Re: Marketing, was Re: Can I make money by writing IF


04 Dec 1995 15:00:51 GMT

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The real problem here as in so many "good ideas" will be content. The
content is what will matter over all. "Content providers" are not all
that easy to come by. I.e. creation of profound imaginative games that
do justice to the complexity of the worlds we're living in.

A problem to be solved: I'm a professional speaker, writer, and business
consultant.
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Is there an obviously best and most accessible game creator now
available?

There is a way, but it involves cooperation. The "movie studio" model of idea
makers, writers, special effects people, musicians, and distributors may work
quite well in different content- and programming-heavy areas. IF, CD-ROM games,
VR, and Web pages could all be created using this model.

In the IF realm, "special effects" people are those who know Inform or TADS
and code the action. Writers create (and spellcheck) the words and
descriptions. Specialists could bring NPC's to life or implement a bag of
jelly babies.

Of course, just try to make a profit in IF using such a work model. Oh, well.

Jim

-- 
Jim Menard   jimm@io.com | "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in
			 |  their home." - Ken Olson, president, chairman and
http://www.io.com/~jimm/ |   founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977