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Hi people, this last month i have been programming a game for someone else, it should be ready by the next week.
I was wondering what should i give him so he can submit it. I mean, should he send me his entitlements/profiles so i compile and codesign it with his data or it doesn't matter?
Thanks!
P.D.:i can't disclose it's name yet, but it was made entirely with cocos2d and because of that i was able to finish it in less than a month! Thanks again!
I think he should do what you mention - send you hit entitlements/profile so you can compile. Then send him the zip file so he can upload to itunesconnect. If he has issues I think he can give you a developer role on his itunesconnect to do uploads. Good luck.
May I ask what type of rate you charged (ballpark)? I have had offers to do coding for others but I wasn't sure how much to charge, plus I'm doing my own thing right now.
Thanks! i will try that!
As for the price, i charged him around 1500 dollars (programing of the full and lite version, openfeint and tapjoy integration. Graphics were provided by the client.). I don't know if it much money, but i finally did it in a month working 3-4 hours a day top. and 1500 dollars is a little more than the double i earn working as full time semi-senior php developer in my country (argentina).
It is a good experience i think, at least i can get back the money i spent on my mac, since my game sold about 150 copies :P
I think client iphone work is potentially more profitable than doing your own apps, unless your lucky enough to get noticed!
That actually sounds pretty cheap pabloruiz55, but then again, it'll likely be hard for your client to get that back in sales (depending on the app of course). We've done one small app for a client as a tester at a similar low-ish rate, and are now looking to expand our offerings to other clients once our personal project is out of the door in the upcoming week (fingers crossed).
@pabloruiz55 - Congrats on your success! =)
@jd -
In the US I typically charge around $100-$150 / hour for client iPhone development. I'll go towards the lower end of the scale if I'm getting a percentage of the profits ( typically around 10% in my experience ). That can be discussed with the contract.
Most application development for clients can go fairly quick, in my experience averaging 1-4 week turnaround. This is much smaller than the typical life-cycle for other development projects I get contracts for, so the rate is higher to compensate.
As for which one can be more profitable, it's difficult to say. After a year I can still get at least a couple hundred each month from released stuff, so I think the residual aspect of the income plays pretty large in my equations. I also typically find more enjoyment working on personal projects, even if I don't end up releasing them.
But for me the biggest thing of all is that I enjoy developing, and I like developing for this platform. Because of that, I could make squat off my own apps or even never release them and still not regret it. I haven't made my millions off any of it, nor do I expect to - but that won't discourage me from having fun. =)
@exorcyze: wow that's lot of money, i didn't mention that i landed this job thought one of those freelance pages (getafreelancer,odesk,etc) And the prices offered in there tend to be really small... 90% of the offerings i have seen expect a full fledged game for way too less of what i asked for. It is a pity people are doing a "complete" iphone game for $250 :S
Well, that's US - world market may vary. For me it doesn't pay double what I typically make from other contracts, though the rate is higher. So I'd say if it boils down to an hourly rate that works out well compared to your day job doing PHP then you did good - in my opinion. =)
And yes, I've found those job boards typically tend to *really* lowball things. Projects where I get that rate are either through headhunters or direct contacts. I think some of the freelancer page gigs tend to not have a firm grasp on valuation of time or effort. =)
But again I'd like to stress that if you had fun *and* you did as well as or better than your day job, then major kudos - that's a winning situation in my book!
haha yeah, i am not complaining at all but if i managed to land a $100 an hour project well that would be REALLY winning situation :P
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