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Sigonyth: Desert Eternity: Dev Journal #2
Dana
Member Posts: 2,415
Dawid "Zolthar" Makowski returns for his second developer journal. In this month's article he discusses the perils of being an independent developer without the benefit of external funding.
;) The market is growing extremely fast, new games are being released almost every single day. Most of them pass unnoticed, only few of them manage to gain player attention for a significant time. Competition among developers, boosted with enormous amount of money as well as better and better hardware, results in higher game standards - every few of months the performance of published games is doubled.
In the past, you were able to produce a blockbuster, working alone or in a small group. All you needed was a good idea. Now, having the idea is simply not enough production process, especially concerning MMOG market, requires a great deal of effort. What is more, players expectations are constantly growing bigger, and meeting their needs is a matter of flexibility and taking into concern every issue that comes along. |
You can read the full article here.
Dana Massey
Formerly of MMORPG.com
Currently Lead Designer for Bit Trap Studios
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Hardocre Gamer
Wanted Games:
Middle Earth Online
Age of Empires 3
Well i have been following the game for a month, i dont post on the forums but i still cant wait for the game to come out, at least a beta version or somethinf.
Definetely makes for an assuring account. They sound like they have their stuff together.
The MOre people talk about it the more I want to play that game. I cant wait either
'The Blister Exitss"