Releasing BATTLE PIXELS on Google Play or FGL - how to make money?

[DEKE15]

Hi, I have had my Flash game (BATTLE PIXELS) up for bidding on FGL for a while now and the process has been disappointing. There have only been a few bids and they have been low.

Here is a youtube like to the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2JciM8Io8Y

I'm planning on porting the game to Android and HTML to try and get some decent money, but how exactly can I make money from my Android version. The Flash version would be sold to a sponsor, but how would the Android version make money. Are there any Android extensions to support ads? If so how do a implement this?

FGL offer to sell the rights of your game to the right bidder, is this a good options? to give up all your rights?

Any help or feedback would be appreciated.

[DaveC]

For Android you can monetize with Ads and In App Purchases, or charge money for the App in the Play Store. You can also find a publisher for your App on FGL.. whether that's a good deal or not you will have to decide.

[Olivier]

Your game looks good. For how long is it up for bidding?

AdMob and Chartboost are 2 Android extensions that allow you to display ads. Both are written by Clickteam. There might be other extensions, but I'm not aware of them.

As for selling mobile games on FGL, you're actually selling the game's publishing rights only, not all the rights. This means that the publisher will publish your game under his own account name on the stores. But you keep your IP rights.

You might have already read this, but other devs might be interested in it: How do developers make money with FGL?

[DEKE15]

Thanks Olivier, BATTLE PIXELS has been up for bidding on FGL since February. So quite a while.

Thank you for the info, I will have a look at the Chartboost and Admob extensions.

The stuff on your site looks really good.

[Olivier]

Yes that's quite a long time. I have a game in bidding since April. Then a few weeks ago I have activated Last Call, and thanks to it I received a better bid. By following each other on FGL we could check each other's game if you wish. This is my account there: https://www.fgl.com/view_account.php?username=Olivier

[DEKE15]

Yes 'Last Call' might be a good option, I will look into this.
I have followed you on FGL - my account is: https://www.fgl.com/view_account.php?username=TDTF

[Olivier]

Following back. I can't play your game, probably because you have set it up so that followers can't access it. But the icon art is stunning!

[DEKE15]

:-) thank you very much. I have changed my FGL settings so followers can access the game.