With the exception that I wasn't chastising a 14-year old. I know what a 14-year old can accomplish if they put their mind to it, and I in fact cheered him on and urged him to focus. Then you follow up the conversation by harassing this 14-year old yourself. Do you consider his idea to be stupid or funny? Because I certainly don't. Even if this project fails, by the time he is 18 he will have amassed quite a lot of experience. As long as he keeps trying. And that is what this is about. He isn't just dreaming, he is trying.
Uh... 3 levels? I've never played Zombiebille USA so is it just a survival game that goes on forever? I have Inkvaders and those levels have an end (which come pretty quickly). I hope those levels are endless. And your team must really suck if it takes 30 people more than 3 hours to do all that art. No offense, I think I'm just misinformed. is there more artwork? Are you going to be doing any 3D graphics? Are the levels still in the design stages? If that's all true than it might take you a little longer. You'll make a lot more money if this game comes out for Christmas though, so you should push your employes extra hard. Like that dumb turkey blasting game that's being advertised everywhere. Oh, and you have to advertise too if you want a lot of hype.
I think there will be some problems with graphical consistency. 13 artist and no art director. your graphics is only as good as your weakest piece.
yeah, I think somehow in the end the arts only going to be made by the guy that made santa. What he said before was sorta confusing.
All I need to do is convince 142 people to buy the game to make a profit. The game starts out with three levels but there will be updates with new levels, clothes, music, weapons, etc. The game art won't be made all by one person, but it won't be made by twenty people either.
Plz email me everything u sent to bronson as i never got it, and bronson is in timeout right now. thx
Ok I am confused. You say the more "staff" you have the better. If you have a $0.99 USD game and someone buys it.. Apple takes about $0.30 USD on every sale. I don't know how big your "staff" is right now. Lets say its 10. You would make $0.07 USD per sale. You need a lot of sales to make any decent money if you profit share evenly. It takes a very long time to make games, even for professionals or people who have published some games! I have only browsed this thread and not sure what your role is on the team, artist or coder? If you don't want to make money and just want a title published to your name, cool. Sell it for free, have people download it and you have made it. Honestly, I think you need to take quite a few steps back and make a game that already exists for fun. Make a pong clone for example and distribute it to your friends to play. Always start small and K.I.S.S comes to mind. Not trying to bash... just my two cents.
I'll fill you in, but correct me if I'm wrong hardcore. He's keeping all of the money and everybody else working on it is voluntary and they get 1 promo code and their name in the credits (the more work they do the higher up in the credits they are). His job is ideas, management, and maybe some art or concept art, I'm not sure. And this is a game based off of one that already exists, it's very similar to Zombieville USA, but he's making his own characters, levels, weapons, and other features yet to be named.
Here's how it is. Yffum was very close. I keep all profits but my stafff get *multiple* codes for all games. They are also listed in the credits, the higher up the more work they do. I do 40% of all of our art. I work very hard. I am also the dev and a big idea person. I organize staff meetings, set up a social group, etc. etc. etc. If you've ever play Zombieville USA, Sparta, or Inkvaders, you will love this game. Santa's Smackdown is all of that and MORE! It has unique features that those three games are lacking in, as well as the features you come to know and love in those games. We will have some polls for you tAers to vote in, such as choosing the game's icon.
I could have given you one of the levels I've created that will be in the game, but that's giving away too much.
Hmm, I prefer the first Santa, but somehow, that first one looks familiar, I think I've seen it somewhere before...
