Comments on: Do you develop games that sell or… http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/08/14/do-you-develop-games-that-sells-or/ Knowledge based on experience. e-Commerce tips for game developers. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:49:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Roman Budzowski http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/08/14/do-you-develop-games-that-sells-or/#comment-635 Roman Budzowski Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:06:25 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=94#comment-635 I did mean "latter". Team up with team leader and your problem with managing teams will be solved ;-) I did mean “latter”.

Team up with team leader and your problem with managing teams will be solved ;-)

]]> By: ChrisP http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2008/08/14/do-you-develop-games-that-sells-or/#comment-632 ChrisP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:15:45 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=94#comment-632 > Do you develop games that sell… Or do you develop games that you want to play? I know a lot of indies takes the former aproach Do you mean "former" or "latter"? This paragraph is confusing me a little. :-) Mayhem Intergalactic was in the latter category (games that I'd play), though I had some (admittedly skewed) data suggesting that it was a relatively popular game when marketed as freeware. On the one hand I certainly haven't made megabucks, but on the other hand I personally don't think I could have stomached making a match-3 all this time. They're just really not my thing. More power to anyone who does enjoy making them! The problem with me making a HO-type game is different - I expect I could quite like that, except that they're way too art-heavy for this programmer to pull off. Especially since I have no experience managing people (artists). :-) > Do you develop games that sell… Or do you develop games that you want to play? I know a lot of indies takes the former aproach

Do you mean “former” or “latter”? This paragraph is confusing me a little. :-)

Mayhem Intergalactic was in the latter category (games that I’d play), though I had some (admittedly skewed) data suggesting that it was a relatively popular game when marketed as freeware. On the one hand I certainly haven’t made megabucks, but on the other hand I personally don’t think I could have stomached making a match-3 all this time. They’re just really not my thing. More power to anyone who does enjoy making them!

The problem with me making a HO-type game is different - I expect I could quite like that, except that they’re way too art-heavy for this programmer to pull off. Especially since I have no experience managing people (artists). :-)

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