STARSKIPP'S PROFILE

Might be on another forum but I vaguely remember an comic style quilt 7 years back. Where someone draws a panel and the next one in line continues the story? It was quite weird in a good way.

Edit: Found it! D:

Edit of edit: OMG, here's another one!

The interview seems rather short =/

This article is so hilarious in context :D

Fantastic podcast! On the subject of kickstarter I'm actually the opposite to you Deckiller, I've started off really enthusiastic about the whole craze but as time went on I've gotten more jaded by it =o=
It's just that with rpg maker, you can achieve all the things that you set out to do with time, patience and using your initiative. And It just comes across to me that a lot of developers who jump on the kickstart train don't explore all their options beforehand, instead opting to go straight into the thick of it the moment they plan on commercializing themselves.

And the way how rewards don't justify the work involved is diabolical, one example I've seen was $150 reward tier to have an npc named after you, which is approximately worth 10 seconds of work in the editor... Like the dude just gave you a massive boost in reaching your target and you're rewarding him with an npc?! You can't spin or justify that in any context other than exploitation.

As for the big question itself, I do see it as RMNs final frontier. I think we're facing the inevitable that it has to happen one day, although I do feel kickstarter is probably the catalyst for the sudden influx of commercial endeavors along with the world economy. The only way I can see it working with the problems that you have presented is to have maybe two front pages? Perhaps having a portal to choose between the two at any point in time, which would effectively split the site in half.

The way to prevent drama unfolding is to maybe have all reviews of commercial games being restricted to staff and trusted members only, with the price of user's freedom in a user generated site being scaled back(which we really have to cherish). The last thing is to recruit a huge team of volunteers, who would not only test these games for quality control but for any potential threat of infringement that might cause legal hassle as well.

I don't know how I would feel about it to be honest. I can see it working, but it would be a few years till we reach that event horizon. =/

@rabitZ: Yep, I'll be posting it either thursday or saturday depending on my work schedule.