Are In-Game advertises disturbing?

Do you like advertises popping while playing games on your mobile phone or tablet?

The answer is big NO. Everybody will answer it as no. It really irritates when ads popup while you are in the middle of a game.

But face the fact that ads will be there if you are playing a game free of cost. There is nothing free as such in this money oriented world. You should actually support free games by allowing them earning money through ads. Believe me, your contribution is only one drop in this huge sea of free games and advertisments.

For game developers, do not keep popping ads every now and then in your game. You may be aware that, user immediately uninstalls such games, irrespective of good game play. No matter your game is addictive, but if you are showing ads at a very quick successions, then the chances are there that player may uninstall your game. Google has put some guidelines for game developers, Advertise - Implementation Best Practices.

If games are having ads at right place, at right time, within average intervals, then player will not bother so much. Player should not feel that, ads are hammering. In my free game Chips Factory, I put a separate button to watch ads and that also comes after a game is over. And I show a fullscreen ad only after the user presses a replay button.

On the other hand player should also motivate good free games having ads since they are giving you a kind of free service which entertains you. The more players will support, the more free good games will be there in the market. One of the way to support free games is giving a ratings to a game you are playing or have played. Other way is not to ignore ads immediately. Many a times ads are useful and related to you. e.g. It may show a game type of your liking.

Gamers and Game Developers helping each other is the only key of success for the universe of free games.

I am an indie game developer. I have published my first android game Chips Factory

Games and In-App-Purchases

Do you like games having In-App-Purchases?

Some of you might answer this question as NO.

To tell you the truth that, gaming industry is suffering from piracy. Especially paid games. There is no perfect solution to prevent piracy but there are ways to make it more tricky and complex to pirate a game. One of the ways to make games more protected from piracy is to make a game free and implement In-App-Purchase in the game. They are called as freemium games.

Since, In-App Purchase requires server side authentication and also involves obfuscation it becomes more hard to crack. Also, user is not required to pay upfront and then play the game. Gamer can download the game, start playing and then start buying in-game items/levels as the game progresses.

In-App Purchase technique really saved the game industry. That's why many developers opted to implement In-App Purchase. But this leads to misuse this technique. Many game companies are looking it as only a money making way and thus games are losing the fun and entertainment part of it.

Those who are using In-App Purchase without considering good game play must understand that this is harmful to game industry. Gamers are not fool. One day they will realise your scam and start opposing you. Once the gamers starts hating then there is no way to survive.

Game developers must consider an entertainment and fun part of the game first and then implement In-App Purchase around the game play in a very careful and thoughtful way.

I am an indie game developer. I have published my first android game on PlayStore,
Chips Factory