I’ve been tracking the positions and MAU of Facebook Messenger Instant Games for a while now. I track them for many reasons include: Get an overall picture of where all IG games are at Get an overall picture of how IG itself is performing Analyse which games are rising / falling Guess at how much […]
Shuffle Match live on Facebook Instant Games in Messenger
My first HTML5 Facebook Instants games is now live on Messenger. I actually finished this games a couple of months back, but because of the Facebook privacy saga all further game reviews were put on hold, so hundreds (potentially thousands) of games have been sat in limbo. Its good to finally see a product live […]
Just released my latest cross platform game Idle Gangsters on iOS, Android and Facebook Gameroom. The game is an experiment o see if it was possible to mix Idle Incremental and Match-3 game play styles and it seems to have worked. Rise through the ranks of the mafia in this fun, addictive idle incremental match-3 […]
Big list of game Youtubers
Came across the following useful links for game developers looking to find Youtubers to contact: Video Game Caster List Social Blade List
Thinking of Making an Indie Game?
So, I’ve been making Indie games for years, with very little success, usually because I write obscure little games that don’t usually see much action. So I decided to write something that many gamers do love, an Idle Upgrade Cookie Clicker. I decided to go with the same format as the original by Orteil because […]
Online Game Stores
Big list of online game vendors for developers and gamers: Steam (Alexa rank 202 G2A (Alexa rank 897 GOG (Alexa rank 2001 Green Man Gaming (Alexa rank 5797 Games Gate (Alexa rank 26250
Big List of Popular Flash, HTML5 and Unity 3D Web Gaming Portals
Big list of web game portals / sites that accept games mainly from Flash, HTML5 and Unity 3D developers: Facebook Alexa rank 3 Y8 Alexa rank 761 Kongregate Alexa rank 1375 Miniclip Alexa rank 1750 Kizi Alexa rank 1816 Newgrounds Alexa rank 2624 Poki Alexa rank 2985 itch.io Alexa rank 3449 Armor Games Alexa rank […]
Cookie Clicker Save the World free game for iOS, Android and Facebook Gameroom
Just released my latest mobile and Facebook game Cookie Clicker Save the World targeted at raising awareness of climate change in a fun and challenging gaming environment. Gamers playing the game are gradually introduced to various climate issues and what can be done to help, such as recycling, using wind power etc.. The game is […]
Upgrading from Unity 5.4 to 5.6
Recently had the need to upgrade a couple of projects from Unity 5.4 to 5.6 and after much trial and error and scouring the net for solutions I finally managed it. My project uses two plugins which do not play well with Unity 5.6, these include: TextMeshPro – Do not use the version that is […]
From Unity 3D to Facebook Hosted!
So I decided to have a go at getting one of my mobile games up and running on Facebook’s site, chatting to other game developers they warned me to steer clear as its a pain and it will eventually break when they change to the next API release etc… Of course I didn’t heed their […]
Facebook Share Dialog Borked!
Checked your games with Facebook integration lately? Noticed how they no longer share the title and descriptions that you so beautifully crafted? Ok, there seem to have been some changes over at Facebook to the share dialog from what I understand you can no longer specify the contentTitle / contentDescription of the post being shared […]
Facebook now host Games up to 500MB!
I’m usually so busy that I miss cool stuff sometimes, anyway, I’ve discovered today that Facebook will now host WebGL (including Unity) and HTML5 game content for you for free. So gone are the days of having to host your own and get a SSL certificate etc.. There are some limitations however such as 500MB […]