Then how else is someone supposed to feed himself while working on a project of larger scope than a single person can handle in the time remaining after a full-time day job, housekeeping, and sleep? If the game's producer is a programmer, he needs to hire artists, or vice versa.Alp wrote:my disgust, at the idea of Cat Quest being put on KickStarter. (I consider it a tool for scammers to make easy money, or for developers to be lazy.)
In a market economy, you can't make a game without money. You can't even stay alive without money, as rent and food cost money.Espozo wrote:If people really cared that bad about their game, I really feel they could make it without money, considering it's pretty much free to make one.
So is there a better model than Kickstarter for funding the development of games larger in scope than the "single-screen puzzle games" that certain regulars here have given me heck for making?
Perhaps someone fears that scamming may become "the new normal". For example, "what other people do with their own money" is buy video game consoles instead of gaming PCs, which forces third-party developers to spend extra money on the overhead of obtaining a console devkit just to make and sell their games. And because "what other people do with their own money" is buy PCs, you can't be sure that GNU/Linux will work on a brand new major brand laptop (see DebianOn listings for T100TA and X205TA).rainwarrior wrote:I never understand the strong feelings people seem to have about what other people do with their own money.