The best WordPress arcade solution: MyArcadePlugin + BrayGames
Some days ago I blogged about my way from zero to a successful Flash arcade site and during these days I spent some time looking for the best combination of theme and plugin to convert a WordPress theme into an arcade solution.
You already know I am using MyArcadePlugin to fetch, manage and import games from various portals, so this time I am talking about the theme.
First, have a look at Melting Brain and play to a couple of games to navigate through the site. It looks quite awesome, doesn’t it?
Well, this is just the basic version of BrayGames theme for MyArcadePlugin. And when I say “basic version” I mean I did not dive into the thousands of settings, featuring five different skins, front page games, carousel, sliders, dynamic sidebars, custom widget and a lot more!
Another example of a site built on myarcadeplugin is 2playergames.co. Looks like i am not the only one arent I?
I will talk about later this week of BrayGames, meanwhile I would like to talk about my experience with Fiverr for the logo design.
After a reader told me the main character of the logo was ripped off by a Grand Theft Auto cartoon, I googled a bit and I found it was part of a collection of cliparts I did not even know if I had the license to use, so I left a negative feedback to the designer (which was the most popular of the site) and in a few minutes I received a proposal to remove the negative feedback, having three new different concepts in some minutes, here they are:
Oh well, did not like any of them, but I moved on and made my own logo, you can see it in the header of Melting Brain site.
Next time, I will talk about some adjustments I am making on BrayGames theme and some effective ways to promote a brand new Flash gaming portals.
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zedia.net
Hey, nice to see Doodle Complete on your site. Made my day.
Arcader
Hi,
I love that combination of MyArcadePlugin and BrayGames. I’ve purchased the theme on exells.com: http://exells.com/shop/arcade-themes/braygames/
I paid 29€ for the theme. It is a bit cheaper as on the addicted-to-web page but it is the same theme from same developer and same support :)
Greets
Arcader
Matt
That’s a good looking game portal, nice and clean. Are you tracking which ads get clicked the most? I’ve always wondered how ad placement affects click rates on game sites. I’m interested to hear how this turns out.
BTW, the name makes me think of a brain melting into a puddle, like an ice cube.
Elthan
Greetings,
I also chose Myarcadeplugin to create a arcade site in Spanish. It is a plugin that makes many of the common tasks easy (although it has some bugs).
In my case, I decided to create my own theme and gradually add new features. Since May, I’ve been trying increase visits (currently Mochimedia use to advertise the website), but the results are poor because they do not get loyal visitors and the bounce rate is very large.
If you can explain some tricks in successive entries on the promotion of an arcade site I would be grateful.
For reference, my website is: http://www.torredejuegos.com <- remove this if it goes against the rules of this blog.
Jeux.mu
Nice looking portal, but i allways found that allready made script are not perfect for quick and performant result. On my website jeux.mu everything is coded by hand so we can allways make change like we want.
Sumendra
I like games but flash version is rapidly replaced by HTML5. So can u write HTML5 version games and portals with source codes ? Here is my HTML5 version game : http://pixsansar.com/cool-box2dweb-games
SamDavis
Hi,
Great job.
I search html5 games… Sumendra, your work is very interesting could you help me to get game or licenses ?
regards
Shana
Thanks for your guidance! I’m also starting my own niche site: Towergamers.com
I will be looking forward your next posts about arcade marketing :)
Kudesnik680
screenshot my game “Package The Monsters” ))
Smith
Interessting article, but I have written my Flashgame Site completely without any plugins or “engines”. Look here: http://www.game-wall.com
I think, its better you write your own “engine” without wordpress, drupal or anything other.
Kizi
Thanks sharing!
I like it.
Very nice!
Giannis
Nice template…Does this theme work without myarcadeplugin or you have to buy this both?
Charles
Sorry, but the image on top looks like a girl, and as the variation of your name is a girl’s name in some countries, it’s a litle weird. My advice, you should put a more complete personal profile on your webpage.
Super juegos
Super nice!
funbrain club
I love to have that theme.
Emanuel
RPM, CTR on this theme ?
joney
I love to have that theme.
Starfall Arcade
Nice merge on braygames theme and plugin, very cool site to look at. I’d like to have the theme. Loading time was a bit slow but a couple of tweaks will do the job. I think!
Dinosite
My website http://www.dinosite.com.br is currently using Myarcadeplugin with Durus. I think this plugin is the best on market. Very ease to use and customize templates.
Paul
Your solution is good.This website use Myarcadeplugin and a excells and I think is a good combination. Another solution is wparcade.com, anyway I saw very nice website using wp+Myarcadeplugin. Thank for sharing the info.
Emy
Elthan I love your website template http://www.torredejuegos.com/ is a original one. Good look
jeux de guerre
i’m wondring if we can use braygames theme without myarcadeplugin ?! anyone try this before ? thanks
Starfall Math
I hope this work perfectly on my site. I like the color very refreshing to my eyes.
poppvp
Thank you for your blog!
I used the plugin to create my flash game website.
It works great.