Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Next, you have to upload a 512×512, high-resolution, 32-bit PNG or JPEG of your app's icon. At
present, this is only shown when a user views your app on the Google Play store website. Make
it fancy.
The promo graphic (180w×120h, 24-bit PNG or JPEG) and feature graphic (1024×500, 24-bit
PNG or JPEG) show up on the Google Play store if your game is featured. Being featured is a
huge deal, as it means that your game will be one of the first apps users see when they open the
Google Play store on the mobile app or website. Who gets featured is up to Google, and only
they know the basis for this decision.
You can provide a link to a promotional YouTube video of your application. This will appear on
the Google Play store website, and it is an important marketing tool because it gives users a
good preview of your game before they make their decision to download it. It is also something
that Google may look at when considering whether to feature your game.
If your game has a privacy policy that dictates how user's information is stored, handled, and
released, you can add a link to the information in the Privacy Policy field. If you do not have a
privacy policy, just check “Not submitting a privacy policy URL at this time.�
Note that the Google Play developer interface is constantly changing and may include additional
features not listed here.
Product Details
Scroll down to the Listing details section of the Edit Application screen, as shown in Figure
15-8
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These details will be displayed to users on the Google Play store. You can specify the language,
provide the title (30 characters maximum), and, optionally, add a description (4000 characters
maximum) of your app. An additional 500 characters are available to notify users of recent
changes in the latest version of your application. The promo text (80 characters maximum) will
be used only if your application gets featured by Google.
