Online games has been a popular niche today. Games allow us to step out of our hectic life, and be relax for a while. With the many game sites out there, finding one can be difficult sometimes. How about playing games combined with social networking? Playing games PLUS making new friends as well? And if you’re a game developer, how can you make money if your games are used by the site? Look no further, as WorldTechLogic presents Kongregate.
Kongregate is a web2.0 ajax and flash based online hub for players and game developers to meet up, play games, and operate together as a community. Anyone can add their own games to Kongregate’s library. Clicking the “manage my games†link in your profile page will bring you to a separate page in which you can edit information for games you’ve uploaded. While you won’t be able to change the title of your game (that title is, after all, part of the game’s URL) or delete your game entirely, you can update anything else, including the description, instructions, tags, etc. Kongregate also gives you points when you: upload games, have your games featured, rate games, invite friends, submit valuable feedback, find bugs, etc. Your level will automatically rise as you earn points, showing others the contribution you’ve made toward making Kongregate a better place to hang out and play games. Points are used to redeem prizes like T-Shirt, admin priviledges, and such, but the details are still being worked out (Thanks to EmilyG – Kongregate‘s admin – for the explanations).
For the game developers, Kongregate shares between 25% and 50% of ad revenue generated within a game and game page (advertising elsewhere is not included – such as on a profile page). To qualify for an additional 15% of your game’s ad revenue, the game cannot be hosted on any website beyond Kongregate, with the exception of your own personal site. Nevertheless, you still hold the complete rights to your game, so you can put your game elsewhere should you want it to (no 15% exclusivity bonus anymore). However, you must modify your account settings and deactivate the bonus before you upload your game elsewhere.
Overall, Kongregate offers a fun experience in playing online flash games. The user interface is easy to use and the design is excellent for the niche. Kongregate is currently in its Alpha phase, meaning it’s still very early in its development. Nonetheless, what Kongregate has achieved so far impresses us. WorldTechLogic has posted on a game niche site before called MiniClip. We’ve also posted various Ajax and Flash based Online Games as well (Posts are HERE!). Will Kongregate be able beat the existing MiniClip with its extensive number of games and be a popular game social networking site, we’ll see soon enough. But with its social networking aspect, our pick certainly goes to Kongregate!
To signup for a Kongregate account, you can click HERE!
