SecureUvula {l Wrote}:This is my personal slump.
Why write games if:
Because you have a game you want to create. Most people writing novels will never make money at it. They may not even intend to share it like a diary.
SecureUvula {l Wrote}:This is my personal slump.
Why write games if:
Danimal {l Wrote}:i sincerely envy people who just make games at ludums and such because they feel like it.
SecureUvula {l Wrote}:Ludums are the only games I've shipped, because at least then I know the following:
1. It will only take me one weekend
2. I can 'buy' playtesters through the exchange system of playing other people's games
3. I'll be judged against games made under the same constraints, which is a much much smaller pond.
I actually have not missed a Ludum since starting out on LD27, but I find it almost impossible to rouse that motivation outside LD.
themightyglider {l Wrote}:Of course I know this frustration too. And to be honest I don't know if I had droped my own game at some point if eugenelotza wouldn't give me that many high quality feedback frequently. I think FOSS gaming needs more people like him. I feel a bit bad that I don't have have given him feedback on his projects so far. Maybe everyone of us should just take one (or more) underated projects and give the autors some feedback on it instead of complaining that nobody gives feedback on the own projects.
Jastiv {l Wrote}:Yeah, there isn't really any point in writing open source games that no one will ever actually want to play.
cynicfm {l Wrote}:People are attached to steam, steam is having a monopoly with multiplayer linux games genre i think.
cynicfm {l Wrote}:And violence games should be stopped too.
Sockstah {l Wrote}:I believe a big reason for open-source ones not being as popular as they once were (I remember Warsow in its prime, good times) is the prevalence of matchmaking and not a single open-source multiplayer featuring it. This is understandable of course as matchmaking generally seems to require centralized server infrastructure which open-source folks seem to be allergic to but matchmaking is expected by the vast majority of people today.
cynicfm {l Wrote}:I'd rather pay money for game and it's physical ( i dont care for drm free gog.com games) than just download it for free and its digital and i have to see ads too and that gives money to somebodys pocket.
If i had tons of cash and was able to change how things are happening around us i'd definitely push delivering those libre games in physical ways. I hate when people say cds or dvds are dead because i like them and i still pay and give money t somebody for it than have it for free digital, because it's not the same.
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