Dark, That's part of the reason I decided to keep AA as an online server only, and don't release it in standalone form. It's hard enough to create good areas and updates, much less create a whole new existing game and maintain packages of obsolete or buggy versions for a bunch of different users.
I also think it's a lot more fair (and fun) for all the players to immediately have access to the new stuff as it comes out, instead of pulling a Microsoft and requiring everyone to purchase an incremental update that isn't worth it. The risk of buying something and having it suck is just too great in my opinion. Dennis Towne Alter Aeon MUD http://www.alteraeon.com On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 7:51 AM, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom. > > as regards the text games and upgrades, I'm sorry to say that not everyone > is as good about writing new stuff as you suggest, and certainly many stand > alone text games I've seen have been just the one game and goodbye!. > > Look at the titles from Malinch entertainment, you pay 29 usd for an > interactive fiction game, and that's it. > > While there are certainly developers of text based games who do update, like > Niels bauer in the production of addons for the smugglers series, it does > not seem half as common as with something online and web based from what > I've seen. > > In fact, most companies who sell games online seem very much to want to > think of them not as pieces of computer software which the user buys, but as > similar to a games console cartridge, you pay the money, get the one game, > that's all. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > --- > 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].
