Can one programmer make a commercial game?

Pr3t3nd3r · Post by **Pr3t3nd3r** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:22 pm

Me ... meybe i sould check that box with log me auto...

evolutional · Post by **evolutional** » Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:57 am

djceejay wrote:Can they make a commercial game? yes
Will a publisher publish their game? maybe - it would have to be very good or you could approach a budget publisher. you could also release it as shareware - take id software for an example.

I don't really see the ID comparison as being valid these days. The market has changed so much and the concept of 'Shareware' isn't what it used to be back in the mid 1990's. It'd be nice to see such a thing making a recurrence though, but I think the expectation of gamers has gone up too much to give 'simple' indie games the chance to compete and make a lot of money.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:01 am

evolutional wrote:It'd be nice to see such a thing making a recurrence though, but I think the expectation of gamers has gone up too much to give 'simple' indie games the chance to compete and make a lot of money.

I dunno StarShatter seems to be doing well as is Battlecruiser series of games.

http://www.starshatter.com/
http://www.3000ad.com