Q1 2025 Story and Priority Update.

 So, it is the 3rd month of 2025..and I have not achieved my goal of publishing ONE Agency to google play store.

That was a wake up call, and made me re-prioritise my activities.

At core, I am a business man..whom want to retire via the dividend paid from his company that produces games which is loved by 1/10 of the world population (8 billion people), and this people are paying a minimum of 15 USD per year for the company's games (12B USD).

I picked games because I do love the development of games, since my experience with rpg maker and the making of Detective Nari game, and the fact I am currently based in a third world country..that is Nigeria.

So, the thing with games is that...there are marketplaces that have been built since the 2000s, or closer.

This marketplaces already have a large user base, accumulated over the years..and this means distribution of the product is handled as long as you can get it to the marketplace and collect payment.

Majority of this marketplaces pay in USD, and 500 units sale of a 7 USD product is 4,500USD.. worse case budgeting I would get around half..which is 2,250USD which converted to my country currency that's NGN 3,375,000. That's close to my current yearly net wages.

The pay is unliveable for the folks in first world country and the likes, but in my country...I can have a blast, of course after paying the black tax and actual government tax.

So, I took the plunge; incorporated my Limited Liability Company.. and blitzed through things..But I encountered a complication. My legal name was shortened on my National Identity card, which would be a repeated issue up until 2024 ending.

So fast forward, I changed my legal name on the card..and now I am good to go for things..but this also means I would have to update the company records, and the cost of doing it is the same as incorporating a new company. That was my first major setback, a little demotivating but not all that..because time heals.

So after a while of mental debates while working at my day job as a Java Software Engineer, I realised..I can't do this forever...or at least the 40 years work stuff. So I decided at core..what do I want to do?

That was how I arrived at the above statement.

So,  the next question is..What can I do now that can get me closer to the goal? Which is Proof of concept.

Meaning, I need to have sustainably earned revenue that is liveable on during the activity..for at least 2 years...but that was not a strong enough condition, so I decided I need to earn up to 9,000USD and that proofs the concept.

So, I looked at the platforms and games and where I personally love playing games and buying games. I also looked at why I love those channels..and affordability of joining..and then I arrived at google play store.

I bought my dev account on February, and as at this blog had finished 3/4 of the verification process.

I am stuck on the payment profile because I need a USD account in a brick and mortar bank in my country. So I picked GTCO..because I already have an account with them. Currently in the process of getting it.

I also know it would not be easy balancing my day Job and the game dev, the day frustration sips in to the hobbyists activity, So I have looked at getting someone to handle in implementation while I take the narrative designer role.

But I must say, I have developed the prototype for ONE Agency for the dev contractor to carry on with or for me to..if I feel like I can balance doing game dev and day Job...or you know game dev full time.

I have no plan to directly publish on steam, but I am open to working with publishers to publish on steam.

I have set a goal of releasing 3 games this year 2025.

1. ONE Agency: Chapter One [7USD] ( A point and click whodunnit adventure game)

2. Grounds Of Conflicts: Chapter One Defence [7USD] ( A tower defence game similar to Iornhide's Kingdom Rush Franchise.

3. Count Darkness: Chapter One [7USD] ( A point and click stealth and find object adventure game)

So, That's that. Would share another update when progress is made.

Until next time, do stay safe and God Bless.

PS: ONE AGENCY demo could be requested in the comment and I would share it with you.