#20 Feb 19 2012, 9:03 pm
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NefariousDevelopment
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WANO, have you considered open-sourcing it?
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NefariousDevelopment wrote:
WANO, have you considered open-sourcing it? All of his pixel art would be ripped for use in completely unrelated projects within literally seconds of announcing that it had gone open source and the project still wouldn't progress to completion. | |
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#22 Feb 19 2012, 9:12 pm
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Just an idea. Open-source would also make it difficult to collect a profit. I wouldn't mind helping out as a programmer, but I don't think I could devote TONs of time to it.
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NefariousDevelopment wrote:
WANO, have you considered open-sourcing it? This is a pretty good idea, but it likely detracts from his original goal with the game and also makes his large payments for artwork go down the drain. Unless of course he plans to replace the artwork and take that which he paid good money for and create something else with it. | |
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#24 Feb 20 2012, 12:34 am
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#26 Feb 20 2012, 6:53 am
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I don't think the problem is the programmers you've hired or the community's lack of capable programmers, it seems to be the game itself. Eternia looks like a generic MMORPG kind of game that would be very boring to implement. Lots of menus, generic attacks, and generic enemy AI - it's not surprising that people get bored of working on it.
If you want to make a game you should learn to program. You don't have to be able to make an entire game yourself but you should be able to code up a prototype of what'll make the game fun (ex: if the game centers around combat, prototype some special attacks and enemy AI, but leave out the unrelated stuff). This will: 1. Verify that the idea is as fun in actuality as it was in your head. 2. Give you an artifact (video, screenshot, etc.) that shows the game's potential. This'll help attract game developers. 3. Cut costs. You can sink $100 into graphics and a week of your time into coding the prototype to test the idea out before spending thousands of dollars. | |
