Introduction
Two years I have worked as an Indie. Two years fighting for good on behalf of developers, sharing about my earnings and achievements every month. So far I can say this for sure - going off from offices to become an indie was the best decision I've made. Another one - sharing my stats with you, my dear colleagues.
Some History
I have released 21 Flash games, 3 iPhone games, launched 1 portal, 1 blog, a forum and support group. Meanwhile, my personal life has also seen an increase in quality - no crunches, no 16-hour work days. I became a father for a second time. I was able to spend 31 days outside Russia, and two weeks inside Russia =).
Some Plans
On January 1st, 2010, I will be going with Memphys.SK to an open office in Kaliningrad - the most game developer centric city of Russia.
Stats and Pictures
In total I was able to earn - $68,797. First year was - $40,468, second - $28,329. In average per month - $2,866.
Finally new EF game released - "Elite Forces: Warfare"
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What an awesome month was October - lots of new deals, 2 conferences, and income increase. Also, I`m moving to new server, so EG.net still kind of lame, no time to upgrade it =(
Total by Games - 1753$. Total by portal - 221$.
Here goes sequel to Joes Farm - Joes Last Stand, with should be look like parody of 'Last Stand'.
This idea have visited me 118 days ago. Basically we made this game a long time ago, just lots of small things have been fixed, and another problem - time-difference between bugy developer and busy sponsor =).
Just now I have update overall stats.
New stuff - now income in % from overall, new item - Kongregate ads(in old chart they was as Other), and new game listed.
Ads brings 31% while licensing 42%.
Here is full stats - $23180.