hi. it's not only that Thomas, the question has to be begged. how much are people willing to pay for such games? i mean, if they think they are cheap in the sighted world, think again. call of duty, every time a new one comes out, is like, 50 bucks. or more. lol. so i mean, at the least, you'd have to charge 50 to 100 for such a game, to even begin to pay yourself back for all the work you do alone. now personally, if you were to make such a game, like minecraft, or something similar, or perhaps call of duty, i'd lay down 50 bucks for it. no problems. as long as it's high quality, and has huge replayability, i'd go for it for sure. but most people in the blind community won't pay that much. hell, they quibble over 10 bucks for a game on iOS. lol. so what do you imagine they'd do if you suddenly came out with, oh, i have a new game guys. .. by the way, that'll be 50 dollars, please. lol. they'd shy away from that to be sure. so from that point of view alone, let alone the facter of much fewer, gamers in the audio games community to create for, puts a damper on major game creation. not that i am saying don't do such a thing, but i can see where it's hard for you guys. you have to live, after all. that tends to cost money, and lots of it. specially these days. lol. Dallas
On 31/12/2013, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mike: > > I think the principle problem is time. A game of any serious > complexity takes time that people either don't have to begin with, or > they could spend that time working on two or three smaller projects > instead of one very complex one. I'm sure I have the skills to write > something like Minecraft, Call of Duty, etc, but I simply don't have > the time right now to put in to a game of that complexity. I'd say > that there are plenty of other audio game developers that similarly > are unable to do anything that complex do to time constraints as well. > > I know when I started USA Games I had all kinds of game ideas of doing > something like the mainstream. Basically, converting all of my > favorite mainstream games into audio games. The reality is that while > it is a nice idea I don't have all day every day to spend working on > those ideas, to work on programming said games, and that is what it > might take to bring some very complex audio games into existence. Plus > the reality is that even if I did spend a couple of years slaving to > create such a game I wouldn't make much money off of it. I'd be better > off creating an actual video game and selling it to the general market > than slaving for the audio games community. > > Cheers! > > > On 12/30/13, Mike Reiser <mikereise...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hopefully someone will consider making a game like that. I personally am >> tired of the usual stuff we get, and would like to see some >> out-of-the-box >> thinking. For example, I really want to see a call of duty type of game. >> Or >> something like Rise son of Rome. I'm not saying that it's easy of >> course, >> as I know nothing of development. I just would like to see us catch up >> with >> the mainstream in terms of game titles. And game types. Another example >> I >> think would be a game similar to something called world of tanks. I saw a >> commercial for that's this weekend, and really wish I could play. >> >> Mike >> > > --- > 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. > --- 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.
