Surviving the App Store

A book on lessons learned in building mobile apps. Written by the indie game dev who built the number one app, A Dark Room.

License

Creative Commons Non-Commercial.

Hey You! Support Me Dammit

Yea. You. You're getting this 300+ page book for free. Free in the sense that if you can't afford to purchase it, then you don't have to. But, if you can afford to purchase it, you can do so indirectly by purchasing my games (a whopping $10.00 if you buy all of them):

• A Dark Room iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-dark-room/id736683061?mt=8
• A Dark Room Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yourcompany.adarkroom&hl=en
• The Ensign: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-ensign/id908073488?mt=8
• A Noble Circle: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-noble-circle/id977865620?mt=8
• Mildly Interesting RTS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mildly-interesting-rts/id1202710090?mt=8
• Beautiful Go: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/beautiful-go/id955295568?mt=8
• All my games are built with RubyMotion: http://www.rubymotion.com/download/

Do it. Support your fellow developers and the open source knowledge they share. This model will never by sustainable if you don't help "your own people" with your wallet.

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Table of Contents

• How to read this book
• Redefining success
• How to get started with game dev
• Dev logs - part 1
• Dev logs - part 2
• Dev logs - part 3
• Build games for mobile
• Making Small, Sustainable Income
• How to Price Your App
• How to market your game on Reddit
• Marketing on forums
• Pitching to Apple
• Review system
• App Store vs Google Play
• Hoplite - interview
• Hipster CEO - interview
• Altos adventure - interview
• iOrnament - interview
• Her Story - interview
• Piloteer - interview
• Sometimes you die - interview
• Ellipsis - interview
• Spaceteam - interview
• Blackbox - interview
• Head of state - interview
• Wayward souls - interview
• Warbits - interview
• Can't pronounce - interview
• Desert golfing - interview
• Kaiju pop - interview
• Touch arcade - interview
• Lonniedos - interview
• Making Your Apps Accessible to the Blind
• I'd give anything