WilkinGames 2013-11-11 09:37:23

Just checked out Alien Splatter. Keep up the good work!

NeonSpider 2013-11-11 10:35:58

I would say just go for it! You can't know how well or even if something will sell unless you put it out there and try to sell it. It could end up costing you money if people aren't buying OR you could make a lot of money with it but there's only one way to find out.

I would advise to make games firstly because of a love of games and only think about the money secondly because that's staying true to the artform. Which, contrary to certain ignorant critics, video games are an art form!

If you just want to make money then don't even bother making good games. If you look at what makes money these days you'll find uninspired crappy games like Angry Birds. So the key to making money is making a crappy unoriginal game and somehow getting it popular.

TomFulp 2013-11-11 12:20:15

A pay game is worth a shot, it could expose you to a new audience (there's a big indie downloadable fan scene that is disconnected from the web game scene), make you some money and bring those people to check out your previous work too!

As for the other games you're working on - is the Mario 64 style game 3D? Have you been tinkering with Unity?

For the Mega Man style game, it would be awesome if you made a demake adventure based on the characters in Cathode Raybots, NES style and not based on single screen user levels.. Just tossing that out there :)

dreamsfan 2013-11-12 22:47:27

I would pay for a game. You might want to allow a curve of difficulty when appealing to pay-to-play masses though. I swear Alien Splatters stage 4-D insta-deaths and the mega-man vanishing blocks of stage X were swear-inducing. Ninja Virus seemed even harder, I could only get to stage 2.

For the money, I'd like to see a real-time RPG. There's just not enough good ones.

squidly 2013-11-13 19:56:01

Though Tom suggested it, the Mario 64 game does not have to be 3D. You've already proven yourself as a more then adequate spriter, a good 16 bit collect-o-thon of about the quality of Super Mario 63 (one of my favorite flash games) and I'd happily shell out 10 - 20 bucks.

Just remember, the heart of a good collect-o-thon is an adorable, original, mascot character.

Okay, well, actually it's the level design, but Banjo Kazooie (Tooie) just wouldn't be the same without... Banjo and Kazooie.

The core is a connected design, Collectothons at their heart are only a few steps from Metroidvania's in the idea of collect one thing here and it helps you over there. Banjo Tooie was the game that really, truly, blurred the line as opposed to the self contained (and worse) level design of Super Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie.

Have you played Vertex? Though it's an incomplete game, it had an interesting character switch mechanic that I was planning on borrowing/stealing for something completely different. Personally I'd prefer a single character/duo but Donkey Kong 64 has its own fans.

ChandlerThompson 2013-11-15 22:22:43

Keep up the good work, buddy!