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[Piemaniac]

Are there respected publishers, either on this forum or elsewhere, who handle the technical aspects of GM mobile game distribution (e.g. exporting / device testing / store submitting)?

I am currently finishing my game in GM7, and would hope to eventually get it working for iPhone & Android. For me to do this myself, I would have to buy GM Studio, a developer iPhone, a Mac computer and an Android device, and also learn how to properly test/submit the app to the respective stores. This process is not only out of my budget but is beyond my expertise.

Ideally there would be a person or group who has these means and experience who would be willing to work with me to get the game properly set up and out the door into stores. I would be more than happy to compensate the publisher for this distribution process with a one-time contract payment. Preferably the app would itself would be free. If it would help, I've been thinking about at least buying GM Studio (sans modules) to at least get the game better prepared for the export, better than GM7 anyway.

Developers and distributors are almost always separate entities, so I can't imagine this is an obscene request. If you are someone or know someone who would be potentially interested in this type of working relationship, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations!

[Dangerous_Dave]

The nature of this can mean submitting a game using *your* Apple account to the iOS store is not as simple as it sounds, probably why it's not widespread practice yet. It's likely somewhat easier but not simple to do this for Android.

However, I'm looking at entering the mobile app store market at some stage in the future. It would start with Android, being the cheaper market to enter (due to me already owning everything I need, except the export options for Studio), probably in the next few months. Then I'd look at the iOS store if this was successful.

If your game is as good as you imply, I'd be willing to port your game for you. This would be submitted using *my* account (due to the above discussed), but if it's a free (and ad-less) game, then I wouldn't accept payment for it.

[PetzI]

YoYoGames publishes games to mobile: http://www.yoyogames...ases/publishing

I have no idea about how good the deal they offer is.

[Nocturne]

YoYo games develope their games "in house" and currently are not looking for submissions from other sources... However if the game is really good, and they think they can give it a better exposure and publish it for you, then they will contact you. But please don't go sending stuff just on the off chance!!!

[Piemaniac]

The nature of this can mean submitting a game using *your* Apple account to the iOS store is not as simple as it sounds, probably why it's not widespread practice yet. It's likely somewhat easier but not simple to do this for Android.

I'm fine with having it listed under the publisher's name, in fact I assumed it would. Thanks a lot for offering. I can get in touch with you in a few months to see if you're still interested. In the meantime I'm going to leave the offer open to others in case that doesn't pan out.

The game I'm working on right now is called Rotary [ WIP topic ], which is a rotational puzzle game. I'm not sure if it's exciting per se but it's gotten positive feedback and lends itself well to the mobile format. After this project is done I expect to develop more games in the future, especially if an amiable partnership with a publisher can be established.

[Dangerous_Dave]

Your game looks good, I'd be happy to publish that on mobile. Let me know when you're ready and we can get started

[Piemaniac]

Great, thanks! It's about 90% finished so it's not ready to go yet, but I'll be in touch.