Selling methods

Hi,

I am wondering what are the best methods to sell your finished games.

When I export it to iOS, it is a normal app and the users can buy and download it, that is just fine.

But what happens if I want to sell the game as a PC Game? I just can put my game on a website, but how to manage that only users who paid for the game, can play it? How to manage save games?

When I use cookies to save the progress, the progress is gone with clearing the cookies or using CCleaner. No one will pay 15$ for a game on a website. The single player game would require internet or at least a browser installed on the computer.

How to face this problems?

thanks!

Good questions, Im also quite intrested to know about offline data storage without fear of losing it. I had an idea to use XML file to store information but not sure if file is saved to your HD, havent tried since for now I dont need that offline features. For online we use database (mysql) to store player(s) information and load/save them when needed using simple register/login system.

About selling your game, you could read scirra.com/forum/ideas-to-monetize-html5-games_topic51184_page4.html and see if there is any ideas which would benefit you.

Another option is Steam Greenlight, I found few games that are made using this engine and submitted their game at Steam Greenlight.

Save the Creatures

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails

Adventures of DaKoo the Dragon

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails

8BitBoy

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails

Is an export function to .exe files planned for the future? Html 5 kind of limits the possibilities on pc, while it increases the possibilities on mobile devices.

Astrosus you can already export to exe with Awesomium (The upcoming node-webkit export will do it even better).

As for selling a purely html5 game, market.js is a good website to start.

thanks for the tip, I will try Awesomium too. Of course the free version. 2900 $ for such a program seems very expensive.

2900 $ for such a program seems very expensive.

You only need to buy the US$2900 professional licence if you make $100,000 or more in a year, at which point it is actually quite affordable. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

I think in the longer term node-webkit will probably end up the better option, but for now Awesomium is functional -- noting that there are a few problems that may have to be handled -- and makes for a good option if you're not comfortable using node-webkit by hand.

For a browser-based game you could require that users log into your game and then authenticate account details to ensure they have paid. This often works well with a "freemium" style set-up where the basic game is free but players can pay small amounts to add additional features or capabilities to their account.

Awesomium is dead and slower than Chrome, so we're waiting for node-webkit implementation or something better.

Keep in mind that Ashley is working on node-webkit implementation as we speak - hopefully it will be out quite soon!