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Andy Moore
Personal blog · andymoore.cagamesbusiness
Andy Moore writes Moore Games, a personal blog at andymoore.ca about games and business. Since 2010, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times, most often “Indie Game SteamBirds: By the Numbers (Revenue Report)”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
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Why HN links it
Posts by a Flash game developer on game economics, monetization and ratings, including Steambirds sales numbers. HN readers cite them as sources on what Flash games earn.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 4 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Indie Game SteamBirds: By the Numbers (Revenue Report)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2010-04-01
- Bayesian Ranking Algorithm2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-02-17
What Hacker News says?
I know lots of flash game developers and I make lots of games. And also the premiere analytics system ( http://playtomic.com , formerly SWFStats) for those games. My best game grossed about $6k and netted about $4k, my most recent game went wrong and sold for a lousy $1250. The economics can be pretty bad, a lot of people don't make much money but they also don't make quality games or read the market. There are succ…
Comment linking /2010/03/steambirds-by-the-numbers/
on “Ask HN: Can you make a living with free flash games?”Submitted I'm tired as a story · 139 points
HN discussionvia previous hn submissions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4418685 and the story https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3792627 Also: http://blog.linkibol.com/2010/05/07/how-to-build-a-popularit... http://www.andymoore.ca/2010/02/bayesian-ratings-your-salvat...
Comment linking /2010/02/bayesian-ratings-your-salvation-for-user-generated-content/
on “What is the Best Programming Text Editor?”Submitted Motherfucking AS3 Garbage Collection as a story · 21 points
HN discussionThere's also a great breakdown of his monetization of the game here: http://www.andymoore.ca/2010/03/steambirds-by-the-numbers/ And of course the game: http://armorgames.com/play/5426/steambirds or http://www.kongregate.com/games/weasello/steambirds with badges
Comment linking /2010/03/steambirds-by-the-numbers/
on “Postmortem on Steambirds and the Flash game industry by Andy Moore”Submitted SteamBirds: Survival – By the Numbers as a story · 4 points
HN discussionYou have to take it with a grain of salt - social games can and do make tremendous amounts of money but for every one that does a lot of others don't make squat. Distributed Flash games also leverage microtransactions with varying degrees of success using platforms like http://www.gamersafe.com/ and http://wwww.mochimedia.com/ , Mochi has a bunch of writeups at http://www.mochiland.com/ . Andy Moore http://andymoore…
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on “Ask HN: Where do I find metrics about the social gaming industry?”Submitted How much money can I make? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bayesian Ranking Algorithm as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why knowledge workers should work less than 40 hours/week? as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ice Burgers Sales numbers as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Value, explained as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Indie Game SteamBirds: By the Numbers (Revenue Report) as a story · 1 points
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