the in-game assets you purchase are actually yours. This means you can use/sell them outside of the game

There's nothing in "blockchain" or even "Solidity contracts on Ethereum" that make it so this would naturally happen. If the in-game purchases are general transferable tokens…

Again, thank you very much for your help.

Hi guys. So in past few weeks I've been researching an alternative business models on Steam (but not only). 

===The Subject===
As we all know - the golden age of steam is long gone. But after recent Summer Sale fiasco... things went even worse. So now, we got waves of shitty games, game pro…

9 hours ago, Cara Lu said:

Maybe I can start from some backstage support jobs?

Yes, you can. 

9 hours ago, Cara Lu said:

I'm from China and the industry there is really disappointing you know

There's a good deal of game development happening in C…

Hello everybody!

MoneyGame is a browser-based business simulation game. You can operate your own business, ranging from resource-creating factories to banks and holding companies. Trade public shares, floating currencies and resources on The Exchange. Other features include achievement badges a…

UK Game Studios: I have been approached by an investor who owns several businesses that is interested in acquiring or investing in a games studio.

They are interested in established studios with a body of published work and/or a game in a significant stage of production.

They would…

Glad to help. 

Jean Simonet is an indie developer who moved away from the AAA space in 2013 after delivering Skyrim and realizing that Fallout 4 just had him doing more of the same. Jean challenged himself and succeeded. 

In this talk, Jean runs a counterstrike on every piece of indie gaming advice you'v…

Jean Simonet is an indie developer who moved away from the AAA space in 2013 after delivering Skyrim and realizing that Fallout 4 just had him doing more of the same. Jean challenged himself and succeeded. 

In this talk, Jean runs a counterstrike on every piece of indie gaming advice you've …

Hi,

I would like to invite you to submit your games to the IX F&S Play Indie Awards. The deadline is October 31th. It´s free to submit your games.

F&S Play has established 1 award of 7,000 euros for the best Indie Game Category. The 10 finalists will also receive a free Booth for…

On 10/7/2018 at 12:39 AM, ElMaquinola said:

That one is interesting.

If that's what interests you most, then don't bother learning about graphics at the lower level and use an existing game engine like UE4 or framework like Cocos or whatever.

Hey, if you are interested, we are currently developing an  SDK, that enables gamers to opt-in and mine cryptocurrencies while playing game, that allows gamers to recieve cryptocurrencies while playing.
this soultion is in Beta now and if you are interested, you could join for beta test. http:/…

Starting From today everyone can sign up to Monetizr beta test for cloud computing SDK:  HERE

The key objective of Monetizr is to monetize games and drive revenue for game developers. Games use only a fraction of device processing power. Unused processing power on those…

Starting From today everyone can sign up to Monetizr beta test for cloud computing SDK:  HERE

The key objective of Monetizr is to monetize games and drive revenue for game developers. Games use only a fraction of device processing power. Unused processing power on those d…

9 hours ago, frob said:

In small games, I've seen merchants with a capacity over time. I've seen merchants that are available only for limited hours, and while present they can only accept a limited count of items. This could be expressed in many ways, like "I'm sorry, my cart is f…

     It's been one hectic week. Job searches, contract work researching, phone interviews, resume remakes, documents galore, and listing a whole lot of things that'll cost a whole lot of money over the next year. Current mission status? I'm looking for a publisher to finance the upcom…

On 7/20/2018 at 12:26 AM, Applixir Kyle said:

Do you mind if I ask about the free-to-play game you're developing?

I thought about creating something like a blog on my website... not really up to date right now, but I'll be updating it soon.

https://www.nhneno.com/proje…

23 hours ago, vagrantscout said:

Agreed with your whole breakdown ... and I share your concerns when it comes to becoming the standard international currency. Does will some kind of internationally recognized body need to be formed to control / regulate or will the value forever be…

I wanna thank everyone who helped me out with my last question, but now I got something possibly bigger than the last one. I just wanna know, how do you guys earn money while making your games to? Do you work a full time job and work on the game at the same time? Cause I gotta say, my full time j…

Crowdsourcer.io is a growing concept, it allows projects/small businesses to bring in collaborators on a revenue share basis to help them grow and expand. Felicity Toad is one of many projects that is successfully developing their game through this platform and we want to share some insights with …

I think this video is kinda misleading. Yes there are some games which made it's creator(s) rich but there are thousands which didn't make profit at all. It's almost like saying: 'Hey there are these guys who won the lottery. Are you worse at picking numbers than they are?'

Even high budget …

thanks for answers

I got into a conversation awhile ago with some fellow game artists and the prospect of signing bonuses got brought up. Out of the group, I was the only one who had negotiated any sort of sign on bonus or payment above and beyond base compensation. My goal with this article and possibly others is…

Video game industry is at its best with $108.9 billion in global revenue for 2017, representing a 8% growth compared to 2016. According to Newzoo, there are currently more than 2.2 billion active gamers across the globe.

In spite of this massive growth in gaming industry, the video game re…

Video game industry is at its best with $108.9 billion in global revenue for 2017, representing a 8% growth compared to 2016. According to Newzoo, there are currently more than 2.2 billion active gamers across the globe.

In spite of this massive growth in gaming industry, the video game reta…

DMarket, the world’s first and only working marketplace on blockchain for in-game items trading, today announced the release of its product version 2.0 Beta.

One of the key features of v2.0 is Steam integration. It allows users to trade and exchange Steam-stored in-game items on DMarket, p…

DMarket, the world’s first and only working marketplace on blockchain for in-game items trading, today announced the release of its product version 2.0 Beta.

One of the key features of v2.0 is Steam integration. It allows users to trade and exchange Steam-stored in-game items on DMarket, pro…

Well, i read a lot of materials, and overall all agreed that Rewarded Video ads that users chose to watch are accepted and tolerated by players a lot more , one example give in one of those articles was Crossy Roads that made 300k $ from Rewarded Video ads. You can read an article here if you wa…

Revenue share models (often shortened to rev-share and synonymous with profit sharing models) are a way for businesses and startups to pay the members of their teams. In this article we’ll explore what exactly is a rev-share model and how one might be used with collaborative game development on a …

If you’re new to the industry and want to get your foot in the door with your own ambitious project, it might worth taking a step back and considering your scope.

While the games industry is full of lots of wonderful projects and games successfully ma…

On the 2nd of November 2017 we launched a Kickstarter campaign for our game Nimbatus - The Space Drone Constructor, which aimed to raise $20,000. By the campaign’s end, 3000 backers had supported us with a total of $74,478. All the PR and marketing was handled by our indie developer …

I need to make money to fund the further development of my game. So, I've been doing paid contract work in VR. Most of the work is pretty easy for me and consists of producing VR applications which run 360 videos with some interactive GUI elements embedded into it. I also have been helping other…

So, you’ve got an aspiration to build a game, but aren’t entirely sure where to start. Have no fear, we’ve got you sorted!

First things first, get a plan together. It doesn’t necessarily have to be technical, but planning mechanics, the engine, consoles and whatnot can provide a…

Hello again!

Long time no see! (*wink* laughs) I hope everyone is doing well. What did you think of yesterday’s post? Let us know in the comments!

Today we are going to talk about something totally different. Today we will be talking about monetization.

Monetization…

Long-time GameDev.net member and indie developer @cliffski32 of Positech Games has posted in his latest blog a very direct message to aspiring indie developers: you will flop and lose money.

While not the message most aspiring developers want to hear, Read more