Posts by Sjonsson

  • Games W.I.P Thread

    Quote from Castle

    Now put video editing and managing a YouTube channel on top of that and you have a recipe for exhaustion. I feel like I am slowly improving, but there would be no way I could do this if I wasn't already so experienced in level design. Learning two trades at the same time would be killer...

    I betcha, video editing takes ridicule amounts of times. Get's you thinking when you see a well cut movie that's 3 hours long. Can't believe you've put some 100 episodes into various projects, really impressive! Cudos!

  • Games W.I.P Thread

    Quote from Castle

    Its mostly been trying to wrap my head around making level design entertaining for a YouTube channel. Every time I think I am making progress I start to realize haven't been thinking about it the right way.

    Yeah I bet that's really hard since level designing is often a long process which is sometimes tedious even.

  • To F2P or P2P, that's the question!

    Sorry it's been taking so long for me to respond to your latest points, I read them pretty much the same day you posted them, then a couple of days later we had our meeting and decided to take on a F2P Hybrid Business Model, it was a really hard decision but we couldn't wait any longer. Things may change if we find a publisher or investor that doesn't want F2P, but for now our goal is set.

    Now a new task is at hand, how do we define what things we should be selling and for what prize? Something I've come to learn is that the things that a developer values is most likely very different from what the players value. In example: the players want all content to be reachable without having to pay for anything to unlock content, but buying an XP boost which increases the rate in which progress is made could be all fine. I am not saying we are going to do exactly that thing, just the principle of it.

    Thanks a lot for posting, all of you! It helped us out and brought light to things we didn't think of earlier or simply different perspectives.


    I totally agree with you, I think that options is the way to go and I think that is the key of the hybrid model. Just like 2d-chris said, I too believe options for each customer is the future of games. I'm not saying you should tend to every customer's need, just try to have more than just one method of payment.

    Of course we will never be able to have a 100%-balanced game with perfect synergy between all spells, that's not the real world. I might have missed out on clarifying it but our intension is that no other spell is over-powered. That said a player won't be able to "buy the mega strong spell" and kick everyone elses' butt!

    Quote from FrieChamp

    I suspect you would be leaving out all mechanics that 99.9% of all F2P games rely on for monetization in hopes that you will create a game that is fun and monetizes well without facing objections for ethical reasons (remember that your own subjective set of ethics might differ from those of others). I'm not saying that is wrong, in fact, I would applaud you for it, if I didn't know how hard that is and how much you might regret going down this route when your game is out but nobody is willing to pay for it. It's tough out there. Don't try to chase the 5-legged unicorn. Get that game out there. Get the experience and feedback. See what works, what doesn't and make some money! Clock is ticking!


    I think this is a very legit heads up. I have no clue where we will land but I think our bills and strive to stay alive as an indie studio is probably more important than not selling gameplay content as an IAP solely based on principles. Thanks!

  • DOTA 2

    Hahaha Ray Sipe is a fucking legend. I just can't understand why he keeps doing these videos, it's like he's a teenager who can't get enough attention. Or just a troll, I have no clue. He's one of the seven wonders.