I like that idea about getting one or a few months free for every game you submit. It might actually encourage people to submit the games to Thomas. This means that there would be more games that could be found in one place. Not only that, but it'd be easier on the developers. They wouldn't have to worry about finding a place to sell, setting up a domain, etc. now, if people wanted to go on their own, that'd be fine too. They'd just have to pay the subscription fees every month, or whenever it would be.
On another note, something to consider is who retains ownership over the games. I think that if a developer submits a game, USA Games owns it, and the credit for the concept, design, etc, goes to the developer. After all, the game would be mostly the engine, which Thomas will be coding. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kuvvosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:06 AM To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Engine Discussion. > Uhmmm, The first Idea, would be unreal for Thomas as I see it. But, the > Second one sounds like a winner. But, I wouldn't outright give the engine > out for free. I think a subscription base should be added, as the game is > being developed so that way it covers the cost of time that Thomas would > have to answer a billion questions and bug searching he would have to do. > Then if that Developer makes a game, and have it hosted on USA games site > which I would put mine, would then get a free few months on the > subscription > deal or have it where for every 10 games the developer get a month free? > Just a thought. > > Kuvvosh > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stefen Hudson > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:08 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Engine Discussion. > > Hi Thomas, > > I had a couple ideas about this new engine that might solve, or at least > put > > a dent in the pricing problems. > > Maybe there could be 2 versions of the engine. One would be free, or very > low priced, and would only let people make games to play on their own > computers only. The second version would be the real deal that would let > people make stand-alone games. This would work like the learning version > of > Visual Basic, allowing people to see if they want to buy the full version > or > > not. The user who wants to develop games for sale could buy the full > version, and the hobbyist could just use the demo version. > > The second idea deals more with overall pricing and the sale of games made > by the engine. In addition to a one-time license fee for a product key, > you > could give the customer code to put in their online shopping cart. I'm not > entirely sure how this would work. Either that, or you could host all the > games on a created games page and make it so 25% of those sales go to you > directly, with the remaining 75% going to the developer. If you're > including > > the ordering wizard in the package, you could have something in there too. > Maybe an email address that's specifically for the sale of games made with > your engine by other developers. It would almost be like hiring employees > for USA Games. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
