About Android game development by the Battleheart Team (1)

Mika Mobile is a developer of the famous game Battleheart on Android. Recently, the company's blog published an article about how to develop games on the Android platform, some of the comments and complaints are not uncommon, but they also have some noteworthy insights and experiences. In general, Mika Mobile believes that the Android platform is still worth investing in BKJIA. Recommended reading: Android game development: How to Achieve explosive effects ).

Cute Battleheart games

Android benefits

Android has not been reviewed, so once someone reports bugs and compatibility issues, developers can solve or upgrade them immediately. on iOS, you may need to wait a week to make up for a small vulnerability.

Obviously, this gives developers full freedom. At the same time, we can also see that the responsibility for system security is freely pushed to developers and users. Therefore, there are a lot of news about malware on the Android platform. Is there an intermediate solution? For example, how do I grant different passes based on the records of Different developers? This is another problem .)

The benefits of the Android platform are still quite promising. Mike Mobile believes that "the potential of the platform benefits surprised him very much ". The general idea is that Android can get better profits by adding ads for free, such as the famous Angry Birds.

However, Mike Mobile's paid application revenue is also good. Currently, the benefits of the Android platform are 80% of that of the iOS platform. Note that:

I. Battleheart ranks top 50 in Android, but it has fallen below 200 in iOS. However, the income on the iOS platform is still higher than that on Android.

2. Battleheart has benefited a lot in the last few months on the iOS platform, because App Store has recommendations, and the revenue is gradually decreasing. Android platforms will also decline, but the decline speed on iOS platforms is faster.

There are many reasons for this, but the points that Mike Mobile will talk about later are a bit dumbfounded. Mike Mobile believes that the reason why high-quality games on Android are more sought after is that the quality requirements of the Android Market are too low, so carefully crafted high-quality games can stand out.

On the iOS platform, the average Battleheart score is 4.5 (4000), and the Android platform score is 4.81000)

I believe that the lack of competition makes high-quality Games stand out and inspires more enthusiasm among Android users who are hungry for applications.

This is a good thing for Mike Mobile, but it may not be a good thing for the entire platform and users :)

Of course, Battleheart's performance on the Android platform is still outstanding. Especially, they basically didn't engage in marketing, but simply pushed it on Twitter. On the iOS platform, the App Store was recommended in "New and Noteworthy" and "Game of the week", which obviously increased the popularity.

The success of Android may be due to word of mouth.

Will system recommendations further increase revenue? Obviously, yes. Mike Mobile noticed that Battleheart's sales increased significantly after obtaining recommendations from the Android Market.

In short, the Android Market is worth investing.