Using the Kongregate API in Your Flash Games

Kongregate is one of the largest Flash game portals on the net, and has its own API that can be integrated into your games (for which Kongregate even rewards you financially). In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to implement the Kongregate API into your games, and also go into detail about what the API is capable of and why you should use it. (Note that this tutorial assumes you already have a Kongregate account; if you don’t, then please create one now.)

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Let’s take a look at what the API enables us to do:

Badges

Mass Messages

High Scores

There’s another big reason to implement the API…

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Step 1: Let’s Get Motivated

Before we dive into the technical aspects of implementing the Kongregate API, let’s get ourselves hyped up a little bit, and make sure that we actually want to implement it. There are many reasons to implement the API, but to most developers, nothing speaks louder than money, and there’s plenty of that involved. When you upload your game to Kongregate, you automatically earn 25% of all ad revenue generated by your game’s page. It gets better; if you implement their “Statistics & Challenges API”, you’ll receive an additional 10%! Finally, if your game is exclusive to Kongregate, or sponsored by them, you receive an additional 15%. This gives you the opportunity to earn up to 50% of the ad revenue for your game on Kongregate. If you’re wondering how much that is, check out some of my personal stats:

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Step 2: Setting Up Our Work Environment

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