Starlight X-2 is a puzzle game released on Google Play and iOS in June 2020. Six months after release, it’s a good time to evaluate the success or failure of this project. For those interested by the big picture, here is a simple visual summary of the expenses and revenue of the game: With Frozax Games, […]
An indie game developer discovering the world of user acquisition and advertising (with numbers)
I’ve been developing mobile games as a hobby for more than 5 years. My latest game (Tents and Trees) became quite successful and I decided to found my own company a few months ago. Tents and Trees has today about 800k downloads on Google Play and 100k on iOS (oh, and 112 downloads on Amazon App […]
Mobile Game Localization: Countries, Numbers and Statistics
I’ve released a series of puzzle games on mobile (you can check them on the sidebar). Don’t Feed the Trolls and Hashi Puzzles: Bridges & Islands were localized in English and French; Battleship Solitaire Puzzles in ten languages (English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese/Brazilian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean); and Hashi Extreme Puzzles in eleven languages (same […]
Don’t Feed the Trolls 1.2 “Bears Update” is now Live!
A new version of Don’t Feed the Trolls is now available on iPhone/iPad and Android ! This major update adds nine levels, three characters, and five achievements. Discover new gameplay with the sleeping bear, the twin bears or the invisible bear and keep slapping the trolls getting in your way. Collect the additional stars and take […]
5 For $5 Bundle is LIVE!
Today, four indie game developers and Frozax Games launched a new bundle : 5 Games for $5, check out the trailer: The games are: Delve Deeper by Lunar Giant Digitanks by Lunar Workshop Mactabilis by Blazing Bit Games Spring Up Harmony by Frozax Games Steel Storm : Burning Retribution by Kot-In-Action These are all great […]
My Experience Converting from XNA Game Studio 3.1 to 4.0
Microsoft released a big update to XNA Game Studio with version 4.0. The main improvement is Windows Phone 7 support. I will probably not develop for WP7 (see reasons below) but I still need to upgrade my current Xbox 360 project from XNA 3.1 to 4.0. The process was not as smooth as I though […]
Price drops : better late than never!
I probably should have done this a long time ago, but I finally changed the prices of my games to adapt to current market. Here are the old and new prices: l Spring Up! Around the World Shapy Deluxe $19.99 $ 6.99 $19.95 $ 6.99 $9.95 $ 1.99 Recently, many big companies involved in casual […]