Anyone Regret going pro

scuurproscuurpro Member, PRO Posts: 63
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Obviously Game Salad is what you make of it. But does anyone here regret paying the extra 300 dollars to go pro theirs defiantly a good amount of stuff I want from the pro version. So I know I am going to get it I just wanted to know if anyone got it and it wasn't what they expected or not that great.

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  • The_Gamesalad_GuruThe_Gamesalad_Guru Member Posts: 9,922

    No and I've been pro for three years.

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  • scuurproscuurpro Member, PRO Posts: 63

    @The_Gamesalad_Guru said:
    No and I've been pro for three years.

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  • colandercolander Member Posts: 1,610
    edited May 2014

    I have no regrets it is well worth the $300 I paid. I like having access to the Pro features and nightly builds and you can't publish to the Apple store without it.

    However it is beta software and it will have issues at times and sometimes they can take awhile to fix. At the moment IAP's have been broken for some users for about a month and they are still trying to get it working again. Just be aware there could be times when you are waiting for fixes before you can publish your games.

    Having said that there probably hasn't been a better time to buy GS. They have fixed its code base and features and fixes are generally coming out pretty quickly now. At $300 it is a great deal.

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  • scuurproscuurpro Member, PRO Posts: 63
    edited May 2014

    @‌ colander

    Thanks for you Comment I just bought it. I am very excited.

  • colandercolander Member Posts: 1,610

    @scuurpro if you edit your post and put the cursor before your comment and hit enter twice it will separate your comment from mine. Welcome to Pro :)

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  • scuurproscuurpro Member, PRO Posts: 63

    @colander‌

    Thanks

  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934

    I think the only regret you could have is if you buy pro before you need or are ready for it. You certainly don't need it to learn GameSalad and you will get the most out of it if you have learned enough to begin diving in hard core building your game.

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  • scuurproscuurpro Member, PRO Posts: 63

    @tenrdrmer‌ Yeah I already have two games built and I was trying to figure out if their was a work around for putting ads on it but not really. I bought it about 15 minutes ago and already have my Ads all setup going send the binary tonight to apple for one and the other tomorrow. Good advice though

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited May 2014

    @scuurpro said:
    Obviously Game Salad is what you make of it. But does anyone here regret paying the extra 300 dollars to go pro theirs defiantly a good amount of stuff I want from the pro version. So I know I am going to get it I just wanted to know if anyone got it and it wasn't what they expected or not that great.

    I did regret going Pro after the Lua-Drop mess, there was the suggestion that we were on the cusp of a revolution, Lua-Drop fever swept the nation, women fainted at the demo videos and grown men openly weeped in public, the promised-land was just around the corner, the demo videos gave glimpses of a world where loading times were a thing of the past, the clamour for a custom loading wheel rendered pointless by the fact that it never got time to spin up . . . . I was absolutely sold on what I'd seen, as soon as I had the money (is it really so wrong to cut back on your child's diabetes medicine, I'm not so sure it is . . . :smile: ) I went for it, prompted more than anything by the proclamation that this new blisteringly fast future would only be made available to Pro users . . . I wanted in, I was absolutely sold on the idea, I paid my $300 . . . and waited and waited and waited . . . and waited and waited . . . and waited . . . and nothing happened . . . and waited . . . and all the promises faded away . . . .

    Still, in the long run I've got a lot more from GS than the $300 I paid, so I can't honestly complain, GS gives the majority of its efforts away for free and there have been immeasurable improvements over the past few months which is fantastic - so I'm sure I'll go Pro again - so overall I'd still recommend going Pro if it's what you need.

  • RPRP Member Posts: 1,990

    tenrdrmer hit it. Get it when you are ready to publish or if you really NEED to use/learn the pro-features before publishing. Next thing you know an entire year goes by and you are still working on your game (because there are always variables that interfere or that you want to add)....then you DOH!

  • lycettebroslycettebros Member, PRO Posts: 1,598

    Never.

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  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273

    Ah. No. :D

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  • bjandthekatzbjandthekatz Orlando, FlMember Posts: 1,375

    Nope, couldn't imagine a game I made without it.

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  • asif10asif10 Member, PRO Posts: 16

    yes, because of all the hassles with IAP

  • TheGabfatherTheGabfather Member Posts: 633

    Yep, for all the wrong reasons. We were using dedicated Apple developer and GS Pro accounts for our team. Then one day I decided, "Hey maybe I can regularly make games on my own and release under my name :) teehee."

    I couldn't. Both my personal Apple and GS Pro accounts are about to expire and I haven't managed to wring out anything independently.

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