Monetizing HTML5 games on many platforms

Questions
#1

Can you drop the same game with Game Distribution & Yandex?

asking for a friend. ( my wallet )

#2

Yes, GD and Yandex are not asking for exclusivity. But I would recommend that you don’t release your game on Yandex. Try CrazyGames instead. Or even better, release on Poki.com exclusively.

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#3

Right on! I will check them out! thanks.
Would it be wise to have a build for each sdk?
Or could I gang them up in one build?

#4

A combination. I would switch extension in game.project and at runtime check which one is present.

if poki_sdk then
    poki_sdk.rewarded_break()
elseif gdsdk then
    gdsdk.show_rewarded_ad()
end
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#5

Hello, why do you recommend not to use Yandex ? I think this information would be useful for developers who are looking at this platform

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#6

Yandex is a Russian company with HQ in Moscow. Some of the revenue from games on Yandex will through taxes end up as bullets fired at Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

Yandex used to also provide news services, but these have apparently been sold to VK, which is at least a sign that Yandex is trying to distance itself from involvement in propaganda, but still…

Note: We have a lot of Defold users of Russian descent. I have nothing against any of you.

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#7

brilliant. thank u very much for the advice!

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#8

I see, thanks for the clarification.

By the way, can you tell me if there are html5 platforms like Yandex games with low requirements to the quality of the game ? Just in Yandex games, almost no requirements except for launching, which is very useful for beginner developers.

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#9

You could try releasing the game on itch.io. I think you should be able to use add services such as AdMob for H5.

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#10

Why do you recommend Poki exclusively? Is there any benefit to be only there?

#11

It’s Poki that has the exclusivity. If you release there, you cannot release on other web portals. (but e.g. mobile is fine)
So that’s why you need to make an informed decision about which route to take.

#12

Do you know if this exclusitivy is only about web? Can I release my game also on Steam?

#13

I believe the exclusivity is only for the web.
You can join our discord and go to our Discord #poki channel to ask more questions from their dev rel people.