Following on from the point Sarah just made, I'd say that if and when these titles become less easy to acquire or less easy to get up and running, there will be some advantages. People who're just starting out and experimenting with development need challenges. At the moment, if someone knocks out a space invaders clone with simple game play that's just intended to kill a spare 10 minutes, there's little appeal to pick that up as there's a bunch of existing titles already nailing it. Then, there's the type of people who'd enjoy hunting down these older titles if and when they become less prevalent for the nostalgia. None of this is intended to be disrespectful, they're all good games in their own right and they've laid foundations, but really, as a player I'm craving deeper mechanics and more exploration, and that's where my money would be going. If it was advice you were looking for Tom, mine would be to use your chops for something that counts, something that'll move the community forward rather than sideways. In time, there'll be budding developers who'll get a kick out of tackling a retro remake style version of these games.
Scott On 4/22/13, Sarah Haake <ti...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi, > > since these games work under Windows 7, and since Windows 7 has a good bit > of years ahead of it, I'd say don't invest so much time for rewriting these > > titles. Everyone who wants to keep playing them can do so for years to come, > > and after that time I hope we have more things to play than these games. > > Besides, you have enough of work to do with your own games, which wait for > completion for quite a long time now after all. I really don't like the idea > > of you spending time on these old games, which also would lead to more > postponing of your own titles. I'd rather see your own titles finally > completed than remakes of BSC titles. > And no, I wouldn't spend money for remakes, since I have the current > versions and will keep playing them as long as I find I way to get them > running. > > Much more important for me would be to have a possibility for others to get > > these games after the company closes, which would be enough to keep them > alive in my opinion. > Best regards > Sarah --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
