Comments on: Indie Flash Game Development: A 2009 Year-End Retrospective

By: Colm

Colm — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:59:11 +0000

Thanks for sharing the revenue numbers! Always interested in this kind of thing

By: Josh Tynjala

Josh Tynjala — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:02:30 +0000

FBIG, most of my time was spent on development. I didn’t feel the difference much for the web games because they were free and spread pretty easily, but my iPhone games could definitely use some more marketing. I’m slowly trying new things here and there to see how they help sales, but marketing is my biggest weakness and I’m not entirely sure what to do.

I’ve heard good stories from people who have hired marketing experts to put together a plan. They say that it can be expensive, but that the results more than make up for the price tag of such experience.

By: Facebook Indie Games

Facebook Indie Games — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 22:55:36 +0000

Of the time you spent on Bowler Hat Games, how much was on game development and how much was on sales and marketing? Do you plan to shift the balance in 2010?

It looks to me like the successful small and indie game developers are the ones with simple games and clever marketing tricks and techniques, rather than necessarily the smartest or best games.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:18:42 +0000

Thanks for writing this article. It’s nice to see someone posting actual revenue of flash games. I do a great bit of flash game development on a contract only basis, mainly advergame type stuff.

I’ve often dreamt of building and publishing my own games and trying to make a living off it. This is great to see some real numbers associated with it!

Thanks.

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By: Josh Tynjala

Josh Tynjala — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:42:26 +0000

Anders, I’m not sure how I plan to expand in the future. I do rather enjoy working on games individually. There’s a strong sense of accomplishment when I can say “I made all of it”. That said, maybe as I get more ambitious with bigger and more complex games, I might need to bring others in to help out. We’ll see what happens. For now, I’m just working hard to make this stuff pay my own bills.

By: Anders

Anders — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:17:02 +0000

That’s awesome that your giving it an honest go! Sounds like your on track, I’d say you did pretty good for your first year. Keep on trucking!

Any plans to eventually evolve into a team and collaborate on bigger projects? Working in the gaming industry has definitely opened my eyes as to how many people it takes to make a solid game. Best of luck to you!

By: NateJC

NateJC — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:23:43 +0000

Wow, super informative info! Thanks for sharing!!

By: Colin Steele

Colin Steele — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:56:33 +0000

Wow, thanks for being so open about this stuff! It’s great to be armed with some solid data.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:04:15 +0000

Thanks for the post and the numbers bud! It’s always interesting to hear what us indie Flash developers are up to.