I'm glad you brought that up actually. The example of a few games receiving donations is a good example of why only having donations as a monetization option is detrimental.
Let's say there are two mods/games, Mod A being a single player game and Mod B being a multiplayer game. Mod A is a much better developed game with tons of replayability, depth and has a huge cult following. Mod B is a decently developed game with moderate replayability and a decent following. Mod A receives no donations simply due to the fact of it being single player and not exactly inspiring much of a community feel. Mod B receives tons of donations just for being multiplayer and inspiring a community.
Requiring a community is forceful on the modders and I feel it is unnecessary. I would much rather worry about making fun games and improving on others then managing a community. Players are more then capable of creating their own communities around games and a lot of the time, they do.
I feel this is wrong and is just one of many reasons being able to sell mods/games should be an option. Personally, I would like to see a "pay what you want" option with the ability to offer trial periods to give players a chance to see if its worth it.
The whole idea of "donating" is silly since nobody donates. I've made close to 20 games over the last 5 years, some were pretty popular and I have received exactly $0.00 in donations. At first I thought it was because I was not advertising a way to donate to me properly so I put the way to donate to me on every single one of my maps descriptions and loading screens, nothing. I even have the way to donate on my youtube channel.
Streamers make money for playing games, Youtubers make money for playing/reviewing games, Modders make jack shit for enhancing games/making them.
Ok, Just would like to know how many people here would like to creating fantasy maps after the official release of the asset pack?
I have a big interest in creating one but there are no ground textures that fit the new models. That combined with Wowmodelviewer not exporting anything at the moment and I'm screwed lol.
Since you are going to start a Kickstarter Project, that means you won't quit and disappear suddenly.
Two year ago I joined a team, in six months I finished all models for it and co-worked with PrintIn to develop a new powerful technology which also used in SCU project later. But the project leader DISAPPEARED suddenly, and never came back in a year. Which made my 6 months works into nothing.
There are many teams over there and not all of them have enough reputation that they won't quit SC2 before they give over unfinished works. The uncertainty some time make people like me can't feel at ease. In this situation, Kickstarter is a guarantee.
I think themusic and I have quite a reputation with our past work so you will have absolutely nothing to worry about with us vanishing. Once the Kickstarter is successful it is 100% guarantee'd that we will finish all 3 of these games.
We are very appreciative/enthusiastic of each team members work (Hence the small team) so being appreciated will not be an issue!
If you would like to be a part of the team just send me a PM and we can discuss it further and possibly connect on skype with myself and themusic.
Hmmm, it seems I already finished some of the models/animation in your list (except the Casino, I have no idea what it looks like). I can support these models right now so that you don't need to pay for the modeler.
1) FPS/TPS UI models for your first game. It's a quite different solution for UI system;
2) Have exp on similar works, we made a full functional vehicle model with Brett Wood in it and a fighter that carry Mike Morhaime and Dustin Browder, and we also have may vehicle model examples;
3) Already have enough m3a animations for every characters that allow you to do much complex animations than Blizzard offered;
4)There is no Casino model though, but we can currently offer you a Blizzard company model.
Btw, You said “Kart Racer with Blizzard Characters”, does this include Dustin Browder as well? Please, we really want to share our Dustin Browder Marauders.
We could add Dustin Browder as a gag unlock possibly. It would not be priority at all though lol.
What would your asking price be per brand new model?
Myself and Themusic (Star Party and Star Strikers UI) will be launching a Kickstarter for 3 games over the course of about a year or so. We plan to launch on September 14th and will be promoted by Blizzard and numerous streamers. We're currently looking to recruit a 3D Modeler to work for us on these projects. The 3 games we plan to make will be as follows...
1. Photon Discs Successor/Sequel
2. Kart Racer with Blizzard Characters.
3. Smash Bros/Power Stone styled Fighter with Blizzard Characters.
4. (Stretch Goal) Will be a Casino in which players can gamble currency earned playing these 3 games and purchase exclusive unlocks only available within the Casino.
If you're interested in joining us just provide examples of your work and what you would like to be paid per model. You can do this by just replying to the thread or PM me here on mapster.
I can't say it never occurred to me that copyrighted music would be off-limits, but I couldn't turn down such an amazing soundtrack! We'll have to see what happens.
And no bad blood if Airstrike can't be considered as a result :)
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"8: Original Work of Authorship. You hereby warrant and represent that (a) you own all rights to all Entry Materials submitted by you; and (b) all such Entry Materials are original works of authorship on your part and have not been copied, in whole or in part, from any other work and do not violate, misappropriate or infringe any copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of any other person or entity."
It has its own section in the rules of the contest. :)
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I hope they make it a requirement to match the Warcraft/Fantasy theme as it is definitely a theme that is extremely lacking on the Arcade.
Also, if they don't make it required I predict 99% of entries will not be Warcraft/Fantasy themed so the entire concept becomes useless.
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@Mozared: Go
I'm glad you brought that up actually. The example of a few games receiving donations is a good example of why only having donations as a monetization option is detrimental.
Let's say there are two mods/games, Mod A being a single player game and Mod B being a multiplayer game. Mod A is a much better developed game with tons of replayability, depth and has a huge cult following. Mod B is a decently developed game with moderate replayability and a decent following. Mod A receives no donations simply due to the fact of it being single player and not exactly inspiring much of a community feel. Mod B receives tons of donations just for being multiplayer and inspiring a community.
Requiring a community is forceful on the modders and I feel it is unnecessary. I would much rather worry about making fun games and improving on others then managing a community. Players are more then capable of creating their own communities around games and a lot of the time, they do.
I feel this is wrong and is just one of many reasons being able to sell mods/games should be an option. Personally, I would like to see a "pay what you want" option with the ability to offer trial periods to give players a chance to see if its worth it.
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The whole idea of "donating" is silly since nobody donates. I've made close to 20 games over the last 5 years, some were pretty popular and I have received exactly $0.00 in donations. At first I thought it was because I was not advertising a way to donate to me properly so I put the way to donate to me on every single one of my maps descriptions and loading screens, nothing. I even have the way to donate on my youtube channel.
Streamers make money for playing games, Youtubers make money for playing/reviewing games, Modders make jack shit for enhancing games/making them.
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I have a big interest in creating one but there are no ground textures that fit the new models. That combined with Wowmodelviewer not exporting anything at the moment and I'm screwed lol.
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www.youtube.com/bounty4321
That is my portfolio of everything I have ever made in the editor.
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The QA was indeed useless due to the fact nobody really asked any good questions or followed up.
However, I think the presentation as a whole, as greythepirate said "Is the most promosing news we've gotten on the future of the editor....ever"
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@FockeWulf: Go
Welcome back ol Fockie.
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If I were you would I ditch the "competitive" shooter label .
While latency can be reduced to the point that the game is perfectly playable and fun, the "competitive" label brings latency standards with it.
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I think themusic and I have quite a reputation with our past work so you will have absolutely nothing to worry about with us vanishing. Once the Kickstarter is successful it is 100% guarantee'd that we will finish all 3 of these games.
We are very appreciative/enthusiastic of each team members work (Hence the small team) so being appreciated will not be an issue!
If you would like to be a part of the team just send me a PM and we can discuss it further and possibly connect on skype with myself and themusic.
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We could add Dustin Browder as a gag unlock possibly. It would not be priority at all though lol.
What would your asking price be per brand new model?
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@Tobyfat50: Go @Delphinium1987: Go
If you guys could PM me with your asking prices per model that would be great!
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Hello everyone,
Myself and Themusic (Star Party and Star Strikers UI) will be launching a Kickstarter for 3 games over the course of about a year or so. We plan to launch on September 14th and will be promoted by Blizzard and numerous streamers. We're currently looking to recruit a 3D Modeler to work for us on these projects. The 3 games we plan to make will be as follows...
1. Photon Discs Successor/Sequel
2. Kart Racer with Blizzard Characters.
3. Smash Bros/Power Stone styled Fighter with Blizzard Characters.
4. (Stretch Goal) Will be a Casino in which players can gamble currency earned playing these 3 games and purchase exclusive unlocks only available within the Casino.
If you're interested in joining us just provide examples of your work and what you would like to be paid per model. You can do this by just replying to the thread or PM me here on mapster.
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"8: Original Work of Authorship. You hereby warrant and represent that (a) you own all rights to all Entry Materials submitted by you; and (b) all such Entry Materials are original works of authorship on your part and have not been copied, in whole or in part, from any other work and do not violate, misappropriate or infringe any copyright, trademark or other proprietary right of any other person or entity."
It has its own section in the rules of the contest. :)
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Someone brought this to my attention last night so I made a video about it and had someone post it on reddit :)
http://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/2aernu/among_the_many_submission_rules_that_were_ignored/
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The top 10 will be revealed sometime this week.
Source: Blizzard