October 2011 Opportunities
I’ve been getting a number of messages about opportunities people can utilize to reach the goal, so I’ve decided to collect them in one place. If you’d like to share one, post a comment below or send a tweet to @mikekasprzak.
Opportunities
- PC (Windows & Linux) – Desura – Looking for quality indie games
- PC (Linux) – Gameolith – 90% royalty rate until December
- Web – Intel AppUp – First 200 quality apps win $250 USD
Launching or Closing Soon
- All – Independent Games Festival – Highly regarded event with cash prizes, due Oct 17th
- PC (Windows & Mac) – Indie City – New Indie Games portal coming soon
- Web (Flash) – Flash Player 11 – Launching Soon (3D). Release Candidate Available
Marketplaces
- Mobile (Android) – Android Marketplace – Android phones and tablets ($25 one time fee)
- Mobile (Android) – Amazon App Store – Amazon Fire Tablet (First year free then $99 year)
- Mobile (Apple) – iOS App Store – iPhone, iPod touch, iPad ($99 year)
- PC (Mac) – Mac App Store – Apple’s built-in App Store ($99 year)
- PC (Windows & Linux) – Desura – PC Game and Mod storefront with a Steam-like client
- PC (Linux) – Gameolith – Linux gaming store with 70% and 80% royalty rates
- Web (Flash & Unity) – Flash Game License – Put your games up for auction
- Web (Flash) – Flash Portals – Too many to list. Many can be contacted directly
- Web – Chrome Web Store – Sell content to Chrome browser users ($5 one time fee)
- Mobile & Web (Flash) – Blackberry Developers – Phones and Playbook Tablet
- PC & Web – Intel AppUp – Windows and MeeGo (Linux) devices
- Mobile & Console – Microsoft App Hub – XBLIG and Windows Phone 7 ($99 year)
Payments
- Amazon Payments – Payments powered by Amazon
- BMT Micro – Long time favorite of many PC/Shareware authors
- Google Checkout – Payments powered by Google
- Google IAP – In App Payments by Google
- Paypal – Old Faithful
Resources
- Mobile – Streaming Color’s iOS Developer Revenue Survey
That would suffice as a backup plan!