unless there is a way of incripting the xml files I doubt there is much point in selling the games you make. donationware sounds a good option, freeware, although opensource probably will work just as well. At 01:25 PM 12/6/2006, AudioGames.net wrote: >Hi David, > >I'll try to answer that question the best I can: > >Every game that is created with Audio Game Maker consists of multiple files: >a standard Audio Game Player.exe, some standard library files, an XML file >that contains all the data of the game, and four folders that contain all >the sound files that are used in the game. To distribute a game, you simply >share these files with someone else (simply .zip them up and send 'm). That >person does not need to have Audio Game Maker, as all games are stand-alone. >However, when someone receives a game from somebody else and puts the files >in the Audio Game Maker folder, that person is able to open the .XML game >file using Audio Game Maker. This means that when you create a game with >Audio Game Maker and distribute it (either for free, money, goats, Linden >dollars or MySpace kudos) others can access your game file later on, edit >it, change the soundfiles, and distribute it themselves for even more goats >or red paperclips. > >Therefore I hope you see that once you sell one game and it's out on the >Net, others can easily modify it. I personally don't have anything against >you selling a game you made with Audio Game Maker (you have every right to >ask for compensation for your hard work), but with how Audio Game Maker >works, you probably won't make that much money. Although, I might add, I >hereby dare the community to come up with your own economic system if you >want ;) Like a donation system, or a "ransom marketing" system (you create a >game but not yet release it, advertise it, and when you receives enough >money in donations, you release the game for free), etc. etc.. I dare you >all, folks ... (smile) ... > >The goals of the Audio Game Maker project are: > >1) to increase the amount of audio games >2) give visually impaired wanna-be game designers a chance to develop their >own audio games with a (simple) "what you hear is what you get"- kind of >tool (at least something simpler than C++) > >I am personally very interested in point 1, since "more games" means "more >examples added to the discourse" means "more knowledge on audio game design" >and "more examples of accessible game design for the general game industry". > >For us there is no financial gain in this whole project. We decided for a >"non-protected" format for the games for several reasons. One was that it is >quite hard (given the short amount of time in which Audio Game Maker is >conceived) to create a tool with which one can create games that are >copy-protected/piracy safe. The other was that we would like to create a >community of people all developing audio games, sharing their ideas and >games with each other, teaming up to build larger games together. We were >thinking along the lines of this: let's say that there are a few people out >there who want to build a Pong-type of game. With Audio Game Maker, once >someone has finished a Pong game, others can use that game to create their >own version, convert it into an Arkenoid type of game, etc. > >Many of you are currently into modding existing audio games. Think of this >as not only being able to change each others sound files, but also take a >game and make it your own. This is something that has been going on with >Flash/Shockwave game development for many years already. > >Is this enough of an answer? > >Greets and thanks for your interest! > >Richard > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:07 PM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Audio Game Maker - Sneak Peek > > >> I'm asking this because I'm not sure of the copyright issues. Are we >> allowed >> to sell the games we create, or do they have to be free? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>; "Discussion list for >> blind gamers" <Gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 11:12 AM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Audio Game Maker - Sneak Peek >> >> >>>I neverrealised you were making an audio game maker. >>> At 01:05 AM 12/6/2006, AudioGames.net wrote: >>>>Hello! >>>> >>>>For those interested, we're secretly adding stuff to >>>>http://www.audiogamemaker.com/ . One draft of the manual is already >>>>online >>>>(please be aware that this is not yet a finalised version - the contents >>>>is still likely to change and there are quite a few typo's in there as >>>>well). But this may give you some insights in what Audio Game Maker will >>>>be. >>>> >>>>We also fixed the registration at the Game Accessibility forum >>>>(http://www.game-accessibility.com/forum/index.php). Not that this forum >>>>is also the home of the Audio Game Maker Forum, where you can share the >>>>audio games you developed yourselves, ask for advice and meet others. >>>>There were some issues with bad referrals during the old registration but >>>>we fixed them now. We welcome all to come have a look. >>>> >>>>Greets, >>>> >>>>Richard >>>> >>>>http://www.audiogames.net >>>>http://www.game-accessibility.com >>>>http://www.audiogamemaker.com >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Gamers mailing list .. 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