Using Social Gold To Raise Revenue In Your Online and Mobile Games

Michael, from Social Gold, talks about using virtual currency to monetize your online and mobile games

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-social-gold.mp3

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Press Release: GameTreat to Drive Stickiness To Your Website…

Hey folks,

Here’s a press release from Exent…they were nice enough to do an interview for the show at Casual Connect and I’m repaying the favor…

They have a new feature called “GameTreat”…that is meant to add a higher stickiness factor to websites…you can check out the video here…

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Subscribe to us on iTunes or Twitter…

Hey folks,

For those of you that want to easier ways to listen to the podcast show…you can subscribe to our podcast on iTunes here…
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=159065675&s=143441

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Rixty Founder Discusses New Ways To Monetize Players Without Credit Cards

Ted, founder of Rixty, talks about how you can monetize more of your players

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-rixty.mp3

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Finding Sponsors For Your Flash Game

Paul, from Playhub, talks about finding sponsors for your Flash games

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-playhub.mp3

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The Design and Opportunities of Skill-Based Games

Davin, VP of Social Games for the Game Show Network, talks about the opportunities of skill-based games

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http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-gsn.mp3

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Using Google Chrome To Distribute and Promote Your Games

Mark and Mike, from Google, talk about the Chrome Web Store and the opportunities for indie game developers

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-google.mp3

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The Perfect Indie Development Contest…

Hey folks,

Here’s an inspiring contest for indies…it’s a Ludum Dare contest…but this time, your goal is to make a game and sell at least one copy of it.
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/09/22/povs-challenge-make-a-game-sell-1-copy/

This contest is great because it gets developers thinking about the overall business rather than just the game.

I thinks this idea highlights the potential of contests. I’m going to borrow from this and set up a contest for this show that is in a similar spirit, mainly focusing on getting indies to start their own successful game studio rather than just making a rough game.

Keep you guys posted 🙂

In the meantime, check out that contest…I think it offers a lot of fun and opportunity 🙂

Using Exent to Promote Your Games

Rick talks about how Exent can help you distribute your game to a wider audience

You can download the podcast here…
http://www.indiegamepod.com/podcasts/cc-exent.mp3

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Indie Game Makes $250,000 per day…

Hey folks,

In the Steam Birds Interview we heard about how he was able to turn a month-long flash project into $40,000.

Indie Game Dev success seems to be alive and well…the game Minecraft is making $250,000 PER DAY in revenue. It looks like the game was done in Java! Who says you need flash!

I think the interesting thing about both success stories is that they pursued their passion…and they are committed to adding new content to the game…for example, Minecraft adds content each week and supposedly even each day.

Any other things you notice about the game that lead to its success? I think its interesting to wonder why some indie games make $2.50 per day and other game can make $250,000 per day!

What other reasons do you think explain the success of Minecraft vs. other indie games?