Essentially the same, yes. Putting it on the app store is exactly the extra work I'd be doing. As I said, it isn't much work, but it is some work, as well as the $100/year fee. It also takes me about 4 hours to upload a new release (my internet is not very good), and this would be doubled if I were uploading it to 2 places.
Your work on the iPhone port was/is impressive. And for that, you've gotten to provide the only means to get Wesnoth on iPhone, and a much bigger percentage of the profit from it. In any case, I think it makes sense to charge for it, for a combination of John's reason, and the fact that if people are willing to pay, it could potentially be another revenue stream for Wesnoth. If it turns out no one's paying, then maybe we could change it to free, but I think it's worth a shot at least. Also, if I'm getting some money from it, that will be a motivator for me to work more on the quality of the Mac packaging, which will benefit those who pay, and those who don't. Ben On Jan 13, 2011, at 7:34 PM, Kyle Poole wrote: > It will be the same package that you can download for free for Mac, > right? You're not doing any extra work to put it in the Mac App Store, > so I really suggest putting it up for free. In contrast, it took me > about 9 months fulltime work to do the iPhone port... > > > Kyle > > > On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Ben Anderman <b...@coolhemp.com> wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> As you may have heard, Apple just released the new "Mac App Store", which is >> basically like the iPhone App Store, except for Mac. I would like to put >> Wesnoth on it, and I think as the Mac packager, I'm the ideal candidate to >> do so. Previously, Apple's software listing was a big source of publicity >> for Wesnoth on Mac, but the App Store is replacing the software listing, so >> not being on it will mean a loss in publicity. >> >> I haven't put anything on the Mac App Store yet, but from what I've read >> it's not very difficult, and I've signed up for an account already. I was >> thinking it could be priced similarly to Wesnoth on iOS ($1-5), and I'm >> hoping to keep something like 10% of the profit myself. The reason to charge >> for it, is that it will basically be an easy way for people to donate, and >> they'll be paying for convenience - we WILL still have the Mac binary on the >> website for free. The reason for me keeping a percentage, is that it is a >> bit of work to manage something like this, and it costs $100/year as well. >> >> Any objections? >> >> Ben / crimson_penguin >> _______________________________________________ >> Wesnoth-dev mailing list >> Wesnoth-dev@gna.org >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wesnoth-dev mailing list > Wesnoth-dev@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev _______________________________________________ Wesnoth-dev mailing list Wesnoth-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/wesnoth-dev
