The developer experience team is focused on enabling any developer to easily build, grow and monetize with Kin. Developer programs and challenges need to work for the developers as they are meant to help developers join and succeed in the Kin ecosystem. Based on feedback from developers, we are making some changes to the current programs.

Changes to the second Kin Developer Program

Apply (January 17, 2019 → June 15, 2019 ): Applications will now close on June 15th.

): Applications will now close on June 15th. Go Live (January 17, 2019 → July 15, 2019 ): All apps should be live by July 15th.

): All apps should be live by July 15th. Get Rewarded (January 17, 2019 → July 15, 2020): You still have a minimum of 12 months to be rewarded.

Why: As we neared the 1 month mark to the current second Kin Developer Program ‘Go Live’ due date, I started to receive requests for an extension. To validate this concern, I reached out to all developers that weren’t live yet in the second program to get their status and see if they will be ready for June 4th. About half of those developers responded that they were in need of an extension for one reason or another and I was happy to help out.

Clarification around a developer having multiple apps

A developer was always allowed to be in multiple programs as long as their apps in those programs were different apps. In other words, you can’t have the same app in more than one program at the same time. However, with the Kin Gaming Challenge, it is a first for us to see a developer be able to build multiple different games in the timeframe of a single program. There are a few teams that want to launch multiple different games and we want to make sure we compensate them for the games they launch with Kin. One caveat is that we will only compensate them for up to 5 games per team/developer to ensure they take their time and make each project a quality one.

Throughout each program and challenge it is very exciting to see projects integrate Kin in their own unique way. Even though these programs might be coming to a close, we will continue to provide opportunities for developers to join the ecosystem.

Reference Link

Last article on the second kdp structure.