Below are the resources and tools that we've used to start our mobile gaming company. We hope you find them as useful as they've been for us. As we find more useful resources that we've tried and can vouch for, we'll continue to add them to the list.
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For Business:
- LegalZoom: Provides an easy way to incorporate and become a legit company.
- 99 Designs: Design resource where designers around the world compete for your business for logo design, branding, web design, and more.
- Weebly: Web hosting service that makes it easy to create your own website in minutes. Simple and intuitive.
For Game Development:
- Game Design Document: Free template to build out your game concept.
- Treehouse: Online learning platform offering courses in mobile and web development. We recommend the following course: - Mobile game design
- Udemy: Online learning platform offering thousands of courses with a variety of topics. The courses that we've taken and recommend include:
- Game development with Unity
- App Store Optimization (ASO) Tactics
- Monetization Strategies and Trends: Information on the different monetization strategies (source: App Annie)
- App Annie & Sensor Tower: ASO and keyword research
- Upwork: Online work platform that we've used to find graphic, animation, and mobile development freelancers.