All posts by Tim Buchalka

Which Source Code Should I Pick For My First Reskin

Cate wrote in to my asking some very valid questions about choosing reskins, and I was typing away with the answer in email, then realised that these questions are probably asked by many people starting

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Apple Rejecting Apps That Reward Players For Video Views Or Social Media Sharing

In June, Apple started rejecting app submissions if the app rewarded the user with in game currency or unlocked parts of the game, etc. I saw a number of rejections from client projects we were working

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Is It Time For Android Reskins?

When I wrote my reskinning apps ebook last year, it was based on my experience with IOS and Android. It was pretty conclusively the case that IOS was outperforming Android (in the reskinning apps business)

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Are You Doing What You Want To Do?

Today is my 50th birthday.  As I write this, I am asking myself, am I living the life I want to live, and doing all the things I want to do and/or be doing? To a large degree, the answer is Yes!  I quit my

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Where Do You Buy Source Code For Reskins?

Hi again, This is a question I get asked often. Where do you buy decent source code to get into the reskinning games business. The answer is, it depends. I am going to be a bit controversial here

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How Much Will A Reskin Cost?

Hello again, Two posts in two days – what can I say other than… I AM ON FIRE!! Todays topic is a question that is very important but that does not necessarily have an easy answer. How much

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300 Reskins, Source Code, Free Ebook and Android Conversions!!

Hello and welcome to a “better late than never” post on this blog. Topics covered in todays edition… 1. 300th Reskin achieved in under 8 months! 2. I now have my own source code for sale! 3.

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Reskinning Game vs Game Cloning – What’s The Difference?

Recently there has been a bit of an uproar in the reskinning community about how bad reskinning is, and how it will ruin the industry and how cloning a game is stealing peoples contents. Firstly, these

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Apple Rejecting Apps With IDFA (Identifier For Advertisers). Time to Panic?

You may have heard that Apple are starting to reject apps that have the IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers) embedded in the source code. Maybe you are thinking this is the end of the reskinning, or life,

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Can Reskinning Become A Bad Thing?

Firstly, welcome to 2014 – Yes I am pretty slow at updating this blog, I am determined to post at least 2-3 new posts per week from now on, and here is the 1st post for 2014. The $64 Million dollar

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Surf Slots Reskin – Adding Value To Your Game Reskins

This is the original Surf Slots game – a basic Slot machine for IOS devices. It suffers from a lack of retina (HD) graphics, no iPad support and relativelly poor choices for monetization (bad enough

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What To Do When Your Reskinned Game Goes Live Into The Apple App Store

So you just received an email like this one (from a reskinned game we completed for a client), and are wondering if you need to do anything else? Well, if you are using Chartboost, AppLovin, RevMob AKA

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How To Setup Your Reskinned Game In iTunes Connect

This video shows you step by step how to do the initial setup of your reskinned game into iTunes Connect. It’s aimed at those of you who want to do this stuff yourself. This is totally outsourceable,

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My Free eBook – How To Start In The Reskinning Apps Business

It’s here! I’ve been hiding away in a cave for a few months working away on my book, and its now released and available on this website for FREE !!!  Yes FREE – Read on to find out how

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How To Integrate The AppLovin SDK Into Your Game Reskin

In todays posts, I am going to discuss applovin.com and specifically, how to integrate its SDK into your Xcode game project. This is for those of you who want to do the geeky stuff yourself and not outsource

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Emmy Jonassen at Konsoll 2013 Talking About Marketing Indie Games With No Funds

I found this excellent video today by Emmy Jonassen of Indie Game Girl fame. Its a 53 minute video on how to market your games without a budget. This video was a presentation Emmy made at Konsoll 2013,

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Like A Free Consultation With Me One on One? (No Strings Attached)

Google just went live today with a new service called Helpouts. This is where you can connect up and speak to someone live via video (or audio only). It’s a pretty neat service and the really cool

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Sensor Tower – A Review Of This Powerful ASO Tool

I’ve been getting some people writing in asking me to explain what app store optimization is, and to make some suggestions on some decent tools that can be used. Well, App store optimization (ASO)

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Avalanche Mountain Part 1, Part 2 And Lotto Scratchers Unlimited License Discount Deal!

On this page, you have the opportunity to pick up three complete games, with unlimited reskins for one discounted price. The individual source code for each game can be purchased individually if you prefer

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Lotto Scratchers – Lottery Scratch Off Tickets – Source Code

If you have taken a look at the top 200 grossing games on iPad  you will see that Casino games are usually well represented.  When I checked just now there were five games in there. Casino, “virtual

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