Polyhedra of Disorder

Iain · Post by **Iain** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:04 am 0

It's been an age and a half since I posted on here....

I have this new version of an old old game almost ready, and it needs some testage. Anybody care to volunteer?. (People with some history on here please so I know I can trust you...)

And I'm seeking some advice:

How should I 'sell' this?

As unprotected 'shareware', relying on honesty, and possibly exploiting viral effects.

Or protected and using registration keys (nobody broke the protection in the last version, I am sneaky), with a bunch of fake 'cracked version' torrents published by me, to dilute the real crack torrents.

What price point?. I'm thinking something like $5/£5 is about right.

I need a simple 3d model editor, something not too complex that makes a format I can parse into my own format. Only low poly count needed, some of my models only have 4 polys, which is a bit too low and doesn't take advantage of the specular lighting effectively. Reccomendations?

And, I'd like to get it on smartphones, that's where the money is I think. Any iphone/android coders out there want to give me a hand? (possibly for money!)

Ta, Iain.

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 2:40 am 0

Oh, if this is what the title implies I tested it last time. I'd be more than happy to help again.

$5 that baby, alert Indiegames.com and RockPaperShotgun, maybe give Steam a go, and you might not do half bad.

James

venusian · Post by **venusian** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 9:47 am 0

When I was doing models for mobile phone games I swore by AC3D. It doesn't do model animation but the editor was intuitive, understandable and stable. It's got a well documented ASCII export format. Is cheap too.

sack · Post by **sack** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:52 am 0

http://www.indiecity.com/ could be worth a try maybe? Looks like a fair idea, but I don't know how it's going to turn out in the end...

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:20 pm 0

I'm thinking something like $5/£5 is about right.

And, I'd like to get it on smartphones, that's where the money is I think. Any iphone/android coders out there want to give me a hand? (possibly for money!)

.. you are joking ... $5 ? on iOS ? For a game ? "Where the money is ?" "viral effect ?" ..

You've seen too many of those internet memes ..

Good luck anyway, if you find money good for you, what is the game anyway ? Any screenshot ?

disciple · Post by **disciple** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:39 pm 0

Jamesac wrote:Oh, if this is what the title implies

He yeah, judging from the title this sounds like it could be a tribute(?) to the tremendous indie game ******* of *****

nyarla · Post by **nyarla** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 1:03 pm 0

Iain: AWESOME

I would love to help test, if you'll have me.

What are you coding it in? (C + OpenGL?) (to get an idea of how easy it would be to put on iPhones)

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 8:01 pm 0

I use AC3D for my programmer art, and find it pretty easy to drive.

The native file format is text-based and quite straightforward to parse once you get your head around it, but it also exports to loads of standard formats.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:52 pm 0

Cool, because the PC version of SoC refuses to play nice with my graphics card and the colours all go to smeg if I put it full screen. If I fancy a go I have to go via an Arcimedes emulator which is less than ideal.

Updated version would indeed be nice. I'd be happy to advise on the controls for the iOS version so that they don't suck

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Post by **RiK** » Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:33 pm 0

Iain wrote:It's been an age and a half since I posted on here....

I have this new version of an old old game almost ready, and it needs some testage. Anybody care to volunteer?. (People with some history on here please so I know I can trust you...)

What platform?

Iain · Post by **Iain** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:50 am 0

gilesgoat wrote: .. you are joking ... $5 ? on iOS ? For a game ? "Where the money is ?" "viral effect ?" ..

I confess to not actually owning a 'smart' phone at all.
What's the going rate for casual games on phones then?

nyarla wrote: What are you coding it in? (C + OpenGL?) (to get an idea of how easy it would be to put on iPhones)

This version is for windoze PC. It's mostly plain C, and uses directx9c. The 3d stuff isn't actually that complicated, just set render states, fill vertex buffer, draw. No shaders, no actual textures either. I quite like the plain shaded polys look for the game objects, and chosing just the right value for specular gives them a 'plasticy' look.
I imagine it will be easy to port to OpenGL or whatever.

Yak wrote: Cool, because the PC version of SoC refuses to play nice with my graphics card and the colours all go to smeg if I put it full screen.

Yes, old version was in 256 colour mode.
This is in 16M mode. I don't use all 16M though, just the fully saturated ones. Cycled.

Jamesac · Post by **Jamesac** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:23 am 0

Do you want feedback in here, or IM? I've got a couple things to start with, when you're ready.

Also, while $5 for this on PC would be fine, the nature of smart phones says $1. Not my market, and the debates on the nature of the pricing have been going on for a year or two now, but the reality is that $1 is what the market supports. Unless you've got a really big franchise name to back it up, of course, in which case $5 and a bit more is possible.

James

sack · Post by **sack** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 10:12 am 0

I've been looking at doing some coding for android for a little while now, and would be happy enough to have a go, but I'd be inclined to let Nyarla take the lead with the IOS version first to get the controls nailed down and feeling good for touchscreen.

I get a sneaking suspicion that he knows what he's doing

nyarla · Post by **nyarla** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:18 pm 0

noooooooooooo no i don't. i really don't. (flattered that YOU think so though sack!)
i'd love to learn how to port such a game, but i have no time for that... was just curious.

Iain · Post by **Iain** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:56 pm 0

Jamesac wrote:Do you want feedback in here, or IM? I've got a couple things to start with, when you're ready.

Here is fine.

p.s. the extra keys are:
F1 pause/unpause (F2 single step when paused)
F5 volume down
F6 volume up
One of the pad buttons is pause/unpause too, one is start game.

YakYak

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