I don't know if it has been already discussed here, but i wasn't able to find informations about my topic.
Is there a way known how to show Ads in Unity games (at the loading screens for example)? As I unterstand AdMob this is click payed which should not work with Ouya.
To be honest, Ads at Loadingscreen do not bother me at all. I think that is a good way for small games which would not reach a big audience when people have to pay for it. I rather interrested in solutions than in a discussion if ads are good or bad.
Personally, I would hope that OUYA won't allow games to have ads (I mean unrelated ads, not promotions to sell the game itself). It kind of devalues the whole experience of playing on a console.
Personally, I would hope that OUYA won't allow games to have ads (I mean unrelated ads, not promotions to sell the game itself). It kind of devalues the whole experience of playing on a console.
I'm not fond of ads in games either, but the whole point of OUYA is to empower devs to experiment with different payment plans. If someone thinks their game will be more profitable with ad revenue than with IAP, they should be able to try it.
The problem, I suppose, is that if a game is receiving its income from ad payments, OUYA isn't able to take their cut of that income the way they can with an IAP. So it might be reasonable to disallow it strictly for that reason.
Best make your game with a option to buy, I don't go for ads in games. As soon as I start seeing this crap on ouya I will install and enable adblock plus.
I suppose you could partner up with some kind of video ad network, which pay per view, not per click, and run them before launching your game, or between levels or something. Off the top of my head I don't know of anything that's as easy to implement as AdMob, but I'd be suprised if there isn't something out there.
Alternately, you can put AdMob ads in your main menus and pause screen (rather than putting them in your game state), and make them selectable/clickable with the controller. If you include a little "please support our sponsors" message below it, you'll probably get just as many clicks as you would on a touchscreen device (ie: basically none). ;-)
Yeah, banner ads don't make sense on Ouya like they do on touchscreens. It seems like the only way to do ads on Ouya would be interstitials (or on menus as nobleRobot mentioned). So, for example, after each playthrough, show a full screen ad (or video) with two buttons "Visit Sponsor" or "Continue Game". I don't see any reason why devs couldn't do that. In fact, I'm a little surprised I haven't seen anyone try ads on Ouya yet.
Ad networks might not like that. And I haven't seen ones that allow custom buttons instead of viewing HTML or using their SDK to show clickable rectangle/banner.
Actually they do. Advertisers are aiming their ads at mobile devices. Running them on OUYA might break the terms and conditions. It's easy to get banned because for ad networks we, developers, are nothing.
Best make your game with a option to buy, I don't go for ads in games. As soon as I start seeing this crap on ouya I will install and enable adblock plus.
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On OUYA though the best and widely accepted method is to sell the game by one time IAP.
Alternately, you can put AdMob ads in your main menus and pause screen (rather than putting them in your game state), and make them selectable/clickable with the controller. If you include a little "please support our sponsors" message below it, you'll probably get just as many clicks as you would on a touchscreen device (ie: basically none). ;-)
Take some time and learn Designer-Friendly Programming 101.