GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews BitMonster Games founder Lee Perry about his startup's new iPhone game, Lili.
The freemium model offers a free-to-play game experience that monetizes through the player’s purchase of more-or-less optional in-game content. This distribution method can offer a lot to players.
Like everyone else who remembers driving to the mall to buy a new PC game in a box, I love checking out a game before deciding to buy it. And I'm happy paying for an awesome extra upgrade in a free game. Spending 99 cents in a freemium game for a more powerful sword for my brave adventurer or a faster cupcake oven for my cute little baker often serves as the same kind of pick-me-up as an afternoon latte.
But there’s a depressing side to freemium as well...
The beautiful RPG Lili is now available for a reduced price on the App Store
John Bedford (Modojo): All the best bargains on the App Store today.
I like the increased attention paid to iphone game development lately. I just hope they're also ported to PC, since I don't actually own an iphone.
non-combat gameplay?
iDevelopment is relatively gatekeeper-free...great opportunity for startups an indies.