Earn 5 Stars with the RateBox Extension for Adobe AIR
Word of mouth is one of the best ways to spread the word about your App- and there's no better way to do it than the built-in rating system on the iOS App Store and Android Google Play. Boost your ratings with the RateBox App Rating Native Extension for Adobe AIR!
Set simple rating parameters with just a few lines of code, and you're ready to go. RateBox automatically tracks number of uses, how long the app's installed, and any custom trigger of your own choosing. Then it prompts your most engaged users to say thanks with a great rating- and sends them directly to the built-in rating native rating dialog on the App Store.
RateBox even detects when a new version of your app has been installed, so you can be sure your ratings stay high with each new release. The RateBox App Rating AIR Native Extension for iOS and Android is available now, and comes with the year of free technical support and updates you've come to expect from Milkman Games. Check it out now in the tools section!
Amazon/Kindle Fire In-App Purchase for Adobe AIR
Just this week, Amazon released their In-App Purchase platform for the immensely popular Amazon App Store and Kindle Fire; and we're proud to be making this feature immediately available to all Adobe AIR and Flash developers via our new Amazon In-App Purchase Native Extension for Adobe AIR!
- Make money from free apps with in-app purchases
- Capitalize on the Amazon Free App a Day promotion by offering in-app products
- Step-by-Step illustrated guide shows you how to set it up, from the Amazon Developer website to your final APK
- Complete sample application, as3 docs, and getting started guide included
- Sell consumable, subscription or permanent products through your Flash app!
The extension is available now for $49.99, and comes with one year of direct e-mail support. Learn more and get your copy now in the Tools section.
Native Facebook, Twitter, and More for iOS Adobe AIR!
You've made a great game, and it's time to spread the word. And we've listened to the hundreds of developers using our tools to bring you three of the most requested social features- Facebook, Twitter, and Mail- all in one awesome iOS Social Networking Native Extension for Adobe AIR! Here's just a few ideas for things you can do with the GoViral Native Extension:
- Seamlessly authenticate your players with their Facebook accounts
- Invite Facebook friends to your game - if they read the invite on facebook.com it will take them to the App Store site to buy. Read it on their phone in the Facebook app? Links right back to your app.
- Take a live screenshot of an epic boss battle in your game - and post it directly to the Facebook photo stream
- Send a Tweet announcing a high score
- Email friends an invite to try your game, with images and links attached
- Tweet a picture of your custom game avatar
- Post the solution to a tough puzzle to your Facebook wall
- Read and post scores to a Facebook app leaderboard
- Post Facebook Game Achievements or Challenges, into the game stream
- And a whole lot more!
The entire Facebook Graph API is at your fingertips - all with a familiar Actionscript 3 interface. Tap the native Twitter features of iOS 5 in your app. Send messages and pictures via the native iOS Email client without ever leaving your game. Everything you need to Go Viral!
The GoViral Facebook, Twitter, and Mail iOS Extension for Adobe AIR is available now, and comes with a step by step illustrated guide, full AS3 documentation, and the year of free and friendly email support you've come to expect from Milkman Games! Check it out now in the tools section!
Amazing MeatBot! Preview: Love, meat, and cat fur
Amazing MeatBot!- A game made with lots of love, meat, and cat fur. If you've got a thing and the thing has a touch screen, you'll be playing this April 19th 2012!
MeatBot gets a Makeover
OmnomBot's New Look
OmnomBot still lives. We swear. And he's getting a serious makeover. This game is taking longer than originally planned, but it's going to be all the better for it. I have a lot more to say about indie development time, bootstrapping a business, and ravenous robots- but I'll save that for another post.
iOS In-App Purchase Extension for Adobe AIR
The top-grossing apps on the App Store are monetized with in-app purchases, and the power of Apple's native StoreKit is now available to all Flash and AIR developers- with our iOS In-App Purchase Native Extension for Adobe AIR! Our extension will get in-app purchases running in your AIR iOS App quickly and easily - so you can focus on writing great games. It's the fastest, cleanest, and best-documented In-App Purchase solution for AIR developers there is!
- Simple and familiar AS3 API- Purchase items, load the catalog, or restore transactions with just one call
- Fully illustrated, step-by-step PDF guide walks you through iTunes Connect setup process
- Fully featured example code included
- Maximize revenue potential through in-app purchases!
The extension is available now for $49.99, and comes with one year of direct e-mail support from Milkman Games. Learn more and get the iOS In-App Purchase Native Extension for Adobe AIR on the Tools page.
Announcing Android In-App Purchases for Adobe AIR!
Selling in-app purchases inside your Android apps is a highly effective technique for driving revenue on the Android Market- one that was unfortunately inaccessible to Adobe AIR developers- until now! Today Milkman Games is happy announce our In-App Billing for Android Native Extension for Adobe AIR. With this extension, you can sell consumable and permanent items in your Android Flash and Flex applications, all using a simple and familiar Actionscript 3 interface:
- Fast and easy to use - access the complete Android in-app billing API from Actionscript
- Step-by-step illustrated guide shows you how to set up In-App Billing on the Android developer website
- Complete sample application, as3 docs, and getting started guide included
- Sell consumable or permanent products through your Flash app!
The extension is available now for $49.99, and comes with one year of direct e-mail support. Combined with our AdMob Extension for Adobe AIR, Flash developers are able to make money on Android like never before. Learn more and get your copy now in the Tools section.
Adobe AIR now supports iAd!
Milkman Games is happy to announce the release of our latest Native Extension for Adobe AIR- iAd! Using this extension, you can now quickly and easily enable native Apple iAds into your Adobe AIR or Flash projects, and start monetizing your piece of a mobile market with millions of downloads per month.
iOS iAd Native Extension for Adobe AIR conforms perfectly to Apple's specifications, and is wrapped up in an easy to use Actionscript 3 interface. It has all the features and ease of use you can expect from all our tools:
- Fast and easy to use
- Fully documented with examples and step by step set up tutorial
- Full control over ad placement, visibility, and flow
- Support for banner ads on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
- Supports the lucrative iPad-only fullscreen iAd format
The extension comes with 1 year of direct email support and free updates, and is available for $29.99. Check it out now!
Holiday Discount: 30% off Game Center Extension
Milkman Games would like to wish you a Happy Holidays, and Santa would love to see Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements in your iPhone Games this year! So, our Game Center Extension for Adobe AIR is 30% off (over $20 savings) until Christmas! All you need to do is apply the special holiday discount code, which you can find in our Twitter feed! Retweet it, tell your friends, and share the cheer- there's enough for everyone as long as you grab it before Christmas!
Happy Holidays!
Adding iPhone Game Center to Your Adobe AIR / Flash Game Part 1: iTunes Connect
Now that Adobe AIR for iOS supports Game Center via our Game Center iOS Extension for Adobe AIR, it's about time for some some step-by-step tutorials on getting your first leaderboards and achievements showing up in your Flash / AIR game! We'll start with the iOS Developer Portal end of things, which is easy to do but takes a few steps to get it all put together.
Before you can test Game Center features on iOS, you need to register the game on the iOS Developer Portal and define your leaderboards and achievements. So head on over to developer.apple.com and let's get started!