I was always interested in posts by Emmanuelle Feronato, and Badim, regarding Flash games income.
I offer up my own stats, that they might be of help to others. Note that I’m not a successful author, and though my games have been played millions of times, I’m still just scraping by.
Anyway… As of October 4, 2010, here are the earnings (in $US) for the games I’ve made:
My first ever game. Yeah, it kind of sucks, as you’d expect. It was released without sponsorship.
Total Plays to date: 37,323
Total Income: $14.95
This game was again pretty poor. Addicting Games very kindly sponsored it to appear without ads on their site.
Total Plays to date: 249,360
Total Income: $512.45
I took a year to make this (just working in my free time). I really learnt a great deal about making games during this time, and the quality of Jade Wolf is a marked improvement over my earlier drivel. Again, I went with Addicting Games as a sponsor, as they did not require a logo to be permanently onscreen.
This game contained HeyZap’s microtransaction system. However, it was only there so that people could donate if they liked the game. The game made about $20 through this, but since that’s not enough to get a payout (need $50), it’s not counted in the total.
Scholar Games bought a sitelocked version of the game.
Chinese portals YouYouWin/7K7K also bought a sitelocked version in Chinese – they provided the translation.
Total Plays to date: 2,455,965
Total Income: $1,427.07
I was really happy with this game when I released it. I still think it’s a solid game. It was released with CPMStar ads initially, followed by a MochiAds one month later. The sponsor (Flash Ninja Clan) gets 33% of ad revenue.
Chinese portals YouYouWin/7K7K also bought a sitelocked version in Chinese – they provided the translation.
Total Plays to date: 2,973,300
Total Income: $2,147.87
AdSense:
AdSense for seditiongames.com total income: $200.97
I also have $16.20 in my Newgrounds account, and $19.05 in my Kongregate account. Since neither get paid out till they reach $100, I’ve not included them above.
Which means I’ve earned a grand total of:
$14.95 + $512.45 + $1,427.07 + $2,147.87 + $200.97 =
$4303.31
Goddammit, I need to get my shit together if I’m going to make a career out of this… Lucky I’m living in Thailand, I guess… Next up: 30 reskinnings of the same, shitty game. For the coin, yo!
October 10, 2010 at 4:40 pm |
I was really happy with this game when I released it.