Mobile App Reskinning Podcast Episode 22: Yohann talks about the source code offered with the Mobile App Reskinning Tournament of Summer 2014. Get to learn what the source code mechanics are, and what mobile game themes participants have come up with.

Also learn about the Do's and Don'ts when purchasing app source codes on different marketplaces.

Yohann is also talking about the new courses that comes with the source codes on AppsFresh, made for kids or for anyone completely new to the mobile app development industry.

Make sure to sign up at AppsFresh.com to get access to hefty deals.

Check out the 2048 course + source code on AppsFresh.com

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Podcast Episode Transcripts
Yohann: Hello, This is Yohann from AppsFresh, today I'm gonna talk about differents topics. I'm gonna talk about the reskinning tournament, the source codes out there do's and don'ts and courses and source codes for kids.

Let's dive right into the tournament. If you go to appsfresh.com/tournament, you will be able to see that as of we speak, we're approaching the end of the reskinning tournament. So what is or what was the reskinning tournament because you can no longer register anymore obviously but, there are hundreds of participants already. The tournament is about us, appsfresh.com, who provide you a source code, it was like for $19, you get a source code of a game called "Egg Fall". So I don't know if you guys are familiar with "Egg Fall", but it's technically very similar to "Flappy Fall" which is items falling from the sky and in your hands you have some kind of a basket and you need to catch those eggs. So technically any items can fall from the sky and you need to catch them before they touch the floor. Obviously, as time goes by, items keep falling faster, so it gets harder and harder and you get 1 point every time you catch one of these items.

Now, this source code came with lots of graphic pack images, many of them were just drag and drop. We tried to make it as easy as possible for those who do not have time to do reskinning. Even though it's a tournament and you're supposed to show off your skills, by creating your own graphics. Many of you already finished their apps and are already in the App Store. You can take a look at what people have been doing if you go to appsfresh.com/tournament you will see the links there or you can go to our blog and look for the post "what our participants have been doing" or something like that. So we gave away the graphic packs which made it easier for people who didn't have time for their own graphics and there are many other ways to come out of the app store and reach the top chart without having great graphics. What really matters also are the graphic icon, the screenshots you put with the iTunes Connect settings, and obviously the app name needs to be really catchy, and the keywords for ASO also, definitely are a big plus. So we try to make it as easy as possible. Many of you came out with their own graphics and some of you did even better, you took the code and modified it. By modifying it, you kept the mechanics, because the purpose is to still use the same mechanics. They basically are falling items coming downwards and catching them before they touch the ground. Many of you change the mechanics by adding an item that comes from the sky. So instead of having the same items coming over and over again, you had different items. Some also went one step above and added items you were supposed to catch and some items you should not catch, and if you do, you lose.

So definitely, you guys should check it out, we have people from all over world participating. You want a country, you name it. There's definitely no borders when it comes to the app reskinning world. It's just one big community.

Now I wanna talk about source codes out there that are for sale on different marketplaces.