2) I hadn’t considered that aspect of things, either (apple not getting a cent). Funny. :)

Network–yeah. Just as easy to sign up for and use (if not more so). I saw it in another game (TapDefense), and went to their website: http://www.admob.com

I bet apple could get a higher eCPM than them if they wanted to barge in and take over the business. ;)

The app is mostly a showcase to get paying business, so if the ads have to go, so be it–but I’ll be really frustrated if the game has to go entirely.

1. The Tetris Company is sending Cease and Desist notices to small developers who have published “falling tetromino” games on the App Store, and regardless of whether they have a valid claim or not, Apple is following up by removing the games from the store.

2. People (including you) are distributing games for free on the App Store and pocketing mone from the injected ads. Naturally, Apple doesn’t see a cent of this money, and many expect them to crack down on in-game ads in the near future.

How do you even go about putting ads into your iPhone app? Is there a network, like MochiAds?

And I’ve made just over $2 over the last day or two (I know, an order of magnitude difference, but it’s awfully hand-wavy) on my iphone app (via ads). Whoo! :)

Falling Up for the iPhone

i’d love to know which other portals have a similar effect. i’m sure most of the (now) forty dollars my game has garnered have come from the Mindjolt jolt.

Email me whatever spin you’d like and I’ll see what I can put together. :) And maybe my iphone game will be up by then–it’s been approved, but now the _contract_ is blocking things (the “free” contract, of all things).

Most of what you’ve said is Greek to me. i’ve never coded for OpenGL in my life, and much of the other stuff looks like foreign, frightening MacSpeak. i do dig how learning new languages changes the way you code and build in Flash, though – i had the very same experience after delving into C#. A few of the methods i list in the Helper class on our Flash 911 page come from my c# adventures.

i’d LOVE to see a guest post from you. You definitely have a perspective that i can’t offer. And we’ll link to your game in the post to help you boost those MochiPennies.

All that said, porting that game was a precursor to porting another one that I’m actually contracted to port, and I have high hopes this one will be more straightforward. I’ve actually taken some of what I learned from the iphone development and have been working that back into my flash development structure–a different class for every screen (or more), handling of tweens, that sort of thing. And as hard as it may be to read the UICatalog source, it’s really worth it. The one element I haven’t tackled enough to feel comfortable with is their table structure… which is a strange couple of hoops to jump through, especially if you’re using it for static content (like settings). And that’s basically what makes it hard to read the UICatalog source, too, because it’s all wrapped up in tables for display. :)

All that said, I’m not sure if I could put enough together for a coherent guest post, but I’d be honored to try. :)

And for that winning 0.003 cents, here’s Ice-9 on MindJolt. ;) WHOO!

Just about finished my first iPhone game while I’m waiting ;)

Lots of no ideas here.

I’m up to $1.10 via mochiads for 4900 impressions (5800 skipped), $4.50 via kongregate for 1500 impressions (3300 plays).

And I seem to be spending a lot more time obsessing over it than I ought. But this is the right place for that, right? ;) :)

I got your first three posts all at once, didn’t notice the initial spacing. I’ll keep checking back, then :) Good to hear your experiment didn’t die.

I just finished my first real flash game (with ads and high scores and all that jazz), and your $0.43/hr post was part of my inspiration. I really should see a psychiatrist, probably, but not on those wages! :cough:

i’m sure you two are waiting for the Community Games financials … if we ever put the game on the service, it’ll be a while. We’d have to completely retool and reprogram it. i’d really love to hear some OTHER developers pony up with straight dope on how much money they’re [not] making on the service. Do you have a read on that?

Throughout this series the issue that’s eating at me is providing work to portals for free on faith that the game will earn its money back. This is my first shot at it, and i haven’t seen this approach pass or fail – but clearly, i’m taking the cynic’s approach. That’s why my articles may trend towards not giving the players in this field the benefit of the doubt.

Two By Two likely won’t end up on your Most Popular Games list, because there are far better games on MindJolt! i believe in the free market system empowering superior products to float to the forefront … except in cases where marketing budgets force people to claim that a product is awesome. (see: summer movie schedule).

i’m happy that we’ve seen in MindJolt distribution that first glimmer of hope vis a vis makin’ teh monays, but i’m still doubtful i’ll be able to pull off minimum wage on this project. i’ve decided to make that bias clear from the get-go. Anyway, time will tell.

- Ryan

It has been a very rare instance that we have not accepted a game at MindJolt. We like to get as many games up as possible (currently two new games a day), and let the players decide which games they like to play. However, we do ask that games integrate with our high score API (as you did) where appropriate, since our whole social networking model is based on players competing for the high score in games. And, in reality, it’s primarily these integrated games that the players tend to choose to play… because they can compete with their friends for high scores. We also encourage game developers to place ads in their games, so that they can earn ad revenue on all of the game plays they receive on MindJolt.

You are right, though, in that most games “disappear” once they fall off the newest games list. We know this is a problem that needs to be addressed, and we are working on better ways to help players find games they might be interested in. We are also currently redesigning the site to allow for easier browsing of games.

That being said, many games that show up on our Newest Games list become quite popular with the players, and will quickly (and automatically) work their way into the Most Popular Games list. Once that happens, game plays (and therefore in-game ad revenue from services like Mochi Ads) go up dramatically.

Wymer: Sir?

Humphrey: Yes, Wymer?

Wymer: My younger brother’s going out with Dibble this weekend, sir, but I’m not having my hair cut today, sir. So, do I move my clothes down, or…

Humphrey: I do wish you’d listen, Wymer. It’s perfectly simple. If you’re not getting your hair cut, you don’t have to move your brother’s clothes down to the lower peg. You simply collect his note before lunch, after you’ve done your scripture prep, when you’ve written your letter home, before rest, move your own clothes onto the lower peg, greet the visitors, and report to Mr. Viney that you’ve had your chit signed.

If you had uploaded your game and NOT chosen the version control and encryption, then you could’ve used the same exact file with no changes.