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POKEMONMASTER260 Toucan


Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 262
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: Do you think I should make a WiiWare game? |
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Do you think I should make a WiiWare game? I mean, I just got Beginning Flash Game Programming for Dummies, &, if my dad agrees to a deal my mom said if my dad agrees & I'm willing to use up $300 of allowance for Adobe Flash, (Adobe owns Flash nowadays, in case you don't know; costs $659, I think,) should I make a Flash game? And, if it's successful, should I copyright it, submit it to Nintendo, & see if they accept it as a WiiWare title?
What do you think? (Definetely not gonaa be a launch title, if it'll exist at all.............) |
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Psychlone Phoenix


Joined: Jan 31, 2005 Age: 27 Posts: 718 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Well, there is a risk it won't work out and you won't get your money back, but there is also a chance it will work out and you could become very rich. But I think you need a very original idea which would set yours apart from anything else that has ever been made. For example, I seen a game for the wiiware which is an eating contest game, and that seems like a silly idea but it got people's attention. |
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TheAPERSON Hedgehog


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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:44 am Post subject: |
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What are you planning to make? _________________ Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and Aspies are from Wrong Planet.
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Psychlone Phoenix


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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:54 am Post subject: |
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Maybe if you gave mention to this community in your game then you could get a lot of people on this site to buy it. Maybe a game with a character who has AS could work well.  |
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POKEMONMASTER260 Toucan


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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Psychlone wrote: | Maybe a game with a character who has AS could work well.  |
..........Well, um, about my game idea, you're kinda right..............um...............I would tell you why I'm saying um, but my game idea is confidential................... |
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POKEMONMASTER260 Toucan


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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Psychlone wrote: | | Well, there is a risk it won't work out and you won't get your money back, but there is also a chance it will work out and you could become very rich. But I think you need a very original idea which would set yours apart from anything else that has ever been made. For example, I seen a game for the wiiware which is an eating contest game, and that seems like a silly idea but it got people's attention. |
Well, let's just say I haven't seen a game like it yet, yet it's something that happens........... |
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POKEMONMASTER260 Toucan


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Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Psychlone wrote: | Maybe if you gave mention to this community in your game then you could get a lot of people on this site to buy it. Maybe a game with a character who has AS could work well.  |
Oh, & I guess I can add mention of this site........................ |
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victorvndoom Deinonychus


Joined: Mar 20, 2008 Age: 41 Posts: 317 Location: europe: belgium
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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:52 am Post subject: |
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maybe ask wii programmers first what they use before you spend to much money in this endevour otherwise it was wasted for nothing. Think wii programmers dont use flash
because you can only play flash games on pc and not on a wii
start small first for pc games , go then to better platforms , but inform yourself first _________________ sorry for been rude sometimes or emotionless or hurting feelings ; i got as for something
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POKEMONMASTER260 Toucan


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Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| victorvndoom wrote: | maybe ask wii programmers first what they use before you spend to much money in this endevour otherwise it was wasted for nothing. Think wii programmers dont use flash
because you can only play flash games on pc and not on a wii
start small first for pc games , go then to better platforms , but inform yourself first |
Actually, I think EGM or something said themselves Nintendo accepts Flash for WiiWARE. Note the Ware part, I think they accept them forb WiiWare specifically....could be wrong though...... |
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Rack Pileated woodpecker


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No. Making games isn't at all easy and starting up by buying a $700 development kit is a bad idea. Start small, get a cheaper development solution (there are a ton about) and just get a feel for what it takes to make a game. At this juncture it's extremely likely that the reason no-one has done a game like the one you're thinking of is that it takes an impractical amount of work to create. Also Flash isn't really a golden development platform, I can't think of any succesful Flash games that have gone on to become succesful commercially without being rewritten in a "proper" development language.
I don't like being disparaging but the vast majority of people who want to make their own game are victims of their own unrealistic ambition. They find that game programming is a lot harder than they first thought, their ideas really aren't that practical or they know too little about game design to be able to make anything fun. To make something worthwhile alone takes an incredible amount of experience, dedication, talent and vision and then the chances of it being succesful are pretty slim. By all means try but don't invest so much into it. |
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