Looking for ways to monetize my game.

tx350z

I'm at the point where I need to decide how to monetize my game.

I'm not having much luck getting the AdMob plugin to work (probably something I'm missing).

I'd prefer not to release the game as a paid app since few users are interested in buying Indie developed apps and the app stores' rake is too large.

In the absence of an embedded Web control where any ad network could be used, I'm out of ideas.

I love Godot but need to make some income from what I produce.

What monetizing methods have worked for you?

Many thanks.

SpinylGames

Hi, I'll help if I can. Like you say, a good way to do it would be with paid ads. I searched for Admob, and it seems like the easiest way in Godot without major headaches. Your game would probably have to get a lot of downloads to make this pay out much, as Google ads, for example, don't pay that well AFAIK. Have you downloaded version 3.2 of Godot, as it claims to make the integration a bit easier without custom templates?

Is it easy to get your Godot stuff working on mobile and get it in the app store? I'm thinking about doing something similar myself. Feel free to PM me if you don't want to get off topic here.

Here's some paid releases on steam made with Godot that go from about .99 cents to 10 bucks or more. Make something great looking like a visual novel or some jazz and someone may buy it. There's a fee to get on Steam, but I think it's only $100. You'd still need to promote the game yourself somehow... https://steamcommunity.com/app/404790/discussions/0/412448792354265655/

dialNforNinja

I can't help you with making the plugin work, but in terms of making people willing to watch your ads I have to point to Eternium, an RPG on Android - every now and then when you kill an enemy it will drop an ad box, that gives you one of the game's microcurrency units in exchange for watching the ad - if you don't want to, just don't pick up the box, and no more than twenty or so of them spawn per day so you can only farm enough gems to whet your appetite unless you play for a week and watch a lot of ads. It's the only game I've ever wanted to watch MORE ads while playing :D

tx350z

Thanks for the responses. After much digging I discovered the problem with the AdMob plugin not working was due to an undetected circular reference elsewhere in my code which caused the plug in not to load properly.