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Author Topic: Things that made you sad today thread.  (Read 9767394 times)

Vector

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72945 on: April 12, 2014, 07:26:34 pm »

Does everyone think that kickstarter is, in fact, a way to make games without paying costs overall or something, as opposed to helping guys get funds to make something?

No.  You have to get starting money somewhere.

Worry about if a group Kickstarters over and over again, not about us poor bastards trying to get off the ground for our first game.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72946 on: April 12, 2014, 07:36:51 pm »

You could politely ask Toady to change it. He has the power.

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72947 on: April 12, 2014, 07:41:27 pm »

You could politely ask Toady to change it. He has the power.

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That's totally in the wrong thread.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72948 on: April 12, 2014, 07:41:48 pm »

It's just that you get companies with plenty of capital behind them kickstarting stuff, now.

Yeah... that's probably because publicity that other people are paying you for >________>
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72949 on: April 13, 2014, 04:08:04 am »

Define "Plenty of Capital". Because a lot of the time products are more expensive than people think to produce. Remember when Skull Girls broke down how much it costs them to develop a single character in their Indie GoGo campaign?

Original characters cost $200,000 - $250,000, and the game's total budget was about $1.7 million. For a relatively small but well-crafted 2D fighter on PC and Console.

Whilst I'm sure there are examples, it often feels like a lot of the times people point at a company with "Plenty of Capital", they don't seem to realise that if that company invested fully themselves without getting money from some external party (publisher, bank loan, kickstarter), they'd bankrupt themself in the process.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72950 on: April 13, 2014, 04:14:59 am »

Also, a successful kickstarter, while not a guarantee, is a good indicator of public interest for actual investors.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72951 on: April 13, 2014, 09:29:02 am »

Need to go down to Derry tomorrow about my eye, the likely result being some injections, into my eye. Blech.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72952 on: April 13, 2014, 12:28:56 pm »

Depression sucks. I feel like I can't get anything accomplished.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72953 on: April 13, 2014, 12:34:00 pm »

Depression sucks. I feel like I can't get anything accomplished.
You posted this.
That's accomplished. :v
Though let's worry after we've done stuff and not before.
Depression is silly.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72954 on: April 13, 2014, 12:36:03 pm »

Depression is silly.
I'd disagree... It's pretty bad, and can be horrible. Crippling, really.
Talvieno, is this a transient thing? Then cling to the thought that it'll pass. If it's not, don't do that - we don't want you killing yourself, now, do we?
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72955 on: April 13, 2014, 12:44:54 pm »

Depression is silly.
I'd disagree... It's pretty bad, and can be horrible. Crippling, really.
I don't disagree with this--fully agree, but I say that it can be overcome.

Personal experience with a very bad case here, speaking.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72956 on: April 13, 2014, 12:54:38 pm »


YouTube, why hast thou forsaken me...

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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72957 on: April 13, 2014, 12:57:22 pm »


YouTube, why hast thou forsaken me...

And now he's even on Humble Bundle. There is no escape.
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72958 on: April 13, 2014, 01:02:13 pm »

I hope Markiplier doesn't go down the PDP route. Sometimes I wonder, there have been... a lot of annoying jump-cuts in the recent videos, as well as just annoying yelling and just like "Look at me being stupid guiz!" stuff. :/
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Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« Reply #72959 on: April 13, 2014, 01:10:19 pm »

I hope Markiplier doesn't go down the PDP route. Sometimes I wonder, there have been... a lot of annoying jump-cuts in the recent videos, as well as just annoying yelling and just like "Look at me being stupid guiz!" stuff. :/
Is he even actually gud? I heard some good things about him, watched a video about Oculus Rift and I was just "meh.." and never watched again.
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