Guys, when you criticize, be constructive please. This is the reason there are so few developers of accessible games. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damien Sadler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 8:26 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Acefire price
> OK. Let's get one thing straight here. Forget about the prices for a sec, > forget even Acefire. Let's talk X-Sight in general. > Right. What about Acefire preorders? Everybody messes up! I was being > bombarded with comments, advice and suggestions. Confusions is one of the > worst things to have to deal with as a beginner developer. As for > LightTech's free games, that's their decision to make it free, just like > it's my decision to charge for Acefire. > If you saw just how much testing this thing has been through, how much > money > I've spent on it, how stressed out I got, not only from this but from all > other activity in my life, people nagging and pressurising me not just for > new features, this and that, but for personal issues as well, if I wasn't > on > such a limited budget, if this didn't have to come out of my own money, > for > your information, I could be thrown out of college because of my outside > activities. Not that it probably matters to you all who buy and play or > use, > but to a developer, it's a lot of hard work. That code is 667kb in size, > 21512 lines, and in my honest opinion I feel that your message was rather > rude on the subject of mistakes, messups and high prices. > I'm sorry Cory, but I think you need to sit down and try and develop a > game > or piece of software and tell me then what it feels like as a first-timer. > All I can say is, for what Acefire is right now, and for what Dectalk > Scripter and Talking Timepiece will be in the future, I've bent over > backwards to add features that people are constantly requesting, and I > said > that there's more to come in 2.0. I've got about forty different projects > I'm attempting to work on at once. When I'm working on Acefire, I've got > somebody contacting me about Danger City. When I work on Chopper > Challenge, > I get someone contact me about Acefire. When I finally get to work on > Danger > City, someone else will come along and ask about Dectalk Scripter. > No program is ever fully completed as we all know. Programs and games are > constantly getting updated, and I've developed for free for so long now, > buying custom made libraries, off-the-shelf libraries, sounds, music, and > am > sick of getting nothing back for it. That's how devs get broke. I can't > even > live, because I'm constantly working for X-Sight. I'm constantly roaming > the > country staying at friend's house and eating their food. > I won't mention any names, but there's three people in particular who > encouraged me to sell this game, one of them himself being a developer. > Now > I get a price/game release rebellion. I was told and advised to knock the > price down. I knocked the price down, making the pay very low for me. > If you'd rather I finished it there, developed for myself instead, I could > easily flush the whole lot down the toilet, take down the whole site, and > easily spend as much money as I've spent on X-Sight over the past two > years > on a decent Yamaha Tyros II keyboard while still being able to buy my own > food and arrange to move over to the states to live and spend time with my > girlfriend. > I'm sorry if this message appears harsh, but I feel you ought to know the > long and short of it. > Thanks. > Regards, > Damien > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:20 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Acefire price > > >> that darn thing should be free. Bet lite tech has spent more time >> programming there free games then you did. I'm sorry, but it's most >> likely >> true. Plus, you have had so many screw ups. Like the hole ready for >> preorder >> and stuff. That broke. In my respectful openyan, it may come across the >> wrong way, wich I know it is, but it's just not worth paying for. Sorry, >> but >> that's how I feel. >> >> Rock, >> >> Cory >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Damien Sadler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 3:00 AM >> Subject: [Audyssey] Acefire price >> >> >>> Hi. >>> OK, I have brought the price down from 35 to $20. >>> Thanks. >>> Regards, >>> Damien >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. 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