Some portals, like Real, would not accept my games purely because they were seasonal. Probably the best thing is to make a game that can be sold all year round to be honest unless you can reskin very easily.

Hey thanks for the link, I really appreciate it and your kind words! Good luck with your own blog and career, sounds like you have some challenges to keep you busy.

I’ve never sold anything on Steam, my games are probably not that suited to the average Steam customer being casual in nature, when most stuff on Steam is hardcore. Of course I know there are some big name casual games on Steam too. One of my games my go on XBLA soon, I’ll blog more about that at a later date…Perhaps one day I can make arcade games again and then put those on Steam, who knows? …

This is a good read. I don’t know much about the indie market so any sort of sales data helps. I thought the most insightful statistic was finding your effective hourly wage. Here in California it’s $8.50. Maybe the payout was affected by piracy

Also “re-skinning” a program base is an interesting idea. I’m sure purchases go up around the appropriate holidays. Having enough themes for year-round exposure would be expensive, but maybe the increased sales would be a big enough offset.

I included you in a little article on my blog. I don’t like link spamming, but Blogger doesn’t support trackbacks. I’m still working on a third party solution. In the mean time I still want you to know. You have good products and style so I’m spreading the word and sharing the love.

Keep it up! I’ll be reading.

BTW: Do you sell anything on Steam? Is your work with Big Fish exclusive now? Do you plan on Steam distribution in the future?