Comments on: GDC Austin: 'Tips for Success as an Indie iPhone Developer' by Imangi Studios

By: dingosmoov

dingosmoov — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:02:10 +0000

Great work guys and this is inspiration for me and my wife. Thank you so much for sharing.

By: Pedro

Pedro — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:02:05 +0000

Hello Natalia and Keith

Great job! I really admire people who success on having their own business.

Is it possible to know Harbor Master’s sales numbers over a longer period of time? (maybe 6 or more months)

Thanks for sharing!
Pedro

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:43:30 +0000

Appreciate these insights. Persistence, adaptation, and exploitation can pay off. In my experience, most ideas don't work, but a few do, and you run with them. Your story rings true. Thanks for sharing.

By: Benjohn

Benjohn — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:47:35 +0000

Totaly agree with you, Mr(?) AttackOfThePwned.

Those aren't stella, overnight millionaire numbers, but what did you expect? Becoming rich and successful to be easy? It's a job, not a scratch card!

My App's in the health a fitness category, so it's quite a different market. But… I've invested probably 10K in its development (in terms of what I would have earned if I'd been working). I'm expecting to get back probably 30K or 40K. I'm not expecting to become a millionaire, I'm just expecting to enjoy building things that people love using, and that I care about passionately. If I can keep on doing that, I'll be a very contented man.

By: Chris Snoop

Chris Snoop — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:13:13 +0000

Wasn't expecting that but that was funny as hell.

By: AttackOfThePwned

AttackOfThePwned — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:45:33 +0000

Going off your guesstimates, $94k/2 = $47k. Making that amount in a six month time frame is more than a lot of people make in one year. In no way would I think that is bad business when you consider they had no background in game development.

You are not going to see the $250k+ stories as time goes on with the App Store. Look at eBay, it has grown to where a lot of home business minded people can make a decent living off of their sales. They are not rich but they make it and working for yourself is basically what it is all about.

I never want to go back to working for someone else based on the fact that I have freedom now with my own business. Yes I work more but I feel much more accomplished knowing that my decisions mean something.

I would say Imangi is making it by just fine in the current App Store economy.

By: Natalia

Natalia — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:00:01 +0000

Wow, a lot of assumptions in those numbers…. I'm just going to say that they're wrong

By: Natalia

Natalia — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:58:57 +0000

Haha, thanks for the write up. I'm not sure if we're Taylor or Beyonce, but the comments are lolarious

By: alma

alma — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:57:20 +0000

I bet, coming up the holiday version of HM

By: alma

alma — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:43:52 +0000

this doesn't seem success story, they worked for 6 months and sold 142.000 Harbor Master apps ~ $142k – 33% Apple = $94K for x men
and this app was in top 3… This App Store business is not enough good business