{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"solo-built-mobile-game-3eef8f","title":"Solo-built mobile game","summary":"A mobile game built by a former big tech employee after leaving a full-time job. It grew with no paid marketing.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/solo-built-mobile-game-3eef8f","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/solo-built-mobile-game-3eef8f.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"software","label":"Software and apps","confidence":0.96},"earns_from":{"value":"ads","label":"Ads","confidence":0.53},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"100-1k","label":"$100 to $1k","confidence":0.45},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.43},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.98},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.99}},"owner_reported":{"text":"Self-reported by Ken: hit a $10K a month goal and $155K in revenue in the first year after launch","verified":false},"source":{"publication":"Starter Story","title":"This app replaced my 9-5 ($155K/year)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axH1e2cZSrw","person":"Ken","host":"Pat Walls","date":"2026-09-13"},"owner_site":"https://kayelleapps.com/"}}