Still waiting for that finished template

michaeln93michaeln93 Member, PRO Posts: 68
edited January 2015 in Working with GS (Mac)

Some of you guys have read my other thread I made a couple months ago, about me paying for a project back in May 2014. Guess what? Still waiting on this guy to finish it up, in Jan 2015 (Yeah 8 months). Sent him an email over a month ago about 1 more fix to the template, which I assume is a constraining behavior or something (screen goes off main character after game ends and returns) and yeah, sent him 2 more emails in those 5 week span and still haven't heard. Did I mention it's not an original but a clone of an existing game? :\ :|

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  • jigglybeanjigglybean Member Posts: 1,584

    Sorry to hear that. Did you pay the full amount upfront? If so, why? 1/2 upfront, 1/2 on completion to save problems like this.

    Thankfully, all the people I now hire I can trust totally. It wasn't like that when I started out when an artist left me out in the cold. I won't be using him ever again but it did teach me a valuable lesson.

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  • FajlajpFajlajp Member Posts: 666

    Who is the guy? I think many want to know so they are aware of it and not hire him.

  • tatiangtatiang Member, Sous Chef, PRO, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 11,949

    I'll direct you to my earlier comment: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/comment/487473/#Comment_487473.

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  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,880
    edited January 2015

    Oh Oh.... here we go again!

    Everybody, please remember to keep this civil and we'll try to keep the conversation open. But at the first hint of names being dropped or any sort of defamation of character, this thread will necessarily be closed.

    And please remember that these forums are not the appropriate place to resolve contract disputes.

  • RThurmanRThurman Member, Sous Chef, PRO Posts: 2,880

    I personally think that these kinds of threads can serve a useful purpose. They can serve as an object-lesson to be careful when entering into agreements where money may exchange hands.

    It sometimes seems awkward to expect partial payments until work is completed. But it is often the best way to do business. But even then people can get burned fairly easily. Sometimes the buyer gets stiffed and sometimes the builder only gets partial payment (or sometimes no payment).

    But in general, its is best to establish clear milestones and agree on what needs to be completed by each milestone. Then only after both parties agree the the milestone is met should payment be made. And above all get it in writing!

    Carry on!

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