Emanuele Feronato

Talking about Game development, Monetize and Reviews.

I have to say, I spent more than a couple of minutes to find a title for this post. I wanted to write something like “[do stuff] with GamerSafe” but there are so many things you can make with it… in the end I gave up and used the official “Centralize your Flash gaming life”. Shame on me.

Let me talk about GamerSafe

The service allows players to enrich their gaming experience and developers and publishers to earn money out of it.

Let’s see its features in detail

PLAYERS

GamerSafe is a free service for players looking for a better gaming experience. The most important feature allows you to save games, highscores and achievements in a cross-site way. This means you can play a game on Kongregate, save it and continue playing on Newgrounds. All the achievements will be kept in one place, so you are free to play anywhere and be sure your hard-gained rewards bill be saved no matter where you are playing.

Completing tasks and quests will make you earn GamerPoints you can spend in shops to get new items and rewards. Moreover, you can buy GamerGold with real money and use them to unlock exclusive content that will lead to more achievements.

If you think players play games for pure fun no matter the achievements, maybe you should consider the 2.5 billion Xbox Achievements unlocked.

DEVELOPERS

Developers can add all players features in their game, giving players a reason more to play their games and getting more gameplays. They can also earn money when a player purchases items with GamerGold, with a 60% revenue share. Higher than the average one.

Moreover, developers can automatically split the revenue share with co-authors or sponsors.

PUBLISHERS

Publishers earn 10% of all transactions made by games played on their sites, but the really important feature is having a unique system handling points and achievements should reduce the gap between the ordinary arcade site and the achievement-enabled site like Kongregate.

I thought a video could give you a better idea about the system I am playing Swordless Ninja, I purchased an item with my GamerPoints and if you have a little patience (normally I play better but… you know… the camera…) you’ll see me unlocking an achievement.

That’s all at the moment, but I will try the API in my next game in order to make some tutorials and share my experience with you.