6 Ways To Generate Income From Flash Games

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February 4, 2010

Flash games have become more and more popular in recent years, and with that increased popularity has come an increased demand for developers. If you are a Flash designer or developer, and you’re not already creating Flash games then you’re missing out on a lucrative income stream. Here are seven ways you could be earning money through Flash games.

Developing games for clients might be the most obvious way of earning money as a developer, but it’s surprising how few companies offer the service. I’ve been developing games for over 8 years now, and I’m constantly asked to work on new projects. There are lots of companies out there ready and waiting to pay you money to design and develop games for their marketing campaigns.

Sponsorship is another way to earn from Flash game development. A sponsorship deal involves adding a company’s branding and links to your game (which can be either exclusive or non-exclusive) in exchange for a fee. The amount you’ll earn will depend on your game, and the sponsor you find but these deals can be quite lucrative.

Taking it one step further, you can monetise your own games without needing a client or a sponsor. Networks such as Mochiads allow you to embed adverts into your games, and publish your games on their network which gets you both revenue and exposure at the same time.

Another way to monetise games yourself is to simply publish them on a website, and add banner adverts or Adsense to the site. In fact, this was how I accidentally got involved in the games industry back in 2003 when I put a few of my own games on a site with some banner adverts. Little did I know that would lead to a full time career in the games industry!

A very recent, and rapidly growing technology allows for in game currencies. While this is quite new there are already 2 networks offering the service and I’m sure this will grow tremendously in the coming months and years.

Finally, perhaps the most obvious, and certainly the most glamorous way to capitalize on the success of a good Flash game is to release a commercial version. Whether it’s a downloadable PC game or a port to an entirely new platform, such as the Nintendo DS, the Xbox Live network or the iPhone, a well designed unique game with the right marketing can be a real success, and open the doors into the mainstream gaming industry.

As you can see, there are many opportunities for developers of Flash games. If you’re just getting started, follow some tutorials, buy some books, get yourself on a course or do whatever it takes to learn the skills as fast as you can, and you too could be earning a good income from Flash games.

Find Flash game tutorials, articles, book reviews, game source code and more at FlashGamesClassroom.com or download Flash games source code to learn from, modify, edit, rebrand and create brand new games at ViralFlashGames.com

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