Non-free games?

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » June 18th, 2004, 3:13 pm

The description for this forum says "Other free games." Is it okay to talk about non-free games here?

Post by **turin** » June 18th, 2004, 3:16 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:The description for this forum says "Other free games." Is it okay to talk about non-free games here?

well... based on the description of the topic, i would say no.

Post by **Dave** » June 19th, 2004, 2:28 am

You can if you must, but we really prefer talking about Free games

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » June 20th, 2004, 3:54 pm

:O Why would you even want to talk about non-free games?

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » June 20th, 2004, 3:56 pm

Neoriceisgood wrote::O Why would you even want to talk about non-free games?

Because I'm writing one.

miyo · Post by **miyo** » June 20th, 2004, 6:14 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:
Neoriceisgood wrote::O Why would you even want to talk about non-free games?
Because I'm writing one.

Please create your own forum for that.

- Miyo

Post by **Dave** » June 20th, 2004, 8:04 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:
Neoriceisgood wrote::O Why would you even want to talk about non-free games?
Because I'm writing one.

I wouldn't object if you started a thread telling us about your game. It wouldn't interest me personally, and probably many people here as much as a Free game, though.

David

Roots · Post by **Roots** » June 20th, 2004, 8:13 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:
Neoriceisgood wrote::O Why would you even want to talk about non-free games?
Because I'm writing one.

Excuse me but, how much do you plan on charging for this game? How are you going to market it? Are you going to setup a purchase form on your website and mail it to people? Do you plan to try to get it developed so you could find it at Best Buy? Have you given any thought to this yet?

I'm going to take a guess and assume you are not a professional game developer and not from a professional gaming company. Are you trying to start your own? It just makes my mind go

when I think about an amatuer trying to make a game and sell it (possibly to make a living?). All I have to say is it better be a dammmnnn good game if you actually want to produce a profit (I'm talking like rivaling the professional products out there). Nevertheless, good luck, but you probably won't see me buying the game

Post by **Dave** » June 20th, 2004, 8:22 pm

Roots wrote:
Elvish Pillager wrote: Because I'm writing one.
Excuse me but, how much do you plan on charging for this game? How are you going to market it? Are you going to setup a purchase form on your website and mail it to people? Do you plan to try to get it developed so you could find it at Best Buy? Have you given any thought to this yet?

Well, when we talk about 'Free' here we mean as in FLOSS [1]

He could be developing a no-cost, non-free (closed source etc) game.

I suppose it's more likely, he's developing a shareware game of some kind. I think if you know what you're doing, you could have a shot at earning some money off such an endeavour. It's probably harder than most people think though.

It also depends on where you live. If you can get $5-10,000US for a game that takes a year to write, that's fairly paltry if you live in the United States, for instance, but would be a small fortune in Eastern Europe.

David

[1] Free/Libre Open Source Software

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » June 20th, 2004, 10:08 pm

Dave wrote:It also depends on where you live. If you can get $5-10,000US for a game that takes a year to write, that's fairly paltry if you live in the United States, for instance, but would be a small fortune in Eastern Europe.

I just say I'm writing a non-free game, and look at all the inferences people are making!

Post by **Dave** » June 20th, 2004, 10:28 pm

Elvish Pillager wrote:
Dave wrote:It also depends on where you live. If you can get $5-10,000US for a game that takes a year to write, that's fairly paltry if you live in the United States, for instance, but would be a small fortune in Eastern Europe.
I just say I'm writing a non-free game, and look at all the inferences people are making!

I didn't make 'inferences'.

If I were to guess, I'd say you live in the US, but I really have no idea.

I am pretty sure of one thing: you don't really live in Wesnoth

David

benheath85 · Post by **benheath85** » October 16th, 2004, 3:05 am

Roots wrote:
Elvish Pillager wrote: Because I'm writing one.
Excuse me but, how much do you plan on charging for this game? How are you going to market it? Are you going to setup a purchase form on your website and mail it to people? Do you plan to try to get it developed so you could find it at Best Buy? Have you given any thought to this yet?

I'm going to take a guess and assume[1] you are not a professional game developer and not from a professional gaming company. Are you trying to start your own? It just makes my mind go :shock: when I think about an amatuer trying to make a game and sell it (possibly to make a living?). All I have to say is it better be a dammmnnn good game if you actually want to produce a profit (I'm talking like rivaling the professional products out there). Nevertheless, good luck, but you probably won't see me buying the game :roll:

No, last I heard, Steve Pavlina is doing pretty well for himself at Dexterity, and his games aren't trying to "rival the professional products." (It makes me laugh when you say "professional" there. :P Almost like you're forgetting your ideals.) I doubt he's a millionaire, but I doubt he's broke. I admire your advocacy, but next time, look before you leap.

[1] assume = (ass)(u + me)

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