I don't think that would be feasible to be honest. He'd have to code two separate programs then. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stefen Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 2:07 AM 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]
