goodies

[VNVObit]

We can easily do a package with game and WITHOUT game

that's good to know. Will wait patiently

[Mar]

I'd throw a large amount of money at a pack containing both GR:R and SG. LARGE AMOUNTS!

[gilesgoat]

Fundamentally .. what's "holding" so far all this is the book.

The book it's been done "just for the press", Yak feels that "if that's the book he really want people to enjoy at best he
wants to refine it and add more content to it".

About the other contents of the package I already got in touch with some places and got a quote about costs and such,
they are very reasonable (*) so it's a matter of "deciding what/how to do and pick up some options".

During those coming holidays in Portugal while totally disconnected from the net among one Super Bock and another we'll
lay down ideas/plans "for next things to come"







(*) except one thing I though "Hey that would be really cool if" but when I saw the costs had far too many zeroes
attached I went

Yet for curiosity I should maybe one day try to check a few other places...

[Jamesac]

I really enjoyed the book, and would love to see it completed. Seriously, get someone who knows how it's done to send it around to publishers, see if anyone's interested.

As for it being part of a goodies version of Gridrunner, it's almost good enough as it is. A bit of editing, an outro from the main history between it and the History of Gridrunner section, and you're good.

James

[Jest of EVE]

I really enjoyed the book, and would love to see it completed. Seriously, get someone who knows how it's done to send it around to publishers, see if anyone's interested.

As for it being part of a goodies version of Gridrunner, it's almost good enough as it is. A bit of editing, an outro from the main history between it and the History of Gridrunner section, and you're good.

James

Not that simple, it just isn't that simple. Jeff knows. If there is a book in there then there's a lot of Llamasoft history that is currently unwritten and would take a great deal of time to prepare.

It would be good, (great); but requires effort. Everything in life is directly proportional to the amount of time and effort you put into creating it. God I know that from my own line of work!

Let it evolve into what it needs to be, then it will be right.

[Jamesac]

I know that, which is why I used the word "completed" in the first sentence, and commented on the book as-is in the second paragraph. There's definitely a book in there, and a good one too, and I'd love to be able to walk into a store and buy it someday.

James

[ALLseeingEYE]

Looking forward to hearing more details on this myself, add another pre-order to the list! It will stay there too, no rush on my end.

But ya, I don't think people would mind if they just received the press books, but I suppose patience is virtue. Don't want to run into the situation where you sell a bunch of unfinished books, then have everyone not want to buy the real completed version down the line.

Speaking for myself though, I'd buy the finished one in a jiffy, even if I just got the press book with a goodies package.

[HGFB]

Shove what's already written onto Lulu and sell us a volume 2 later when more is done.

Don't you guys want to earn money or something? GRR must be selling really well if you can pass up on all this cash.

[IronGiant]

Shove what's already written onto Lulu and sell us a volume 2 later when more is done.

Nice idea, I like it.

[HGFB]

Shove what's already written onto Lulu and sell us a volume 2 later when more is done.

Nice idea, I like it.

Most of the sales are going to be to fanboys anyway and we tend not to mind being double dipped.

[bcass]

Most of the sales are going to be to fanboys anyway and we tend not to mind being double dipped.

Definitely true this. Milk (lol) each product as you go along. Even if a game ends up not selling many units, chances are most people who bought it originally will buy any number of various add-ons/level packs, etc. I know it doesn't exist anymore, but I would have loved to have bought (as an add-on) that old version of GR+++ (the one you submitted to Microsoft). There's absolutely no shame in this method at all. All the big companies are doing it on PSN/WiiWare/XBLA.

[IronGiant]

Shove what's already written onto Lulu and sell us a volume 2 later when more is done.

Nice idea, I like it.

Most of the sales are going to be to fanboys anyway and we tend not to mind being double dipped.

No doubt owners of 'volume 1' would receive a discount on the complete book - unless it really was done as a two parter.

Someone else who wants it:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 93#p518293

[Misfit]

Shove what's already written onto Lulu and sell us a volume 2 later when more is done.

Don't you guys want to earn money or something? GRR must be selling really well if you can pass up on all this cash.

Agreed, get packs out.

We'll all buy the updated book too.

[fuwafuwa]

http://yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=79615
Now you can get the pdf version of the Llamasoft History book.