how would donationware work though? How exactly would people send in donation if lets say the person does not have a site?
------------- For an amazing video gaming site containing original soundtracks, game art, etc, go here. http://gh.ffshrine.org?r=16426 ----- Original Message ----- From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Audio Game Maker - Sneak Peek > unless there is a way of incripting the xml files I doubt there is much > point in selling the games you make. > donationware sounds a good option, freeware, although opensource probably > will work just as well. > At 01:25 PM 12/6/2006, AudioGames.net wrote: >>Hi David, >> >>I'll try to answer that question the best I can: >> >>Every game that is created with Audio Game Maker consists of multiple >>files: >>a standard Audio Game Player.exe, some standard library files, an XML file >>that contains all the data of the game, and four folders that contain all >>the sound files that are used in the game. To distribute a game, you >>simply >>share these files with someone else (simply .zip them up and send 'm). >>That >>person does not need to have Audio Game Maker, as all games are >>stand-alone. >>However, when someone receives a game from somebody else and puts the >>files >>in the Audio Game Maker folder, that person is able to open the .XML game >>file using Audio Game Maker. This means that when you create a game with >>Audio Game Maker and distribute it (either for free, money, goats, Linden >>dollars or MySpace kudos) others can access your game file later on, edit >>it, change the soundfiles, and distribute it themselves for even more >>goats >>or red paperclips. >> >>Therefore I hope you see that once you sell one game and it's out on the >>Net, others can easily modify it. I personally don't have anything against >>you selling a game you made with Audio Game Maker (you have every right to >>ask for compensation for your hard work), but with how Audio Game Maker >>works, you probably won't make that much money. Although, I might add, I >>hereby dare the community to come up with your own economic system if you >>want ;) Like a donation system, or a "ransom marketing" system (you create >>a >>game but not yet release it, advertise it, and when you receives enough >>money in donations, you release the game for free), etc. etc.. I dare you >>all, folks ... (smile) ... >> >>The goals of the Audio Game Maker project are: >> >>1) to increase the amount of audio games >>2) give visually impaired wanna-be game designers a chance to develop >>their >>own audio games with a (simple) "what you hear is what you get"- kind of >>tool (at least something simpler than C++) >> >>I am personally very interested in point 1, since "more games" means "more >>examples added to the discourse" means "more knowledge on audio game >>design" >>and "more examples of accessible game design for the general game >>industry". >> >>For us there is no financial gain in this whole project. We decided for a >>"non-protected" format for the games for several reasons. One was that it >>is >>quite hard (given the short amount of time in which Audio Game Maker is >>conceived) to create a tool with which one can create games that are >>copy-protected/piracy safe. The other was that we would like to create a >>community of people all developing audio games, sharing their ideas and >>games with each other, teaming up to build larger games together. We were >>thinking along the lines of this: let's say that there are a few people >>out >>there who want to build a Pong-type of game. With Audio Game Maker, once >>someone has finished a Pong game, others can use that game to create their >>own version, convert it into an Arkenoid type of game, etc. >> >>Many of you are currently into modding existing audio games. Think of this >>as not only being able to change each others sound files, but also take a >>game and make it your own. This is something that has been going on with >>Flash/Shockwave game development for many years already. >> >>Is this enough of an answer? >> >>Greets and thanks for your interest! >> >>Richard >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:07 PM >>Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Audio Game Maker - Sneak Peek >> >> >>> I'm asking this because I'm not sure of the copyright issues. Are we >>> allowed >>> to sell the games we create, or do they have to be free? >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>; "Discussion list for >>> blind gamers" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:12 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Audio Game Maker - Sneak Peek >>> >>> >>>>I neverrealised you were making an audio game maker. >>>> At 01:05 AM 12/6/2006, AudioGames.net wrote: >>>>>Hello! >>>>> >>>>>For those interested, we're secretly adding stuff to >>>>>http://www.audiogamemaker.com/ . One draft of the manual is already >>>>>online >>>>>(please be aware that this is not yet a finalised version - the >>>>>contents >>>>>is still likely to change and there are quite a few typo's in there as >>>>>well). But this may give you some insights in what Audio Game Maker >>>>>will >>>>>be. >>>>> >>>>>We also fixed the registration at the Game Accessibility forum >>>>>(http://www.game-accessibility.com/forum/index.php). Not that this >>>>>forum >>>>>is also the home of the Audio Game Maker Forum, where you can share the >>>>>audio games you developed yourselves, ask for advice and meet others. >>>>>There were some issues with bad referrals during the old registration >>>>>but >>>>>we fixed them now. We welcome all to come have a look. >>>>> >>>>>Greets, >>>>> >>>>>Richard >>>>> >>>>>http://www.audiogames.net >>>>>http://www.game-accessibility.com >>>>>http://www.audiogamemaker.com >>>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>>Gamers mailing list .. 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