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Game Tycoon

Personal blog · edery.orggamesbusiness

Game Tycoon is a personal blog at edery.org about games and business. Since 2009, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times, most often “Your First F2P Game: Where You Will Go Wrong”. The last post was in 2020, but the archive is still widely read.

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9mentions?
9HN people?
2009–2013first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 3 in 2012

Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

HN readers link Game Tycoon for its posts on game development and indie game business, such as a 2011 post on the Flash MMO Realm of the Mad God. The comments say nothing about the writing itself.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Your First F2P Game: Where You Will Go Wrong
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-20

What Hacker News says?

  1. cpeterso · 2012-04-02
    This reminds me of the (real) game Realm of the Mad God , a "run 'n' gun" MMORPG with 8-bit style graphics built in Flash: http://www.edery.org/2011/06/realm-of-the-mad-god/ Now that I think about it, the game is basically a Gauntlet MMORPG! :)

    Comment linking /2011/06/realm-of-the-mad-god/

    on “MMO Asteroids”
  2. kevingadd · 2012-01-29

    Submitted Developer of Triple Town sues 6Waves/LOLapps for copyright infringement as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  3. teej · 2013-01-16
    I'm co-founder of MinoMonsters. We launched our game on iOS but spent a lot of time prototyping on the Android market. Our android prototype has 250k+ downloads and 2k+ reviews. Here's some steps you can take today to try to move the needle. * Test your screenshots! Assume that 50% of the people in the market will never read your description. Right now, your screenshots communicate "Samurai game". Try a different di…

    Comment linking /2012/08/your-first-f2p-game-where-you-will-go-wrong/

    on “3 Weeks already, $0 income – what are we doing wrong?”
  4. dirtyaura · 2010-10-28

    Submitted Why we created Triple Town for Kindle as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  5. allenp · 2010-10-16

    Submitted Why create an app for the Kindle? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  6. req2 · 2009-08-31

    Submitted The Hits Get Bigger - the magic of the Long Tail as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  7. wallflower · 2012-11-20

    Submitted Your First F2P Game: Where You Will Go Wrong as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  8. div · 2011-07-12

    Submitted Characteristics of high-performing teams. What matters, and what doesn't. as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  9. ilamont · 2011-04-14

    Submitted Acquisition vs. Innovation as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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