Hi Dark, Actually, it was 7 levels not 8. The early versions of Entombed as well as the current demo end after completing level 7. However, your basic point still stands. What Jason did with Entombed turned out to be a good marketing strategy.
On 11/18/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Actually chris that was very much the stratogy with entombed. > > there were ten or so betas of the first eight floors to the dungeon produced > in the first 18 months before the game went commercial, after that point > there were several more commercial releases that fixed bugs and added to the > game, so it is actually possible to have a successive commercial release so > long as you make sure that there is a decent sized enough demo for people to > play and to add to before you bring out the ful game and start working on > that for your paying customers. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.