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Kongregate adds “developer tipping”
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Flash Games
No, It’s nothing like cow tipping. Kongregate has just released a new way developers can earn a little extra cash… with tips.
Kongregate is a site devoted to online games, unique in that it doesn’t allow developers to submit games that have in-game ads. It supports game makers through a revenue share model based on ads surrounding the games on the site. Developers can increase their revenue percentage up to a maxium of 50% by including Kongregate’s statistics or high score API’s.
Tipping is exactly what it sounds like. Players can tip the developers of their favourite games a monetary value of their choosing using the new on-site currency aptly named Kreds. Players can purchase Kreds with their own ‘real world’ money and use them on tipping as well as ‘virtual items’ in upcomming Kong produced muliplayer games.
This is certainly an interesting move by Kongregate. There is a stigma with casual gamers (and the internet in general) that things should simply be free. This is a common problem for casual game developers trying to make a buck. While it’s a generous move for Kongregate to give 100% of tips to the developers It will be interesting to see how many players jump on board and are passionate enough to hand over money for something they’ve been getting, and will continue to get for free.
Picross flash game, ‘Picross Forever’ released!
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Flash Games
So I’m a little slow with getting this news out but my latest game Picross Forever has now been released to the public!
You can play it over at Kongregate by clicking here. Comments and critiques are most welcome.
Introducing Picross Forever
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Flash Games
I’m been a little quiet lately on the blog front as I’ve been working on my latest game, Picross Forever. I’ve been working on this game intermitantly since finishing my previous game, Knight of the Dead.
I feel I’ve learnt a lot from developing Knight of the Dead and hopefully it will show when Picross Forever is released in the not-too-distant future. (more…)
Flash Player 10 released
Posted by Will | Filed under Adobe Flash, Web
With Adobe Flash CS4 about to be released any day now it’s no surprise that Flash Player 10 has been officially released, surpassing Flash Player 9.
Flash Player 10 is sure to bring a new wave of cool and interesting interactions to the web as developers begin to come to gribs with it’s powerful new features such as 3D, Inverse Kinematics and custom filter effects using Pixel Bender.
Get it now from Adobe’s site.
