remember "Rage of Tyr"? yeah.. i thought so...
gotta few old A6 shots of that around... i could send them to conitec maybe its of some use.
okay conitec here is the deal:
ill do you a website. if you want something to see, check out the icevalk site (
www.icevalk-entertainment.com) my ezekiel rage site (
www.ezekiel-rage.at) the com migratio website (
www.commigratio.at) the goth thing website (
www.goth-thing.at) and a few more around the world i cant remember anymore.
thats what im doing. like the style talk back to me, dont like the style then dont talk back to me its that simple. got some nice gallery stuff going on aswell.
also, you REALLY need better artwork to show off on your website.
you need moar user feedback. feedback from users that actually finished games. you should also feature a finished games list on your website liek you did with the A4 site.
you could also offer a money prize for a contest for users to create a real game with good artwork, or provide alrtwork for users to create a short sample game that shows the engine powers. a free demo video or demo game with every trial edition, on the download page and as ad whereever youre mentioned. and get that MAC support going...
further more, your recource page needs an overhaul. drastically.
there needs to be archives for low poly models, high poly models ect...
i dont want to scroll through hundret low poly models that basiaclly suck (90% of them do) to find the one good model im looking for. invest some money to create a few good free recources.
the AUM is good and all, but the web design (if you can call it that) sucks ass and the way tor ead it even more. download a rar file, unzip it to read a CHM file is hardly intuitive. a web based aum, maybe open up the chm file directly, i dunno, just something more...
im not saysing you MUST do that... but youre nintendo now.. in 2004. and if youre not showing off your Wii now, you have NO chance against sony or micro$oft...
as mentioned above:
casual games, niche games, and so on...
that works. it reallly does. you dont need cry engine or whatever other shit they call it nowadays to create a fun game. you need a good idea, concept, talented artists...
look for serious sam, team fortress, XIII...
we cant do crysis but damn, we can at least make our games fun and with a fitting style...
and you can help...
you want to know the main problem about this community?
ITS THE FUCKING MONEY!
everyone just has money on their heads.
back when i was a idiot (i still am, mind you, but you get the point) if one needed help, you got help. seriously.
but nowadays, whatever it is yorue trying to do, its always:
what are you paying?
seriously...
as serious user i say, other people who have talend should offer their services for projects that actually can work for less money and instead go for the percentage route.
i dont say do it for free. you could, but with all the losers in those boards who want to do an MMORPG the next killer shooter or whatever shit is going on in the jobs section its hard to find someone who is serious.
but if you see people that are doing serious stuff, games that will be completed, why not offer your help? do you really think someone who already compleetd games ripps your work off? i doubt that...
stop caring so much about money. i gladly mention SLIN as one of the best people this community has. the other one being a close friend of mine i wont share his name becaus ei know he hates that. then there is HeelX. And im sure there are more people i never had the pleasure to work with.
BUt if not for Slin, my friend or HeelX, i would have NOTHING now.
NOTHING...
and they didnt ask for money. they did it for free. i offered them a chance to get cash when the game sells, which of course they gladly accepted. and im paying them off as soon as money from their respective games roll in.
but they know that, if i dont make money, they dont make money either...
HOW is an indoe going to pay the rates some people here have? i know that a few users here have great rates. Dexsoft comes to mind. or others im not sure i can name here. i know their rates are good. but some others...
170 or mroe bucks for a 9 hour job sounds like little, but then he tells ya he needs five nine hour days to do a model. who pays 850 bucks for ONE model? who has that kind of money?
to finish my rant: that we are where we are is our own fault. i would offer my services as designer and writer to anyone who needs them, but seriously, everyone ehre thinks he is a game designer, so why should i stop them from failing?
point is, if you share a little bit more, thing sget better. share... like tutorials from back in the days. like some free artwork, previews, whatever...