Hi Guys!
I’ve started Android Development with Nov '11. That’s a little bit late to jump on the train (i think) and things seem to be much harder than they were 12 months ago …
Currently I have 4 Games in the Market (and on other sites). My latest one (Minesweeper: Unlimited!) is pretty good and I get really good feedback about it.
But to be honest: How shall a developer today do to promote his app/game? I was always better in developing than in marketing. Downloads are very low … exceept the Minesweeper one, which has good downloads at slidem.org (nearly 1500 for today) has only 70 on Android Market.
That is mainly because slideme has an “just-in” section … android dropped that some time ago … that’s really horrible for new developers - for me it looks like to not have even a chance get some light on my app …
Mi first game (Tablet Tower Defense) was sold 3 times (in market), whereas Minesweeper was sold 1 time (in slideme). I have demo versions with limited playtime but no advertise (would be ridicolous with so low downloads).
So my total income of Dez was about - let me calculate - 2$ ?
It’s not so bad for me because I had some time and I really like developing games and would love to do that for a reasonable income - but currently I don’t see much light at the end of the tunnel
I have great ideas for good games but they all need much time which I had too invest first - and currently I am not very confident, that they will pay that time out again.
So let me ask some more expierenced androidians out there: What do you do to make your app popular? Maybe I missed something important or maybe I am just not patient enough and have to wait some months keeping updating my games.