Would anyone be interested in this??

BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
A while ago, I mentioned starting work on some templates, a connect 4 style game template for GS specifcally. Work did begin but was quickly derailed by actual life...funny how that happens. :)

Well, I recently quit my day job and am looking for things to occupy my time with, and make a little scratch if at all possible..

So I picked up beginnings of my connect 4 template and instantly realized that I wanted to go a different direction with the game engine. I had started with a physical model where the chips fell into place based on gravity and stayed in place because of invisible wall and "place holders"..that sort of thing. It was actually quite amazing to watch (I'll post a video later), but was a bit of a resource hog.

Now, I'm a little over a day into development on the completely revamped template and I'm going with a more programatic approach. Everything is coming along nicely, the engine works with the exception of a few bugs I've yet to attack. It stays in the near 60's as for FPS with a few momentary drops to high 40's during the heavy lifting...there are quite a few actors on and off screen (everything gets recycled, no spawning).

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The point of my post is to see if there is still any interest in this style of template? I am at a crossroads where I am trying to decide if I should just release it as my own game or make the source available for sale. Obviously, the poll is not a commitment, but rather just a gauge for how popular this type of thing might be.

If this template does well here I would obviously be interested in taking suggestions for the next project(s)..

Thanks for your time. :)

Comments

  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    1 - Image not found
    2 - Release the game first, then sell the template. It's the best of both worlds. HA HA! :)
  • BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
    @Photics,

    Sorry, I fixed the image...been a WHILE since I posted an image to these boards...haha

    Good advice, but wouldn't that kind of being competing with my customers? lol

    BTW, I'm going for a slightly modified "Drop7" aesthetic...

    Also, if I get around 10 people interested in buying, I'll release it first as a template...

    I'm sure this would be a great learning tool for newer and even some seasoned users alike.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    BarkBarkCo said:
    Good advice, but wouldn't that kind of being competing with my customers? lol

    No, it's a service to your customers. It deters others from simply cutting and pasting your template and launching it as their own. Instead, those with the template would be forced to be creative... to actually do something unique and different from the original... as the original is already on the market.

    Cutting-and-pasting might happen anyway, but having it on the app store already is a strong deterrent.
  • BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
    Good point. I really didn't think about it like that.

    One thing I could do is take out all of the graphics, or watermark them like tshirtbooth..so that they have to be added/changed...

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  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    yeah if you plan on doing a game with it definetly do that before selling the template. Cause even if every single person changes the graphics, its still the same game ya know. Thats whats kinda bad about thesse types of templates, thats what happened with the stacker template and a bunch others
  • BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
    @John,

    To me, that is almost a reason to not release it as a game myself and just put the template out there, even if just for other's learning purposes...

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  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    very true as well. Either way good luck, looking forward to seeing it finished :)
  • BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
    Thanks, I'll try and polish it up in the next few days.

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  • LordTarantorLordTarantor Member, PRO Posts: 890
    Isn't there a connect 4 template already. I might be mistaken but I think I saw something like it a while ago.
    Any way it looks awesome. I might be interested.
  • BarkBarkCoBarkBarkCo Member Posts: 1,400
    @LordTarantor, this is the only "connect 4" template to my knowledge. You may be remembering me talking about releasing it some months back... ;)

    Not sure why this thread was moved to the marketplace since there is noting for sale here. Miscellaneous was probably a better place for it...lol

    So, I ended up deciding to just release this as a template for now. In the end I don't want to be competing with someone else that may release it "as is". However, I reserve the right to include this as a "mini-game" in another app i'm working on at the moment. :)

    Anyway, here's the link to the marketplace thread if you want more information:
    http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=25101#post-190504

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