UPDATE: The scholarships were sent out, so if you received one email saying that you got accepted, if not you’ll receive a dreadful email that sounds like this
Hi,
Due to the high volume and quality of applications we received, and the finite number of spaces available, we are unable to […]
Publishing your app/game is a challenge for any developer. Usually most devs think that this is the toughest part, unfortunately it isn’t. The toughest part is making money from your app or game. Between discoverability (3 million other apps in Google Play and counting) and monetization, there is so much work […]
When Diablo was released I played it to the point where I was almost kicked out of school. It was my first game with a sort-of “dark” theme and to this day kept his place in my good memories from those times (ahhh, all the gaming).
I’m always scouting Google Play […]
Comrades Android devs, there’s a new promotion opportunity for your apps and especially games. I always recommend developers to have their apps localized in as many languages as possible, on the principle of The More, The Better. 99.99% of those 3 million apps listed in Google Play are available in English […]
AppAnnie publishes yearly stats based on appstore activity. And if you look at some of that data your mind gets blown away. In 2016, total apps and games installs exceeded 90 billion. In 2017 it grew 20% quarter by quarter so this means it will exceed 110 […]
I was about 9 years old when communism was overthrown in my country. Soon after various shops started popping like mushrooms after a rainy day. One of them was a constant magnet for kids all ages, it was an electronics second hand shop. They’d bring used stuff from abroad to sell […]
A good product sells by itself. That seems to be the case for Android apps & games as well, as Google announced that they’ve introduced app quality as a ranking factor in their search & discovery algorithms. This means that we will see less and less apps […]
UPDATE: And the Indie Game Festival finished, winners announced. This year’s 3 big winners are:
There are 7 others that were part of the top 10 group of indie games:
As of June 2017 the number of apps in Google Play surpassed 3,000,000. Yes, that’s three million apps. Incredibly though, the more apps there are, the tougher it gets to discover something original. I’m talking about games, as most of them are just recycled ideas.
Mindless tapping […]
App developers have a fierce competition if we take into account that there are millions of apps (Android and iOS) for users to pick from. While this post is not about app marketing, one of the most important recommendations I usually have for developers is to create an app […]
