Re: Gaming projects

[Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net>]

Gregor Mückl wrote:
> > There is a LOT of stuff out there - and at least 99% of it is crap.
> Unfortunately. Most of the time it's not the programming which kills the 
> projects, though. We're still missing artists.
Yep.  That's for sure.

> I've started to go through 
> great efforts to get artists for my current project. Although I'm developing 
> exclusively on Linux, I also provide Windows versions of the engine so that 
> at least artists and musicians can keep their familiar working environment. 
> And the best surprise of all is that it works although I never tested this 
> thing in native Windows.
I think that's an important message - it's really no harder to make things
work under both Linux AND Windows if you plan it that way from the get-go.

It's interesting that you think that helps you to get artists on board though...
it makes sense though.

> I also have to give up on the idelogical part of "free gaming" if I want to 
> succeed. The artists ususally love to see money for their work - at least 
> those with reasonable talent. Having nothing to offer for them, it's quite 
> difficult to build up a good team.
>
> The more experience I gain, the more I recognize the need to do game projects 
> on a commercial basis. It sounds bad. And it is even more disappointing.
That may be further than I'd want to go.

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