Skipping the patents and casino's for the app stores
Gambling on e-sports and skill games is apparently legal in many places. I see mobile gaming platforms like Skillz and Cashplay offering cash games through the app store.
Can you see yourself moving your game designs towards this type of mobile distribution channel in the future?
I have not had any success in getting an install into a casino so I thought that perhaps making an app, that played with pretend money, would be a way to test the game's 'fun factor' and generate some metrics that I could present to game distributors. This vision of putting my game on a cheap, or free, app is still in the development phase, so I don't have any experiences that could shed light on the validity of the idea.
In do believe that the app market would be a great place to sell new casino games. Game designers will still have to get patents to protect their ideas, otherwise, putting your game on an app is just begging for someone to steal it.
"Cheap or free"? That had better be free. And ad free too.Quote: VonVester...This vision of putting my game on a cheap, or free, app is still in the development phase...
Quote: VonVester...This vision of putting my game on a cheap, or free, app is still in the development phase...
Quote: DJTeddyBearI've been contemplating the same thing, for demo purposes only. "Cheap or free"? That had better be free. And ad free too.
I think people can actually wager on your mobile game. It has to be integrated with skillz.Com or cashplay.co and you split the commission with them for using their respective platforms. If you can make a skill version of your game, seems like this is worth checking out.
Quote: shrimpboatcaptHas anyone distributed their game/s through the app store instead of pursuing floor space in a casino?
Gambling on e-sports and skill games is apparently legal in many places. I see mobile gaming platforms like Skillz and Cashplay offering cash games through the app store.
Can you see yourself moving your game designs towards this type of mobile distribution channel in the future?
I've given this a ton of thought and would love to do something like a video poker suite of my 10 games. It would allow a vast audience to see and play the games along with making some money in the process. The price to create a single game with all the bells and whistles was around 50k. I'm sure others could do it cheaper, but I would want it to be the highest quality if I ever decided to put it into an app.
Quote: RealizeGamingI've given this a ton of thought and would love to do something like a video poker suite of my 10 games. It would allow a vast audience to see and play the games along with making some money in the process. The price to create a single game with all the bells and whistles was around 50k. I'm sure others could do it cheaper, but I would want it to be the highest quality if I ever decided to put it into an app.
I guess the biggest allure of the app stores, at least to me, is that they provide a process for failing quickly. A provisional patent and a mobile app is all it should take to find out if my game is any good.
10 games/$50k seems about right. At $5k per app you're well under the cost of pursuing placements for just 1 of those games.
Patents, tradeshows, travel, etc... just to learn your game sucks and nobody wants to plat it?
Quote: shrimpboatcaptI guess the biggest allure of the app stores, at least to me, is that they provide a process for failing quickly. A provisional patent and a mobile app is all it should take to find out if my game is any good.
10 games/$50k seems about right. At $5k per app you're well under the cost of pursuing placements for just 1 of those games.
Patents, tradeshows, travel, etc... just to learn your game sucks and nobody wants to plat it?
I've definitely thought about it, but the price to do the app the way I wanted it with Facebook integration, ability to accept payments, and updates as needed along with many other features would cost me 50k for one game. It's a big risk for that amount of money, but the potential to make some back and get your game out for others to see may be worth it. I'm working to find an existing online casino willing to take a game or two and put it on their site with some money coming back to me. In a perfect world, I would design the entire suite but that will be pricey to start out. For a single game without all the bells and whistles may be a good idea, though.
Quote: TexasJackPokerYes, I have done this with my game Texas Jack Poker. You can play it for free for apple or android. App space is probably just as competitive as casino space actually. I have read that your marketing strategy can be even more important than your game and it's proving to be true. There are SO many apps and getting any kind of attention can be very difficult. I personally decided to launch an app to try to gauge interest in the game, give it some exposure, and quite frankly have a place to play my game easily! Haha! It's been an interesting journey, but it is far from easy.
I will have to try your game!
Even then one of the other two hands can make the payoff very hard or downright impossible.
Plus if a pair appears in the 3 hands, the third highest payoff is null and void.
Quote: FDEAD3709To be honest, I expected an argument. Few inventors know the meaning of constructive criticism. Last ones I remember changing their concept was the Luck Bros. Came in with Riverboat Roulette comparison and hype it being similar to craps bets. Quickly removed all reference to same.
We actually never changed the concept at all. However, we did change the terminology used in the forum to help others understand the concept. Craps terminology was used as we wrongly believed other inventors would understand. We never intended to use craps terminology to sell the game to casinos or to the players. What we found was that inventors in this forum communicate in the same manner as players. So that was the reason for the "change"
