[POLL] WOULD YOU SELL YOUR GAME ON RMN?

I would. Totally :D

If I made a commercial RPG I would sell it on RMN, though I'd almost certainly sell it on other sites as well. My strategy would probably be to do something similar to Cave Story or La Mulana and simply release a freeware RPG and if it proves popular or at least well-received I would focus on a commercial re-release with a few tweaks, some aesthetic improvements (ex: paying an artist and/or musician for custom graphics/music) and probably a bit of bonus content.

I tend to like this model a lot since it means the original game is still out there for people to pick up for free and play and fans have the option of showing support by paying for an overhauled commercial version. Also, it's great from a development perspective since it means you have the chance to gauge reactions and take criticism into account before asking people to pay for something and you're putting money into a product which people already have expressed approval of via the original version so there's less risk of putting hundreds/thousands of dollars into a complete flop.

Realistically though, I'd be very surprised at myself if I ever made a product which I considered commercial-quality, though I certainly want to.

I would sell it in a box

I would sell it to a fox

I would sell it in a chair

I would sell it anywhere

e: just don't limit it to degica-owned engines a la rmw, that'd be lame

Eh, I'm not opposed to the idea, but I'd still prefer if whoever we partnered up with upheld some semblance of quality for their games. Aren't most games at Amaranth just "My RTP adventure 1, 2, and 3"? Part of the benefit of allowing commercial games on rmn was that we could hold them to a better standard than free games. So we could comment, review, etc. Without that... I don't know. I guess whatever money comes our way is good enough incentive. xP

Completely down for this.

If i was good enough I would.

greenlight's system doesn't work, is the only problem. we don't need to make things a popularity contest, because all that'll accomplish is determining that only the shitty games with insane fanbases make it through.

screening isn't important. it's a shop, not a publishing company. if you attempt to screen things in some awkward manner you'll have:

1. a lot of pointless arguments brought on by trying to apply a subjective thing in an objective way

2. almost nothing to sell

compare it to the system the site uses for game pages. arbitrary standards of quality are not enforced -- but we do enforce much more easily-recognized and easily-explained standards of clarity and presentation. this works fine, imo. think of our page system as a test run.

honestly, I think a good way to execute this would be to integrate it with the project page system as closely as possible. keep a separate store page for resources and things like that.

Nevermind.