{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/pov\/","author_name":"PoV","cat":"October Challenge 2012","categories":["October Challenge 2012"],"comments":[],"epoch":1348755660,"event":"","likes":18,"metadata":{"p_key":"78246","p_author":"PoV","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"287256","p_title":"October 2012 Resources and Opportunities","p_cat":"October Challenge 2012","p_event":"LD24","p_time":"1348755660","p_likes":"18","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1345766400","event_key":"12","event_name":"LD24"},"source_url":"2012\/09\/27\/october-2012-resources-and-opportunities\/","text":"<p>If you\u2019d like to share a resource or opportunity, post a comment below or send a tweet to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikekasprzak\">@mikekasprzak<\/a> (or if you prefer e-mail <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sykhronics.com\/contact.html\">go here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h2>Opportunities and Contests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PC (Windows) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeproject.com\/script\/Awards\/competition.aspx?cid=598\"><strong>Ultrabook and Windows 8 App Innovation Contest<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Pitch your Ultrabook Game\/App idea and win one of <strong>300<\/strong> limited edition Ultrabooks filled with Sensors (touch, accel, GPS, etc)! Then make it and win one of <u><strong>50<\/strong><\/u> cash prizes ($1000) and potentially one of 8 larger cash prize ($10000, $20000)! Pitches due <strong>October 24th<\/strong> and ASAP (early)!<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (BlackBerry 10) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blackberry.com\/builtforblackberry\/documentation\/10kcommitment.html\"><strong>$10,000 Guarantee<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 RIM guarantees all quality certified apps (that earn over $1000) will earn at least $10,000 their first year. RIM pays the difference.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (BlackBerry 10) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.madewithmarmalade.com\/blackberry\"><strong>Free PlayBook and Marmalade BB license<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Free 6 month Marmalade BB license and PlayBook to publish an app for BlackBerry. C++ or HTML5.<\/li>\n<li>PC, Mobile, Web \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.igf.com\"><strong>Independent Games Festival<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Highly regarded Independent Games event with cash prizes, due <strong>October 17th<\/strong>! (<strong>$100 Fee<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Web (Flash) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/playerio.com\/competitions\/ega2012\/\"><strong>Epic Flash Game Contest<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Build Player.io Multiplayer Flash Games with Micro-transactions and win one of 10 Cash and CS6 prizes. Due February 18th<\/li>\n<li>All \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/sellboxhq.com\/ld48\"><strong>Sellbox<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Sell from your Dropbox or Google Drive Account. <strong>Deal: 1% Fee<\/strong>! <font color=\"#F0F\">*NEW*<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Launching Soon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PC (Win8\/WinRT) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/apps\/br229512.aspx\"><strong>Windows 8<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Integrated store. Launching October 26th! (<strong>$49 year<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (WP8) \u2013 <strong>Windows Phone 8<\/strong> \u2013 RTM was Sept 14th. Estimated launch November 2012<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marketplaces (Mobile)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile (Apple) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/devcenter\/ios\/index.action\"><strong>iOS App Store<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 iPhone, iPod touch, iPad (<strong>$99 year<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (Android) \u2013 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/publish\/\">Android Marketplace<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Android phones and tablets (<strong>$25 Fee<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (Android) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.amazon.com\"><strong>Amazon App Store<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Amazon Fire Tablet (<strong>First year free, $99 year?<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (BlackBerry) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.blackberry.com\/appworld\"><strong>Appworld<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 PlayBook Tablet and BlackBerry 10 phones (<a href=\"http:\/\/us.blackberry.com\/developers\/\">SDK<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (WP8) \u2013 <strong>Windows Phone 8<\/strong> \u2013 TBD<\/li>\n<li>Mobile (PS Vita, Other) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/psm\/index_e.html\"><strong>PlayStation Mobile<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Target the PS Vita, Phones, Tablets with C#<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marketplaces (PC)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>PC (Win8\/WinRT) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows\/apps\/br229512.aspx\"><strong>Windows 8<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Microsoft\u2019s Integrated Store (<strong>$49 year<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>PC (Mac) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/devcenter\/mac\/index.action\"><strong>Mac App Store<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Apple\u2019s built-in App Store (<strong>$99 year<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>PC (Linux) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.ubuntu.com\/publish\/\"><strong>Ubuntu Software Center<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Selling Linux Games (<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.ubuntu.com\/2012\/02\/how-to-prepare-a-compiled-application-for-ubuntu-software-center\/\">Guide<\/a>)\n<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>PC (Windows &amp; Mac) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/greenlight\"><strong>Steam Greenlight<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Community voted PC Distribution (<strong>$100 Fee<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>PC (Windows &amp; Linux) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desura.com\/\"><strong>Desura<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 PC Game and Mod storefront with a Steam-like client<\/li>\n<li>PC (Windows) \u2013 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/appdeveloper.intel.com\"><strong>Intel AppUp<\/strong><\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Windows and Ultrabook Apps<\/li>\n<li>PC (Windows) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/store.indiecity.com\/developers\/register\"><strong>Indie City<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Indie Games portal from Blitz Games<\/li>\n<li>PC (Win, Mac, Linux) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/indievania.com\/\"><strong>Indievania<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 No Cost Indie Game Portal (just Paypal fees)<\/li>\n<li>PC (Win, Mac, Linux, Android) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/partners.gameolith.com\/\"><strong>Gameolith<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Download store with many options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Marketplaces (Web)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Web \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/developer\/dashboard\"><strong>Chrome Web Store<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Sell content to Chrome browser users (<strong>$5 Fee<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>Web \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.mozilla.org\"><strong>Firefox Marketplace<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Mozilla\u2019s Web Store (Preview)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Portals w\/ Ad share<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Web (Flash, Unity) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/developers.kongregate.com\/docs\/single-player\/welcome\"><strong>Kongregate<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Web (Flash) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newgrounds.com\/wiki\/creator-resources\/monetization\/flash-ads\"><strong>Newgrounds<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>PC (Windows) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/gamejolt.com\/developers\/ad-sharing\/\"><strong>GameJolt<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Web (Java) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/staticvoidgames.com\/\"><strong>Static Void Games<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Licensing\/Sponsorship<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Web (Flash, Unity, HTML5) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flashgamelicense.com\/\"><strong>Flash Game License<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Put your games up for auction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Payments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\"><strong>Paypal<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Old Faithful<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/payments.amazon.com\"><strong>Amazon Payments<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Payments powered by Amazon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.google.com\"><strong>Google Wallet<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Payments powered by Google<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmtmicro.com\/\"><strong>BMT Micro<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Long time favorite of many PC\/Shareware authors<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.google.com\/inapppayments\/\"><strong>Google IAP<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 In App Payments by Google<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sellboxhq.com\/ld48\"><strong>Sellbox<\/strong> \u2013 Sell from your Dropbox or Google Drive Account<\/a> <font color=\"#F0F\">*NEW*<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Hardware Surveys<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unity3d.com\/webplayer\/hwstats\/pages\/web-2012Q3-os.html\">Unity Hardware Survey<\/a> (Q3 2012)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/hwsurvey\">Steam Hardware Survey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/about\/dashboards\/index.html\">Android Hardware Survey<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Photon Storm\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photonstorm.com\/archives\/3045\/insert-coin-to-continue-the-html5-game-sponsorship-market\">HTML5 Game Sponsorship Market Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.makegameswith.us\/\">MakeGamesWithUS<\/a> \u2013 Tutorials and assistance for making iOS games<\/li>\n<li>Pixel Prospector\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pixelprospector.com\/indie-resources\/\">Indie Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","time":"September 27th, 2012 2:21 pm","title":"October 2012 Resources and Opportunities","title_was_empty":false}