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My Top Performing and Worst Performing Affiliate Programs for 2012  Featured Blogs
Posted by Lex Allen on Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:42:00 EST in Business/Marketing, Indie
I've tried different affiliate programs over the past five years for my web-based games. I've discovered that some pay and some don't. Let's dive in!
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Bringing Your Visual Novel to Market: The Tips for Western Success   Featured Blogs
Posted by Lex Allen on Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:05:00 EST in Indie, Business/Marketing
Making and selling visual novels is not easy. These tips are a must read for any serious developer looking to make a successful visual novel for western audiences.
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Comment In: The World of Lennus: A Game Design Analysis [Blog - 05/22/2013 - 06:13]

I remember playing that as ...

I remember playing that as a kid, and boy my friends and I all complained that it sucked. I don 't remember everything, but I think I remember the mercenaries being really expensive, and being able to use legs and your head in battle was interesting, but it usually failed, ...

Comment In: Indie vs Retail [Blog - 05/21/2013 - 07:22]

It 's great to see ...

It 's great to see that people are doing this. Thanks for sharing your experience, though I will say, even if you advertised, I 'm not sure how many people would have been interested in going just to try out a new console, and most people still don 't know ...

Comment In: Newbies Exhibiting at GDC Play! Our Costs and Lessons. [Blog - 05/17/2013 - 08:35]

Wow, I 'm surprised other ...

Wow, I 'm surprised other people thought that as well. r n r nI didn 't realize that your game was sort of a visual novel, so I 'll mention it in my end of month newsletter. A lot of my users read the newsletter through iPhone, so it may ...

Comment In: Steam Trading Cards: The next-gen of achievements? [News - 05/17/2013 - 09:39]

Shouldn 't they be spending ...

Shouldn 't they be spending more time on making the platform more open and solving the greenlight debacle What on earth are they thinking

Comment In: Nintendo cracks down on fan-made videos [News - 05/16/2013 - 03:48]

I went ahead and added ...

I went ahead and added my games to the list. Thanks for sharing.

Comment In: Another major MMORPG is going free-to-play [News - 05/14/2013 - 11:39]

Well, it 's extremely difficult ...

Well, it 's extremely difficult to make money on merchandise. They must be really struggling, but who can blame them. There are so many games and the competition for users ' attention has driven prices to negative dollars. Yes, some sites are actually paying their users to play games right ...

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