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Show HN: PropellerSDK – add tournaments and monetize your game

propellersdk.com

9 pointsrohamg10 comments

Grantoo cofounder here. We'd love to hear what the HackerNews community thinks of what we've built. We're a team of game developers frustrated with the options out there for engaging + monetizing players by delivering value, not showing ads, so we decided to take matters into our own hands. With PropellerSDK, we are matching top games with Fortune500 brands who will sponsor tournaments with real prizes (tuition, charity grants, etc) for players. Games get great features + a new revenue stream, players win prizes, and brands benefit from the most effective mobile advertising channel currently available.

This is a Version1, V2 is already in the works and slated for release in March 2013 - so let us know what you think!

I've watched them do an integration. It was stupid fast. They seem to recognize that if they scare developers off with a shitty SDK integration they're dead in the water so they NAILED that part.

Interesting. How does the integration work? How long does it take? Who are the brands? How do you make money? It says you're choosing 10 games.. How and when?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, I want to know how far this is from release before spending time reviewing it. I hate the "enter your email and we'll get back to you" vaporware.

not vaporware. tech is built and already in use.

V1 is ready to deploy, brands are already on-board, first campaigns go live in February. We are accepting Games on a rolling basis over the next two months. It will usually take a couple of days to get back to you.

This is not vaporware. Our tech team is among the best in the business, led by Alan Price former CTO of Electronic Arts. the server infrastructure we've built is one-of-a-kind, battle-tested, fast and scaleable.

The integration takes less than an hour, and is fully customizable / skinnable. our goal is to give game developers full control over the user experience.

Thanks. deck looks great and gives details, im passing this by my team. fyi the navbar doesn't work for me. Had to scroll manually.

I've worked with these guys and love what they're doing. PropellerSDK looks great!

i wish we had that in France!

Grantoo was founded in Paris before moving to SF :) Europe is very much on the radar.

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