New Flash Games, Wordearch: Constellations

I've just finished a new Flash game, Wordsearch: Constellations. This is a multi-level word search game with an animated background. It also incorporates my AS3 score submission class, which is intended to alter which score API is used depending on where the game is hosted.

This will initially just be released on my site. After that, I am going to finish testing the score submission class with all the included APIs. Then, when they're all working to my satisfaction, I will start distributing the game properly.

MochiMedia Developer Profiles

A feature on the MochiGames website that's just been introduced is the developer fan page. Every public game on the website by a developer links to their fan page, which shows all their available games, plus allows you to become a fan of that developer. Short updates can also be posted to their fan page by developers, which will also appear in the streams of all your fans.

So, here's my fan page with my current massive number of fans, one (me).

And here's the full MochiLand post about the new feature.

Pyramid Solitaire added to Fizzy

I've added my game, Pyramid Solitaire to Fizzy, integrating their API. Given that Little Bo Peep's Sheep Toss has now earned over $4 there - okay, not a huge amount of money in the scheme of things, but one of the highest amounts earned from a game from one site, certainly more than any game has earned for integrating the Kongregate API - I decided to add this game also.

Probably, one of the reasons Sheep Toss has done comparatively well is that it has been front paged on Fizzy pretty much since it was released. Still, worth a try, and Pyramid Solitaire has done pretty well on Pelikone.

Flash Games Update

It's been over a year since I last gave an update for all my Flash games. Since then, I have released quite a few new games. Although I haven't had anywhere near the levels of success of the more proficient game designers, here are the earnings to date.

Castle Match:
MochiAds: $1.33

Castle Match 2:
MochiAds: $0.93

Castle Match 2.1:
MochiAds: $4.36

Easter Egg Match:
MochiAds: $12.16

Easter Egg Match 2:
MochiAds: $5.68
Kongregate: $0.14
TOTAL: $5.82

Easter Egg Slots:
MochiAds: $10.29
Kongregate: $0.22
TOTAL: $10.51

Little Bo Peep's Sheep Toss:
MochiAds: $9.54
Kongregate: $1.01
Fizzy: $3.96
TOTAL: $14.51

Mars Slider:
MochiAds: $2.72
Kongregate: $1.96
TOTAL: $4.68

Meteor Storm:
MochiAds: $3.85
Kongregate: $1.26
TOTAL: $5.11

Monster Traffic:
MochiAds: $1.47
Kongregate: $1.91

Picture Find:
MochiAds: $252.27
Kongregate: $0.62
TOTAL: $252.89

Pong:
MochiAds: $3.23

Pyramid Solitaire:
MochiAds: $28.78
Kongregate: $1.45
TOTAL: $30.23

Quiz Me:
MochiAds: $6.24
MochiAds Publisher: $0.01
Kongregate: $0.76
TOTAL: $7.01

Space Match:
MochiAds: $0.63

Space Match 2:
MochiAds: $1.35

Space Match 2.1:
MochiAds: $3.48

Space Slots:
MochiAds: $16.26
MochiAds Publisher: $0.02
Kongregate: $1.02

Sphere Avoider 2:
MochiAds: $0.79
Kongregate: $0.61
TOTAL: $1.40

Sphere Avoider Variant 1:
MochiAds: $1.12
MochiAds Publisher: $0.01
Kongregate: $0.32
TOTAL: $1.45

Sphere Avoider Variant 2:
MochiAds: $1.29
Kongregate: $0.35
TOTAL: $1.64

Sphere Avoider Variant 3:
MochiAds: $1.07
Kongregate: $0.49
TOTAL: $1.56

Spooky Pairs:
MochiAds: $6.62
Kongregate: $0.54
TOTAL: $7.16

Spooky Slots:
MochiAds: $12.62
Kongregate: $0.79
TOTAL: $13.41

The Sky is Falling:
MochiAds: $1.27
Kongregate: $0.60
TOTAL: $1.87

UFO Assault:
MochiAds: $1.84
Kongregate: $2.00
TOTAL: $3.84

Also, $0.01 was earned from Newgrounds, but this wasn't allocated to any particular game.

The total earned from all games from all sources was $411.26. There was no sponsorship monies made, probably because none of the games are either good or popular enough to attract sponsors as yet. I have a few mostly made games that I'm going to finish before starting work on some, hopefully, more popular games.

V7N Payment Received

It's been a long time since the last affiliate payment, from the V7N program, but I've just received another $75. This makes a total of $525 received to date.

Little Bo Peep's Sheep Toss on Fizzy

I've added my game, Little Bo Peep's Sheep Toss to Fizzy.

Fizzy is a large game portal that shares revenue with developers who upload games. By adding their Game Loading System to your game, you will show ads on behalf of Fizzy - and these ads have a decent eCPM too. Your game can also be enhanced to make use of the Fizzy score submission, amongst other features, and can also be distributed to other sites, although the game is always loaded on Fizzy (which is going to be useful when I get my AS3 score submission class finished, which decides which score system to use depending on domain). Plus, you can show MochiAds also.

myLot Payment Threshold Passed

I've just passed the $10 payment threshold for myLot again, so I'll receive a payment from them on or before June 15th. It's been quite some time since my last payment due to the fact that both I and my referrals have been substantially less active.

Kongregate Earnings for April

Total earnings from Kongregate for April were $0.19. Even though Easter Egg Match 2 was released here during April, revenues from it were pretty small.

MochiAds Earnings for April

MochiAds earnings for April as a developer were $33.06, slightly up from last month. Highest earner again was Picture Find, although down substantially from last month, due to lower MindJolt impressions. Easter Egg Slots and Easter Egg Match 2 were the two next best games, both recent releases.

Total earned as a publisher was $0.23, up slightly from last month, as were total impressions.

MochiAds Publisher Revenue Compared to AdSense

For hosting MochiAds games on their sites, publishers get a small fraction (10%) of the games' advertising earnings from impressions and clicks generated from their site.

Now, it has been stated on a number of occasions that publishers shouldn't depend on this for revenue, but should use other income sources. So, here's a rough comparison between AdSense and Mochi publisher revenue.

Games Portal: The games detail pages, which are the way guests play Flash games here, have a couple of AdSense ads on them. In the about 6 weeks or so they've been active, AdSense revenue has nearly equaled the total publisher revenue for the past 19 months.

Planet of Zombies: Both AdSense and Mochi publisher earnings started at the same time. In this period, AdSense earnings have been several hundred times the earnings from Mochi as a publisher.

The Flash Games Site has too few MochiAds games to make a realistic comparison, and has also swapped between AdBrite, AdSense and BidVertiser.

So, I would say that monetising your sites through other advertising networks as a publisher will make a substantial difference.