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I've been fortunate to get some featuring by Apple which has driven most of my sales

… I've been fortunate to get some featuring by Apple which has driven most of my sales. I'm hopeful the daily word game, Well Word, will start to take off because it's the best game I've made and I'm really proud of it. I started working on Pine Tar Poker while I had a different job about 13 months ago and I've since switched to trying my hand at converting my side project into my full-time gig [3]! My short-term goal is to be able to pay my mortgage with the proceeds. [1] https://www.pinetarpoker.com [2] https://wellwordgame.com [3] https://www.birdcartel.com

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max_HN

I plan on starting a side project but don't really have a niche yet. I am interested in knowing what business you run is it a mobile app, website, Saas? And how long it took you to reach $2k monthly revenue?

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What do you see as your best routes to monetization on the Apple v. Android and how FTP differs on each platform? Also, what routes of promotion have you been taking to build a customer base? Sorry to ask so many questions, but as a maker of personal projects which are games, I'm curious about the promotion and monetization of mobile games =)

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totoglazerHN

Not sure if you’re interested in feedback, but I found well world intimidating and didn’t understand the objective/affordances. Clicked it and had a bunch of letters and no idea what to do. Closed it. Looks pretty though.

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m3atHN

I just tried well word, unlike a sibling comment I think it's fun :) Though I have to agree that it's a bit unclear how to proceed at first. Maybe make a link to the tutorial more easily accessible, or even auto-suggested on first visit?

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sogenHN

Do you have a lengthier description of what Pine Tar poker is about? I like Yahtzee so it interests me. Thanks

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