What counts is the game developer's reasons for developing their games. Jim Kitchen does it strictly as a hobby. Others don't. --- In God we trust! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Willem" <dwill...@gmail.com> To: "Munawar Bijani" <munaw...@gmail.com>; "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: [Audyssey] free games was Piracy
Hi all. Now the issue of piracy has reared it's head, I have a question for everybody. Is it really worth all the effort to sell an accessible game? I know you make money, but is it really enough to live off? As things appear from my side, a potential developer, making audio games is almost a charity job anyway. The market is so small and many people can't afford the games or just crack them plain and simple, which makes the buyers even less. Either way, you have to do it because you love what you do and not to make money. In fact most developers have other jobs as I understand it. In fact some programmers build useful utilities just to have a website worth visiting so they can put up adds and a donate button, which works better in some, if not most cases. Lastly, I know there goes more into a game than programming. You spend thousands on sound libraries, licensing systems and the like, but wouldn't a free, community-driven project be more worthwhile? I have also heard the arguments against community projects, namely that everybody has their own coding style and ideas and that there isn't enough people who would contribute without wanting something back, but at this stage it's all one man shows, except GMA who sub licensed the GMA engine. I know there are exceptions, like Thomas Ward and Raceway/mota, but to my mind trying to live off making games is like squeezing water out of a piece of wood, all be it a wet piece of wood. Like you can see I don't have much experience in this area, but I would like to hear what you all think. I especially want to hear from the people that have been doing it for years. --- 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/gam...@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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
