I Made a Mobile Game for the Money - Here's how | Devlog
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- This is the final devlog about making a mobile game which I've just published on Google Play. I'm talking about strategies to make money out of your mobile app with ads and the struggles I had with the Play store policies. I will reveal the revenue my app is making in later episodes of this game devlog series, stay tuned for that. Link to the game down below.
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Have a nice weekend guys, Cheers! ❤
Great Simple Game I Like it 🤩
Thank you@@bogzbatees686 !
Hey Friend,
i think Ketchapp publisher do have this game in their store . it's fun Game . great work . did you know That voodoo publishers launching a Competition ? hyper casual game .main focus is on Puzzel Games
why did you copied it the video is exactly the same as you know who@@devratgames
@@devratgames This looks very similar to SkiFree, a game I was playing in the early 90s. Had a Yeti too.
My wife and I played this game for nearly an hour after watching your video. We loved passing the phone back and forth. Truly took us back to the good ole’ days of mobile gaming. Nostalgic for sure. Thanks!
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The game looks nice.
Controls are a bit hard until you get used to it, but they are ok for me.
I would add:
- an animation when player hits a tree: it trembles
- weak/skeleton trees here and there - they are shattered when hit by the player (they have no effect on the player)
- maybe coins should be a bit bigger... or make an aura/bloom to fake this; also, their magnet range should be a bit bigger
- you could add environment effects like snow fall, wind or even day/night cycles.
Anyhow, good luck! :)
Thank you for great suggestions! Will add em to my todo-list, snowfall and weather-effects is a must!
The controls can be challenging initially. I'd suggest implementing an analog stick system, making left correspond to left and right to right. This would likely be less frustrating. Additionally, incorporating skins and using stones/diamonds for unlocking them as rewards would be a great feature. Keep up the good work, and with some luck, you might just get that Lambo! 😂
The weak trees should slow the player, down if u are hit 4 consecutive times by a weak tree you loose
heh it's awesome that someone thinks I'm COOL!
I hope the game does well, in terms of game design it looks interesting!
You're the coolest light theme user in the entire gamedev community.
I love the chat bar you have at the bottom where characters walk in super cool
@@darko_n6819 bcz of him i also use a light theme, big respect for code monkey ❤
Love how easy it seems to be for packaging and loading to Android. Can’t say it’s been the same for me on unReal.
For real bro
The game looks great, I think it looks far better with a skier as a character rather than a sphere but the overall design is really good.
i agree
Okay, dang. Good luck dude. Pumped that you’re straight up about trying to make some money. You’ve inspired me.
Yooooo just played the game and I can say I love it so far. Just a suggestion tough, add ramps that you need to use to jump over cracks in the ground to make the game a bit harder. The ramps don't need to be difficult to use and it would also add to the aesthetic of the game.
That's a great suggestion, jumping over cracks would be cool, thanks for feedback!
So an updated version of Skifree, i dig it 👌🏾
Are you a billionaire yet?
But why isnt this game in portrait mode? 😮😮 i am thinking that you want to be able to see as far ahead as possible?
cries in ios
I played the game. The environment looks really nice. It would be nice to have some player character, instead of the ball. I wonder, why the game is not vertical? I think it would suit much better as we are moving down, not left/right, wouldn't it?
The game is hard, but overall good job!
I tried vertical but had to zoom out cam quite a lot to be able to get a reasonable overview for player, but maybe I should give it another go. Thank you for playing and feedback, appreciate it!
He's got a point, the background is 100% unnecessary and could be removed. Vertical allows more erection time for the player, and therefore feel less cheated for losing because they had the time but just weren't good enough.
Absolutely keep the skiers. It adds so much to it
Will bring em back in next update, thank you for feedback!
Idk we kinda liked the ball but maybe skier is better for customization later on?
Downloaded and reviewed. I think controls need to support two-thumb playability. Clicking anywhere just alternates the direction, so sometimes i have to double-tap to go thr direction i want
Thank you for feedback, I will make a decision until next update if I should support two-thumb control or keep the "turn-every-touch", we'll see
@@devratgamesIf you could add both and let the player choose that could be good. I'm finding the controls difficult to get used to and the two thumb would be more intuitive
Turn left and right halves of screen into an analogue turn with 0-100 turn speed based on distance between middle and edge of screen. (further left or right the sharper the turn, closer to centre slower the turn). It would make it a better game for normal gamers. Having control over speed of turn is important to normal gamers.
Or
Left screen tap for left, and right screen tap for right is much more intuitive, even if not analogue.
Tap tap is horrible for normal gamers, but maybe non gamers will love it for it's one button approach.
@devratgames I would like to add to this topic. I would love to see a choice come for each kind to allow for different skill levels. Another option I could see is allowing screen rotation to portrait that way the single click feels more intuitive as the landscape view tricks my brain into thinking you can click in each direction. Game was fun and left a review on the play store!
Make the ball a snow ball and have it get larger as it’s going down the slope. Not only do they need to avoid obstacles the growth of the snowball would introduce another level of complexity
3:40 your logo looks like the game “dune”
I think you focused too much on the gameplay for a casual game. All the casual game have about one mechanic that they just repeat with different assets. But in your game, you can't really recycle anything so it will make developing another game longer. Also, I think you need better graphics. Replacing the skier with a ball will attract less costumers in my opinion.
One more thing - you say your game is hyper casual and people who download hyper-casual games do not care about the ads. You should add them after every run
Nice job. Good to reminded that relatively simple games can still be fun. It makes the thought of getting back into game dev much more appropriate - thanks!
I like how you've done the ads as well. I thought it was going to be on every crash, but letting me completely opt out if I want to start from the start again is great.
Bro how is your video on gamerfleets lillyvile playlist 😮😮
Lov it!
Imagine google game console asks if there are racism acts
Hello , whene i want to install your game my phone Warned me of collecting the data in your game
Just curiosity, how much do you make with this game??
Hello. I'm a developer.
Can we discuss on discord?
First run: 50m
Second run: 252m
Pretty fun little game. Some weird screen tearing that was a little distracting.
Hmm 🤔 I’ve got n idea now! Thank you!
Since it is a single action mobile game and the movement is vertical. You should have the game playable vertically like subways surfer
Tried it out but had to zoom out cam way to much to fit level design. But yeah note for future games, portrait is more suitable for vertical movement.
Cool really wanna see the Income stats🎉😮❤
Nice one! What approach did you take to spawning the collectable gems? I'm also building a Unity game for mobile. In the game, I spawn minerals in smooth arcs within a procedural 2D cave network (so the minerals follow the general up and down path of the cave). I did this programmatically using bezier curves, which was far more difficult than I first thought. Moving control points around via code really tested my spatial reasoning skills!
The procedural aspect to this makes it far more complicated, as you probably appreciate. You cant just arrange some splines or gameobjects manually. Just wondering what your approach was?
Nice video, what did you had to do to get the ads working, was it hard, did you need to verify your passport or something like that?
Thank you! It's pretty straightforward with Unity ad module. Register which ads format you want at the Unity dashboard and some settings in the editor, there are some good tutorials out there
Aesthetics are quite pleasing.
Where do you get basic assets like trees rocks etc. I know part of it are made by you in PS, blender. I’m only asking about the common assets.
Thanks
*I have played your game and bro it is addicting. I believe if you spend some effort on marketing it will gain traction.* ❤
Glad you enjoy it, thank you!
Nice game! Wonder if it has add revenue already.
Got to 312 and watched some ads. Cheers!
Your game is amazing, I will force my whole company team to install it lol. 😂
I would love to partnership with you to create another game, I already have the full concept, are you open for requests?
I’ve been working on a concept for years, and you have exactly the right humor. Are you at all interested in discussing a partnership? I’m a MBA and an attorney, but a terrible TH-camr and game producer, it could be a good combo
The game is very good but difficult. Make it more easy to turn the direction of player. Because with current setting, it is almost unplayable 😢😢
lol it was like "youtube do your thing now"
How do I make a game for a phone with buttons? The actually cool device not that junk smartphone?
I can't find any information on it at all.
Nice, really impressive. You are way ahead of me with your f-It-Ship-it mentality... My progress for realising something easy quick has dwindeled... I am stuck with which direction to go to (mobile, pc, etc.) and stopped sadly... Any tipps on the current progress I shared on my devlog by chance :)
Thank you sir! Really like the style in Meeting Joe. Just keep grinding and not overthinking I think is the way to go, will follow your journey!
If I knew how to actually use the damn game engines I would! I guess you gotta start somewhere I like a compiler better, well for game programming
Nice game! Suggestion: Maybe make day/night cycle? It would be cool to see this game have them
This game seems to be more suitable for oortrait orientation as a mobile game
Tried it out but had to zoom out cam way to much to fit level design. But yeah note for future games, portrait is more suitable for vertical movement.
Its lioe surf on ME and The Textures or design of Alto
the game is good bro👍
I just got my best of 1092 m!!!
>1000m is where the real party's at!💥
Hi, juicy game! But I think this one could shine more in portrait orientation.
Just my opinion
Do you know how can i make a game for android 2.0?
If you would put ski jumps in over the cliffs that would be cool
Bro for new Google play developers we need 20 friends to do testing for our game. It a new requirement
I just read about this new requirement, I really don't understand why they are doing this, 20 testers seem like a lot to me, don't see the point. Wish you all the best, hope you can gather all the testers you need. Just say if you need help, I can be one of them :)
@@devratgamesyour discord?
nice video what platform u use for the design and make the game ?
Hey I got your game and played it and even graced the ad God's with a watch 😅
When the player stops pressing a button the character must smoothly correct his forward. It will increase the control feeling. At least add this feature as an option to test it out with current players.
Thanks for feedback, agree, some tweaking on animations would increase feeling of control.
make the game vertical please. I hate horizontal games when there is no reason to be horizontal
I played this game like 10 years ago lol
Awesome! Just been playing it! I think the controls could do with an update. I keep intuitively pressing on the left side of my screen to go left and the right side to go right.
Thank you! Yeah I will have a look at it to next update, the controls seems to be confusing for quite a few. Thank you for feedback, appreciate it!
91 meters
I feel like I've played a game which looks almost the same like years ago. Would've fun to find it.
Chilly Snow?
Honestly had great fun playing, very easy to pick up but you can feel it get progressively harder. Well done mate :)
Great Work bruh
can you suggest source of getting an assets
I scored 57302m
What the h, you found the God mode? Or bug?
This is fun game but it lagged a little bit on my phone
So why not Apple and just android? 😢
Great game! but definitely bring back the characters they looked so cool.
I will!
Does no one else realise this is a 2.5d remake of that old 2d ski game where the monster chases you and eats you after a while? Like almost exactly the same concept, gameplay etc. But I mean if it makes money, go for it. I would just credit the inspiration
Mobile best for gaming era...yeah
Its insane that a huge company as google doesn't know the difference between swastik and a hakencruz. Imagine you were told that there shouldn't be any crosses in your game.
sorry how long did this take you?
What software do u use to create games
Ya bring back the skiers and add the skins and then add those pesky in app purchases for additional skins and new yetis that chase you or variance of different backgrounds and slopes to ski in for the unlocking.
yo! 230 m. fun game. u got a sub bror
I see some "z fighting" during gameplay. It is on map/terrain connection and i see it like horizontal line. Did you seen it as well?
Will look into that and try to fix until next update, thank you for report!
@@devratgames ok just let me know if you want. If you can't see it or something I can send you a video. No problem 😸
I also get this
Why don't you make a game with a snowball rolling down and getting bigger? As it gets big, it will devour trees ..etc
hello, I just played it however I think it has some performance issues and bugs like horizontal black lines in the snow, I hope it helps jejej
Can you influence how many ads are shown? Maybe increase the amount of ads if the player uses the revive a second time
You should of put it on IOS also
This is basically just zenge👏👏
It reminded of the game that came with Windows 98.
Also This would work better in portrait.
Definitely add the skiers back in will make more sense and the different characters. 👌🏼
ı just download and played.
Hey, did you do any marketing if through ads or a video or did u just let it cook in the google play store by itself?
Other than the cost of your PC or Laptop, what are the costs involved with making these games?
Except for the $25 Google Play Store registration fee, there were no other costs for this game, only free assets
Love ur sense of humor lol! What a cool vid! google play questions baahaaa
After the $25 do u have to pay more?
No, only the 25 one time fee
The game looks pretty cool! I think a skier model would be nicer. Also shouldn't it be portait ??
It is quite hard to make money in mobile too unfortunately. Most of the time what is most important is the to have budget to advertise the game, I've seen tretis like games with milions of downloads, but the devs were running payed adversiment with a huge budget.
On mobile, this game should definitely be vertical. It would fit so well
Cool game but I love evolution or cells that kill eachother to multiply like microcosmum
free to play but with friendly ads is good. It's fair enough.
The game is looking nice indeed, but i would suggest you to add a fps limiter to limit it to 60 because a lag may occur on devices that arent that good 😅
The game was really fun to play! One of my favorite things is the smooth fade/zoom in when starting up the game and the sounds the character makes, really nice attention to detail!
I see you already added the ski/snowboard characters back into the game, love it. I was a bit confused on the icon and text for selecting the characters in the top left, to me this Players button looks more like something for multiplayer / a friends social feature. One idea that came to my mind regarding this character selection would be to blend the two scenes together: the camera is zoomed in on the character and you have left/right buttons to switch to another character. If the character is unlocked, there's a start game button at the bottom and when you click it the camera zooms out and the game starts.
Another idea for the gameplay would be to add a boost mechanism when the player holds both left and right controls down, depleting a boost meter which refills over time or by collecting special items. This could also be a purchasable skill.
Also at first sight after the first 5 games the characters pricing seemed a bit too high for the first one, it reminds me of the first Temple Run game, where you had to play a long time until you could purchase your first character. I would love a cheap character (next to the one you can get from watching an ad), such that you can purchase something after playing only a few games.
Anyways, the game has a really cozy atmosphere to it. I am looking forward to the follow-up video :)
Ah I just noticed three more things:
- there's some glitching at the seams between the mountain slopes, there's occasionally a black horizontal line flickering
- The jeti stands still (or at least it looks like it does) as soon as the rocks start rolling over him, I think it would look better if he just started to slow down instead of stopping at an instant.
- The app icon is a white circle with a square icon in it. I would suggest either scaling your icon and cropping the circle or use a greenish background color that fits the inner part of your logo. Android Studio has a nice tool to generate all kinds of app icons from an existing image.
Thank you sir! Great feedback, will have a look at it!
I scored 20000000 billion
My score is 1008 hehe
you can maybe add highscore or skins or other maps as that gives people goals to keep playing
You should add different kinds of potions/powers on the way, lets say player can collect invisibility power while they are sliding down just like they collect coins and when they click on the potion the player becomes invisible for 10s?
How about 158m
Love this ! Tried using a new skin, but nothing happened when I clicked on 'watch ad's.
952 Meters YEs!!!
Score: 3549
My score: 5677
I feel like the long press should only speed up without changing direction but also the controls are not the best