How to make money in online games
Do most people sometimes wonder how to make money with minimal effort? With the development of information technology and the global Internet, the number of such methods is rapidly increasing. One of them is earnings in games (and their subspecies - online games).
Ways to make money on online games
Of all the categories of online games, massive multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) are the most developed, in which players interact with each other both in terms of gaming (exchange of game resources or items) and in terms of communication ( chats). In them, the player has his own character, which must be developed by completing tasks, buying clothes, weapons, and other game items. The balance of the game world suggests that this process will be long so that the players do not lose interest in the game, but there are different ways to speed it up or make it easier:
pumping a character and selling it for real money to other players;
monotonous mining of game resources and selling them for real money;
sale of game currency received for completing tasks or for accumulated items and resources;
if the game involves the creation of new items from existing ones, you can sell, again for real money, created unique items.
The next popular category of online games is the online casino. They already assume that the player will replenish or withdraw virtual money, with the possibility of converting it to WebMoney or another electronic payment system, so an account is attached to each account. The online casino has a large list of gambling games - slot machines, roulette, blackjack, poker. A significant disadvantage is that it is impossible to check the honesty of an online casino and that the number that has fallen out on a die or in roulette is random.
No less popular are online football, online basketball, and other sports. They have the opportunity to play face-to-face with another player for some bet that goes to the winner, or as a team member, moving your team up the tournament ladder and receiving various bonuses.
There are different areas where you can try your hand as a developer: games for mobile platforms, PC and consoles, and browser-based Flash games.
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Technical requirements for games on mobile devices, as a rule, are not very high (due to the limited hardware, compared to a personal computer), only an interesting idea is important here - a dice simulator, a card game with non-standard rules, geo-games (taking into account the location of the player). The number of mobile device users is large, which allows the game to be sold at the lowest possible price, in the hope that more users will download it. As for the sales process itself, as a rule, they rely on digital distribution services (AppStore, Android Market), which, for a percentage of sales, are themselves involved in the promotion and promotion of the game. To develop such games, there are ready-made tools that allow you not to immerse yourself in the specifics of programming and deal more with game design.
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Browser (non-multiplayer) games are popular because you can use your home computer, smartphone or tablet, or computer in an Internet cafe to play them. As a rule, these games are free but provide for the possibility of financial gratitude (donate) to the developers.
The most profitable and most difficult industry in game development is games for personal computers and consoles (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii). To make such a game alone, you need knowledge of mathematics, physics, the ability to draw or model, and good programming skills. Games of this type can be divided into the following types (according to the complexity of implementation):
casual games (quest games, tower defense, logic) - focused not on the graphic and sound environment, but on the game process itself, solving logic problems in it, and some, often monotonous, actions
quality AAA games - are aimed at players who demand beautiful graphics, realistic physics and are willing to pay for it.
average between casual and AAA games.
Casual games are designed for those players who spend relatively little time on games (office workers, housewives), so they can spend money on them within their pocket expenses.
As for high-quality AAA games, if you manage to make a successful product (which is unlikely for one person), the time and money spent will pay off with interest. In addition, if successful, this is an opportunity to open your own game development company and already hire other people for a new project.
Comparison of the pros and cons of each way of earning:
Character leveling (online games)
pros: opportunity to make good money
cons: requires gaming experience and familiarity with the game universe; needs a lot of free time
Extraction of game resources (online games)
pluses: opportunity to make good money; no special knowledge about the game is required
cons: the monotony of the process; need a lot of free time
Sale of game currency (online games)
pros: opportunity to make good money
cons: speculation with game resources
Crafting (creation) of unique items (online games)
pros: opportunity to make good money
cons: you need to find a player who would like to buy an item
Online casino
pros: the opportunity to make very good money
cons: the risk associated with the possible dishonesty of the casino
Online sports
pros: the opportunity to play your favorite sport
cons: low and not constant earnings
Mobile game development
pluses: opportunity to make good money; fast development process
cons: development experience required
Development of browser-based Flash games
pluses: minimal knowledge of development; fast development process
cons: low and not constant earnings
pros: opportunity to make good money
cons: relatively long development process; search for a publisher or the need to promote the game yourself; good development knowledge required
Development of medium-sized games
pros: the opportunity to make very good money
cons: the longest development process; search for a publisher or the need to promote the game yourself; good development knowledge required
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