Comments on: Do you own a business or are “just” a game developer? http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2009/01/05/do-you-own-a-business-or-are-just-a-game-developer/ Knowledge based on experience. e-Commerce tips for game developers. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:08:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Roman Budzowski http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2009/01/05/do-you-own-a-business-or-are-just-a-game-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-1089 Roman Budzowski Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:13:18 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=104#comment-1089 That's a tough question and it's worth article on it's own. It's hard to define polish, but it's easy to assign good graphics and sounds to it. Then you need easy control and bug free program. For freeware games people don't expect as much polish as they do from commercial games. But they still need a reason to download it and from your website I can tell that you don't show why I should try your games. Don't worry to much about lack of reviews... casual/indie games rarely get reviews even if they are great. If I can get 2-3 reviews for my games then I am extremely happy (not to mention that some developers believe that reviews are worthless in terms of sales). That’s a tough question and it’s worth article on it’s own. It’s hard to define polish, but it’s easy to assign good graphics and sounds to it. Then you need easy control and bug free program.

For freeware games people don’t expect as much polish as they do from commercial games. But they still need a reason to download it and from your website I can tell that you don’t show why I should try your games.

Don’t worry to much about lack of reviews… casual/indie games rarely get reviews even if they are great. If I can get 2-3 reviews for my games then I am extremely happy (not to mention that some developers believe that reviews are worthless in terms of sales).

]]> By: Brandonman http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2009/01/05/do-you-own-a-business-or-are-just-a-game-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Brandonman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:38:08 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=104#comment-1086 Wow. makes no sense. "Haven't recieved any raving reviews through downloads". I meant to say I've made a couple games for hobby development for free download, but I haven't really gotten back any good reviews, or many real reviews at, for that matter. Wow. makes no sense. “Haven’t recieved any raving reviews through downloads”. I meant to say I’ve made a couple games for hobby development for free download, but I haven’t really gotten back any good reviews, or many real reviews at, for that matter.

]]> By: Brandonman http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/2009/01/05/do-you-own-a-business-or-are-just-a-game-developer/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Brandonman Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:37:07 +0000 http://anawiki.com/sellmoregames/?p=104#comment-1085 Hey. This is way off topic, but I have a quick question for you, seeing as you've actually had a few selling games. I've made a couple games for hobby development available for free, but they haven't really recieved any raving reviews through downloads. The things I have gotten back (VERY little) say that the game is alright, but polish is lacking. I'm not exactly an artsy type, and I prefer things that can have a nice measure. (Engineer standpoint rather than, I guess, a literature standpoint. Best comparison I can think of at the moment. Objective vs. Subjective, Numbers vs. opinion). Just curious what you think constitutes polish in a game. Hey. This is way off topic, but I have a quick question for you, seeing as you’ve actually had a few selling games. I’ve made a couple games for hobby development available for free, but they haven’t really recieved any raving reviews through downloads. The things I have gotten back (VERY little) say that the game is alright, but polish is lacking. I’m not exactly an artsy type, and I prefer things that can have a nice measure. (Engineer standpoint rather than, I guess, a literature standpoint. Best comparison I can think of at the moment. Objective vs. Subjective, Numbers vs. opinion). Just curious what you think constitutes polish in a game.

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