Single-Player Idle Game

We can build all the common types, and mix them too: • Clicker idle: tap to earn a little, then earn automatically after upgrading • Tycoon: run shops, restaurants or factories and keep growing • Idle adventure: characters automatically fight monsters, collect gear and level up • Cultivation idle: realms, techniques, alchemy and tribulations • Text idle: an all-text interface, driven by events and choices • Raising games: pets, characters, farms • Gathering: mining, fishing, woodcutting • Merge idle: merge two identical items into a higher-level one • Card idle: collect characters, build teams, auto battles • Idle tower defense: towers placed automatically, waves fought automatically Not currently accepted: 3D games and action games that need real-time control.

Single-player: each player plays alone, saves are stored on the player's phone or computer, and no game server is needed, so development and monthly costs are lower. You can charge for downloads, offer rewards for watching ads, or sell unlockable content in the app. Multiplayer: players have accounts and saves are stored on the server, so they can continue on a new phone. You can add leaderboards, guilds, chat, arenas, server-wide world bosses, plus top-ups and a shop. Values and earnings are calculated on the server, so changing the phone's clock or editing save files doesn't work. If you want to test the market first, you can start with single-player and switch to multiplayer later. The gameplay and art can be reused, and the price difference is quoted separately.

First, the market rates: on Taiwan's freelance platform Tasker in 2026, simple mini-games cost US$970–100,000, full mobile games US$3,230–500,000, and games with multiplayer, a backend and operations tools US$16,130–2000,000. Most require you to ask for a quote before you know the price. How we do it: • Prices, plan contents and the number of art and sound assets are public on this page, and quotes list every item • We make the art and sound, so you don't need to find other people • We build the web version first, which plays on a phone just by opening it; store release is an add-on, so you don't pay for everything up front • Game values are kept in balance tables, so you can tweak the balance yourself without calling an engineer every time • Before delivery, we use a program to simulate 30 days of play progress to make sure players don't get stuck • You own the source code and original art and sound files outright, with a one-year warranty after delivery

We make the art and sound. The quantities for each plan are listed above, and the commercial use license is handed over to you as well. Before work starts, we make 2–3 art style samples, and full production begins only after you choose one. The interface, icons, characters, backgrounds, effects, sound effects and background music are all included in the plan. For more character illustrations or music, see the add-ons above. Market rates for reference: elsewhere, one character design costs US$165–18,000, a character CG US$0.11,000–4.80,000, one game music track US$645–60,000, and one sound effect US$10–700.

Yes. See the add-ons above; Android and iOS are priced separately. • You apply for the developer accounts: Apple costs US$99 per year, Google a one-time US$25 • New personal Google accounts must have 12 people test the app for 14 days in a row before it can be officially released. We'll tell you how to set this up • Selling game currency or unlockable content in the app requires the store's in-app purchases, and the store takes 15%–30%. This is the store's rule • The store version works offline and runs like a real app, not just a wrapped web page. If it's rejected, we fix it until it passes You don't have to publish to the stores either: the web version can be added to the phone's home screen and opens full-screen just the same. Top-ups go through ECPay or NewebPay, with no store commission.

Upgrade prices, output, drops and draw probabilities are all kept in the balance settings, separate from the code. For the single-player version, you get a balance table: edit it, upload it again, and the changes take effect. The multiplayer version has a balance admin panel where you edit directly on a web page, and the changes take effect the next time players enter the game. Before delivery, we use a program to simulate one player playing for 30 days in a row, to make sure every stage can be progressed through, players don't get stuck, and the game isn't finished in a day or two.

There are three common approaches for single-player games, which can be combined: • Paid download: set a price in the store, and players buy it to play • Rewarded ads: players choose to watch an ad in exchange for a speed-up or item (see the add-ons above) • In-app purchases: unlock chapters, remove ads, cosmetics (see the add-ons above) All three require release in an app store. A web-only version is usually used as a brand campaign or a free game.