3. Mobile Games Store
๏ App Store aka Apple Store
๏ Play Store aka Google Play
๏ Windows Store (not today)
๏ Blackberry App World (really?)
4. Preparation
๏ Game Build
๏ APK (Android application package file)
๏ IPA (iOS App Store Package)
๏ Needs Mac
๏ Store ID
๏ Needs credit card account
๏ Game Marketing Tools
๏ Versioning
๏ Privacy Policy and Terms of Use (Optional)
5. Store ID
๏ App store needs Apple ID
๏ Create at developer.google.com
๏ Needs enrollment fee $99 / year
๏ Google Play needs Google ID
๏ Create at play.google.com/apps/publish/
๏ Needs registration fee $25 / lifetime
6. Game Marketing Tools
๏ Yes, people judge the book by its cover!
๏ Game Icon
๏ Tips : Make it for 1024 x 1024
๏ Game Description
๏ Screenshot
๏ Keyword
๏ Apple Store provides keyword
๏ Google Store grabs keyword from Appโs
Description
๏ Video Trailer (Optional)
7. Versioning
๏ Why we need versioning?
๏ Why is it important?
๏ Application Update
๏ Careful about different published timeline
๏ Appstore usually needs 2-4 weeks
๏ Play store usually needs 2-4 hours
8. Privacy Policy, Terms of lalalala
๏ What is it?
๏ A privacy policy relates only to how a
service provider collects and uses
information (data) about its users,
๏ Terms of service prescribe the rules users
must abide when using a particular website
or application.