Hello everyone who wants to create games.
In this article I will tell you what awaits you in the console. Google Play Developer.
If you decide to become a developer of games for Android, then cook 25 bucks and let's add the game to the Google Play Market.
Developer account
First of all, you need to create a developer account. Google recommends creating a separate account specifically for the Google Play developer.
Login to Google and follow the link https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup/.
Here you need to agree to the Google Play rules, enter your credit card details, and pay $ 25 for a year of owning a developer account.
Developer name
Load the game
So, you are in the developer account!
Attention! The Google Play Developer dashboard has been redesigned.
The screenshots in this article were taken with the old design.
Before uploading an APK file to Google Play, you need to sign your application as described in this article.
Do not delete the signature file from your computer. You will need it when you download new versions of your application.
And you also need to change the default package name. com.yourcompany.yourapplication
to. [developer name]. [application name]
And indicate the version of your application.
When you release an update to your game and upload a new APK file, you will need to change the version of the application. You will not be able to download an app with the same version number (the app version is displayed on Google Play).
After that, you can add the APK file. Click on the button
Top right
Enter the name of the application and click on the button Download APK.
Then, if you want, you can change the name of the application.
At closed beta testing your application in the Play Market is shown only you, and those people whose accounts you specify as testers. You can specify up to 1000 beta participants.
Press the button "Download the first APK file of the beta version" and select the file on your computer.
The maximum APK file size is 100 MB. Although if your Android app 2.2 and earlier, you can only download an app weighing 50 MB.
Here you can also create a list of testers who will have access to your beta application.
Everything is pretty simple here. You need to fill in the application description. There are some rules about what this description should be.
Short description you see on the application page:
You also need to fill in the application icon and screenshots.
Fill in all that is required. And don't forget to load images in all tabs:
Go to the next page.
It's even easier here. You need to enter your email and select the application category.
And then answer some simple questions about your game.
And she will be assigned an appropriate age rating, like this:
The last point - Prices and distribution
This is where you decide whether your app will be paid or free.
A paid application can be made free. But a free app cannot be paid for. To generate revenue from the sale of an app, you will need to publish it with a new package name (com.yourcompany.yourapplication) and then enter a price.
Carefully! Google Play Rules
Do not try to publish games with graphics from other games that you have downloaded on the Internet. This is fraught with the blocking of the developer's account. But the good news is, you can use graphics from the standard Clickteam Fusion 2.5 libraries! Games with objects from Clickteam Fusion 2.5 pass moderation on Google Play without any problems.
Ready!
When you have passed all the points,
In general, everything is pretty simple. The administration panel itself gives clear hints if you missed something. You just need to click on the link and you will see something like this:
That's all. Hope you enjoyed it. I wish you success in game development and a million downloads
Hello everyone who wants to create games. In this article I will tell you what awaits you in the Google Play Developer console. If you decide to become a game developer for Android, then cook 25 bucks and let's add the game to the Google Play Market. Developer account First of all you need to create a developer account. Google recommends creating a separate account specifically for the Google Play developer. Login to Google and follow the link https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup/. Here you need to agree to the Google Play rules, enter your credit card details, and pay $ 25 for a year of owning a developer account. Next, you will need to fill in the developer profile information. The developer's name will be displayed ...
How to add games to Google Play
How to add games to Google Play
If evaluating the effectiveness of content on an app page in the store is a dark forest for you, take a look at the Google Play Developers Console. I will explain how to work with this tool.
What is Google Play Developers Console
Once the apk file of your app is ready, it needs to be added to the Google Play app store.
The number of new users is not equal to the number of installations in the same period.
Two criteria are available in the report: traffic source data and country data. You can generate a report for a day, a week or a month; unfortunately, you cannot select a period arbitrarily.
The report is presented as a funnel.
- Unique visitors to the app page in the store.
- The number of users who, after viewing, installed the application.
- Number of buyers.
- Repeat buyers.
The data is generated in the form of a cohort, that is, only those users who have visited the page and installed the application during this period of time will be included in the report for the selected time range. We wrote about what cohort analysis is and why it is important for marketing research.
The Play Store metric is the results of your ASO, that is, the results of page optimization and indexing in the app store.
Basically, these are unique users who came to your app page as a result of searching or viewing apps in the Play Store.
3. Section "Ratings and reviews"
The "Ratings" subsection is a report that allows you to see the dynamics of ratings by day, week, month and evaluate how users perceived the introduction of a new feature.
"Reviews" is a field for the activities of your reputation manager, SMM specialist or any other person who is responsible for communicating with users who write you requests / complaints in reviews in the store.
In this section, the Google Play Developers Console system voluntarily-compulsorily asks you for something and shows you what you have already done. For example, add screenshots for tablets if your application supports such devices.
5. Section "Data for Google Play"
This section complements the previous report, as it shows what is displayed on the store page - language, short description, full description, icon, graphics.
It is highly desirable to add a promo video to the Google Play page, as this affects the attractiveness of your page for the store and the user.
conclusions
Google Play Developers Console is a tool that can and should be used when marketing a mobile application. If you understand the Google Play Developers Console, you will understand:
- how the store perceives your application;
- how the store shows the effectiveness of your content on the app page.
In fact, it is an important link between the product developer and its users.
The first illustration is a photo of Freddie Fabrice from The Renaissance Series.
A huge library of applications called Google Play is not only a source of a huge variety of programs for mobile devices based on the Android operating system, but also a way to make yourself known. We are talking about novice software developers who have an excellent opportunity to show their abilities and replenish the virtual software shelves with their creations.
Do you want to become a Google developer and place your application on the Play Market? To do this, you need to create your account and pay a single entry fee of twenty-five dollars. Moreover, each registered developer has the opportunity to invite others, assign respective roles and jointly produce this or that software. The company is guaranteed to undertake the maintenance of statistics, the organization of sales and payments, charging thirty percent of the total income. At the same time, the applications themselves may well be free - with or without advertising.
As for the statistics, the maintenance of which is undertaken by Google, it includes detailed information about the devices, the number of installations or uninstallations themselves, and so on. This allows the developer to personally adjust the features of their application or applications in accordance with user behavior. The company also offers its personal recommendations and advice on optimizing the created software, which will significantly increase its popularity. To create an account, you need to follow the following link:
To do this, you must provide your full name, as well as a nickname that is associated with Google mail. Try to come up with a simple and at the same time unique name (nickname) so that it is recognizable and easy to remember. You will find out all the nuances by clicking on the link above.
After creating an account, you need to go to developer console, and for this there is the following link:
At this point, you must check the box to accept the terms of the agreement for the distribution of the software you create and pay a twenty-five dollar registration fee. For this, of course, you need a virtual bank card. As for the currency, it can also be in rubles, since the system will automatically convert at the appropriate rate.
Remember that this registration fee is one-time and you get the right to invite other developers to co-produce software. Thus, you can simply assemble a whole team and share just one account, and the amount of the registration fee is simply not shared by all.