Sell game
Resources and opportunities to sell games, from Ludum Dare contest october 2014
Opportunities and Contests
- PC, Mobile, Web – Independent Games Festival – Highly regarded Independent Games event with cash prizes, due October 22nd! ($100 Fee)
- PC, Mobile, Web – Games 4 Doge – A Game Dev contest looking to raise awareness of Doge Coin. Due October 31st.
Marketplaces (Mobile)
- Mobile (Apple) – iOS App Store – iPhone, iPod touch, iPad ($99 year)
- Mobile (Android) – Android Marketplace – Android phones and tablets ($25 Fee)
- Mobile (Android) – Amazon App Store – Amazon Kindle Fire Tablets (Free?)
- Mobile (PS Vita, Other) – PlayStation Mobile – Target the PS Vita (and more) with C#
- Mobile (BlackBerry) – Appworld – PlayBook Tablet and BlackBerry 10 phones (SDK)
- Mobile (WP8) – Windows Phone 8 – Windows Phone 8 devices ($19 Fee)
Marketplaces (PC)
- PC (Win8/WinRT) – Windows 8 – Microsoft’s Integrated Store ($49 year)
- PC (Mac) – Mac App Store – Apple’s built-in App Store ($99 year)
- PC (Linux) – Ubuntu Software Center – Selling Linux Games (Guide)
- PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) – Steam Greenlight – Community Voted PC Distro ($100 Fee)
- PC (Windows & Linux) – Desura – PC Game and Mod storefront with a Steam-like client
- PC (Windows & Mac) – GOG.com – Classic PC Gaming portal and storefront
- PC (Windows, Mac, Linux) – Itch.io – PC Game Distribution (Free)
Marketplaces (Web)
- Web – Chrome Web Store – Sell content to Chrome browser users ($5 Fee)
- Web – Firefox Marketplace – Mozilla’s Web Store (Preview)
Portals w/ Ad share
- Web (Flash, Unity) – Kongregate
- Web (Flash) – Newgrounds
- Web, PC (Windows) – GameJolt
Licensing/Sponsorship
- Web (Flash, Unity, HTML5) – Flash Game License – Put your games up for auction
Payments
- Paypal – Old Faithful
- Amazon Payments – Payments powered by Amazon
- Google Wallet – Payments powered by Google
- Google IAP – In App Payments by Google
- Stripe – Simple WebAPI for payments
- BMT Micro – Long time favorite of many PC/Shareware authors
- Sellbox – Sell directly from your Dropbox or Google Drive.
Hardware Surveys
Resources
- Photon Storm’s HTML5 Game Sponsorship Market Guide
- MakeGamesWithUS – Tutorials and assistance for making iOS games
- Pixel Prospector’s Indie Resources
- PC Distribution Article on Man Fight Dragon