How hard is the app developer?

In the first year of business, Ms. Josephine Wong "developed to 4 o'clock in the morning, 9 o'clock in the Morning", "half of the hair in a year". In exchange for the average monthly income of more than 1000 dollars.

January 23, 33-year-old Ms. Josephine Wong published a "Death of personal developers," a long microblog. In this article, which quickly sparked a lot of peer resonance, Ms. Josephine Wong poured out his own mobile game in the last year of depression and despair.

Ms. Josephine Wong's entrepreneurial story began in early 2012. At that time, saw the mobile phone game "created one after another myth", has been in Shanghai for nearly 10 years of game development Ms. Josephine Wong, decided to resign more than 10,000 monthly salary work, and a friend in the same game circle began to start a business.

"Squatting in the house every day" after nearly 3 months, Ms. Josephine Wong launched the first app works-"Meng Meng push gold coin". Limited free (limited time, one of the most popular ways to promote apps) thousands of downloads on the first day have Ms. Josephine Wong.

The download volume of "Meng Meng" began to drop sharply after starting at $2.99 a standard fee. Soon, other developers ' push-coin games are on the line.

At this time, a search-door app promotion company and Ms. Josephine Wong reached the "46-divided" agreement. "They just sent a few tweets and uploaded a video that didn't work at all. "Let Ms. Josephine Wong feel angry, so that not only to promote the company in vain to make hundreds of dollars, but also delayed the best time to promote the game."

Frankly, however, Ms. Josephine Wong and his friends don't have much to promote-they can only post on Weibo or in a game forum. But according to Ms. Josephine Wong January 28 monitoring, 5 paid download coin game users, none from the domestic. Ms. Josephine Wong is helpless to attract foreign users who are willing to spend money.

At that time, there are brush list company "bid 5000 yuan a day and guarantee to enter the top 10 of the domestic game list," but as the grassroots entrepreneurs Ms. Josephine Wong, feel too expensive, can not afford to brush.

After having been hit, Ms. Josephine Wong decided to develop a "fit" type of game. When he was half-developed, he was embarrassed to find that a game of the same type had come out of the country. After the weigh-up, Ms. Josephine Wong decided to continue to develop.

At the end of 2012, the game, named "Graveyard Keeper", was launched. He set the game for the profit Way is "free download, sell props, collect advertising fees."

However, "Graveyard Keeper" is still a few downloads. To add insult to the news, a domestic website released the cracked version of the game.

He begged the cracker to say, "Take it off, I thank you on behalf of borns." After a few words "good", there is not much action.

For Ms. Josephine Wong, this means half a year of hard work and wasted. In a year of entrepreneurship, he "developed to 4 o'clock in the morning, 9 o'clock in the morning", "sometimes feel dizzy to bed after lying, and sit in front of the computer," "a year of hair white half." In exchange for the average monthly income of more than 1000 dollars.

"If I go on, I might die in front of my computer one day, and my partner may be getting divorced." Ms. Josephine Wong said that he has decided to leave the game after the Spring Festival development, to find a company to work.

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How hard is the app developer?