What to work on next..

Not sure if i should add quests to orcs or brofist legend
or make a premium mini game in pewdiepug.

I started another platform game like creepy with a skeleton knight but I will most likely stop working on it even tough I already got voices and a neat story. The gameplay feels wrong and I kind look at the graphics anymore without connecting them with it.

Monetization wise:
In creepy i have a donate option / pay as you like
but they don’t pay if they don’t get a thing in the game mostly.

There are some sales for three points remove ads 1.99
so for very simple addicting game they remove ads.

For level based as Creepy is they are less likely to pay for in-apps at-least with my approach.
For incremental games like Orcs,Orcs Galaxy,Brofist Legend they buy items and collectables upgrades.
In Orcs Galaxy in-apps sell extremely well but the amount of game downloads is weak. Which also will make it a candidate for the move below.

Advertising wise:
I am going to invest $100 into a Chartboost video Campaign for Orcs targeted to the united states. Will let you know what comes out of that.
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Just thoughts shared.
Cheers 🙂
David

Advertising my main Game

I just created a new Advertising burst in the US to further promote the game there. There will be Video ads in other games through the supplier Chartboost, which I also use to generate money in my apps by showing the ads other games in my games. Will let you know about the results.

In case you don’t know the game – Orcs.
The legendary adventure clicker
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Google Play AppStore:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=davidzobrist.orcsgame
Amazon AppStore:
http://www.amazon.de/David-Zobrist-Orcs/dp/B00S4OA1DK
iOS AppStore:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/orcs/id947428028?mt=8
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Creepy

Creepy Game Trailer

My newest game creation a nostalgic simple arcade shooter with a total amount of 12 levels. Hope you enjoy it. Let me know in the comments what you think.

Cheers,
David

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.secretpotion.curvey

Amazon Appstore:
http://www.amazon.de/David-Zobrist-Creepy/dp/B018SOAV5I/

iOS:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/creepy/id914258511?mt=8

Our scientists found a race of strange, undead life forms. Little did we know that our experiments would upset the creatures, making them nigh uncontrollable. Desperate circumstances forced our hand to modify one of them to fight his brethren, we called it “Creepy”.

+ Retro Platform Gameplay without jumping
+ Shoot and Shield Core Mechanic
+ 12 Challenging Levels to beat

Can you finish the game?

„Creepy“ handed over to apple and google play

The game is in the review process of apple and google play now.
It also will be in the Amazon App Store, all version arrive at the 12.12.2015 for each platform.

I collected a bunch of feedback from the open play session via the game salad arcade link below. If you want to try the game before the official launch get your hands on today as I remove it from the public by the end of the day.

http://publish.gamesalad.com/apps/913985/play

Cheers,
David

Try out my new game

Hi Guys
So I finally finished a new game its called Creepy.

You can try it out on the Gamesalad Arcade via the privat link:
http://publish.gamesalad.com/apps/913985/play

Controls in the Browser Version are:
Arrow key up = Shoot
Arrow key down = block
Arrow left + right = move

There will still be voice overs created for the main character and external commander that will tell you what you have to do next.
But the core is fine and done. I will launch it the following week for iOS,Google play and amazon. The magical three.

So it would help if you try it out see if you can break anything major and give me general feedback.
Thank you for your time and I hope you enjoy.

David

Brofist Legend Game Update

Game Update released!
(iOS 7 days later)
Enjoy!

+Power Hit:
If you got the magical Ring of Barrels your Bro now every 6 seconds hits with a Power hit dealing twice as much damage as a normal hit.

+Quests:
3 New Quests leading you forward on your way to conquer Barrel Island

+Bug fix:
Fixed a bug that made you pay for quests but you couldn’t play it.

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=davidzobist.brofistlegend

iPhone:
https://itunes.apple.com/app/brofist-legend/id894494519?mt=8

Join the Horde on Facebook for Update Information:
https://www.facebook.com/brofistlegend

Chartboost Statistics 2015 – David Zobrist Indie Mobile Game Developer

So 2.5 Years as one man Indie Mobile Game Developer here is my most recent Statistic update.
I am kind of struggling for the reason that the money pretty much remained the same even tough the Downloads increased massively within the last couple months. It could be related to an overall lower eCPM or that the variety of shown ads isn’t that high at the moment so players are less likely to be interested and interact with the Ad Units. I also switched on interstitial videos instead just pop ups roughly in the middle of the year which co-created the newest highest peak of around $250 in one Day mostly 85% by the game Orcs. A number I would have liked to see more often 😛 But still it felt pretty exciting.

The Daily New Installs / New Players
A lot of them go to the Game PewDiePug which unfortunately isn’t the one with the highest ARPU.
David Zobrist mobile new installs 2015

The actually daily Money generated through the Chartboost interstitial pop ups and videos
David Zobrist Money Daily

Since I assumed the videos my reduce the amount of Boot ups since they are so hardly annoyed and this could be another reason for the not linearly rising daily income. But it isn’t also the Boot up look good compared to new Installs and history.
David Zobrist boot ups 2015