Google and Adsense for monetizing OnLine Games

Written by Lorenz on August 10th, 2008 - Read: 681 times

Few days ago I was checking what domains about game portals were free to buy, and I noticed that GoogleGames.Com was free. That is weird, how could they forget about that domain? Looks like Google is interested in casual games advertising, but not in developing them, or in building a portal! Will be a hard time for Mochiads or GameJacket.
This is a great news for Developers, even because, honestly we are not earning very much with this system right now, but actually... Read the full article here!

StumbleUpon to promote and to learn how to make games

Written by Lorenz on July 26th, 2008 - Read: 175 times

Hi guys,
I have created a new group on StumbleUpon for Flash Game Developers. You can find it HERE.

We could use StumbleUpon not only to promote our projects, but could be usefull for all the game developers that want to talk freely about their projects, to have feedback and improve their games.

Lets make that group grow, then we can link each other and send the best games we find around on internet through the StumblUpon Toolbar.

50 Ways to Make us HATE your Flash Game

Written by Lorenz on July 19th, 2008 - Read: 242 times

Here is a list of things NOT to do when developing a flash game. Found on www.mrsunstudios.com/blog/2008/07/18/50-ways-to-make-us-hate-your-flash-game/ , hopefully you’ll learn from them.

1. Add loud and annoying sound effects to your game
2. Don’t add a mute buttons so we have to listen to your loud and annoying sound effects
3. Make your game ... Read the full article here!

What casual players really want right now is MULTIPLAYER

Written by Lorenz on July 8th, 2008 - Read: 505 times

These last 3 weeks have been very successful for me, I just won 3 contests with 2 of my games on Nonoba.Com.

The first one was Connect4 Multiplayer, the classic Connect4 game with something more, the possibility of playing together with people from all over the world. It won the weekly contest of $500 and the Monthly Contest of $2.500, generating 160.000 users in 2 weeks. The game was made in about 2 hours, which means I worked for 1.... Read the full article here!

Interview with Fabrice Closier from Away3D

Written by Lorenz on June 11th, 2008 - Read: 382 times

In this article I asked to Fabrice Closier what are the potential of Away3D.
The article is very interesting, i hope you will enjoy it then later dont forget to go visit the Away3D Website !

How old is Away3D and what exactly does it in few words?

Flash Games - 10 Ways To Make Money From Creating Them

Written by Lorenz on June 10th, 2008 - Read: 193 times

If you like creating flash games for fun or as a hobby, why not make money out of it? I have made a few flash games and I thought why not make money out of them. So I did! I will tell you 10 ways to make money out of them in this article.

First of all, the software you use to make games is Adobe Flash. It does cost quite a bit but is worth every penny if you know how to maximise it to its full extent. You can look for tutorials on other websites to learn how to make games such as Flashkit. On my website, I release video tutorials on how to do something in flash, every once in a ... Read the full article here!

How to make a successful Flash Game

Written by Lorenz on June 4th, 2008 - Read: 482 times

This article was written by Ira Willey on February 17th 2008 and you can find the source here.

When I started AddictingGames.com in 2002 the most popular game was Popcap's Bejeweled on MSN's gaming zone. Today the market has exploded and casual games have become a lot more complex than simply matching coloured gems, however the add... Read the full article here!

Developing a Flash Game

Written by Lorenz on June 3rd, 2008 - Read: 261 times

The first thing to do to get into Flash Game Development is talking to someone who is actually in that industry .

If you want to break into any field of developing, immerse yourself in that field and do lots of research. For game development, I will take it as a given you understand the importance of the necessary math and programming background. For books in this area, this one is a classi... Read the full article here!

Flash Games with Papervision3D

Written by Lorenz on June 1st, 2008 - Read: 293 times

These 2 games have been taken from the Papervision3D list.

Bowling Buddies (Facebook integrated game)
AirShip demos

The Bowling Buddies game is made... Read the full article here!

Understanding games

Written by Lorenz on May 30th, 2008 - Read: 487 times

Pixelate recently has published 4 games, with a very very simple graphic to explain the concepts of video games. The look is more like a video tutorial but they are interactive and quite funny to follow.
The main characters of these Tutorials-Games are Bob & Bub, 2 little squares made by few colors, but unpredictable funny. The brown one Bub is the more serious and is the one that explain how games work, the yellow one is Bob and he is the typical gamer. After every explanation the palyer can experience these concepts directly w... Read the full article here!

MochiAds or GameJacket - Which one gives more money

Written by Lorenz on May 28th, 2008 - Read: 654 times

The War for the best In-Game Flash Advertisement is just started, the biggest company right now are know by almost all the developers, MochiAds and GameJacket, but, does everybody know all the details about them?
Lets analyze their features searching all the Pros and Cons to understand what is the best choice for our game.

MochiAds
Pros:
- It i... Read the full article here!

Away3D - The future of 3D Flash Games

Written by Lorenz on May 26th, 2008 - Read: 922 times

Away3D - The future of 3D Flash Games

I have been using Flash for long time, I guess the first time I started to use it, it was still in Beta Version 1; that time I used it just to make simple animation for a cartoon studio.
With the years I have seen it growing so much, but, what I really wanted from it was the possibility to use 3D stuff inside my applications; for many years this has been impossible if you didn't want to use Shockwave.

Last year something changed with Sandy, for the first tim... Read the full article here!

How to Get a Sponsorship with a Flash Game

Written by Lorenz on May 25th, 2008 - Read: 674 times

You have made your game, you have tested it, it looks so cool that you are sure to sell it to someone and make good money out of it, but the problem is HOW?.
Well, it is not so complicated, actually if the game is really well made it will take you only a couple of days to monetize it.
First important thing to know is that if you want to sell an Exclusive License is good to NOT publish the game anywhere or a lot of Sponsors wont be happy.

Flash Game License is maybe right now one the most important... Read the full article here!