Getting your game out there! Platform distribution

In the previous section, we talked about the mobile and PC platforms concerning the in-game economies. However, we did not go into detail about distributing to these platforms. Well, now’s the time.

In this section, we’ll examine the options available for distributing our games on mobile and PC platforms. This will be a high-level review of the processes, with a focus geared more toward commercial releases. I’ll also provide links for each platform for the – in most cases – step-by-step details of preparing our game for distribution on that platform.

Console distribution

For console distribution platforms such as PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch, a game developer – who is not associated with a large AAA studio – will face additional challenges regarding these platforms. The additional set of requirements for getting our games on consoles generally involves such things...