playing that game, it's a conscious choice and not something I feel forced into.
Night of the Full Moon. It's a roguelite that gives you exactly 3 place where it offers an ad, and is never forced. All are worth it and each run is long enough that I do need a second to pull back and look at something other than my phone. Beautifully done ads.
Agree with you. If the game tries to trick me into hitting the ad. I uninstall it. Or if it forces me to watch an ad. I uninstall it during the ad. But if they do what you said. I’ll either watch it for the boost or not.
My favorite are the stupid "layer cake" ads that have like 4 layers you have to wait through Like an ad followed by a fake playable one followed by an install button with a 5 second countdown on the x I just love those so much and i enjoy sitting through them a lot
@@LocalDiscordCatgirlFandom on phone is cancer. If you x out of the ad, it reappears 5 seconds later and scrolls the fucking screen, which either causes me to lose my place or misclick a link.
100% agree. I don't mind the ads when they're not intrusive, and especially when I can choose to watch them or not, and actually get something for it. Those are the only mobile games I keep around.
Yeah, also even if they’re not noticeable, I might go out of my way to look for the ad option (usually it’s within the store page) for the rewards. Heck, I sometimes partake in those surveys if the rewards are reasonable. Sadly, I don't see many games do this nowadays and that it's mostly intrusive ads.
@@greeneyedbeast4016 flappy dragon is really unobtrusive with the ads! no midroll or forced ads at all, you have to go actively looking for ad-based rewards in the store or watch an optional ad to get an extra life
I dont know, in that case it feels like they are actively punishing you if you dont watch it. So you end up playing ads as much as possible, because its the fastest way to get that amount of reward. I prefer playing Play Pass games.
SimCity Build it. Best ads. Not only not intrusive, but are actually very useful. You can choose to click on a tiny pop up to get rewards (you can get premium currency for free and speed up production to get it finished instantly. They're so useful you wish to get an ad offer (and no they're not unlimited or overwhelming, very far and few in between
There was one game that I was obsessed with and there was never a mandatory ad one time, and a super overpowered character required you to watch an absurd number of ads, like a hundred. I had my favorite show on and I clicked through 100 ads to get the character
Or games that make watching ads optional, but the in-game economy is set up in a way where buying gold/watching ads is 100x the revenue of win rewards.
Usually, when those happen, the forced ads give you the option to “x” out of it earlier in the contract if you clicked yes and are required to watch the full ad for the reward. It's still annoying either way.
My Pixel has this stupid issue where when I touch the screen, there's about a 40% chance that the phone will lock up for a second and register a long press. I'm convinced that it does this on purpose, because the last few times it did this, it clicked on an ad on the TH-cam app because that just happens to be how far my finger moved for the failed swipe. Google/Alphabet is worth almost 2 trillion dollars and clearly none of it is going to the stuff that matters.
For real, I've already opened ads in games that I didn't even need the rewards, but actually wanted to support the devs for making an effort in making a good mobile game
@akeyasa2228 it's not that deep man, sometimes creators just need to put some bread on thier tables, and non intrusive ads are often the best solution, instead of just making p2w games or adding straight up gambling. I would much rather prefer ads instead of like 20 different in game currencies, and really long waiting times that can be skiped with a little bit of cash
Damn I just addicted playing tap titans like several month ago I stopped because i just stuck cannot progress because their late game content are too grindy
Cute little fishing game, lots of popup ads asking if you want to click for more fish. Not a 2x bonus, just straight up boatload of fish. It's so much fish. Three ads in, I realize the ads are ten times more effective than fishing, and there is no game left in the game. Uninstalled.
Bruh. I'll do you better. 3 hours of grind for equipment to fight dungeon for A CHANCE to get x item or buy it for $3.99. And its a SURVIVAL game. ffs it aint survival if you can just buy stuff.
I saw one game that after a few minutes of gameplay literally just said, if you want to support us but don't have the money to, then you can toggle banner ads on in the setting. I respected that so much I turned it on for the majority of my gameplay, and if at any time I was bothered I could turn it back off no question asked.
@@Shadow_ci It has been several years since I played it, and I go through a lot of different mobile games cause my ADHD, I wish I could tell you but sadly I don't remember.
These are still inferior IMO to product placement ads. Those are the best. You're playing a game and then you just see a real-world brand in-game. It's not super intrusive. But you remember that you like that brand's products. Maybe you should buy it later. I'll usually notice this with ads for other games. Alternatively, for some games, they will have a full screen ad for another game very similar to it. Over time, this gets annoying, but I can't say I disprove. I liked this game. Oh, there's another one I'll probably like? Neat. Oooh, one more cool ad technique. While at some gas stations, they will play ads while you fill up your tank. It's a bit annoying, but you don't have anything better to do, so why not... The kind of ad PirateSoftware is talking about reminds me very much of Temple Run. You can use ads to get extra lives. I feel like it cheapens the meaning of a high score.
Worst part about mid gameplay ads is that the personalized ads I get needs to at least be closed by pressing the "X" 4 different times, increasing the ad time from 15/30 to 45/60 seconds
I always hate it when some games do the cool thing and reward me for choosing to watch an ad, but sometimes they just randomly happen and still don't reward me
My favorite are the "buy me a coffee!" types. I watch a lot of ads that way, actually. I support that. I like that. Ill buy you a few coffees, good sir.
It's like in Egg Inc. that the game gives you an ad in a little pop-up that shows up on the side of the screen. It asks you if you want to watch and recieve a bonus for it, if you click "no" it goes out. This is so human, i want more games like that.
There's an idle clicker game called "Guitar Girl", really soothing game, and what I REALLY like about it is that all ad interactions are 100% optional, like in the store for extra rewards/bonus multipliers. And if it fails to load an ad, it has your best friend (in-game-lore) pop up and give you the reward anyway. Really enjoyable experience. (The devs also extend the daily log-in events by a day or two if you were close to getting the final day reward but just needed an extra day)
I just downloaded this game thanks to your recommendation. I’ve been playing a bit before I commented, and yeah, its super relaxing and not intrusive at all. It has a cute little story that I’m loving the vibe of and even though there’s one of those weird.. paid battle pass-esque things that I tend to despise, the free options and events seem like enough.
Another incremental and/or idle game (not necessarily clicker but you get the idea) that also has 100% completely optional ads is called Antimatter Dimensions (or AD for short, lol) and they are completely optional and also give you a boost to a certain thing (depending on you're current progress in the game itself) if you do
There's an app where occasionally one pf the characters will very enthusiastically announce that it's time for a commerical break, every time an ad pops up Another game has a little countdown in the corner, so you know it's coming and don't accidentally click the screen
Once played a game where off to the side was a little banner that’s says “Buy me coffee.” It was just ads, you could watch them if you wanted, and you didn’t if you didn’t want to. I really appreciate that transparency.
My favorite version of this is in the Vampire Survivors mobile edition. The mobile version is free, so it has two types of ads. 1) At the end of each run, you can watch an ad to double the gold you got from that run 2) Once per run, you get an extra revive by watching an ad The 2nd one sounds pretty p2w on the surface, but having multiple revives stacked is pretty common in VS so it's only really impactful for new players.
I agree. Played on mobile first, enjoyed the game enough to buy on Steam. Briefly thought mobile was easier for the revive but once you get your upgrades it's inconsequential and the way they do it on mobile is unobtrusive.
this is EXACTLY how the ads in Tap Titans 2 work, fairy and everything. I always appreciated it because i could always just say no to them, or i could get buffs or gold to speed up my progress. They even took it a step further and introduced an entire style of play by using the gold collected from those fairies as your primary gold source, and was a viable way to play the game (the ads only showed up for like 1/10 fairies). Unfortunately, as an idle game, it eventually got stale so i deleted it, but the way they handled ads was ahead of its time.
The problem with TT2 is that late game it isn’t an idle game and just consumes all of your time. Idk what max stage is now but a few years ago I hit a hard plateau around stage 110k with heavenly strike and just couldn’t get further without the p2w mythic set bonuses.
@@flytelp you can get the mythics by just doing tourneys with the shards, thats what i always did. just ignore the other tourneys saving the prestige points for the shard ones, went a whole year without paying for anything
yeah late game just gets so repetitive; i eventually quit because all i could do to push stages was to play tournaments and do raids and i couldnt be asked lol
I've played Sonic Dash 2 for over a decade now on mobile, and they run ads exactly as you explained. No forced ads anywhere, but they always give you the option to watch an ad to get some nice buffs (free revive, double your ring total, free loot box). It's the only mobile game I've played that's lasted between phones.
Shout out to the vampire survivors devs. They released their game free on mobile and the only ads they have are at the end of a run to give you a free revive. The devs have been doing alot of small stuff to make the game acessible to literally everyone who wants to play, and it feels so nice to support a game that actually gives back to its community
NecroMerger is a GREAT example of ads done right in my opinion. Even if you don't watch the ad itself, you get something out of feeding the ad to your beast.
Honestly, agree. One of my favorite ones was a game that not only did it this way, BUT they FORCED all ads to be 30 seconds long or less. If an ad went over 30 seconds it would instantly cut it off to the "click here to download screen." They also used a huge, normal, button selection at the bottom with one half being "download" and the other half being "close ad" instead of a tiny little X in the top corner.
30 second ad? if it takes you 30 seconds to sell a product - you dont HAVE a product to sell. :D ...4 seconds. The time it takes me to reach for the audio control and turn the phone upside down/tab away. That's how long advertisers actually have.
Flappy Dragon does this. Each time you die, there's a depleting heart-shaped timer asking if you wanna watch an ad to revive. If you don't hit it, you don't watch ad all. The only other places that asks you to watch an ad is to double rewards or knock and hour off hatching eggs and its absolutely in small text politely asking instead of shouting it at you like every other game. Not once, however long, you play it will they ever shove an ad in your face. It's a gorgeous and fantastic game that absolutely shows the devs dedication.
A game called clicker heroes makes you go out of your way to click the ads and if you really feel like it they condone you just closing the app and reopening it to skip the ad, and it still gives the reward
Egg Inc. comes to mind as an excellent example of how to do ads in games. It doesn't force you to do it, and sometimes the rewards actually do make it worthwhile to watch it.
@@legendarien1075 usually I do, if they ask for consent. If they don’t I’ll be perfectly honest I get toxic about it. If you want predatory market practices then ruining the business is the move.
@@honeyjuice219 i would honestly do that too but i couldnt be damned to spend my time watching ads for that long, but kudos to you for watching that many ads
@@maxwell_the_cat69 I hear some people would just run a script to get 800 catfood (battle cats ingame currency) per day. It was so easily exploited that the dev limited the catfood ad down to 5 per day
My favorite version of this is in Lapse, where your character's maid asks if you want some tea, and if you say yes then the developer just shows up to your house and goes "hey dude wanna watch an ad? it'd really help me out and i'll give you a reward"
Entirely why I ignore mobile games that arent minesweeper. ADs are plague on the consumers mind and theyre never not predatory. Edit: Didnt realize not playing mobile games was some sort of affront to the industry. Sorry kids, no, i dont have any games on my phone. Cry about it.
@@amog8202 let me guess: You're playing through the game and automatically translated AD to antimatter dimensions and then realized, "Oh wait, they meant ads"
@@amog8202 No, NO, *_NO_* not Antimatter Dimensions, he's talking about ADventure capitalist / communist! I don't understand why this guy just *_HAS TO badmouth_* these games, and I don't understand why he chooses to capitalise the letters so weirdly, but who knows / cares!
I do this with my favourite stress-relieving game of all time, Flow Free. I've mastered it. There's a timer between ads that will give you an ad once you finish around two levels. Every time I see the menu option "No pubblicità" (i play in Italian, don't ask why), I immediately close and reopen the game, then quickly get back to the menu. I've gotten so quick at it that it takes less than 5 seconds to get to the next level.
@@Vynthos Flow Free by noodlecake? I love this game too. I don't have any issues with ad because I paid for it. And it was totally worth it. Only if I need hints, I'll occasionally watch an ad. But it's a great simple game, lots of contents, all offline so you can play while in airplane mode.
Im the kind of person who will repeatedly watch those ads over and over and over again to get the gold, so I'm glad it helps the developer out. I'll watch as many ads as I can to get the gold I need to move on in a mobile game
There are, the problem is that studio execs and/or publishers come in to the equation and the marketing department makes shitty, greedy decisions that may waste the hard, work of good devs by forcing them to add in microtransactions or whatever bullshit.
We are currently developing a mobile game (from a PC Gamer's perspective) and will be completely ad-optional. We do not even call you to action. The game is called Ranger Quest and will be out in May. It's an idle roguelite sort of game with crafting and hero collecting. You can use experience and influence to unlock and progress your hero (but you also gain Experience and influence just for playing the game). I designed the game to be infinitely replayable and you will not ever have to watch an ad. But I hope that the players will still like to watch ads to support us. Edit: it's live!
My Singing Monsters is the GOAT when it comes to this. Absolutely no ads pushed onto you, but you can choose to watch an ad to shave 15 minutes off of structure cooldowns (breeding, hatching, cooking, upgrading, etc)
@@brickmastere5535 You must've payed for this and forgotten about it. Purchasing ingame currency once removes all (involuntary) ads permanently. Just buy the cheapest pack of diamonds once, that's what I did and it was well worth it. Otherwise you do get ads when switching between islands.
@@drakestarblade5910 It's only sometimes when you switch islands that it plays ads while it loads up. The ads are super short too so it isn't the worst thing in the world. :)
i remember one article that doesn't like the term "dark pattern" because it gives them some mystique. He proposes that we call it "asshole design" instead
@@Goodmanperson55 well, its not always asshole design. Stores literally exist because of dark pattern design. They make you go into the fresh vegetable section first, because if its been a while that you've eaten, you will probably get snackish before you leave the store. There are only 3 types of people who go to a supermarket and only get out with the things they needed: 1. Autistic people (not all of them, but as a certified autism boy, I do 99% of the time only purchase the things on my list. 2. People in a huge rush. 3. People who are in poverty and already struggle purchasing all the groceries. TH-cam has a dark pattern design, where it tries to make you watch as many videos as possible. It HAS to be like that, or else it doesnt run. The importance lies on where you want the dark pattern to be. Because if your dark pattern is 100% based around ads. Everything that is designed will have a dark pattern that is required to keep it running. How dark you let that pattern be, is fully in your control.
@@Predated2 I cannot say how accurate is this. Me which I'm not diagnosed with anything but I'm deffo not normal, live by this. I mean i just don't really care on anything in the store but the thing I know I want, I don't know how to verbalize it but I think its pretty accurate. It's not a choice it's something that my brain does auto, it's not the only werid thing, it's the thing related to buy stuff, the same thing for clothes and all, i'm so used to, that I know if the clothes feet me even without put it on me first. I go i see the aprox size, and if it's what i'm looking for I'm done, I dont look for trousers if I want tshirt, I dont stop on socks if I have it, I just go in and out in a blink with what I have in mind.
He has an unnatural allegiance to winning takes
honestly the best dev I've ever seen, absolutely wild how many Ws this man takes
*Dont read my name 🤟*
No, he is just sensible and has integrity ✌️
Did you get that sentence from the Katt Williams interview?😂
@@thuglaza4728lmao
It’s not like him
exactly, if a full screen ad pops up, i also uninstall immediately
*Dont read my name 🤟*
Amen.
Ok @@DontReadMyPicture478
Or you can use a dns that blocks ads and it usually works for these games. You don't even notice that they were supposed to have ads. But you're still connecting to a weird server so there's that.
@@w花bI remember there were games (or at least one game) that litterally *downloaded* the ads so they play when offline too
Things that are absolute sins for ads in games
1. Mid roll ads during gameplay
2. Having a limited amount of ads to watch that are mandatory for completion
3. Having a fake X on the ad
4. Having watch X amount of ads for daily challenges
The fake x in the ad is a problem with the ad itself and not the game.
@@Solscalr You'd be surpriced...
Annoyingly, it might not be. Ads often have two payouts: impressions and click-throughs. The former is just paying (very low) based on views, but the second is paying for the rarer event of people actually going to what the ad is for and at the very least clicking it. It's often against the ad exchange's TOS, but some devs have added traps like fake buttons to increase their clickthrough bonuses. Sometimes it is in the ad itself instead, which is usually also against TOS, but there is a use case for the dev to do so. @@Solscalr
Having an ad that closes... To open another ad. Like those ads to an interactive game you definitely don't want to play. But still you've got to wait another timer.
@@lunachocken I've recently had a 1 minute unskippable ad that had THREE close screens. If I ever remembered what product the ad was for, I'd give it negative reviews.
The worst is when they ask you to watch an ad, you say no, and they show you an ad anyway without giving you the reward.
@@magantatelevision dude that's the worst kind of developer, then again some games force you into an ad every 30 seconds
this is block blast but unfortunately its too fun
Benefits both parties, not just being 1-sided. That's respect
I'd imagine they can genuinely make more money off those ads too because I guarantee someone willingly watching an ad is more in the headspace to make a purchase.
I think the only mobile game to ever do a true by-choice ad for me was Cell to Singularity.
I find myself hitting that watch ad button more.
I'd call that thoughtfulness
Not really. The game makes sure you want/need the reward form watching the ad by not giving you too much through actual play.
Yeah I always think to myself how much better a game is to me when they don’t force feed ads, not to mention usually the ones that give you the choice are usually made well
"no i dont want to watch an ad for 500 gold"
"well too bad, you're gonna watch it anyway AND not get the gold"
That has trained me to always say yes when a pop up ask do you want a prize for watching ad.
Game design cancer.
I'm developing a mobile game releasing in May that will not ever force you to watch an Ad. For years I was depressed on the couch, and I stg the only thing I had energy for was playing a mobile game: the amount of games that was ruined for me by forcing me to watch ads was too damn high.
Game is Ranger Quest, on Play Store now :)
@@CobusGreylingGratz on your recovery and best of luck with your game, friend
@@CobusGreyling what type of game ya makin?
Honestly the worst thing of all time.
There’s a game I used to play called Mob Control, and at the end of a level, you could watch an ad to multiply your loot, but you could also skip. Seems like a fair way to introduce ads. But the issue is, if you just click next and skip the ad, you still have to watch a 5 second ad. And here’s where it gets even worse. If you choose to watch the ad, sometimes the ad is 5 seconds anyway. Sometimes, the ad is like 30 seconds and you have to sit through it, but sometimes, it literally doesn’t matter what you click. So it makes the end of every level feel like a complete gamble. Do you watch the ad hoping to get a short one, or do you not click on the ad and hope you don’t get a long one? It sucked
Yeah I wish mobile games were more like this.
*Dont read my name 🤟*
Last day on earth is a really cool game that like this
@@maksimklimok4005 its true that it doesnt force ads but the gameplay perse its not that much good as any other survival. personally i just think it lacks progression.
Art of war 3 gc isna cool mobile rts that has next to no ads and is relativly fun if youre annrts fan
War thunder does this
Vampire survivors is one of the only free mobile games ive seen to have actual fair adverts, theres only 2 optional ads in the entire game that dont even play during gameplay and you can just turn them off in the settings
@goats4life323 funnily enough, vampire survivors is a multiplat game, it's one of two games that do that. The other one is Genshin, which is also multiplat but also a gacha
And lets not forget, there are those times where it will ask you if you want to watch an ad, you say no, and then an ad plays anyways.
Bro yes these are awful. Especially when they are like “would you like to watch an ad to double your points for the round (or whatever)” and you say no but a 30s ad still plays so you might as well have hit yes
Uninstall, scathing review
It's even worse when it's like "would you like to double your gold?" You hit no, it plays the ad anyway, and you didn't get double gold.
At that point you have 2 choices; always hit yes, immediately uninstall
Truly a bitlife moment.
@@WingPlaysGames
"Might as well have uninstalled the game" ftfy
"Would you like to watch an ad for 50% more profit?"
"No"
"Bummer. Here's an ad."
Yeah thay pisses me off so much
And you don’t even get the rewards 😞
@@raventenebris13 I mean you did say no to the reward
@@ClearedDruid32 but its „would you like to watch an ad to get something“ not „would you like something with the ad we will force you to watch now“
@@naboli698 technically it doesn't say it won't just give you one anyway
I also hate when it tries to act like an interactive advertisement but when you click on the screen it sends you straight to the app store
and then you have to click on it three times!
Like, the video plays, and you click on the close button, then it takes you to a screen with "play now" with a fake "x" because you have to wait for the real "x" to show up, and you close it, then it takes you to a screen with "install now"
There's actually a few of them where if you complete the interactive game the ad ends. Those are my favorite
@@kongoaurius like those puzzle ones where if you solve the small puzzle it gives you the X
Omg I hate fake interactive.
Occasionally I get multiple different interactible ads that are just the actual game but the gameplay loop is faster. Sometimes I go see if the reviews are good, and if they are, I download it.
Give me a trial of your game, don't try to trick me.
But then that's on the advertiser's side, not the dev, still sucks tho.
One of my fav games, Magic Survival is my only exception to full screen ads. You get one per run at the end of the game whether or not you revive. A run is 15-30 minutes on average. One ad every 30 min PLUS it paying for resurrection is pretty nice.
Magic survival is amazing on how they do their ads, and the premium purchases are reasonably priced as well
Summoner's Greed is another amazing game, not exactly as a game because it's a very simple tower defense, but it is also very honest since the beginning for what it offers
I’ve always been ok with “you got 500g for beating this level. Wanna watch an ad to double it?”
Yeah! I think the AdVenture games are like that too, I really don't mind that, If I can get double the money that makes my brain go unga bunga, then I'll do it cause I don't feel forced to do so.
Just double it and give it to the next person :D
I think any kind of compensation for your time is the best a developer can do for ads.
or when you lose and the little window pops up like
>Try again
>Revive (Watch an ad)
the main problem is that developers place prices for in game stuff more high than they should so that people feel the need to watch ads.
“Watch an ad to double your money”
You’re dancing a fine line but I’ll take it.
xD fr
I actually like these so much :D It's like hmmmmm that was a good run, and double coins ?! hell yeah
Shadow fight 2 flashbacks kicking in:
"FINE, I'll bite" me, when that happens
"no"
"Here's an ad anyway"
Damn, you are right. When I get offered the choice to watch an ad in exchange of a little in-game reward I actually view the ad more positively than being forced to watch it.
Seems like a "no duh" moment but. Sometimes you gotta articulate those out loud
Play Cats and Soup!! You get 5 ad tickets a day, too!
Yess i do the same. It's the only ok way to do ads. Another tip. If TH-cam gives you more than a 5 second ad, you can close and reopen the video a couple times and itll disappear. Do this enough and you'll almost never get more than a 5 second ad again.
I do the same thing.
This also increases the number of times ads are displayed without being clicked. Advertisers look at "click-through rate" more than the number of people who watch the ad. So, more views without clicking means lower click-through, thus their ads perform worse.
Absolutely right, it's the only way ads don't feel like they're being forced
Agreed. Playing one at the moment where you have two lives per level, but the second one is only if you choose to watch a respawn ad, or spend a small amount of the resources you can purchase. Or you get a few daily reward chests that you can only receive after watching an ad.
All of it prompted and with a direct reward instead of just "hey watch this". And with the tiny amount of resources you gain this way you actually can play without spending any money.
What. Ads are literally forced. It’s not supposed to feel otherwise.
@@HvacHeathen yeah but like the guy said some companies that make apps don't force them and make them optional so it's very nice
"Would you like to watch an ad for 200 gold"
"No"
*Gets ad anyways*
“Shouldve taken the gold, loser”
Jet pack joyride does this but instead of getting nothing you can just do the 2x money ad so you at least get something out of it
Hey you’re the one who offered to do it for free
It started off like said in the video but throughout time it’s been like your comment. yes for prize and a 30 sec ad or no for nothing and a skippable ad.
@@WarthunderNoob1060yea and i uninstalled that crap
What i also enjoy is a clearly clickable "X" on a unintrusive, cute little popup. It ain't that complicated.
*Dont read my name 🤟*
Horrible though when that X is a fake X and it just is a part of the ad.
@@devinmurphy6575 worse when it teleports to the other side, has a timer that suspiciously has a 5 second "2 seconds remaining" timer AND / OR clicking it just counts as clicking the ad
Fake out X's are an instant uninstall as well@@devinmurphy6575
Hey, wanna know a secret?
Most mobile gamedevs don't actually have much ability to influence that.
Ever noticed how it's gotten progressively worse over the years? And how every little hostile change seems to catch on like wildfire? That's because there's no catching on process. Most everybody uses third parties to handle the add and the dev just checks whether it gives back a positive or negative event, esentialy a trueXfalse boolean response and that's it.
The ads themselves and everything that happens on that screen is done by a third party until you return back into the app.
Is this gonna help you as a consumer at all? No. Does it justify anything? No. But it's not like the devs are being given much choice. And it's not like anyone really sells premium apps on mobile stores outside of well established non-gaming brands or pc-gaming clones (to be able to not use ad networks at all).
The saying "you scratch my back, I scratch yours" always wins. Both parties benefit.
Those stupid games that go "Would you like to double your rewards from this level by watching an ad?" And I say no and then it gives me an ad anyways with no reward. Those are the absolute worst.
yup! its like they give you the illusion of a choice for the ad... like bro.stop.
Absolutely garbage worst shit ever
That is so low it circles back around to entertaining
That's pretty lame. I have one that pitches double reward, but it shoots straight.
@@Heizenberg32 I think you might need to go outside sometimes or something because, absolutely not
"if there are full screen ads, im uninstalling the game"
youtube:
Newpipe
TH-cam can be used in Firefox and therefore has no ads at all ;)
Clean tube isn't half bad either
CleanTube*
f autocorrect
revanced
My favorite is the
"You get 15 extra units if you watch this playable ad"
YEP the playable ADS are like a minigame for me, I actually enjoy them 😂
And then you click no but get an ad anyway
@@Khaozdubzthat's an amazing way of putting it
yea, and 1times of 5 i download and try the game! thats the way to do ads !
one time I got trapped by a playable ad for like 15 minutes lmao
Cats and soup is the perfect example of this.
Ah yes, a fellow Cats & Soup enjoyer. Not a fan of the incremental money, personally, but the game drips with charm!
(wtf even is 2000i gold?? That's not a real number >:[ )
"Think we can help each other out for a minute?"
That's usually going to get a yes.
It's unbelievable how almost no one thinks of that.
I am developing a game that doesn't even do this. You can unlock and upgrade unique heroes in a sort of tower defence genre- but you can earn those currencies in game, albeit slower. You can speed it up a bit by watching ads, but we never force you to do it. Would you like this call to action in a game?
@@CobusGreyling As long as you have a fun game that's obviously had some love put into it.
The hook is the honesty. People generally don't like to feel as if they're being tricked, or forced to do something. But they really like helping honest people who make things that they themselves like.
Voluntary ads are a great balance between keeping the lights on and player agency
Imagine thinking "player agency" or some other abstract concept matters more than profits 😂
You clearly don't know how to be profitable in the business
@@peteypete9357 I don't think any sane, non-brainwashed human cares more about profits than making something they want to see in the world. Nice ragebait though.
@@peteypete9357 Oh, it can be profitable. What you're thinking of is exploitation and a complete failure of morals.
@@peteypete9357 I know Thor says to go make video games, but maybe you can just ignore that
@@peteypete9357
player agency and profitability are not mutually exclusive, and i hope you never run a game studio. because you would end up sacrificing your developers’ well being for profit.
My personal favorite is whe you say "no thanks" and they give you a full screen, unskipable ad anyway a few seconds later.
Yeah those games get both the delete treatment and a 1 star review
Or when you click “Yes” watch the ad and then get your reward and then get an unskippable ad again.
@@Leah-i6c what game does that💀
No, the "*NO THANKS*" button itself is the ad pop-up
@@Villa-C5 Just about half of the mobile games I tried
I like when the ads are incorporated into the game, like a billboard but it’s a real advertisement.
You know what’s gotten really annoying about the full screen ads, they don’t just end. Like I swear it used to be it plays for 5s, you click the x, then back to the game. But now it plays for 5s, you click the x, but that was a fake x that was part of the ad to make you click it, so you have to close an AppStore pop up. Then it finishes playing, the real x appears. It pops up the AppStore again, you have to close it. Now you have to stare at the app logo for 5s while a SECOND X has to appear. Like wtf is this. Isn’t it just 5s and then an x. At least back then it was like “ok it’s sort of like TH-cam or cable tv, I have to watch the ads occasionally and the game is free” but why is now trying to trick me into clicking something that brings me to the App Store. I’m not gonna download the app because you tricked me into going to the App Store, I’m gonna reopen the app and play with wifi off so you can’t show me ads anymore.
Real deadass. Might as well turn off the wi-fi if it's an offline game.
@@lesterehmabella You should it removes all the adds
Cough bitlife. 60 second ad to get a 30 second interactive then you stare at the "Download app" screen for 15 seconds. It's insane.
Preach
There's a simple fix for this shit. Just pirate the ad free version. Side load the app(after verifying the md5), and presto. No more bullshit advert.
•upgrade is taking a while• “Do you want to watch an ad to skip 1 hour” actually yes, yes i do. Thanks for asking rather than forcing it upon me.
Or they could you know....not make an arbitrary upgrade that you already spent time farming resources to pay for, take hours to complete....blows my mind that anyone finds that satisfying.
@@farfromirrational get accustomed to delayed gratification it's a free ticket to happiness and long term peace lol
@@farfromirrationalI mean they need to show ads somehow otherwise you’d have to pay for all ur mobile games
@@theriverthing I wasn't referencing the ads
I was referencing upgrade timers. If it takes 12 hours to "upgrade" my base.....why? There is 0 reason other than it being a tactic to force you to return to the game later.
@@farfromirrationalthe sound effects and multiplayer domination aspects of mobile games make them highly addictive for those who aren't super into gaming
There's a mobile game called Skullgirls. Due to players asking for a way to support the game further they added an option for ads. It's not a pop up but a small option on the right lowermost corner of the main menu on the shapw of a TV cartoony character called Tebby. You can make Tebby play an ad for you to get a random reward that doesn't have much value. It's way out of the way and doesn't affect the economy. Best kind of ads in mobile games.
I love that!
I have been playing it for a while and goddamn if its not one of the best games i played, its also extremely curated by devs
And also so many references (mainly jojo's but not only those)
That one game that the studio robbed from the lead dev and butchered completely?
@@Perthro77 don’t forget chatting and chilling (But not in ch0..) you might come across a dev in the chat they’re always humble and helpful.
Skullgirls screwed up when they removed things from the digital artbook people bought.
I love the that level again approach of having puzzles but if you don't know the solution you can watch an ad to get a hint or jump that level
Also the "watch an ad to get an extra life" so you can try to continue your run after you died is also pretty cool
This is only cool if the ad doesn't play if you click no, I've seen it way too many times where I click no and it still plays the ad anyways
And that's all you need! Flappy Bird creator was getting US$50.000 a day just from that!
@@Saxjon
Shame that he removed the game because it was too successful
@@Zack_Zander Yeah, it ruined his life...
@@1AmGroot that is a different ad scheme, which is “run skippable ads if no ad is shown after X secs”. The only saving grace to it is that, because it’s shown without user’s consent or interaction at all, they need/are required to make that skippable.
That "I'll be back later" sounded vaguely threatening 😅
He just always sounds vaguely threatening.
The fairy returns with a bat "so about that ad?" She says wacking her bat.
Roll for initiative
Hey local dnd nerd here
I’ll be back 🔫🤖
I thought it did too 😂😂😂
I hope the ad doesn't say *"Hasta La Vista, baby"* later on too. 😅
This is exactly how Adventure Communist does their ad system and I can’t stop watching them lol
*Dont read my name 🤟*
Literally playing it right now while watching stream lol High five, Comrade!
Lol I loved that game, moved to their newest one like a year ago and its still a blast with the optional ads
But he also was super wealthy and mooch off his friends and family because he was too lazy to work@@INVGProductions
Sounds undemocratic, helldiver!
Statistics says that thats also the kind of ad that makes more money
"I uninstall the game before it finishes. I have no respect for them."
Absolutely fucking based.
I should do this everytime.
average 0 patience zoomer
@@Bsweet117I don’t want to be constantly forced to watch ads to play a game. It’s not a matter of patience, I want to play my game, and not be interrupted every five minutes with a 30 second ad.
@@NebulousNebula22313 "I don't want to be consistently forced to watch ads to play a game" 🤓
@@Bsweet117having no tolerance for predatory BS is not the same as having 0 patience.
I am WAY more likely to watch an ad when it's a CHOICE.
Fr! Especially if said game gave me an uncommon currency.
Agreed, I play some games on the cellphone and they work like this, I love this way as I'm supporting them and I have the choice to watch whenever I feel like or see the need to
No you dont. Who tf willingly watches an ad lol. Sometimes an ad may get ur interest but thats usually when you are forced to watch the first fews second of it
@@dudelmt I do, when I play a game, and don't feel like grinding, sometimes, I watch an ad
@@dudelmt
_When I get a reward out of it, obviously_
YES! ALWAYS THIS! Every time a mobile game makes their ads optional and not just shoving it in your face I breathe a sigh of relief. If I ever watch an ad while playing that game, it's a conscious choice and not something I feel forced into.
Night of the Full Moon. It's a roguelite that gives you exactly 3 place where it offers an ad, and is never forced. All are worth it and each run is long enough that I do need a second to pull back and look at something other than my phone. Beautifully done ads.
Agree with you. If the game tries to trick me into hitting the ad. I uninstall it. Or if it forces me to watch an ad. I uninstall it during the ad. But if they do what you said. I’ll either watch it for the boost or not.
My favorite are the stupid "layer cake" ads that have like 4 layers you have to wait through
Like an ad followed by a fake playable one followed by an install button with a 5 second countdown on the x
I just love those so much and i enjoy sitting through them a lot
ah, yes, the Fandom Wiki method
@@McBehrernah, my issue with fandom wiki is the fucking autoplay video thats impossible to X out of.
Those ads where you click on the real X of the ad but it just makes another X show up that you ALSO need to click
@@LocalDiscordCatgirlFandom on phone is cancer. If you x out of the ad, it reappears 5 seconds later and scrolls the fucking screen, which either causes me to lose my place or misclick a link.
100% agree. I don't mind the ads when they're not intrusive, and especially when I can choose to watch them or not, and actually get something for it. Those are the only mobile games I keep around.
Yeah, also even if they’re not noticeable, I might go out of my way to look for the ad option (usually it’s within the store page) for the rewards. Heck, I sometimes partake in those surveys if the rewards are reasonable.
Sadly, I don't see many games do this nowadays and that it's mostly intrusive ads.
Do you have any names of games that do this? I'm looking for new stuff on mobile.
@@greeneyedbeast4016 flappy dragon is really unobtrusive with the ads! no midroll or forced ads at all, you have to go actively looking for ad-based rewards in the store or watch an optional ad to get an extra life
I dont know, in that case it feels like they are actively punishing you if you dont watch it. So you end up playing ads as much as possible, because its the fastest way to get that amount of reward. I prefer playing Play Pass games.
SimCity Build it. Best ads. Not only not intrusive, but are actually very useful. You can choose to click on a tiny pop up to get rewards (you can get premium currency for free and speed up production to get it finished instantly. They're so useful you wish to get an ad offer (and no they're not unlimited or overwhelming, very far and few in between
There was one game that I was obsessed with and there was never a mandatory ad one time, and a super overpowered character required you to watch an absurd number of ads, like a hundred. I had my favorite show on and I clicked through 100 ads to get the character
what's worse is games that ask, and then when you say no, they play an ad anyways and you don't receive whatever bs treasure they were offering
Yeah. If I say no and they start showing me an ad anyway, I don't even wait for the ad to end. I uninstall it right away.
Or games that make watching ads optional, but the in-game economy is set up in a way where buying gold/watching ads is 100x the revenue of win rewards.
well silly you, the prompt didn't say "do you want to watch an ad for 500g", it said "do you want to receive 500g for watching an ad?" lol gottem
Usually, when those happen, the forced ads give you the option to “x” out of it earlier in the contract if you clicked yes and are required to watch the full ad for the reward.
It's still annoying either way.
Ads that have a minigame that doesn't take you back to playstore are the best
does it exist? I'm too scared to touch my screen until it's finished
@@l_artdeRiensome do and actually are neat
@@l_artdeRien they exist but it usually opens the app store banner when u try and end it but then u just close the banner
@@l_artdeRien nah it used to be a thing and then they exploit it and now every playable ad takes you to playstore
Those used to be the only fullscreen ads I liked but now 90% take you to the store in the middle of the game
You're describing the TH-cam mobile app. It is designed to be fat fingered so you accidentally click on every ad possible.
the only time I fatfinger the ads is when I accidentally touch my screen, and if I open the comments first that doesn't happen
My dog has clicked so many ads when jumping all over me for attention at this point I think he’s a Google plant
@@elvickRULES Perhaps stop using fertiliser in his bath water? :P
on mobile, I just use Firefox with adblockers and watch youtube in it. I never use the youtube app.
My Pixel has this stupid issue where when I touch the screen, there's about a 40% chance that the phone will lock up for a second and register a long press. I'm convinced that it does this on purpose, because the last few times it did this, it clicked on an ad on the TH-cam app because that just happens to be how far my finger moved for the failed swipe. Google/Alphabet is worth almost 2 trillion dollars and clearly none of it is going to the stuff that matters.
Agreed. It's not crazy intrusive, it a bit amusing, it lets us choose if we even want to see an ad, it's great.
sitting on your bed watching 20 ads just to buy a cool shiny hat as a kid
i must be getting old bc when i was a kid most phone games didnt have ads
@@april-lemon Snake III
@@april-lemon the good old days...
@@april-lemon damn it I'm already old at this point the first mobile games I played were Fruit Ninja and Flappy Bird 💀
@StraellPlays if ur first mobile game was flappy bird ur still young bro 😭🙏🏻
For real, I've already opened ads in games that I didn't even need the rewards, but actually wanted to support the devs for making an effort in making a good mobile game
There are no good mobile games with ads
@@akeyasa2228subway surfers rewards every 10 ads watched generously
@akeyasa2228 it's not that deep man, sometimes creators just need to put some bread on thier tables, and non intrusive ads are often the best solution, instead of just making p2w games or adding straight up gambling. I would much rather prefer ads instead of like 20 different in game currencies, and really long waiting times that can be skiped with a little bit of cash
Can you share these game titles?
@@akeyasa2228 he never said good mobile add he just said game
I like the way Neko Atsume shows me a little tiny animal holding a pamphlet offering me an ad, should I want to see it. It’s cute and respectful 10/10
yo a fellow fan ❤
very demure very mindful 💀
"This is the correct way to do ads"; yes sir, yes it is
"A little fairy floats ar-"
Oh hey it's just tap titans, they literally have a fairy that floats around with a chest
Damn I just addicted playing tap titans like several month ago
I stopped because i just stuck cannot progress because their late game content are too grindy
Haven't played that in a long time. Wonder if my save file is still around...
I read that as fap titans at first, and was left very confused
Some other zero add games I've played:
Magic Research 1 & 2
Dungeon Warfare 2(hard)
2112TD(really good for its price)
@FeiFongWang that exists
my favorite is when you have to sit through 6 seconds of an ad to skip to the next screen that makes sure you’re trying to exit out of the ad.
or ads that have like three skippable sections and they're all 10 seconds long before you're allowed to skip each one
So long as it doesn't fall into the "do you want to spend 3 hours grinding the game or the same reward for a 30 second ad" category
Cute little fishing game, lots of popup ads asking if you want to click for more fish. Not a 2x bonus, just straight up boatload of fish. It's so much fish. Three ads in, I realize the ads are ten times more effective than fishing, and there is no game left in the game. Uninstalled.
Bruh. I'll do you better. 3 hours of grind for equipment to fight dungeon for A CHANCE to get x item or buy it for $3.99.
And its a SURVIVAL game. ffs it aint survival if you can just buy stuff.
@@Beeaannsssisn’t real life a p2w survival game?
@@ShuckleShellAnemia No. The currency is earned in-game, so it's not pay-to-win.
@@PyroSAJ being born into wealth and connections is just the +25 levels pre-order bonus
More people need this attitude. Respect yourself and your time
I saw one game that after a few minutes of gameplay literally just said, if you want to support us but don't have the money to, then you can toggle banner ads on in the setting. I respected that so much I turned it on for the majority of my gameplay, and if at any time I was bothered I could turn it back off no question asked.
Chad🗿
What's the name of that game?
@@Shadow_ci It has been several years since I played it, and I go through a lot of different mobile games cause my ADHD, I wish I could tell you but sadly I don't remember.
These are still inferior IMO to product placement ads. Those are the best. You're playing a game and then you just see a real-world brand in-game. It's not super intrusive. But you remember that you like that brand's products. Maybe you should buy it later. I'll usually notice this with ads for other games.
Alternatively, for some games, they will have a full screen ad for another game very similar to it. Over time, this gets annoying, but I can't say I disprove. I liked this game. Oh, there's another one I'll probably like? Neat.
Oooh, one more cool ad technique. While at some gas stations, they will play ads while you fill up your tank. It's a bit annoying, but you don't have anything better to do, so why not...
The kind of ad PirateSoftware is talking about reminds me very much of Temple Run. You can use ads to get extra lives. I feel like it cheapens the meaning of a high score.
Worst part about mid gameplay ads is that the personalized ads I get needs to at least be closed by pressing the "X" 4 different times, increasing the ad time from 15/30 to 45/60 seconds
I'm watching this video in add hell
Games i play:
"do you want ads? Ill give you 500g"
"No thanks"
"Oh cool. Heres a 20sec ad"
I always hate it when some games do the cool thing and reward me for choosing to watch an ad, but sometimes they just randomly happen and still don't reward me
My favorite are the "buy me a coffee!" types. I watch a lot of ads that way, actually. I support that. I like that. Ill buy you a few coffees, good sir.
What are these types? Never seen a buy me a coffe ad
It's like in Egg Inc. that the game gives you an ad in a little pop-up that shows up on the side of the screen. It asks you if you want to watch and recieve a bonus for it, if you click "no" it goes out.
This is so human, i want more games like that.
There's an idle clicker game called "Guitar Girl", really soothing game, and what I REALLY like about it is that all ad interactions are 100% optional, like in the store for extra rewards/bonus multipliers. And if it fails to load an ad, it has your best friend (in-game-lore) pop up and give you the reward anyway. Really enjoyable experience. (The devs also extend the daily log-in events by a day or two if you were close to getting the final day reward but just needed an extra day)
Based as all hell
Downloaded it because of your comment.
i used to play it as i waited for something i loved that game but now if i want it again need a new phone ;-;
I just downloaded this game thanks to your recommendation.
I’ve been playing a bit before I commented, and yeah, its super relaxing and not intrusive at all. It has a cute little story that I’m loving the vibe of and even though there’s one of those weird.. paid battle pass-esque things that I tend to despise, the free options and events seem like enough.
Another incremental and/or idle game (not necessarily clicker but you get the idea) that also has 100% completely optional ads is called Antimatter Dimensions (or AD for short, lol) and they are completely optional and also give you a boost to a certain thing (depending on you're current progress in the game itself) if you do
There's an app where occasionally one pf the characters will very enthusiastically announce that it's time for a commerical break, every time an ad pops up
Another game has a little countdown in the corner, so you know it's coming and don't accidentally click the screen
Once played a game where off to the side was a little banner that’s says “Buy me coffee.” It was just ads, you could watch them if you wanted, and you didn’t if you didn’t want to. I really appreciate that transparency.
A far reach, but was it Silly Wisher?
My favorite version of this is in the Vampire Survivors mobile edition.
The mobile version is free, so it has two types of ads.
1) At the end of each run, you can watch an ad to double the gold you got from that run
2) Once per run, you get an extra revive by watching an ad
The 2nd one sounds pretty p2w on the surface, but having multiple revives stacked is pretty common in VS so it's only really impactful for new players.
I agree. Played on mobile first, enjoyed the game enough to buy on Steam. Briefly thought mobile was easier for the revive but once you get your upgrades it's inconsequential and the way they do it on mobile is unobtrusive.
100% agree. I hate when the game goes “here’s an ad, watch it?” and then plays an ad whether you said yes or no.
My favorite TH-cam short in existence
Vampire survivors is really good for this. No forced ads. They just offer you a revive or a coin bonus if you watch an ad
I bought that +DLs on console, love it, my kid also 😁
completely forgot that game is also on Mobile, i guess it makes sense, lmao
Isnt that a paid game? I'd be a little annoyed seeing ads on a paid game
@@RocketZX It's free on mobile pretty sure
@@RocketZX Free on Mobile.
this is EXACTLY how the ads in Tap Titans 2 work, fairy and everything. I always appreciated it because i could always just say no to them, or i could get buffs or gold to speed up my progress.
They even took it a step further and introduced an entire style of play by using the gold collected from those fairies as your primary gold source, and was a viable way to play the game (the ads only showed up for like 1/10 fairies).
Unfortunately, as an idle game, it eventually got stale so i deleted it, but the way they handled ads was ahead of its time.
The problem with TT2 is that late game it isn’t an idle game and just consumes all of your time. Idk what max stage is now but a few years ago I hit a hard plateau around stage 110k with heavenly strike and just couldn’t get further without the p2w mythic set bonuses.
@@flytelp you can get the mythics by just doing tourneys with the shards, thats what i always did. just ignore the other tourneys saving the prestige points for the shard ones, went a whole year without paying for anything
yeah late game just gets so repetitive; i eventually quit because all i could do to push stages was to play tournaments and do raids and i couldnt be asked lol
I still got that shit installed. I don’t play it. But the nostalgia weight is too heavy
Yup, successful methods like this makes you want to watch the ads.
I've played Sonic Dash 2 for over a decade now on mobile, and they run ads exactly as you explained. No forced ads anywhere, but they always give you the option to watch an ad to get some nice buffs (free revive, double your ring total, free loot box). It's the only mobile game I've played that's lasted between phones.
If only Sonic Dash 1 was like that... Instead they make things like the freaking card update.
Shout out to the vampire survivors devs. They released their game free on mobile and the only ads they have are at the end of a run to give you a free revive. The devs have been doing alot of small stuff to make the game acessible to literally everyone who wants to play, and it feels so nice to support a game that actually gives back to its community
Same with the "watch a 30 second ad for 2x exp, or 1 min for 5x" etc
Its a very nice implementation
NecroMerger is a GREAT example of ads done right in my opinion. Even if you don't watch the ad itself, you get something out of feeding the ad to your beast.
I'm playing it too. How far are you?
@@noda420 The Galactic Feds are nothing compared to my snake army, So not too far per say.
Honestly, agree.
One of my favorite ones was a game that not only did it this way, BUT they FORCED all ads to be 30 seconds long or less.
If an ad went over 30 seconds it would instantly cut it off to the "click here to download screen." They also used a huge, normal, button selection at the bottom with one half being "download" and the other half being "close ad" instead of a tiny little X in the top corner.
30 second ad? if it takes you 30 seconds to sell a product - you dont HAVE a product to sell. :D
...4 seconds. The time it takes me to reach for the audio control and turn the phone upside down/tab away. That's how long advertisers actually have.
@@YammoYammamoto4 seconds in o grab attention but that doesn’t actually SELL you
@@andymaritanu7420
Well - tough luck - because that's all the time you GET, before I've muted you.
Flappy Dragon does this.
Each time you die, there's a depleting heart-shaped timer asking if you wanna watch an ad to revive.
If you don't hit it, you don't watch ad all.
The only other places that asks you to watch an ad is to double rewards or knock and hour off hatching eggs and its absolutely in small text politely asking instead of shouting it at you like every other game. Not once, however long, you play it will they ever shove an ad in your face.
It's a gorgeous and fantastic game that absolutely shows the devs dedication.
It's insane how this guy is just a peak human
what makes him a peak human
The correct term is: he peaked as a human. This is thankfully not peak human. Not by a long long way.
@@Mixed_pop_up_TVthat is not the correct term.
annoying & pretentious to me. like he over explains everything with his useless drawings lol
Glaze
A game called clicker heroes makes you go out of your way to click the ads and if you really feel like it they condone you just closing the app and reopening it to skip the ad, and it still gives the reward
Tap titans?
His example in reality
Fairy: "You want 500g for watching an ad?"
Me: No
Fairy: "K, here's the add"
*Flies away with 500g*
It didn't ask if you want to watch ad. It asks if you want to get the 500g.
The amount of ads I’ve watched using this format is insane.
Egg Inc. comes to mind as an excellent example of how to do ads in games. It doesn't force you to do it, and sometimes the rewards actually do make it worthwhile to watch it.
I would literally watch the add just to support the game because of how honest they are.
Would or do?
@@legendarien1075 usually I do, if they ask for consent. If they don’t I’ll be perfectly honest I get toxic about it.
If you want predatory market practices then ruining the business is the move.
@@nicholasbreecher9315key part is if they ask and actually take your opinion like if they ask and give you ad anyway I always uninstall
game: do you want to watch one ad?
me: over my dead body
game: I'll give you one premium currency per ad
me: shut up and take my money
real. i watch all the ads until they run out of ads when they offer me something in return
@@rrrr2150 I still remember watching 1,500 ads for a single role on battle cats
@@honeyjuice219 i would honestly do that too but i couldnt be damned to spend my time watching ads for that long, but kudos to you for watching that many ads
@@maxwell_the_cat69 I hear some people would just run a script to get 800 catfood (battle cats ingame currency) per day. It was so easily exploited that the dev limited the catfood ad down to 5 per day
Damn 😂😂@@honeyjuice219
I use airplane mode out of pure spite whenever that happens
Dude I have soooo much respect for this take, lord bless this man
The worst is when you click “no” but you still get the ad and now none of the gold.
Thor is like the only man would bought the alliance between the humans, ogres, and elves
so thats how goblins was made
My favorite version of this is in Lapse, where your character's maid asks if you want some tea, and if you say yes then the developer just shows up to your house and goes "hey dude wanna watch an ad? it'd really help me out and i'll give you a reward"
Entirely why I ignore mobile games that arent minesweeper. ADs are plague on the consumers mind and theyre never not predatory.
Edit: Didnt realize not playing mobile games was some sort of affront to the industry. Sorry kids, no, i dont have any games on my phone. Cry about it.
you must play a lot of minesweeper
Excuse you, Antimatter Dimensions is a respectable idle game. Wait, you were talking about ads, weren't you?
@@amog8202 let me guess: You're playing through the game and automatically translated AD to antimatter dimensions and then realized, "Oh wait, they meant ads"
@@amog8202 No, NO, *_NO_* not Antimatter Dimensions, he's talking about ADventure capitalist / communist! I don't understand why this guy just *_HAS TO badmouth_* these games, and I don't understand why he chooses to capitalise the letters so weirdly, but who knows / cares!
@@someguy14845 Nah, cuz Im not 7. Havent played an actual mobile game in over a decade, that wasnt minesweeper.
full screen ads are usually defeated by going home and back to the game immediately
not anymore
"screw you guys, I'm going home"
I do this with my favourite stress-relieving game of all time, Flow Free. I've mastered it. There's a timer between ads that will give you an ad once you finish around two levels. Every time I see the menu option "No pubblicità" (i play in Italian, don't ask why), I immediately close and reopen the game, then quickly get back to the menu. I've gotten so quick at it that it takes less than 5 seconds to get to the next level.
not anymore, they sometimes even start over.
@@Vynthos Flow Free by noodlecake? I love this game too. I don't have any issues with ad because I paid for it. And it was totally worth it.
Only if I need hints, I'll occasionally watch an ad. But it's a great simple game, lots of contents, all offline so you can play while in airplane mode.
woke up and chose to speak nothing but facts
Im the kind of person who will repeatedly watch those ads over and over and over again to get the gold, so I'm glad it helps the developer out. I'll watch as many ads as I can to get the gold I need to move on in a mobile game
You are such a normal in a respectful, honest meaning guy. Straight forward reasonable fella. There should be more devs like you.
There are, the problem is that studio execs and/or publishers come in to the equation and the marketing department makes shitty, greedy decisions that may waste the hard, work of good devs by forcing them to add in microtransactions or whatever bullshit.
We are currently developing a mobile game (from a PC Gamer's perspective) and will be completely ad-optional. We do not even call you to action.
The game is called Ranger Quest and will be out in May. It's an idle roguelite sort of game with crafting and hero collecting. You can use experience and influence to unlock and progress your hero (but you also gain Experience and influence just for playing the game).
I designed the game to be infinitely replayable and you will not ever have to watch an ad. But I hope that the players will still like to watch ads to support us.
Edit: it's live!
My Singing Monsters is the GOAT when it comes to this. Absolutely no ads pushed onto you, but you can choose to watch an ad to shave 15 minutes off of structure cooldowns (breeding, hatching, cooking, upgrading, etc)
You say that but I used to get an ad every time I switch worlds
@@ThaRealEnzyl Really? I’ve played for years and I can’t say I’ve ever experienced that /gen
@@brickmastere5535 You must've payed for this and forgotten about it. Purchasing ingame currency once removes all (involuntary) ads permanently. Just buy the cheapest pack of diamonds once, that's what I did and it was well worth it. Otherwise you do get ads when switching between islands.
bud this is only when you pay money, if you don’t you get an ad like every minute
@@drakestarblade5910 It's only sometimes when you switch islands that it plays ads while it loads up. The ads are super short too so it isn't the worst thing in the world. :)
Pretty much why I love "cats & soup". It gives you tickets to skip an ad and get the benefits.
Vampire Survivors still is a prime example of how to do a mobile version of a game. The fact you can completely opt out of the ads is so important.
The problem is, in a lot of games, after you click "no", it plays an ad anyways
what games are you playing man? 😅
This is called "dark pattern" app design. It's abusive and uninstalling is the perfect response.
i remember one article that doesn't like the term "dark pattern" because it gives them some mystique.
He proposes that we call it "asshole design" instead
@@Goodmanperson55 how about "middle finger entertainment" since it's quite literally what it is doing...
@@Goodmanperson55 well, its not always asshole design. Stores literally exist because of dark pattern design. They make you go into the fresh vegetable section first, because if its been a while that you've eaten, you will probably get snackish before you leave the store. There are only 3 types of people who go to a supermarket and only get out with the things they needed:
1. Autistic people (not all of them, but as a certified autism boy, I do 99% of the time only purchase the things on my list.
2. People in a huge rush.
3. People who are in poverty and already struggle purchasing all the groceries.
TH-cam has a dark pattern design, where it tries to make you watch as many videos as possible. It HAS to be like that, or else it doesnt run.
The importance lies on where you want the dark pattern to be. Because if your dark pattern is 100% based around ads. Everything that is designed will have a dark pattern that is required to keep it running.
How dark you let that pattern be, is fully in your control.
@@Goodmanperson55getting a free game is abusive😂 grow up
@@Predated2 I cannot say how accurate is this. Me which I'm not diagnosed with anything but I'm deffo not normal, live by this. I mean i just don't really care on anything in the store but the thing I know I want, I don't know how to verbalize it but I think its pretty accurate.
It's not a choice it's something that my brain does auto, it's not the only werid thing, it's the thing related to buy stuff, the same thing for clothes and all, i'm so used to, that I know if the clothes feet me even without put it on me first. I go i see the aprox size, and if it's what i'm looking for I'm done, I dont look for trousers if I want tshirt, I dont stop on socks if I have it, I just go in and out in a blink with what I have in mind.
The only time Thor drawing squares actually made sense for the explanation
It has been so long since i have even thought about this.
Your are conpletey right.
*Dont read my name 🤟*