GS Templates/Demos

MikeDelano

Hi
I just would like to ask about templates/demos. Why many of you create them and make them public for everyone? You only make a bigger competition on App Store. If you (for example tshirtbooth) know GS very well, and you can make an awesome game which will make you a lot of money, why do you create a free template for everyone?
I'm wondering about it. Do you need others attention and do you need to hear that you are cool and awesome? I'm sure that you spent A LOT of time learning GameSalad. Why do you want to make it super easy for new users?
Instead of making free templates, you should make an awesome game and make yourself some bigger money.

frario

MikeDelano said:
Do you need others attention and do you need to hear that you are cool and awesome?

Is that what your parents thought you about good people?

However this is called marketing on a niche and actually is much smarter than the mass of people -like me - wishing to develop games and get rich fast.

mynameisace

There was some saying somewhere an' that that said something like:

Great societies are built when a man plants a tree who's shade he will never sit it.

Teesh does great things for this community and has helped build a great place.

Why do math teachers become teachers? Certainly not for the pay, since they get paid an average wage for all the years training and extra time they put in.

Ace

MikeDelano

Thank you for your reply tshirtbooth! I didin't want to offend anyone. I just saw your topic about Angry Birds template. You made a great game Mini Cannon, and now you want to publish a template about it.
So you should be aware that after you publish this template many, many people will create this kind of games, and your Mini Cannon will be just one of thousands made with GS.
Of course I do understand if you or anyone else make a template and then sell it - this is logical and understandable for me.

tshirtbooth said:
A template is almost the same as someone on here telling you how to do something in gamesalad.

So are you saying people should not post how to do things on here because they should just make there own games? if so how would you learn?

I think that by making a template you are giving the fish to the poor, not a fishing rod. And you should give the new GS user a fishing rod (an advice) so he would learn how to catch the fish himself.

Cheers!

simo103

wow ...... just wow! Sure sucks to be you and you don't even know it.

simo103

MD ... seems like you are real handy at giving out advice .. so here's some back to you. Instead of making an uniformed post (that just about anyone would find offense with, let alone naming a person) why don't you look around a bit.

Tshirtbooth makes both free and paid for templates. Because of his reputation people trust that he provides a quality product and thus sales of his templates deserve to be high. And you will also find that a ton of the videos that 'teach people to catch fish' are also made by him.

Sure hope your not the only person who comes by if I ever have 'an hour of need'. (No offense)

SingleSparq

Let's not be too harsh on the guy. I understand what he's saying but a template is just a starting point really, not a complete game so there is still a lot of heart and soul you have to put in them to make them your own. It's not like your downloading a compete game from GS and republishing it under you own name... Oh wait.

Seriously, the help given by tshirt and others is exceptional in this day and age of overly selfish individuals out for a quick buck. And you will see both types here given the recent stealing of games. Yes there is a possibility of many taking advantage and a lot of the 'same' games appearing on the store but the good ones will stand apart.

Hell, might as well blame Game Salad for providing a free game making tool for the masses while you at it.

simo103

SingleSparq said:
Seriously, the help given by tshirt and others is exceptional in this day and age of overly selfish individuals out for a quick buck. And you will see both types here given the recent stealing of games. Yes there is a possibility of many taking advantage and a lot of the 'same' games appearing on the store but the good ones will stand apart.

sorry SingleSparq ... you're right (but this rubbed me the wrong way). It is exactly because it is so generous of people like tshirtbooth and others that this pissed me off so much. If this thread in anyway made someone think 'why should I bother helping out ' then shame on MD and from me and others here we appreciate your help and because of that I and others look to help also where we can. The community of GS has long been regarded as one of its strong points, let's keep it that way.