Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/01/21/01:41:34
On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jan 1997 18:11:13 -0800 Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org> writes:
> >the publisher gets 90% and 100% of the work is myne!!
> I agree whole-heartedly.
Doing your own distribution and advertizing would cost a lot though.
For a first game, you're either stuck by using an existing publisher
and not making much money, or investing a LOT of money in a
possibly risky venture.
> How do companies like lets say Origin stand this ??
> Origin started out as a one-man company that made it's own games, selling
> Basic programs on a 5 1/4 inch floppies in Ziploc bags.
>
> Who says the lone programmer can't survive?
10 years ago maybe. Unfortunately nowadays they are few and far
between.
> While we're on the subject of game publishing,...
> What would the interest level be in creating a Game's archive of games
> created with DJGPP? It would be distributed in bulk on CD, with each
> programmer contributing a portion of the costs. If we get enough people
> in on it (Let's say each game is 5-25 megs, that's 25-100 games per CD
> easy) the costs wouldn't be quite so scary.
> Any thoughts???
A noble thought, however it wouldn't work IMHO. Simply because some
games would be more popular/better than others. Therefore how would
the royalty payments be divided? If they were evenly divided, then
the person/group who wrote the most popular game would want more
money, or else they would be disappointed. Also, who would choose
what games went on the CD? No, I don't think that this would work
as a commercial venture. However, as a shareware CD, the
whole ballgame changes, as people would have to register
the games that they liked. I do like the idea of a CD of stuff
written in DJGPP (hopefully with source code) but I don't think it
will happen.
Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant http://www3.sympatico.ca/mharris
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