That good practice. Crash ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 9:40 PM Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders
> Hi. > Since I am in the same boat I have the same issues as James. when > something comes up in my life like going with my son to the doctor that > basically scraps that days work on the games in production. Obviously no > one with half a brain would say that the game comes before family issues > like that. > The other major lag in STFC is I intentionally took suggestions early > on, and molded them in to 1.0. I could have gotten the game out earlier, > and added suggestions in to 2.0. > However, by holding off and taking the time to address each suggestion > and put in as many as reasonably possible the game is going to be a much > better product in the end. > > > > Gary Whittington wrote: >> Yes, that ture. For James a one man company, when that man gets problems >> the whole company is effected. When geting pre orders from Amazon or >> from a >> another large distributor, there are many to fill in the slack. For >> James >> the one man company hasa regular job. To feed his famil not only his >> face. >> There is only such much time in the day to do work on personnal projects. >> When I first pre order RaceWay in the early part of the century, I did >> not >> know a lot about accessible game development. Yes, in this area we do >> take >> risks in pre ordering and for me I wanted race way so much I have even re >> pre orderd, to support James not his game but his ideas for games as >> well. >> So, I am going by blind faith in pre ordering and for Raceway in the >> accessible game market is the only game I have make pre orders for. If I >> am >> able to cut a deal with James and get a copy of MOnty while I wait for my >> my >> game of Race way then it will help me to wait for it knowing that James >> has >> a firm commitment to finishing what he started. >> >> I am a strong believer in games that come out with upgades to the game >> not >> just bug fixes, but new levels add ons and other options. New items to >> like >> for jJaws I will consider in getting the latest version, if I think they >> will help. For developer of games will put out a game that can be >> expaned >> apon in newer version will get games faster out on the market. That is >> why >> I like about this concept. If you get version 1 then don't like the new >> items in version two you won't buy the upgrade, but if version 3 has some >> thing is cool and want to get that add on, you would buy that versions >> upgrade. The question of a game not being replayable is created in >> version >> one for sure. Buying other versions may even make the game more >> replayable >> as well. >> >> What this may have to do with pre order? Well, if the developer is >> designing a game for replayabilities, then the longer it will take to >> develop and pre ordering will help in the cost of that development. For >> James it looks like the case here with out any upgrades later on his >> games. >> For developers who follow this pattern will always delay the game coming >> out, with new ideas, to give the player the most for his buck. For the >> blind community in a whole is a good practice and does slow down the >> games >> coming out. As a old programmer myself I can understand the trails and >> errors of putting out a application for others who want this or that to >> be >> added to the software. So, instead a workable program they want a >> complete >> package In the case of a one man company who is telling themselves what >> improvements can be put in the product is can be hard to tell your self >> to >> stop and let it be and its good enough for now. >> >> Running a company by yourself and a one man show let you mold that >> company >> the way you and, but there is no one to help pick up the slack For >> those >> who who are those one man companies my hats off to you. Learning the in >> and >> outs, taking your lumps, and making mistakes on the way, and able to >> blame >> it on oters, cause, being the company. Taking all the blame, you also >> get >> all the fame. So its a take and go. >> >> Other new games are in the wings, and I will support them when they do >> come >> out, but for now my Blind faith is in James and your right pre order is >> exactly that blind faith. So, I am going to see if my previous support >> of >> will be award when I pre ordered my copies of raceway with what James has >> been woring on. I still want my Raceway, but if I get a copy of Monty >> for a >> trade for my pre order of race way to passify me then I will be >> satifyed. >> >> Crash >> with a wet thumb >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:46 PM >> Subject: Re: audyssey: Montezuma's Revenge Orders >> >> >> >>> Hello, Steve. >>> There is several industries where you can preorder. I am a collecter of >>> action figures and I have been able to place preorders through say >>> Amazon to get the figure when it is released. I have also preordered dvd >>> movies. In all such cases I have gotten the preordered product. >>> One thing that sets those preorders aside is a solid projection of when >>> the item is to be released. They say on Amazon that the item will be >>> released on January 25. Typically, they come out on that date, or at >>> least in that general time frame. >>> So preordering itself is not bad. 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