What is Flash Game License?

Have ever wondered how those big games like Sony and Desktop Tower Defense actually earn something? They probably sold a license or got sponsored by a big game portal and this is where Flash Game License comes in.

Flash Game License (FGL) is a website that sells licenses and sponsorships to various game portals all over the web. The idea behind it is that the developer puts his game on their site to get a license on the game. The selling process is like an auction: every interested sponsor leaves a bid in the game with a value and the type of the license/sponsorship. The developer chooses what bid to accept and when. Great games get bids for thousands, while smaller games get the attention of the smaller portals. The fee to the site is that if you got a deal from them you should pay a commission of 10%. IMHO it's fair, since you probably wouldn't get much from Ads and self-sponsoring.

There are three types of licenses avaiable:
Exclusive sponsorship
The sponsor gets the right to distribute a branded version of your game everywhere and this version must be the only one on the net. Tend to pay a more, but you won't earn anything from this game anymore, since most sponsors don't allow ads on this.

Primary sponsorship
The sponsor will distribute a branded version of your game all around the web, but it will not be site locked. You will be able to sell site locked versions of your game, although the game must remain exclusive on the Primary sponsor' site for some time.

Non-Exclusive sponsorship
The sponsor will get a site locked version of your game with their branding and APIs. You can sell many licenses of this type as long as you don't sell an Exclusive.

Besides being a good way to monetize Flash Games, FGL also has a great community. You can post about everything on its forums and get game feedback from developers. There are some experienced guys that can give very good tips. There are forums to find people to work with too! Overall, it's a pretty good environment and I recommend to anyone who's willing to develop some good flash games.

That's it. Thanks for the audience :p

Introduction and News

Hi!
I'm igordsm, a newbie hobby game developer. In this blog I'll post updates about the games that I'm starting to develop and some other related projects that come into my mind. The name MontaGames is a joke with my last name and is intended to be used as a brand for my games and other related projects, no matter if they're open source or have the code locked down with seven keys :p

Right now I'm happy because my first game got a bid on FlashGameLicense (I'll post about it later). Although the bid is low, it's my first! When I get the link to the released version I'll post it here.

I'll go to sleep now. See ya!